Banjou no Geass Gekijou: A Discussion Post

[kagu-chan.livejournal.com]

And now for something to take minds off the soul-crushing heartache festival that is Episode 18.

コードギアスR2:　ばんじょうのギアスげきじょう Anything Goes Post

The .rom's been out for a few days now and some of you've probably had a chance to play around with the game already. Therefore, this post is for sharing anything related to the game that you have to offer! Including but not limited to:

- Gameplay tips and instructions
- Easter eggs and how to get them
- Screencaps/icons from screencaps
- Translations
- Storyline help
- Gameplay mechanics help
- Fangirl/boyish rambles

Etc. Perhaps the most important detail: what on earth is Donjara (どんじゃら）?

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Basic Gameplay Stuff (Part 1)

[kagu-chan.livejournal.com]

Mode Select(モードセレクト） Options:

Board Adventure (ボードアドベンチャー） - The 'main' storyline option. A board game where you guide your original character through 31 'days' in Area 11. (More on this later.) You have to play through this at least once to unlock the Donjara and Code Geass Theatre options in the Main Menu.

Minigame Gallery (ミニゲームギャラリー） - Once you've played a minigame in the board adventure (and saved your progress some point after), it shows up in the list as an unlockable. However you need to spend points to unlock the minigames, with different 'prices' for each. You can earn points playing games in here too.

Donjara (どんじゃら） - ...I have no clue. Some kind of... mahjong-like game? Only available after first playthrough.

Code Geass Theatre (こーどぎあすシアター) - Collect special items/tickets(?) from characters you meet in the Board Adventure to unlock 'shows' in the theatre. Only available after first playthrough. (I haven't fully unlocked any yet myself. :()

Download (???) - You can play the minigames against your friends with the DS. :)

Basic Gameplay Stuff (Part 2)

[kagu-chan.livejournal.com]

Board Adventure

C.C.'s voice explains that you (the player) have come from Britannia to be a student in Area 11's Ashford Academy for 31 days. Your fate/path is up to you to decide...

...and with that ominous prologue, everything from here on is pretty much on the silly side.

When you start a brand new game, Lelouch will ask you for your name and gender. Bear in mind that this name will be used for every subsequent playthrough (every time you start another board adventure you'll only be able to choose your gender, so I went with the default name-- "Rai" -- for convenience). You will eventually be given two options:

* Don't need an explanation (of the game mechanics)
* Would like Lelouch to instruct you (about it)

Choose the second and Lelouch will walk you through the details, which are actually pretty simple. Kinda.

I. The Board

The board is basically over the environment of the CG world. The top left bar of the map screen indicates your current area, while the Menu button is tappable at the bottom right.

Move along by tapping the screen to get the dice rolling, then tapping again to throw it. You can stop the dice rolling without throwing it by tapping the Go Back (もどる）　button that appears at the bottom right corner.

Landing on character heads gets you into a scene with them (usually leading to a minigame to play, or a question/answer at some point). Landing on pizza boxes awards you an Item. Landing on blank squares may randomly(?) give you an encounter with other characters not necessarily featured openly on the board (e.g. Rivalz, Nina, Milly are a few who do this in the grounds of Ashford.)

Your route often leads to forks. These will eventually bring you to different destinations (e.g. areas within the Academy, the entrance, Shinjuku Ghetto, the Settlement, etc), though after walking far enough you eventually loop back to the same place (where you first start or, if you're wandering through the ghetto to the Black Knights locations, you get an option of heading to either 'school', 'docks' or 'ghetto'.)

II. Menu

- Item (アイテム): Your inventory/collection of stuff you pick up and/or buy with your Points. This includes:

* # Dice Roll (＃が出るサイコロ) - Makes your next roll the number #.
* # or @ Dice Roll (＃か＠が出るサイコロ) - Makes your next roll the number # or @.
* ???(can't read the kanji) Ticket-# (??? チケット-#) - Basically teleporting tickets numbered 01-08. Each type teleports you to the starting point of a different specific area which you can find out more easily if you know moonspeak.

The other items (AFAIK) are related to unlocking Main Menu stuff and so can't be used in the Board Adventure itself.

- Save (セーブ）: Save your game.

