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 THE BOUNCER - PD-4 SURVIVAL GUIDE
Players: 1-4(but just 1 for Story and Survival Mode)
Console: Playstation 2
Genre: Action
Requirements: PS2 DualShock Controller
Memory Card: 70KB
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Author: RedClyde(Renato Farias)
Email: darkslide2001@hotmail.com
AIM: WoundedKneeSFX
Yahoo: xredclydex
Website: The Ultimate Bouncer Website (http://ultimatebouncer.homestead.com)
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First Created: 10/6/01
Last Updated: 10/6/01
Version: 1.0
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                              LEGAL INFORMATION
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The Bouncer belongs to Squaresoft and Dreamfactory. This Survival Guide
belongs to me(Renato Farias). If you want to use this guide on your site or in
your zine email me first! If you just want to use this for your own personal
use(printing it out and using it for the game, reading it yourself) you can,
but you may not use this for profit.


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                                    INTRO
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This guide is to walk you through the grueling Survival Mode using PD-4
(obviously). ///_^ (PD-4 smiley)

Okay, first of all, let me just tell you right now that to win this thing
you've got to be either very skilled, very lucky, or very cheap. I'm no the
first, I don't find much of the second, so I settled for the third. Don't
complain if you don't think you beat Survival Mode with skills. Well, to me,
beating Survival Mode AT ALL requires skills, and Survival Mode is cheap in
itself. I know two wrongs don't make a right, but two rights make an airplane,
so let's just get on with it, ok?


PD-4's greatest strength is his Lightning Whip, executed by ES+M. This attack 
has long range and does good damage. It can also hit several enemies, and 
knock them into each other! In my opinion, PD-4 is the easiest character to 
use to get through Survival Mode. In the beginning, I tried to beat Survival
with Kaldea, Sion, Final Dauragon, and failed with all of them. PD-4 gave
me my first win in Survival Mode. ///_^  If you're having the same problem,
then great! This can help you! If not, then you shouldn't be here! Get outta
here and go eat some M&M's or something! ///_O

Now, I'm not gonna have a bio, because that's not gonna help you in beating
Survival Mode at all. And I'm not putting up a move list either, because the
only two moves you need to know are ES+M and ES+H+M.

Also, I suggest going through this mode at least once to get to know where the
enemies are and all. I'm saying this so my explanations will make more sense
to you if you know what I'm talking about.


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                             PD-4 SURVIVAL GUIDE
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STAGE 1
Enemies: 2 Security Guards, 2 MSF's

Ha! This is nothing compared to what you'll face later. Guards and MSF's don't
block too much, so go ahead and ES+M them to death. You shouldn't get hit at
all.


STAGE 2
Enemies: 3 Security Chiefs, 2 Commanders

This is still easy. Forget the stuff about beating them one-on-one and just
get the attention of all 3 Security Chiefs. When they get close ES+M them and
they'll probably knock into each other. Keep doing the move after the stand up
and you'll kill them easily. Moving on, you'll find two Commanders. These guys
aren't that tough. They don't block too much, and shouldn't pose much of a
problem. Try not to get hit at all in this level.


STAGE 3
Enemies: 3 PD-101's, 3 Air Carrier Pilots

Okay, right in front of you are several boxes. The right box and the left box
each have a PD-101 behind them. What I usually do is walk up to the boxes and
look straight at where the PD-101 is on the other side. Then I do ES+H+M. This
move is like the Lightning Whip, but it only hits straight. It also has a 
better range. The move can also go through obstacles, so it'll travel through
the box and hit the PD-101 on the other side. The little robot will rush out 
to meet you after that, but at least you'll have hit it already. Once it shows
its little face, ES+M to death. If you get too close, back off. If you hear 
its winding up for its charge attack, either quickly hit it with ES+M, or 
block. Do the ES+M+H move through the box on the two PD-101's as well. They'll
rush out after the first hit like the first, so just dispose them with ES+M,
following the same strategy you used for the first.

