EHRGEIZ "God Bless the Ring" - Secrets FAQ Version 1.1 EZ By Dan (not "Gadouken" Dan) GC for the American PSX (and Arcade) version of Ehrgeiz Last updated: 05/25/99 12:00 AM PT First Edition: 5/16/99 08:42 AM PT Document Info: 24 K (24, 468 Bytes) Designed for at least IE 3 or NN 3 at 640x480 Resolution and Courier New font enabled 24, 468 characters (letters, numbers, symbols, etc.) Ehrgeiz was... Created by: Dream Factory Licensed by: Squaresoft Published by: Square EA Released: May 6, 1999 in America If you can help me with anything: moves, techniques, etc., or if you just have questions, comments, etc., E-mail them to One more thing, don't E-mail with questions that are already in the FAQ section, otherwise, I'll discard them or tell you to check the FAQ. _________________ Table of Contents ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 1. Updates 2. What the use of this FAQ is 3. Secrets 4. Frequently Asked Questions 5. Special Thanks 6. Author Information Copyright Disclaimer: Unpublished Work Copyright (c) 1999 Dan GC This FAQ is for private and personal use only. If reproduced, it must be my electronic means, and if placed on a Web Page or Site, may be altered as long as this Disclaimer and the above Copyright Notice fully appears. This FAQ is not to be used for profitable/promotional purposes; this includes being used by publishers of magazines, guides, books, etc. or being incorporated into magazines, etc. in ANY way without FULL AUTHORIZATION from myself and any cohorts I may have. This FAQ was created and is owned by me, Dan GC Any Copyrights and Trademarks not specifically mentioned in this FAQ are acknowledged. Always give credit where it is due. Ehrgeiz, Squaresoft, and Dream Factory are Registered Trademarks and Copyright (c) to Square Co., Ltd. Any other things are Copyright to their rightful owners. Alright, EGM, GamePro, and any other Gaming Mags, you plaigarise, and plaigarizers, many people know that, you may get sued. If I find out anything from any of my FAQs in a Gaming Magazine, I'm suing. It clearly states not to copy anything without my FULL AUTHORIZATION if it's not on a Web Page with the above Copyright Disclaimer. To the plaigarizers, if you plaigarizers and send in a FAQ to GameFAQs, I'll tell CJayC and your FAQs will be thrown away. The only thing allowed would be to print this document for personal or private usage. Okay, if you have WordPad, save this document somewhere, open WordPad, go to Page Setup or something like that, then change the margins to: Left: 1"; Right: 0.5"; Bottom: 0.3"; Top: 0.3". This will prevent some paper usage, also, you should change the font, if you can tolerate it, and make major changes. But if not, oh well. Oh yea, and take out unnecessary things, like this section here, the disclaimer, the beginning, Author Information, the section just below this place, updates, etc. Just a few tips for you people. This FAQ can be found at: ________________________________________________________________________ GameFAQs www.gamefaqs.com Dan GC's Ehrgeiz Home Page i.am/dan_gc Available much later in the future ________________________________________________________________________ Part 1: Updates ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Version 1.0 5/23/99: Fixed up FAQ Version 0.9 5/16/99: What do you expect? First edition. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 2: What the use of this FAQ is ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This FAQ is just an easy reference to the Secrets section of my other Ehrgeiz (for PSX) FAQs. It'll also help people to know there are secrets to get. The information for this FAQ is just from my other FAQs. That's it. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 3: Secrets ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ________________________________________________________ Evil Panel: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This is almost the same as Battle Panel, but you can damage your opponent like in Arcade Mode, Infinity Battle, and Battle Runner. So it's Battle Panel with the ability to hurt your opponent. You get Evil Panel by beating Battle Panel's CPU at least 10 times in a row, then, on the TOP MENU, hold L1, L2, R1, and R2 then choose Battle Panel. You will get Evil Panel. Laying down panels is done by pushing R2. Secret Characters: You get secret character by beating the game with certain characters. A supposed easy way to get all of the characters is just to beat the game with all of the characters. Here's a list: Character Beat the game with... ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Clair A female of the original eight characters Django All original eight characters Koji A male of the original eight characters Vincent Tifa Yuffie Cloud Zack All Final Fantasy VII characters ________________________________________________________ Extra Opening Movie: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ It's an extra opening movie. To get it, you must beat the game a certain amount of times. You have to beat the game about seven times, all with different characters. When you beat the game a certain number of times, after the ending, credits, and ranking (you can skip all of that stuff), the screen when you turn on the game should appear ("Published by Square Electronic Arts, L.L.C."), if so, don't push any buttons. The Extra Opening Movie will appear. ________________________________________________________ Third Outfit for Certain Characters: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ By passing certain prerequisites, you can get the third outfit for certain