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Round II: Silent Blue % +Records % +Victim Locations % +Rescue List % +Hidden Crystals % +Boss Strategies % #6... Round III: Gravity Zero % +Records % +Victim Locations +Rescue List % +Hidden Crystals % +Tips % +Boss Strategies % % #7... Round IV: Winged Cradle % +Hidden Crystals % +Tips % +Boss Strategies % % #8... Lyrics % +"I JUST SMILE" +"WE ARE BURNING RANGERS" % +"ANGELS WITH BURNING HEARTS" #9... Secrets/Codes % % #10... Miscellaneous % +Various Tricks +Mysteries of BR +BR sites % #11... Subgame % % #12... Credits % % %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%% % % % ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- i n f o r m a t i o n 1 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- Burning Rangers is a futuristic firefighting game from Sonic Team for the Sega Saturn. It's similar to the SNES game, The Ignition Factor, but it's 3D and contains gameplay elements from NiGHTS and Sonic the Hedgehog such as a grading system, crystals(similar to rings), a limit bar(sort of like a time limit), and 2 characters to choose from. You play one of two rookie firefighters fighting fire and rescuing people in 4 levels. The first level takes 15 minutes to beat, but if you try finding everything, it could take up to 30 minutes. Each level after the first gets increasingly shorter, but they'll all take at least 10 minutes. Burning Rangers has taken a lot of criticism for being so short, but people don't seem to notice all the replay value it has. There's also a Voice Navigation System that keeps you from getting lost(although it's wrong sometimes). You even get mail from the people that you rescue(there's 108 victims and some of them send out more than one letter.) Once you beat the game, a random generator is activated and it randomizes the level you choose. Victims, gas tanks, crystals, backdrafts, rooms, doors, switches, and enemies are ALL randomized in a preset way. The grading system grades you in four areas: victims rescued, crystals, boss time, and the fire limit. The grades start from D(lowest) to S(highest). To get a total rank of an S, you need S's in all categories. Rescued - the number of people you rescued. Crystals - the number of crystals you beat the boss with including the number of crystals used to save people. Boss - the time it took you to beat the boss. Limit - the limit percentage you end the level with. After you beat the game, you are able to use the password feature. The english manual is wrong when it says that the password at the end of each mission is used to disable the random generator. It's actually the password to the EXACT mission you just played. For example, if you get the first mission with the front door blocked off and use the password at the end of the level, you'll play that exact same mission again. ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- t i p s o n h o w t o g e t a n S r a n k ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- -remember that jumping will charge up your laser faster. -memorize the level so that you'll be able to find all the crystals and victims when the game's random mode kicks in. -pay attention to the light sourcing as well as the sound to dodge fire. -practice thrusting because you can do it infinitely. It's fast and better than backflipping in certain situations. -remember that you need 100% of the survivors. -don't play this game after playing Dracula X -remember that rescuing people also acts like a save spot and crystal bank. ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- c h a r a c t e r s 2 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- >= s h o u a m a b a n e =< Japanese voice actor: Hikaru Midorikawa also played Zelgadis(Slayers) & Hiro(Lunar: Eternal Blue) sex: M age: 21 hgt: 185 cm wgt: 86kg (approx. 189 lbs.) bday: August 7, XXXX origin: Japan the following was taken from the BR english manual > As the flames whip and intensify, the exhausted ten-year old Shou lets out a desperate cry. A shimmering outline appears, extending a blood-soaked glove to hurl the young boy to safety. Then- and in the countless haunting dreams since then- Shou looks back to witness the phantasmic Burning Ranger vaporize in a ball of flame... That was the day that changed Shou's life, the day he recognized his destiny. Ten years later, he too has earned the right to call himself a Burning Ranger, and maybe someday he'll be able to repay his debt. < Shou is one of the characters you can play in the beginning. He's an egotistical rookie that Reed treats like a kid throughout the game. Even though he's 21, his english voice actor sounds kinda Matthew Lawrence. He also does this fruity thing with his fingers and says "Chill Out" one too many times. For some reason he pronounces his name like "Shou I'm A Barney" >= t i l l i s =< Japanese voice actor: Yoko Miyamura also played Asuka(Evangelion) sex: F age: 19 hgt: 164 cm wgt: 47kg (approx. 103 lbs.) bday: Unknown origin: Unknown for no apparent reason the following was taken from the BR english manual > After a blaze mercilessly snatched away the lives of her loving parents, the young and bewildered Tillis was taken into government foster care. The cold and impersonal environment spawned in her a desire to save others from the pain of untimely loss. Strength of character, limitless compassion, and extraordinary physical dexterity made her a perfect candidate for the Burning Rangers- her new family. < She's the other character you can play in this game, but she has the same moves as Shou and the rest of the team. Her english voice actor is just as high-pitched as her japanese voice actor. It doesn't really make sense that her birthday is unknown and that she has no last name. Yes, she is annoying. >= r e e d p h o e n i x =< Japanese voice actor: Tomokazu Seki also played Touji(Evangelion) & Gai(Nadesico) sex: M age: 22 hgt: 185 cm wgt: 76kg (approx. 