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SP2000 Series Vol. 105: The Maid Fuku to Kikanjuu
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Game Synopsis
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The
demure Yuuki looks like a normal maid with a prim
dress and professional housecleaning demeanor.
However, when she's not
dusting the cabinetry or polishing the appliances, Yuuki
raises up the gun and defends her master from
diminutive maid robots.
As the proper story begins, Yuuki greets her young master in front
of his grandfather's villa on a bright and sunny
day. Despite the cheerful hello, not all is well as
robots who look like super-deformed interpretations
of Yuuki have invaded the estate and are on the
attack. To add to the drama, a sexy blonde maid has
also arrived to kidnap the young master. That won't
do. Armed with powerful firearms, Yuuki plays the
part of bodyguard who shoots, snipes, and swings a
sword to dispatch her foes.
The bulk of the game is made up of levels where Yuuki roams around
a level and blasts away at her enemies with
conventional weapons. There are also special levels
where she plays the part of a sniper or a speed
racer chasing enemies on the run. As stages are
cleared and points awarded, weapons may be upgraded
to higher levels of performance. Mini-games and new
clothes may be unlocked as well.
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Game Notes
» The title screen is
a cropped copy of the game cover where master hugs
maid but their torsos have been cut off.
» Rideon, Inc developed the game for D3 Publisher.
» Press Start and players may select NEW GAME or
LOAD GAME from a simple menu. On the right side of
the screen are four gold-colored bullets with tips
that look like missile cones.
» Start a new game and blonde maid is standing next
to a guy. She wears a maid's doily on her head and
is giving orders while lifting her right arm. She's
speaking to a shadowy guy who's portrait appears as
a black silhouette.
She turns to leave and the camera passes some
canisters before panning down to Yuuki who is lying
on a metal bed and breathing up and down as she's
resting. She's dressed in full maid regalia. She
gets up and stretches while sighing, rubs her right
eye, and receives orders for her upcoming mission.
» Before the first stage starts, Yuuki is shown
holding a gat and pumping her legs up and down in
the Briefing Screen. A selection of weapons is
listed on the left side of the screen while the game
options on the right side reads as follows from top
to bottom:
Stage Start - Begin maid operations
Equip - Choose which weapons to bring to war
Customize - Increase the firepower, magazine size,
and reload speed for Yuuki's weapons
Collection - View 13 weapons in a gallery; 3 are
viewable at the outset and the others must be
unlocked
Option - Set sound volumes, toggle Dual Shock
vibration
Save / Load - Store and retrieve data
» As the game begins, master is walking down the
street to gramp's villa and Yuuki trails him. He
turns into a street and two miniature doll versions of Yuuki
appear on the street and begin to scuttle towards her in a
threatening manner. Time for battle.
CONTROLS
R1-TRIGGER - Lock on to closest enemy.
R2-TRIGGER - Reload
L2-TRIGGER - Power shot - check out the mighty
recoil
X-BUTTON - Jump
SQUARE - Shoot
O-BUTTON - Sword slash. Press thrice to make Yuuki
slash two times, twirl, and perform a dainty
backwards kick move.
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When locked onto a target, moving in a direction and
pressing the X-Button executes a roll move.
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Pressing the O-Button quickly will make the maid
attack multiple times with her sword so that she
pokes forward with a little light show as she
thrusts at anything in front of her. There's also a
move where she jumps up and then kicks at enemies
multiple times while in mid-air.
» After defeating the first two little robots, run
down the corridor and face even more dolls that
approach slowly. A map of the local area is located
on the upper right corner of the screen and keeps
track of the maid and her enemies. After following
the corridor for a while and dispatching maid bots,
flying robots are met. To destroy them, jump and
slash them from the air and they'll crash downwards
with a single stroke. It's also possible to target
them and blast them with a bullet. The little dolls
attack by hurling themselves onto the ground in a
sort of dash attack move. They're not very clever
however. After plowing through a few gangs of dolls,
the maid runs up an incline to an elevated area
where she tackles some more dolls and a leather-clad
lady with a gun. After defeating them, a big and
useless enemy helicopter appears which is destroyed
by a few targeted blasts.
» The camera is fixed-position and the gamer is
subject to its nuances. No user control is afforded
although we would have preferred a little camera
manipulation with the R-analog. Alas, it wasn't in
D3's programming budget.
» Only the L-analog may be used for movement. The
d-pad does nothing.
» After each level, the RESULTS show up which tally
your combos, damage, bullets, and maid style.
» In Stage 2, the maid takes to the wilderness where
trees and grass provide the background. A new type
of enemy battle doll is added in this stage which
wears and red/white dress and has red/white
decorations attached to her green hair. A battle on
the water takes place in this stage as well. To end
the level, the maid performs a jumping slash attack
(animated sequence) on a newtype robot dubbed model
A3-N.
» After completing the second stage, Maid introduces
herself to young master in front of the estate. He's
missed all of the carnage behind the scenes as he
dawdled to grandpa's place.
» Stage 3 opens up with maid inside the villa near a
grand piano. Breaking from the run 'n gun mechanics
of the first two levels, stage 3 is a fast-paced
sniping mission. Run to the two porches when the
blinking arrows indicate enemy agents are on the way
and press and hold the "O" button to bring up the
targeting scope. As enemy cars motor down the
freeway, target and shoot them by pressing the
SQUARE button. We noticed a bug in this level where
Yuuki can walk through the railing of the center
window and traipse around on the treetops.
» Stage 4: Yuuki goes through the house where groups
of robots have infiltrated. Run through and
exterminate all of the unwelcome visitors. One of
the mini robot maids drives a yellow mech attacker.
The windows in the house may be broken by slashing
or shooting them. After defeating a bunch of
enemies, a cut scene plays where master is met by
the blonde maid from the intro. She speaks into a
communicator on her wrist to HQ. She grabs master
but he resists and a comical tug of war is shown
where his arms act as the rope. She then knocks him
down and hovers over him in a compromising position.
Yuuki enters the room to the rescue and the blonde
maid gets up to prepare for battle. This is the
first relatively challenging battle because the
blonde's gun fires quickly and reloads fast. Her HP
is also large and she'll chop up maid with gunfire
that rattles off in quick succession.
» Only 1 save data file is allowed per memory card.
The old one is erased if a new save is executed.
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This document and photos are ©NCSX 2006. All rights reserved. No
reproduction in whole or in part of this document
may be made without express written consent of
National Console Support, Inc.
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