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SS2 SECRET SHADOW MOVE FAQ v.1.7 (so I lied)
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Basically, this is just a collection of rumors and hearsay that
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may or may not be true at this point, including all the info on the known
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shadow moves. Put together because it interests me for some reason. Whee.
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- Damone <damone@ios.com>
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Because people have been bugging me for it, it is now at
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ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs.
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WHAT'S THIS GONNA INCLUDE?
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WHAT'S NEW NOW?
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WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO HERE?
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WHAT IS A SECRET SHADOW MOVE?
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WELL, WHERE DID YOU GET THIS INFO FROM?
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HEY, I SAW THIS REALLY WEIRD MOVE, AND...
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WELL, WHAT ARE THE SECRET SHADOW MOVES?
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WHAT'S THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THERE BEING ANY MORE SECRET SHADOW MOVES?
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WHAT'S THE ARGUMENT FOR THERE BEING ANY MORE SECRET SHADOW MOVES?
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HOW DO I FIND SECRET SHADOW MOVES?
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WHO DO YOU WANT TO THANK?
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WHAT'S NEW NOW?
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This new version (1.7) just has some updated info from my own
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experiences and some new stuff posted on rec.games.video.arcade about
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newly discovered moves. Plus a possible move fro Ukyo. And I alphabetized
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things. Enough to justify another addition. So I said the last one was
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it. Sue me. It's archived now, too.
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WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO HERE?
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Well, I'm making an offshoot to the Tapfaq at the moment. There
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have been a lot of rumors and the such about the Secret Shadow Moves and
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stuff like that, so I decided to start this thing as a clearing house for
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information about these things. When all of them are found, and while
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info for it comes in, I want to turn it all back to the Tapfaq where it
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belongs. Until then, don't sell this, but distribute it anywhere you like
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for free.
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WHAT IS A SECRET SHADOW MOVE?
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Apparently, in SS2, there are undocumented (i.e. not listed on
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the game or in the manuals) attacks that can be performed that do
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incredible things and/or damage. They have only been discovered for
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certain players, but there have been enough of them to substantiate the
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idea that every character has at least one.
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The stories go that they can only be performed when the POW bar
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is full and they are alternates to the POW Special Moves each character
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has, and others that say they can be performed at any time. Information
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is extremely sketchy. Major consensus seems to be that these are moves
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that can be performed anytime, and the current discovered moves bear this
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out, but rumors that there are some connected to the POW bar still exist.
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WELL, WHERE DID YOU GET THIS INFO FROM?
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Good question. For solid evidence, I picked out the moves that
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had already been discovered and documented in the Tapfaq v.4.0, edited by
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Shawn Holmes <shawnh@qb.island.net>. Those moves are reproduced here. I
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wanted to get the information straight on these secret shadow moves
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because they interest me, and, hey, it may save Shawn some work.
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As far as blind speculation, I basically picked it all out of the
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posts on rec.games.video.arcade concerning strange attacks that have been
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posted so far. In addition to unconfirmed info about the soundtrack and
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morf features, I have taken reports about moves from posts. The 'proof'
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of these attacks range from 'having seen the computer pull it off,' to 'I
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saw someone do it,' to 'I heard someone say they saw this.' Bottom line:
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if a normal faq follows the scientific method, this is old-school alchemy
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at its best. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING HERE AT FACE VALUE.
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HEY, I SAW THIS REALLY WEIRD MOVE, AND...
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Cool. Mail me about it at damone@ios.com. Everything will be
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compiled as I get it and as my health holds out. If you have anything
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that fills in any of the blanks here (or, more to the point, connects the
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vast chasms between actual facts), drop me a line. If you've heard rumors
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of a move, thought you saw a move, have the actual move itself, etc, etc,
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mail me.
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WELL, WHAT ARE THE SECRET SHADOW MOVES?
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Form:
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CHARACTER: (* Denotes move info taken from Tapfaq v.4.0)
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SECRET SHADOW MOVE / DESCRIPTION
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JOYSTICK PATTERN (if known)
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CHAM CHAM:
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Tam Tam's Revenge: Apparently Paku Paku turns back to Tam Tam and Cham
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Cham turns into a monkey, and you can play as Tam Tam for a while.
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No move info
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CHARLOTTE:
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Super Power Gradiation: Charlotte tosses a rose in front of her and
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performs multiple power gradiations through it.
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-O | \ | / | + BCD OR - O | \ O - + BCD
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O O O O O O O
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(Movement unconfirmed)
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EARTHQUAKE:
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No move info (May be Ninja Fat Bomb)
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GALFORD: *
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Ninja Invisibility: Turns invisible, reappearing only to perform moves.
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Full reappearance occurs when opponent touches, or after a short time.
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-O O- -O O- | + BCD
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O
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GEN-AN:
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No move info (May be Alternate Shredder)
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GENJURO:
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Super Card Slash: Apparently Genjuro appears to be performing his POW
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super move when many cards come out, performing over 5 back and forth
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card slashes.
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No move info
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HANZO: *
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Ninja Invisibility: Turns invisible, reappearing only to perform moves.
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Full reappearance occurs when opponent touches, or after 10-12 seconds.
