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Just check out Devin Morgan's web site about it: http://faqs.retronintendo.com =============================================================================== T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S =============================================================================== 1. - Controls.............................................................HTI01 2. - Game Modes...........................................................HTI02 3. - Strategies...........................................................HTI03 4. - World Map............................................................HTI04 5. - Items................................................................HTI05 6. - Shops................................................................HTI06 7. - Rosters..............................................................HTI07 8. - Disclaimer...........................................................HTI08 *NOTE - If you would like to reach a certain section quicker, you may use the quick find feature I included in this FAQ. To find a section quickly, just press ctrl+f and a search window will appear. Type in the code to the right of the section (HTI##) and press enter until you reach the desired section. =============================================================================== 1. - C O N T R O L S HTI01 =============================================================================== World Map Controls: D-Pad - Move A - Change Players/Search B - No Use Start - Pause Select - No Use In-Game Player With Puck: D-Pad - Move A - Pass B - Shoot Start - Pause Select - No Use In-Game Player Without Puck: D-Pad - Move A - No Use B - Check Start - Pause Select - No Use In-Game Goalie: D-Pad - Move A - Slide B - Slide Start - Pause Select - No Use =============================================================================== 2. - G A M E M O D E S HTI02 =============================================================================== This section will describe the game modes you can choose from. You have to select one to start playing the game. 1P Quest This is the fun part of the game. It's the quest mode where you must venture through the lands and defeat every team in the land to become the Virtual Hockey League Championship. 1P VS Comp This is just playing against the computer in a regular game of hockey. 1P VS 2P This is playing against a friend in a regular game of hockey. 1P2P VS Comp This mode allows you to play with a friend versus the computer. 1P2P VS 3P4P This mode allows you and three friends to all enjoy a game of hockey. Game Options This will allow you to change the difficulty and time in a game. Team1 Level is your team's skill, basically your computer controlled teammate. Team2 Level is the skill of the computer, or computer controlled player in a two player game. Time is just how many periods you play. This only applies in single games excluding 1P Quest mode. =============================================================================== 3. - S T R A T E G I E S HTI03 =============================================================================== This game is actually pretty fun, especially once you learn the tricks of the trade. It has the aspects of a role playing game but the excitement of a hockey game! How awesome is that?! Trust me though, it can be frustrating if you don't know what you're doing. You will end every game in a 0-0 draw except for when you face real teams, then you'll just lose. However, in this section I will teach you a guarenteed and proven way to win every hockey game. First Goal : Scoring!! I can't emphasize this enough, a good offense will win for you. Without a good offense, you'll never score, and without scoring, you'll never win. I know it can be very frustrating to score, however you just have to learn the trick. It took me a few games to figure this one out but it works a lot of the time. I now find myself scoring at least three goals a game with ease, over ten in the real big games in the other arenas. The best thing to do is get a breakaway. For this, I generally keep the player I control on the right side of the arena. Once you get the puck, pass it straight to him. Now that you're behind the opposing team, you have a clear shot at the net. This is what you have to do to score. Skate high, around the lower part of the faceoff circle. Cut down in front of the net and the goalie will dive at you trying to grab the puck. While he dives, his feet lift into the air. That's your prime opportunity to just tap the shoot button and slip it under the goalie's legs. You can also shoot a little early to the bottom post and it might slip past him. Second Goal : Hold the Lead!! Holding the lead can be a bit difficult if you don't have a big lead and they drank the power booster item. I find it fairly difficult to steal the puck from the opposing team so I usually leave my player on the right side of the arena. The player on your team controlled by the computer usually has a few good defensive plays and you can quickly get the puck to your other player down the ice from there. However, I think the most successful way of holding the lead is to just simply control the goalie. You are always in control