- Go Back (もどる）: Return to the map.

III. Time

Time is of the essence in this game. The number of days left for your stay in Area 11 can be seen at the top left bar on the upper DS screen. You lose 1 day every time you encounter a character head on the board (not sure about the non-visible character encounters), and every 2 or so dice rolls. Yes, even landing on empty squares moves time along, so if you want to get a decent ending you have to make every roll count. This gets easier once you earn more points and start stocking up on various values of Dice Rolls in your inventory

Once the counter reaches 0, the board adventure ends.

I have no idea if an item exists to extend the amount of time you have, but it would be awesome if there were.

Re: Basic Gameplay Stuff (Part 1)

[kagu-chan.livejournal.com]

IV. Points

Your current total is indicated at the top right of the upper DS screen. You earn points by winning minigames both in Board Adventure mode and Minigame Gallery. Points can be used to unlock new minigames in the Gallery, purchase vital items like the Dice Rolls and Tickets, and presumably unlocking more extras.

In the course of the Board Game you will run into some characters who are there just to sell you various items (e.g. Nina, Rivalz, Tamaki). Their prices and selections vary from time to time. Generally Tamaki sells you stuff expensively since you're a Buriki. :(

V. L Chart and Relationships

L for Love. Basically the four characters with the highest intimacy levels with your character will be reflected at the top screen. However, this does not mean the person in the top tier will be the one showing up at your departure, so be aware. :)

You build stronger relationships with characters depending on dialogue choices and your performance in their minigames. Win their minigames, relationship improves. Sometimes they will set specific goals to be achieved (a certain minimum number of points, a criteria to fulfill, etc), but all you really need to know is to do your best at each game your 'intended' target character throws at you if you want to get an ending which involves their goodwill.

VI. 31 Days Later

Depending on your intimacy level with characters, the 'ending scene' will differ (usually going with the highest person on the L Chart), but the generic you-haven't-formed-a-good-relationship-with-anyone ending involves Rivalz taking you around the area and then telling you to keep in touch. The End.

Don't get your hopes up too high, though; unlike Lost Colors, this game seems more focused on cuteness and crack rather than anything really serious/romantic. So no awesome CG images, just special voices and talking heads... You have been warned. :)

[raitokira.livejournal.com]

yup yup... donjara is something similar to the mahjong except that there is no "wordings" and "numbers" and we are playing with 'Geass characters'... but the rules are somewhat similar by a bit... Depending which character you are playing, you will get a mini drama out of every character. Pretty farni..esp when all of them are in the chibi forms and they have the voice support from the seiyuus. and yes, you got to "buy" the extra characters with 20k points.

[kagu-chan.livejournal.com]

...I don't know how to play mahjong exactly, though. ;; If you could explain how to play Donjara I would be eternally gratefuuuuul.

[raitokira.livejournal.com]

as for the CG theatre, 2 ways to get it from the main storyboard...one is by "chancing" your way to the "Pizza Box" (might or might not) because you might get something else instead... eg. another pathway within the whole storyboard... another way is to "beat" the character in the mini game... from the main storyboard. Same as you, I haven't unlock any yet too. Will try again, maybe tomorrow or some other day.. hehz. :P

[raitokira.livejournal.com]

yup yup, but i just wonder have any one "collect" all the mini games yet? apparently, i am still short of a few and sigh, i wonder how many times i have to play on the main board to get them.... :X

[aya-kari.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to talk about the freaky Rolo endings you can get, so I'm glad this post was made xD

*SPOILERS*
So I dunno what kind of obsession the game producers have with making Rolo creepy but he's never been like this in the series xD....
There are two different endings, one for male!Rai and another one for female!Rai:

If you play as male:
XD lol this is my fave one from the two. After you get Rolo to fall in love with you (he's so cute when he blushes~ <3), instead of seeing the default ending with Rivalz, Rolo talks to you. He is SMILING and he mentions how a month has gone by already but that you shouldn't worry about having to return to Britannia. Why? ^^ Because... You're going to die in this Area 11 (HELL YEAH THAT'S HOW YOU SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR SOMEONE ROLO). So he kills you with the freaky smile all along and Daichuu's creepy voice acting (XD), and then says something about how your shadow is going to be there forever and help him protect niisan. He also adds that it's not common for him to acknowledge someone's abilities (to protect Lelouch) and then laughs with a CREEPY LAUGH and NOW he truly makes you think of f. ribbons)