Past the boxes and dead PD-101 carcasses you'll find a turn on your right. 
Here you'll find 3 Air Carrier Pilots. These dudes can be very annoying. They
block a lot, and usually counterattack. Keep your distance and hit them with
ES+M. Hopefully, you won't get hit as they bounce into each other for massive
damage.


STAGE 4
Enemies: 3 Watchdogs, 2 MC-07's

A dog will run at you as soon as you start. You can hit it with ES+M, or if it
gets too close, use l-L to be safe. After taking care of it, move on and hit
the MC-07 a few times with ES+M, then run away. You'll probably have called 
the attention of another Watchdog. Take care of him while keeping away from 
the MC-07. After you've dealt with the canine, destroy the MC-07 and move on 
once more. You'll find another MC-07, and out of sight, there's another dog. 
Walk up to the MC-07, then run away. The dog will follow. Kill it one-on-one, 
then ES+M the last MC-07 to death.


STAGE 5
Enemies: 2 MSF's, 1 MSF Elites, 1 LD-15, 1 LD-X1

Getting harder? You'll immedietely come to an MSF and LD-15. Kill the MSF 
before the LD-15 reaches you. If you want, you can use the h-h-h-h-H combo on
him, since they don't block that much. This should kill him faster. Once 
you've dealt with the MSF, closely walk towards the LD-15. You're able to hit
it with ES+M while barely outside of its range. ES+M knocks the enemy back and
makes PD-4 go forward a little, so as long as you don't have it pinned against
a wall, you should always be the same distance from each other. Hit it quickly
with ES+M, and repeat until its dead. STRIVE not to get hit by the LD's. They
hurt.

Up some stairs, through a catwalk and down some more stairs you'll come to an
MSF, and an MSF Elite. Nothing extreme, but they can potentially hit you, so 
be careful. Try to get one to knock into the other for an easier time. Don't 
hesitate to run if you get surrounded. You need as much life as you can get 
for this.

Past the two MSF's you'll find a LD-X1. Use the same strategy you used for the
LD-15. Hit it with ES+M while staying outside of its hit range. If it gets too
close for your taste, run away and wait for it to close in before trying to 
hit it again. Another thing you can try is to run away, then turn around, 
position yourself so that you're facing the LD-X1, and use the ES+H+M move. 
This can definetely hit it without putting yourself at rist, just be careful 
when using it because it takes a moment to execute. If worse comes to worse, 
you can run back to the stairs and hide out there. The LD-15's and LD-X1's 
can't go up stairs so you'll be safe there. But of course, you need to kill it
to pass the level, so this will only you a breather.


STAGE 6
Enemies: 2 PD-101's, 4 MC-07's

This level is easy. First, kill the PD-101 behind you with ES+M. Then just go
through the level and kill the rest with the same move.


STAGE 7
Enemies: 1 Security Guard, 1 Security Chief, 1 Air Carrier Pilot, 1 Commander,
 3 Watchdogs

First you'll see two narrow catwalks. Go up the right one and hit the Air 
Carrier Pilot from behind with the ES+M. Unlike other characters, you WANT the
Security Chief to see you. This way, you can knock them into each other for 
more damage.

After you've dealt with the cards, go down and past the stairs a bit, then 
run back up them. You'll have 3 Watchdogs right on your tail. Hit them with 
ES+M. Hopefully, they'll knock into each other. If not, you should still hit 
more than one with this attack. Repeat and hopefully you'll kill them without
getting hit.

Continuing on you'll find two more narrow catwalks. Go up on the left one this
time. Hit the Commander and run away. This time you want only the Commander's
attention, since getting double-teamed in this case would suck. The Commander
blocks a lot, so the Security Guard won't help too much. Well, besides getting
you hit he won't help much. Just deal with both of them individually with ES+M
and you should be fine.