characters. You hold Up while choosing a character for their second outfit, hold Down while choosing a character for their third outfit, if they have one and you received it. Godhand's third outfit is the most difficult to get because in order to beat the CPU in Evil Panel, you have to beat the CPU in Battle Panel 10 times in a row, then you can play Evil Panel. Here's a list: Character Requirement (just this requirement) Difficultness ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cloud Beat the game with Yuffie Simple Godhand Beat Evil Panel's CPU Moderate Han Get Ehrgeiz Simple Inoba Get at least 35,000 Points in Beach Battle without using any continues Simple Naseem Get at least 2000 Ability Points in Infinity Battle Simple Tifa Beat the game with Vincent Simple Yoko Beat Battle Runner's CPU Simple Requirement (must have all endings for Character Godhand, Sasuke, Inoba, Han, and Shuwen) Difficultness ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Jo Beat game on Normal difficulty or higher without using any continues Simple Sasuke Do a 10-hit combo or more in Practice Mode Simple Character Requirement (must have all endings) Difficultness ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Shuwen Get Extra Opening Movie Simple ________________________________________________________ Third Outfit Release Order: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ For the original eight characters, the third outfits are released in a certain order, even if you do the requirements for the third outfit for other characters, you won't get them until you get the third outfits for the characters before the ones you did the requirements for. You can get Cloud and Tifa's third outfits anytime. Here's the release order for the third outfits: Number Character ŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ One Yoko Two Han Three Naseem Four Inoba Five Sasuke Six Jo Seven Shuwen Eight Godhand ________________________________________________________ Individual Tips to get the Third Outfits for characters: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Cloud: no help needed, just beat the game with Yuffie - Godhand: you need to know how to play Othello, but you have to go fast in Battle Panel, since you have to run around and lay down panels, also, try to get the best (and closest) panels; you can also keep tackling your opponent; then when you get Evil Panel, you can keep killing your opponent, then lay down panels - Han: no help needed, just kill Red Scorpion and get Ehrgeiz - Inoba: when playing Beach Battle, after the word "Ready" disappears, count two and one-half realtime seconds, just as you count the last half, start pushing X and O rapidly; when you are close to the finish line, push Square which is a tackle, so you'll get extra speed, except for the second beach battle race, push [] right when you touch the line - Jo: no help needed, just beat the game without using continues, if you you use continues, even if it is on Very Hard, you're not as good as you may think because human opponents are much more difficult than a pre-programmed opponent - Naseem: use a method of playing that will get you a lot of Perfects and that won't allow you to die easily - Sasuke: you can either... A) use Jo (in wolf form) or Django against a human opponent, and partially launch the opponent and keep pushing L B) use Cloud against Django, then launch Django in the air and repeatedly do the Soldier Double Low (L, L), but you'll have to delay a little bit between L's C) use Godhand against a human opponent, move your opponent into a corner, set your opponent to "No Guard" or "Counter" and do Maha Punch (H, L, H x9) D) use Shuwen against Django, keep pushing L, H against Django with Shuwen - Shuwen: no help needed, just get the Extra Opening Movie - Tifa: no help needed, just beat the game with Vincent - Yoko: no help needed, just beat the CPU in Battle Runner ________________________________________________________ Fight Cloud and Tifa: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This is exactly the same thing as in the arcade. You can fight Cloud and Tifa (Guardian and Summoner) in the Arcade Mode. In order to do this, you must... On Two Rounds Setting: Beat the first eight characters within 6' 40" 00. You will then fight Cloud and Tifa. On One Round Setting: Beat the first eight characters within 3' 20" 00. You will promptly fight Cloud and Tifa. ________________________________________________________ Secret Taunts: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Some characters have secret taunts, and they aren't done by holding a direction and pushing Start. The secret taunts are done by pushing some button(s) during a Just Frame attack. (For example, instead of pushing H for a Just Frame attack, you can try pushing L). I don't know them, so you have to experiment yourself. ________________________________________________________ Vincent's Turks Outfit Portrait: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ During the Big Character Select Screen (character select screen with big portraits of characters; Arcade Mode is an example), hold Up before you highlight Vincent, and then while still holding Up, highlight Vincent, it will show him in his Turks Outfit (his second outfit); it only works for Vincent for some reason. ________________________________________________________ Mess with character's running after victory pose: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ After a character's victory pose, hold G. When your character runs to the next stage, they'll do an Evade. This will only work once per stage, if they even do run at all. You should hold G during or just before the character's victory pose until your character runs, if you want to try this out. If you can help me with any secrets that are unknown or tell me secrets not listed here, E-mail them to lbdangc@aol.com. Thank you. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 4: Frequently Asked Questions ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Who the hell is "Naseem?" Naseem is actually Doza, but the name was changed to Doza because the US version is the same copy that will be released in England, and there is actually a guy named Prince Naseem in England. It's a legal thing, can't risk getting sued. How do you do a Just Frame Attack? Okay, here goes, near the middle frame of all of the frames of the attack (exp. L,*H, when the Low Kick is all the way out, that's the middle frame because he still has to put his leg back, then push H), push the button that goes along with the Just Frame. Also, here's another way: when the attack hits your opponent, after you hear the colliding sound from the hit, push the Just Frame buttons. These work for most characters. Two of Sasuke's Just Frame attacks require you to push the button before the attack is done. How do you do the Blade Catch? Push G right before a sword hits your character. Sound easy? I DON'T THINK SO! ĤP Well, actually it is easy, after some practice. How do you crouch? Hold G until you crouch. How do you pronounce "Ehrgeiz?" You pronounce it (e:r gaits), "air-gaits." It's a German word. And it means ambition. Source: Dream Factory Where can I challenge you? Nowhere now, the place where Ehrgeiz used to be is gone. They took it out just 'cuz I never played there anymore. Are you going to make anymore FAQs for other characters? I already have, but I'm working on Vincent, and next will be Koji. I won't make one on Yuffie since, well, I don't know her moves and move names. Are there any endings for anyone? Yes, there is. To get it, you have to beat the game. Then fight that red guy, "Red Scorpion" but some people call him "Armored Django", well whatever the name is, you have to kill it. Just break those 2 boxes containing the knives on those altar-like things, and throw them at him. Then he will disappear and stars and coins will pop out of his now-gone body, you must collect them all. Afterwards, the Ehrgeiz will fall down into the center of the arena. There is no ending in the arcade version for anyone, I think. What is "Just Frame"? I'm not sure, but I always thought "Just Frame" was in reference to the detail that the "Just Frame Combos" had only a few frames where you had to press the button to continue the combo. Unlike the regular combos where you could press the button in a relatively wide time period, some of the "Just Frame" moves really were just a few frames. Here's an example: Zack's Chain: H, H, L, *H, H Do the H, H, L combo just by pushing it, then pause for a certain amount of time, then push H, H which is after the *. You push the first attack of whatever is after the * at the middle frame of the attack before the *, in other words, if you hit your opponent, after the hitting sound, push it, don't try to time it, just push it after you hear the sound. But if you wiff the attacks, then push it at its middle frame. You know if you did it correctly if there is blue sparkling stuff coming out. What does "Just Frame" mean? Well, I don't know the exact answer, but see above. I guess you could call it a "pause just for a certain period of time" or something like that. Have any questions or if you can help me answer any questions that need confirmation, then E-mail them to lbdangc@aol.com ________________________________________________________________________ Part 5: Special Thanks ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Mike Allen : told me how to get ALL of the Third Outfits for all characters that have one; plus, in his FAQ, there are "Secret Taunts" in there in the Beginner FAQ section, also, that section says the costumes are released in a certain order (and they are); oh yea, and told me why Naseem was changed to Doza Derek : told me the costumes are released in a certain order My other FAQs: got Secrets from there, as well as Copyright Disclaimer, layout, and Frequently Asked Questions ________________________________________________________________________ Part 6: Author Information ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Name: Dan GC E-mail: LB Dan GC@aol.com Web page: None still in the process of creation ICQ: None "You're funny. But keep it up and you'll just piss me off." ~ Xenogears' Fei Don't plagiarize! It's bad! And always give credit where it is due! Look, you people out there, don't ask me questions about personal things for characters, or obvious things like "how did I release the FF7 Ending movie?" Ask yourself a question before sending trivial/stupid questions, "Does it really relate to what the person has done (FAQ-wise)?" If the answer is truly "Yes," then by all means, go ahead and send it, if "No," don't send it. But if you still want to send it, I will still reply and give you the answer, but you'll get something you probably wouldn't expect. If you people want to argue with me, I'll get what you typed in an E-mail you sent me word for word and say so many things about one thing, then finally move on to another thing and get you on that. So, please think before you act. Some NEWS: Well, on Saturday, May 8, 1999, I played against Mike and his friend, Dave. I stayed for over three hours. When I first played against them, I was getting the feel of the game, and trying to