If you play as female:
He isn't smiling like messed up in the head (but won't spare your life), and asks you to stay and tells you that he feels something he's never felt before when he is with you (as if he hadn't felt everything that one can feel for lelouch already)... Then you hear a scene with Lelouch reading something in a newspaper about a dead Britannian student, I believe(I'm not so sure about this, never studied Japanese so I can only understand what I've learnt from watching anime), and asks Rolo if that girl arrived at Britannia safely. Rolo answers he's sure she did because he helped her to the airport, and that you're probably at the new school school right now... and adds a "surely" with creepy voice (;D).



Kind of odd that he acts more... emotionally around a girl, considering this is Rolo we are talking about xD I think they should have made both of his endings the same as.... well, he just needs to be loved by somebody, he doesn't care about their gender >> Though this Rolo is pretty OOC all along as... I certainly wouldn't see anime!Rolo joking about playing the whac-a-mole minigame with a knife instead of a toy mallet XDDDDD

[kagu-chan.livejournal.com]

Well the entire game itself is pretty much for the crack rather than serious plot, so the characters aren't the most IC. But the chibiiiiiiiis. ;;

...also, Rolo is a bitch who needs to stop cheating at Speed.

[lijianliang.livejournal.com]

Famitsu gave the game a score of 25 out of 40, so I guess that plants it solidly into the realm of 'for hardcore fans only'.

[kagu-chan.livejournal.com]

It's pretty much a game for the CG fans since a lot of it requires some familiarity with the canon: names, allegiances, that kind of thing. It's also more lighthearted and comedic in nature so there's nothing really plot-important to be gleaned from it (unlike Lost Colors). The minigames and other features are great fun to play, though, so it's a decent game for any CG fan to have as part of their DS travelling pack. :)

[chickee1.livejournal.com]

I keep getting Orenji, in which you actually confess your love to him, and he tells you he cannot be in a relationship now, but says he loves you (in french). I LOLed

[kagu-chan.livejournal.com]

HAHAH I think all the endings are crack in this game. :( How did you get Orenji's ending?

[konata-kawaii.livejournal.com]

LOL That's the only actual ending I ever got (except for the lame Rivalz one >__>) and I hated it hahahaha. But it was funny.

[arhel.livejournal.com]

I feel kind of sorry for Rivalz, since he's like the default "bad ending".

[kagu-chan.livejournal.com]

Poor Rivalz. :( Destined for obscurity forever.

[sweet-chii.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering about this.. just what are the exact rules to C.C.'s first mini-game? The one with the pizza?

I know that's it's a puzzle game of sorts where you have a limited amount of pieces to throw to rid of all the pizza and that throwing at the 1/4 pieces makes a whole. But what I don't understand is that sometimes items fall out after clearing some of the pizza (I don't know what they do either).

Other than that, I'm not sure if I know much else. D:

[sweet-chii.livejournal.com]

So after a bit more playing, I've kinda figured it out..? Do certain clear patterns = different items? Like three pizza stacked in a column = a certain kind of item, etc.

If there's anything else that someone might want to add, please do; I haven't fully understood the game yet, after all. ^^;

[10sugars.livejournal.com]

help please!! i keep getting a black screen with red writing on when i load the game. this is with two different downloaded roms now.
it says something like "Data wo ** masenshideta." i cant really read it.
something about the card on the last line??
anyway - i cant even get the menu screens up. please someone help!! i'd love to play the game!!!

[deadums.livejournal.com]

Has anyone else gotten the Knight!Suzaku ending? Did you play some sort of Knightmare fighting minigame where the Emperor yelled at you and the last fight was against the Gaiwain?

I did after I landed on Gino, and after I beat the game with a Suzaku ending, I went into the minigame gallery to see if I could buy that Knightmare fighting minigame, but it wasn't there. lol I was sort of disappointed!

Has anyone else done this and has also been denied this game?