STAGE 8
Enemies: 1 LD-15, 1 LD-X1, 1 MC-07, 1 PD-101

This stage, along with Stage 9, will pretty much decide how much life you 
have. The robots, specifically, the LD Series, are very strong and fast. In 
this level you'll want to use the ES+H+M trick I told you about in Stage 5. 
Use this move because it has very long range, and you can hit the robots 
without getting in range to be hit yourself. But you'll want to first call the
attention of only the LD-15 and fight it alone.

Some people say its hard, and others say its easy. I say I know the exact spot
where you should stand so only the LD-15 follows you. Notice the little black
"holes" on the ground? Stand to the left of the 4th hole which is in the half-
"block" right before the dark metal flooring. This probably sounds very 
confusing, but don't worry. Scroll down a bit to the end of this stage and
you'll see the URL of a page at my site where I placed a pic of where to stand
to get only one LD to follow you, and also how you should position the LD-15
body(it'll make more sense once you read some more).

Anyway, stand at that spot for a second, then run away past the stairs.
Continue running away and you'll run into an MC-07. Destroy quick before the
LD-15 gets close. Once it does, you can risk doing the ES+M, or the ES+H+M 
trick. Whichever way you kill it, you need it to block passage way on one of
the sides of the stairs(next to where you started off in this stage). By doing
this, the LD-X1 won't be able to get through, and you'll be able to hit it 
with ES+H+M over and over without fear of getting hit. Now, to position the 
LD-15 to where you want, just hit it. But now that it's dead, use combos that 
really move then along like h-h-h-h-H, or you can just use simple moves like 
ES+M. Whichever method you use, the LD-15 should be blocking the entrance of 
the short passageway. HERE'S a pic of that to show you what I mean. You should
then call the LD-X1's attention, and go behind the LD-15 body. The LD-X1 will
try to get it(like in this PIC) but won't be able to. You can pound away on it
with ES+H+M. After dealing with the LD-15, LD-X1, and MC-07, go around the 
level to find a lone PD-101. Come on, after what you just faced, you really 
need help on this guy?

***
I have this guide up at my site, but there I had the ability to so I put up
several screenshots to better display what I tried to say in stage 8( and also
some less important stuff on stage 3). The URL is:
http://www.ultimatebouncer.homestead.com/pd4survpics.html
Just copy and paste that into your Netscape/Explorer/whatever's adress line
thingy and ta-da.
***


STAGE 9
Enemies: 3 MSF's, 2 MSF Elites, 2 Watchdogs

Just as the dude says FIGHT, run to your left. Keep going and enter the little
elevator. Pretty soon, they'll be on you. Quickly do the ES+M move and just 
sit there hearing the bones crackling. Once they get up, do it again. Keep 
repeating and they'll die soon enough from al lthe banging into each other 
thing. BUT, a word of caution. Be careful if someone gets on the elevator, 
ESPECIALLY, a dog. Kill the dogs with sweeps rather than ES+M, because if the 
dog is right near you in the elevator, ES+M won't hit it.


STAGE 10
Enemies: Black Hooded Sion

Wat up, Sion?

First things first. Run behind the couch. Second, hit him with ES+M.

You're behind the couch, so he won't be block, thinking you can't get him. 
He's wrong. Just keep hitting away with ES+M and he'll die eventually. DON'T 
FIGHT HIM FACE TO FACE. You'll probably die unless you're really skilled/
lucky. Fight with patience and circumspect, and you'll be allright. If he 
enters the little narrow passage between the desk and the couch(where you 
should be, hitting him with ES+M), then run out of there and go on the other 
side and keep hitting. Your biggest friend here: THE COUCH. ///_^

Good luck. Hopefully, you'll beat it and earn a sweet costume for Sion, and
 a new music too.


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                                ANYTHING ELSE?
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The only people I have to thank are Hawkuk for the PD-4 smiley and
encouragement, and CjayC for putting this guide up.

If you have any specific questions on troubles you're having or something
not listed here, maybe even corrections, feel free to email me.

This guide is Copyright RedClyde(Renato Farias) 2001.