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-O O- -O O- | + BCD
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O
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HAOHMARU: *
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Super Kogetsuzan Rush: Leaps into the air doing multiple Kogetsuzans
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\ O- / | \ -O O- | / + BC
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O O O O O O
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JUBEI:
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No move info
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KYOSHIRO:
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No move info
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NAKORURU: *
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Apefuchi Kamui Rymuse: Performs three quick Kamui Ryuse and finishes by
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sending out a "shadow" of Falcon, allowing for four consecutive hits (if
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close to opponent).
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\ | / O- -O | \ + BC
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O O O O O
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NICOTINE:
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No move info
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SIEGER:
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Machine Gun: Apparently Sieger fires his cannon arm repeatedly for
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mega-damage. Another about a throw that takes him off-screen. First
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sounds suspiciously like the Vulcan Explosion, and the second like either
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his air throw or his back-breaker combo.
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No move info
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UKYO:
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Teleport Slash: Apparently Ukyo 'teleports' to the other side of the
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screen in his POW frame performing an upward slash.
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/ | \ -o | \ + BC
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o o o o o
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(Movement Unconfirmed)
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WAN FU:
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No move info
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WHAT'S THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THERE BEING ANY MORE SECRET SHADOW MOVES?
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Whelp, it goes something a little like this:
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- The Soundtrack: Every move and character in the game is
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represented on the soundtrack, even the Secret Shadow Moves listed here
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and Kuroko. If there are any more moves or characters (alla Tam Tam),
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they must not use any additional sounds, but re-use other sounds. This is
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not likely.
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- The Test Feature: Apparently there is a test morph feature for
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the game that lets the game owner test all the characters. This function
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includes Kuroko, but not Tam Tam, or any other character.
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- The 'Protagonist Attacks': Apparently someone who knows someone
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at the game company says that the Shadow Attacks that exist already are
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'Protagonist Attacks,' special attacks only for the 'heroes' of the game:
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Hoah, Nak, Galford, and Hanzo. They are the only ones to get them.
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- Weather Balloons Are Not UFOs: There are some glitches and bugs
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in the game that make it do weird things sometimes, but they are not
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special moves. As in most UFO sightings, most of the people who saw these
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things were just imagining it anyway or just saw some documented special
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attack they never saw before.
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WHAT'S THE ARGUMENT FOR THERE BEING ANY MORE SECRET SHADOW MOVES?
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Whelp, it goes something like this:
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- Screw The Soundtrack And Test Feature: No matter how unlikely
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it is, there could be special moves for the other players that either
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re-use sounds already on the soundtrack, or on tracks hidden in the
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soundtrack. Ditto the Test Feature. PLUS, the secret shadow moves that
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exist already, are additions to other moves, and some do not USE
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different sounds anyway. For example, Nak's is an extension of her hawk
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strike, Hoah's is a multiple Kogetsuzan, and Hanzo and Galford's
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invisibility is an extension of their ninja teleports in that they just
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stay 'gone.' SO, the secret shadow moves for the others characters are
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extensions of other moves, and don't NEED new sounds.
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- 'Protagonist' My Ass: Nak, Hoah, Galford, and Hanzo, while
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being more involved in the 'plot' of the game than the others, are by no
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means the only 'good guys' in it. And if it is for the people in those
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story lines, why shouldn't Genjuro, Ukyo, or Nicotine have one,
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considering their connection to Haoh's storyline? And while there are
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DEFINATELY some bad guys (Gen-an, Earthquake, etc), there are definately
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other good guys (Nicotine, Cham Cham, etc), as well as those of dubious
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morality (Kyoshiro, Sieger, etc.) What about them? Why screw up game
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balance by giving super-powerful special attacks to characters who in no
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way need them? And if the good guys get attacks, why not the villains as
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well?
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- It WAS a spaceship from Venus!: Many clearly sane people, who
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have played the game for a long time, have SEEN the moves that they claim
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with their own eyes, and they did appear to be bugs (How do you mistake
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seeing Tam Tam?). Some people have even PERFORMED the moves themselves.
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And there is the enough ambiguity to allow the possibility of these moves
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being reality.
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HOW DO I FIND SECRET SHADOW MOVES?
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Still convinced that more moves exist? Well, take a look at what
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we have already. It seems that all the Secret Shadow moves all have
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button combos that have both slash and kick button involved (usually BC),
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along with complex and unusual joystick movements. All of it is in some
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ways akin to the Super Deformed transformations (weird joystick
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movements/button combos). Also, all of the moves seem to have some sort
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of 'shadow' component. Haoh and Nak have 'shadows' of themselves trailing
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behind them as they perform their moves, while Hanzo and Galford turn
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INTO 'shadows.' Also, for more moves to exist at this point and defy the
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arguments against it, they are probably just extensions of moves the
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characters already have (see the examples of Charlotte and Genjuro). So
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go out, do weird things with the joystick, and hit slash and kick at the
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same time.
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WHO DO YOU WANT TO THANK?
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Well, first off again, Shawn Holmes <shawnh@qb.island.net>,
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editor of the Tapfaq v.4.0, for use of some of the moves from the Tapfaq.
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I'd also like to thank all the posters who I borrowed from. If
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you wish to be recognized for your info, please drop me a line and you
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will be included, and accept my apologies ahead of time.
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If you have any info, complaints, etc, drop me a line at
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damone@ios.com. Thanks again.
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Damone
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<damone@ios.com>
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