of the goalie, you may not realize it, but you are. Learn how to control him and some tricks. For example, if you're high in the crease and the player with the puck is down low, slide down instead of slowly moving down manually. Just try your best to stay in between the puck and the net at all times. Third Goal : The Breakout!! This is where the defense leads to the offense. This is also exactly why I leave the player I control all the way to the right of the arena. It is not hard to play goalie after you realize you need to focus on controlling the goalie instead of your other players. Once the goalie gets the puck, the opposing players usually stay near your goalie. That leaves the other player wide open towards the opposite end. Just pass it to him and you have yourself a breakaway. Misc : Fighting!! This category, I'm not too certain about. I know it's not just button mashing that wins, because I never win that way. The problem is when you lose, your player because weak and slow for a limited amount of time and there's nothing you can really do about it. The only fight I have ever won, I tried this method: When I punched, I leaned towards the player and pressed A. When s/he punched, I leaned away from the player and pressed B. This isn't necessarily the best method for fighting but it is what I am most successful with. Main Goal : Winning the VHL Championship!! To win the Virtual Hockey League Championship, all you have to do is defeat all five other teams. Travel to their respective arenas and then defeat them one by one until you defeat them all. Once you defeat them all, you will be shown the victory screen stating that you won the championship! =============================================================================== 4. - W O R L D M A P HTI04 =============================================================================== Every house will always do the same thing. Some will give you some random advice, others will give you money, and others will take money. Here in this section, I will make a large map and describe what is in each house. I will just post a number or letter for each house, please refer to the list below the text map for a guide to what they do. I also included trees and mountains as a guide. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _____________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~ | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~ | L E G E N D | ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E ~~~~~~ O ~~ | RA - Red Arena | ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~ | BA - Blue Arena | ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~ ~~~ | YA - Yellow Arena | ~~~ I *** ~~ ~~***~~****** ~~~~~ *~~ | GA - Green Arena | ~~~ H *******~**G * **WA***~~~~~~~~**~~ | WA - White Arena | ~~~~** $ ***~~**** J ******~~~~~~~~~*~~~ | BK - Black Arena | ~~~*** ** ~~~**** *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | $ - Shop | ~~~* GA **** ///~~~~~^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ^ - Mountain | ~~~~ ~~~**** ///////^^^^^ ~~~~~~~**~~~~~~~ | / - Hills | ~~~~~~ ~~~~*** // //^^**C ~~~~~~****~~ ~~~ | * - Trees | ~~~~*** ~~~~~~* F *** *~~~~~~**$*~ ~~~ | ~ - Water | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **D **~~~~~~**** ~~ |_____________________| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E ^ *F**~~~~~~** B ~~ ~~~~~~~~G~~~~~~ ^^ **** ~~~ L ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ^ RA***** ** ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^ ****~~**~~ *****~~~~~ ^ N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A ^ **~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C^ D ~*~~*~~~** ~~~~ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B ^^ K ~~*~~**** ~~~ W | E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^/// L~~**~~*** BA ~~ <-----+-----> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^///// ***** H ~~~ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BK ^^/// *** ** ~~~ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^$ F *~* ~~~~ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~^^ ** **~* //// I ~~~~ V S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~^ ~~~~ **~ /$/// ~~~~ ~~K~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~^** ~ ~~ /// ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~** ~~~~^^^ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~* J ~** ^^* ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~* ~ ^ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M~~~*** *~ F ** ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~* ***~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~* ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** ~~~~~~~~~*E~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YA ~~ A ~~~ ~~ ~~~~~ ~~~N~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D ~~~ * **$ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** **~~ **O ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _____________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | HOUSE | TYPE | CONVERSATION | | | | | |-------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | A | +120g | I'm one of your biggest fans. | | B | Advice | As the level increases you can start to make use of