Post by Sunflora Azumarill on Mar 12, 2011 18:42:50 GMT -5
Star City Raceway
Description: "Star City's racetrack, capable of races involving vehicles with wheels as well as hover vehicles. Its signature race is due to be the Star City 1000."
Unlock Classifications:
-All objectives on First Stage
-All objectives on all four Second Stages
-All objectives on all four Third Stages
Objective: -Wreck the local goons' vehicles before 15 laps are completed
Voice Notes: The local goons use generic voices. V.E.R.I.C.A.S. uses an original casting for her voice, and an original casting is also used for the voice of Milane's niece.
Background Music: All music in this stage, both in the cutscenes and in the stage itself, are portions of various Japanese anime themes (both the opening and ending) remixed into parodies of various music from "Speed Racer".
Other Notes: Unlike other stages where V.E.R.I.C.A.S. is the guide, V.E.R.I.C.A.S. does not follow the character around in this stage.
Recommended Characters: Anyone
Luana's Pokémon Setup: Alakazam and Marowak (not that it matters)
Jenny Mode Time Limit: 9 minutes
Jenny Mode Offense: Using a dangerous contraption in an unapproved location
Jenny Mode Transportation: The Officer Jenny in this stage will arrive in an SCPD-branded Hovercar.
In this non-story-related mission, you find a number 101 car painted in Electrode colors in a parking lot next to the Star City Raceway. This car has the properties of a hovercar and a racecar; meaning it's one of Star City's racecars. At this point, in versions not in Japanese or other Asian languages, the presentation becomes a lot like you would find in the dub of the original Speed Racer series. As it turns out, the car is known as the Mach 101 and is equipped with quite a bit of weaponry. (Yep, you guessed it, this stage is basically a parody of Speed Racer, even with the Japanese and Asian versions.) However, the local goons--whom, contrary to popular belief, did not flee when everyone else did--come onto the scene and dare you to follow them! First one to complete 15 laps wins everyone else's rides. Before you manage to take off, Milane's niece (who was believed to be at the Star City Day Care) and a Chimchar sneak into the trunk of the Mach 101. (If you're playing this stage as Milane, she will not notice that her niece is in the trunk with a Chimchar until a certain point.) Having heard from Prof. Oak that the local goons play dirty, in this stage, your goal is to wreck the rides of all of the goons using the Mach 101's weaponry. If using the Wii-mote/Nunchuck setups, this particular stage moves the map to C and the hints to Z. Since you can't leave the vehicle, you have the face buttons (Classic Controller or Gamecube controller) or the Control Pad (Wii-mote/Nunchuck) available for weaponry. Here's the weaponry that you can use (the face buttons are for the Classic Controller or Gamecube controller, the directions are for the Control Pad on Wii-mote/Nunchuck):
A/Right: Saws. Sleek-looking laser saws that are used to melee-strike foes ahead of you. (Standard ramming can also be done, but the ram is weaker.)
B/Down: Oil slicks. Teal blue oil-like liquid energy brimming with electricity that is laid behind you. If any vehicle runs onto this (even though the Mach 101 and the goons' vehicles are hover-based, the oil slick's properties are designed to affect them), that vehicle spins out of control and may hit the wall. (Yes, the Mach 101 can hit its own oil slick if it ends up coming to it.)
For the record, here's a list of playable wheel-class vehicles that are affected by the oil slick: Pursuit Vehicle, Rocket Vehicle, Compact Car, Motorcycle, ATV, and Mach 101. The Hover Cart and Hovercar are not affected by oil slicks due to those two vehicles not actually having wheels and hovering above the oil's effect.
Y/Left: Homing rocket. Aims at the lead goon using a laser target and takes him out. Can only be used once.
X/Up: Jacks. The vehicle jumps when used. Can be used to get over another vehicle as well as other obstacles.
The Mach 101 has the maximum speed possible for a vehicle: base 15. However, this comes at the cost of having no defenses against enemy strikes, leaving the vehicle an easy target for the goons' weapons. Just when you thought you're not going to be getting any help on the radio, V.E.R.I.C.A.S. will materialize on the radio's sensor panel to guide you through this race. (That almost completes the ensemble--the playable character as Speed, V.E.R.I.C.A.S. as Trixie, Milane's niece as Spritle, the Chimchar as Chim-Chim, the Mach 101 as the Mach 5, and even a bunch of goons as opponents! Even Prof. Oak could be likened to Pops here. All we're missing is a Racer X!) The objective is quite simple. The Mach 101 is a wheel-class vehicle, hence most of its actions are similar to vehicles such as the Hover Cart (despite that vehicle not actually having wheels) and the Motorcycle; the only difference on the Mach 101 is the presence of its weaponry. There are 19 goons on the track. Your goal is to wreck every single one of them before any of them complete 15 laps. If a goon completes 15 laps, or if the Mach 101's HP hits zero, you fail the objective. You also fail the objective if you complete 15 laps yourself--your goal is to destroy the goons, not beat them! Only once all 19 goons have had their rides turned to scrap, then you've cleared the stage.
A cutscene will play upon finishing the stage, still presented in dub Speed Racer style in non-Japanese versions. You're back in the parking lot. You get out of the Mach 101, open the trunk, and find Milane's niece and the Chimchar there. A special scene plays if the player played the stage as Milane; this scene makes a few references to Transformers and how G1 (which ran from 1984 to 1987 in real-world time) was a big thing back when Milane was even younger than her niece is now. At this point, once everyone's walked about 10 feet away from the Mach 101, the presentation will then resume in normal style (the style it was before the Speed Racer parody took over) (except for Japanese/Asian versions, where the presentation never changed style in the first place), at which point V.E.R.I.C.A.S. will appear on the scene. She's called in a transport to get the stowaways back to the Day Care, before following your character away from the stage.