learn their strategy, so it took me a while to do that. I used Cloud and Sasuke the most, while they used everyone, except for Django. I got a few EXCELLENTs and PERFECTs against the both of them, but they got some, too. Actually, I only got two PERFECTs on Mike, as for the rest, there were done on Dave. But I got more on them than they did on me. For most of the matches where I didn't win and only won one or two rounds, I usually annihilated them, I truly mean it. When I went up against Dave's Koji, I beat him two rounds easily, then he beat me the next three rounds, then I beat him the next round. For the fourth round, we were at the end of our power, well, at least he was, I made a mistkae then he pushed S and got me in Koji's Special. I broke out after the four punches (I had no power left!), then I killed him. For the last three matches I had against Mike, he beat me in all of them. I beat him one round for the last match (he had Tifa), I did win one round against his Koji (second to last match), and for the third to last match, he used Sephiroth, he also beat me in that one. But I almost beat him (power-wise, not rounds-wise). I also won one round when he used Sephiroth. Mike whooped my ass! I never threw once when playing against Mike and Dave, I hardly used wake-up (rising) attacks), and only used Sephiroth's sword once, the same thing for Cloud. I just attacked and stuff, I tried to do a Special Throw with Cloud, it came out both times when I did it, but it didn't connect. Mike's a really nice person, he complimented me when I did something good and whatever. Whenever I did do do something good on Dave and Mike complimented me, Dave would say, "Commentary, Mike." I think it means commentary means "series of comments." So Dave was basically saying, in my point of view, "You're making too many comments, Mike." Dave would usually say that whenever I dizzied him with Sasuke's Smoke Bomb (Jump, S) and Mike would say something. I used a lot of juggles with both Cloud and Sasuke. I saw Dave try to do Cloud's H+L, LLH juggle a couple of times on me since he saw me do it a few times and it always connected, but when he did it, it never connected. Mike also put pillows under my head when I first layed down on one of the beds in the room. My back was hurting from sitting up (I was playing against Dave the time it started to hurt), so I lay back to relieve some of the pain, but I could barely see, so then he said, "A pillow, Dan?" then he put a pillow under my head without me answering, but I would've said yes anyway. Then a few seconds later, he put more pillows so I could see better, and it helped. We played a lot of matches, like 32 or something, I don't really know the true count, but that's basically it. I beat Mike in one match, and I don't really remember who he or I used. I beat Dave like three times. Mike beat me about 20 times. That's all for now. If I ever get to play against Mike (and his friends) sometime much later in the future, I'll be ready and be much better than I was when I played him. I need to throw and do rising attacks more, but I don't mind. I'll work on those some day. I've been thinking of what should and should not be in Ehrgeiz 2. In the Expert FAQ, there is already stuff they already don't and do want in part two of Ehrgeiz. Well, I have some of their stuff, but I do have extra stuff I'd like, too... I hope this stuff does appear in Ehrgeiz 2. If Dream Factory reads the following stuff...then, it could be a good or bad thing... - No Interrupts - No Partial Invincibility when getting up - If there is a Quest Mode, make it like the real game, and everyone would have separate stories, they could use the DVD Disc to put all that info on one disc; also, some people could be partners, or even more than just one or two persons, they could make it just like Tobal No. 1 and 2 except make it even better - More Mini-Games - More Characters (keep everyone in Ehrgeiz and add more characters) - If they had to have Interrupts, then make it something like this: it would depend on how much Special Gauge you and your opponent have, how much HP you and your opponent have, what attack(s) your opponent is doing, and other stuff. The more Special Gauge your opponent has, the less likely the Interrupt is to work against your opponent; the same would apply if you had a low Special Gauge. Also, depending on what attack(s), you may or may not be able to Interrupt it, but instead, you would have something that could Interrupt at times if an Interrupt could not be done even though it was done correctly, the replacement would be an Interrupt Block, in other words, just a normal blocking of the attack, but sometimes the Interrupt Block would also not work. Also, if the Interrupt or Interrupt Block wouldn't work, you would get hit by the attack(s), but damage would be reduced by half from that one attack. Call that the..."Half Damage" or something like that. So far, there would be an "Interrupt," "Interrupt Block," and "Half Damage." That's quite some good stuff. If you had low energy or your opponent had more energy, it would be less likely for the Interrupt to work. There would be many factors determining if an Interrupt, Interrupt Block, or Half Damage would occur. The above also applies to Blade Catches, except there is only Blade Catch or Half Damage for that. - And some other stuff; I really think the above is really good and would make Ehrgeiz 2 even better ________________________________________________________________________ Unpublished Work Copyright (c) 1999 Dan GC ________________________________________________________________________ END