various| | | | special actions. | | C | Advice | As power increases, more and more special actions appear. | | D | -20g | You can't just barge in here whenever you feel like it! | | | | You're going to have to pay a fine. | | E | Advice | If only you had a life-saving inner-tube you could go into | | | | the sea... | | F | None | Nobody was there. | | G | +80g | I'm one of your biggest fans. | | H | Advice | While the level is low you'd better battle it out on the | | | | plains. | | I | Advice | Be careful not to slip where it's iced over. | | J | Advice | They say the old man, who loves to eat apples, has a life- | | | | saving inner-tube. | | K | Advice | Try using "SEARCH" here and there. I'm sure you'll find | | | | something. | | L | +80g | I'm one of your biggest fans. | | M | Advice | I love to eat apples. | | N | +300g | I'm one of your biggest fans. | | O | +200g | I'm one of your biggest fans. | |_______|________|____________________________________________________________| =============================================================================== 5. - I T E M S HTI05 =============================================================================== These items can all be purchased at the shops, only the life-saving inner-tube cannot be purchased at any shop. A trick is required for that item, it is listed below. The prices change in between each shop. They aren't any major price changes except for the shop in the southeast corner of the map. For all prices for each specific shop, check out the Shops section of this guide, it's in the next section. Special Beef You will eat the special beef right away. What it will do for you is rebuild your team's stamina. It will also gain some quick experience points. I personally do not believe this item is worth purchasing since it costs so much and doesn't give you enough experience. Hamburger You will eat the hamburger right away. What it will do for you is rebuild your team's stamina. It will also gain some quick experience points. I personally do not believe this item is worth purchasing since it costs so much and doesn't give you enough experience. Apple These don't do much but except for allowing you to get the life-saving inner- tube. You need to bring a total of ten apples to the old man who loves apples. He lives to the south of the Black team's arena. You can only carry five at a time so you will have to make two trips to his house before you can attain the life-saving inner-tube. P-Drink This item will give you an edge in a game. You can purchase up to five at a time. When you play in any game, you will see the bottle of the P-Drink in front of your bench. Just skate up to it at any time and press up to drink it. This will boost all of your stats. I suggest using this early in a game or period so it will last you the longest time. Life-Saving Inner-Tube This is the best item in the game. It allows you to go in the water and live. While in the water, you will never run into any random teams you have to face to save you time, unless you want to level up. To get it, you just need to bring ten apples to the old man to the south of the black arena. You can only carry five at a time so you need to make two trips. =============================================================================== 6. - S H O P S HTI06 =============================================================================== In this section, I will list all of the items that could be purchased at each shop and how much they cost at those shops. Shop to the southwest of the Blue Arena Hamburger - 80g P-Drink - 40g Apple - 30g Shop in the southeast corner of the map Special Beef - 100g P-Drink - 20g Shop on the northeastern peninsula Special Beef - 200g Hamburger - 80g Shop to the southwest of the Red Arena P-Drink - 30g Apple - 20g Shop in the northwest corner of the map Hamburger - 80g P-Drink - 40g Apple - 30g =============================================================================== 7. - R O S T E R S HTI07 =============================================================================== Please note, the seperate players themselves do not have a special edge over the other players on the teams. They all have the same stats. The only way one can get better than another is in the Quest Mode if you play with one or two players a lot more than the others. Reds: Phil Bunker Anthony Propp Stephane Leetch Joe Housley Blues: Ned Corson "Bo" Cleveland Johnny Novak Eric Vernon Yellows: Al Gigliano Mike Wilson Tom Burns "Iron" Bob Greens: Ivan Yakashev Reggie Marsh Terry Smail Pat Francis Whites: "Battleship" Boyd "Dicky" Fontaine Rick Muller Dave Gartner Blacks: "Great" Nakada "Shocker" Ed George Itoh Kevin Nicholls =============================================================================== 8. - D I S C L A I M E R HTI08 =============================================================================== This FAQ/Walkthrough is copyrighted © 2007 to Frank Grochowski. International Copyright laws protect this FAQ/Walkthrough. You cannot sell this FAQ/Walkthrough for a profit of any kind. You cannot reproduce this FAQ/Walkthrough in any way with out my written consent. You are however allowed to download this FAQ/Walkthrough for personal use. 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