Description: "Star City's racetrack, capable of races involving vehicles with wheels as well as hover vehicles. Its signature race is due to be the Star City 1000."
Unlock Classifications:
-All objectives on First Stage
-All objectives on all four Second Stages
-All objectives on all four Third Stages
Objective: -Wreck the local goons' vehicles before 15 laps are completed
Voice Notes: The local goons use generic voices. V.E.R.I.C.A.S. uses an original casting for her voice, and an original casting is also used for the voice of Milane's niece.
Background Music: All music in this stage, both in the cutscenes and in the stage itself, are portions of various Japanese anime themes (both the opening and ending) remixed into parodies of various music from "Speed Racer".
Other Notes: Unlike other stages where V.E.R.I.C.A.S. is the guide, V.E.R.I.C.A.S. does not follow the character around in this stage.
Recommended Characters: Anyone
Luana's Pokémon Setup: Alakazam and Marowak (not that it matters)
Jenny Mode Time Limit: 9 minutes
Jenny Mode Offense: Using a dangerous contraption in an unapproved location
Jenny Mode Transportation: The Officer Jenny in this stage will arrive in an SCPD-branded Hovercar.
In this non-story-related mission, you find a number 101 car painted in Electrode colors in a parking lot next to the Star City Raceway. This car has the properties of a hovercar and a racecar; meaning it's one of Star City's racecars. At this point, in versions not in Japanese or other Asian languages, the presentation becomes a lot like you would find in the dub of the original Speed Racer series. As it turns out, the car is known as the Mach 101 and is equipped with quite a bit of weaponry. (Yep, you guessed it, this stage is basically a parody of Speed Racer, even with the Japanese and Asian versions.) However, the local goons--whom, contrary to popular belief, did not flee when everyone else did--come onto the scene and dare you to follow them! First one to complete 15 laps wins everyone else's rides. Before you manage to take off, Milane's niece (who was believed to be at the Star City Day Care) and a Chimchar sneak into the trunk of the Mach 101. (If you're playing this stage as Milane, she will not notice that her niece is in the trunk with a Chimchar until a certain point.) Having heard from Prof. Oak that the local goons play dirty, in this stage, your goal is to wreck the rides of all of the goons using the Mach 101's weaponry. If using the Wii-mote/Nunchuck setups, this particular stage moves the map to C and the hints to Z. Since you can't leave the vehicle, you have the face buttons (Classic Controller or Gamecube controller) or the Control Pad (Wii-mote/Nunchuck) available for weaponry. Here's the weaponry that you can use (the face buttons are for the Classic Controller or Gamecube controller, the directions are for the Control Pad on Wii-mote/Nunchuck):
A/Right: Saws. Sleek-looking laser saws that are used to melee-strike foes ahead of you. (Standard ramming can also be done, but the ram is weaker.)
B/Down: Oil slicks. Teal blue oil-like liquid energy brimming with electricity that is laid behind you. If any vehicle runs onto this (even though the Mach 101 and the goons' vehicles are hover-based, the oil slick's properties are designed to affect them), that vehicle spins out of control and may hit the wall. (Yes, the Mach 101 can hit its own oil slick if it ends up coming to it.)
For the record, here's a list of playable wheel-class vehicles that are affected by the oil slick: Pursuit Vehicle, Rocket Vehicle, Compact Car, Motorcycle, ATV, and Mach 101. The Hover Cart and Hovercar are not affected by oil slicks due to those two vehicles not actually having wheels and hovering above the oil's effect.
Y/Left: Homing rocket. Aims at the lead goon using a laser target and takes him out. Can only be used once.
X/Up: Jacks. The vehicle jumps when used. Can be used to get over another vehicle as well as other obstacles.
The Mach 101 has the maximum speed possible for a vehicle: base 15. However, this comes at the cost of having no defenses against enemy strikes, leaving the vehicle an easy target for the goons' weapons. Just when you thought you're not going to be getting any help on the radio, V.E.R.I.C.A.S. will materialize on the radio's sensor panel to guide you through this race. (That almost completes the ensemble--the playable character as Speed, V.E.R.I.C.A.S. as Trixie, Milane's niece as Spritle, the Chimchar as Chim-Chim, the Mach 101 as the Mach 5, and even a bunch of goons as opponents! Even Prof. Oak could be likened to Pops here. All we're missing is a Racer X!) The objective is quite simple. The Mach 101 is a wheel-class vehicle, hence most of its actions are similar to vehicles such as the Hover Cart (despite that vehicle not actually having wheels) and the Motorcycle; the only difference on the Mach 101 is the presence of its weaponry. There are 19 goons on the track. Your goal is to wreck every single one of them before any of them complete 15 laps. If a goon completes 15 laps, or if the Mach 101's HP hits zero, you fail the objective. You also fail the objective if you complete 15 laps yourself--your goal is to destroy the goons, not beat them! Only once all 19 goons have had their rides turned to scrap, then you've cleared the stage.
A cutscene will play upon finishing the stage, still presented in dub Speed Racer style in non-Japanese versions. You're back in the parking lot. You get out of the Mach 101, open the trunk, and find Milane's niece and the Chimchar there. A special scene plays if the player played the stage as Milane; this scene makes a few references to Transformers and how G1 (which ran from 1984 to 1987 in real-world time) was a big thing back when Milane was even younger than her niece is now. At this point, once everyone's walked about 10 feet away from the Mach 101, the presentation will then resume in normal style (the style it was before the Speed Racer parody took over) (except for Japanese/Asian versions, where the presentation never changed style in the first place), at which point V.E.R.I.C.A.S. will appear on the scene. She's called in a transport to get the stowaways back to the Day Care, before following your character away from the stage.