[kadzuki.livejournal.com]

I played both that game and Block wo bukkowase when I did the emperor ending but neither of them showed up in my minigame gallery. However, Block wo bukkowase showed up when I was trying to get the Lelouch ending. So maybe it'll show up if you try going for another ending? no idea -_-;;

[woogytojimmi.livejournal.com]

I need some help in various minigames.

1.- I tried in Suzaku's minigame (one of the most toughest games i played in my whole life) and i always touch the wrong button to the wrong character.
2.- How i get the "Witchy Shirley" minigame?

Thanks in adv.

Pd: Which Geass-theatre shows activates games?

[kadzuki.livejournal.com]

Are you talking about the Touch de go! ~Next Generation~ game?
The buttons go from: Yes your majesty; Yes your highness; Yes my lord; Understood (for Black Knights member); Understood (for the Four holy swords).
You get higher points if you touch the button when the person is at the middle of the line but you still get points even if you touch the button before that. Just make sure you only press one button for each character (don't try to correct yourself even if you get it wrong).

For me so far, the A.I. and Taga tame ni ude wa naru scenarios activate minigames in the gallery.

I have no idea about the Witchy Shirley game o_o;

donjara & pizza pizza panic

[lollycherry.livejournal.com]

Hello!
I've become a donjara addict, and I wanted to share this love, so I wrote the detailed rules that you can read here http://pechesroties.com/?2008/08/26/103-code-geass-r2-donjara-the-rules-in-english
(I have to stop playing this game... I play late at night and I'm becoming so excited when getting special hands that I take pictures of my DS screen on my cellphone !!! yeah, told you i was addicted XD)

About Pizza Pizza Panic, I saw that some of you were unsure of the rules. I, unfortunately, also come to be quite addicted to it (I'm soon reaching the 50th stage XD), as I simply love puzzle games, so here are the rules:

You have a limited amount of shots per stage, which is shown at the top-right of the screen; you have to clear all the pizzas with this number of shots!
Whole pizzas of the same colour which are next to each other will all clear up if you shoot one of them.
Quarters of pizzas will transform into a whole pizza if you shoot them.

Clearing a "OOO" pizzas pattern will give you the "horizontal arrows" item, allowing your next shot to clear a whole line.

Clearing a
O
O
O
pizzas pattern will give you the "arrows up" item, allowing your next shot to clear a whole column.

Clearing a
OOO
O
pizzas pattern will give you the "star" item, allowing your next shot to clear all the pizzas (and quarters of pizzas) of the same colour as the pizza you will shoot.

Note: if you don't want an item, you can avoid it before it falls on you! And when it's falling, you can shoot before it reaches you to benefit from the item only after your third shot(useful in the latest stages.)

Suzaku's GAme

[atakiri.livejournal.com]

Mmmmkay!!!! Thank you (first of all) for making this post. It's helpful. ;____; I wanted to thank the person who put up the buttons: Helped. A lot. Orz|||


I've played it once, and here are the rules I found for the game:

1) Your majesty : I'm assuming only for the Emperor...? Whenever I tried it was wrong. >.<
2) Your Highness : any member of the royal family. If you don't know all of htem (and how could you? Lulu has, like, 20 siblings. @______@ [I'm only at the episode where SPOILER Rolo shoots Lulu END SPOILER so I don't know the exact amount...]) the best guess is if the suit is light-colored and fancy, click it.
3) My Lord : the guys in red/burgandy
4) Understand (Black KNight) : Lulu and anyone in a black-with-yellow outfit
5) Understand (Knights of Round) : the gray/green uniforms. I tried it on one of the actual Knights of Round and it didn't work, so I'm assuming that's a Lord...

Hope that helps/ I'm correct~

Re: Suzaku's GAme

[rdmajere.livejournal.com]

I think Lulu (not Zero) also counts as your Highness.

One thing to note:I The last option is for Toudou-san's "Four Holy Swords," not Knight of the Rounds. The 4th option is for the black knights including Kallen. I believe the 3rd one is for the guys and also the Knights of the Round as well.

Also, not sure if this has been posted already, but:

a map for anyone who's interested in seeing how the board works.

http://img197.imageshack.us/i/mapjoj.jpg/