167 lbs.) bday: January 23, XXXX origin: Europe the following was taken from the BR english manual > Reed joined fire-fighting after graduating high school- more for the experience than out of any real desire to help people. However, once he got involved in the job of actually saving lives, he quickly gained a healthy respect for the business... Reed has nurtured himself the perfect temperament for the role of a Burning Ranger. He's a cool intellectual who always thinks before he leaps, thanks to an intense awareness of the value of every life. < Reed is one of the two half decent voice actors in the game. He sounds just like his japanese counterpart. Throughout the game, he'll bother Shou about being a rookie. It's annoying because Shou keeps answering him with his annoying voice. Reed has the coolest looking gun in the game, the "ICEMAN". He's also a cat lover, but I hate cats and I wish they had cancer. Lead Phoenix, yeah right. >= b i g r a n d m a n =< Japanese voice actor: Ryuuzaburou Ohtomo also played someone in Dragonball Z and the emperor in the Panzer Dragoon series. sex: M age: 35 hgt: 230 cm wgt: 245kg (approx. 539 lbs. he's not fat.) bday: April 29, XXXX origin: Africa the following was taken from the BR english manual > Big is the eldest and most experienced of the Burning Rangers. His enormous strength and incredible sensory perception have come to the rescue of many hundreds who had lost all hope. Big was badly injured in a terrible accident early in his career, but thanks to his iron will and unbending sense of purpose, he now operates with a body rebuilt using neuro-sil and carbo-limb implants. < He also sounds almost like his japanese counterpart, but it isn't that hard to sound like a big tough guy. No, he's not gay like Barret in FF7, but he looks pretty stupid with his carbo-limbs. Big carries a big bazooka. >= c h r i s p a r t o n =< Japanese voice actor: Hiroko Kasahara also played Armitage(Armitage III), Fuu(Magic Knight Rayearth), & Melody(Virus). sex: F age: 24 hgt: 172 cm wgt: 52kg (approx. 114 lbs.) bday: September 10, XXXX origin: America the following was taken from the BR english manual > Chris was only thirteen when her father- a first generation Burning Ranger- perished while trying to rescue survivors of a chemical explosion. Chris grew up with enormous pride in her pride in her father and his ultimate sacrifice, yet she always felt that his work had been left unfinished. Chris decided to continue her father's legacy, despite her mother's tearful objections. Her razor-sharp judgment and ability to remain calm in the searing heat of the moment were talents quickly recognized as being perfectly suited to the job of Burning Rangers Team Navigator. < The american voice actor for Chris sucks. There's absolutely NO emphasis or feeling put on any of her lines so everything she says sounds dumb. For some reason almost half her navigation is wrong. If you didn't notice already, she has crystal earrings! Groovy. >= i r i a k l e i n =< Japanese voice actor: Aya Hisakawa also played Sailor Mercury(Sailor Moon) sex: F age: 16 hgt: 136 cm wgt: 34 kg (approx. 75 lbs.) bday: I don't wanna bother origin: Europe At the age of 16, Iria was diagnosed with an incurable disease. Her father decided to put her in hypersleep and send her into space. Installed in the ship is a computer designed to "protect" her which contains his conscienceness. The computer "evolved" and started collecting pieces of debris and space. A signal from Earth was sent to tell the computer that a cure had been found. The ship, which is now the size of your mom, is returning to Earth, but there's a possibility that it'll crash. She's goofy lookin'. ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- c o n t r o l s / t e c h n i q u e s 3 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- [Best Control Scheme: Type C or D] 3D Control Pad is preferred. Although it's more sensitive, it's more precise so jumping is easier. ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- --- >>Basic Controls(the stuff they teach you in training) D pad/Analog pad - guides character(you can only run) A button - jump B button - fires pulse Hold B - laser blast(destroys all crystals) (holding B in the air charges up faster) C button - jump Tap back - backflip(depends on where your character is facing and must be pushed when you hear a whistling sound. ex: if you're facing right, press left) X/Z button - navigation L trigger - moves camera left 90 degrees(Type C or D) R trigger - moves camera right 90 degrees(Type C or D) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >>Advanced Moves Tap A/C twice - double jump > you can get more distance on your jump if you're pushing forward and if you're holding the button. [ground] Up + A/C - forward thrust Down + A/C - backflip Left + A/C - side roll Right + A/C - side roll > these moves are useful in dodging fireballs thrown by certain green flames and for traveling faster because thrusting is faster than running. [air(right after you press jump)] Up + A/C - forward thrust Down + A/C - back thrust Left + A/C - left thrust Right + A/C - right thrust > these moves are useful if you're in a room full of fire. You can thrust an infinite number of times, but they must be timed near the end of the thrust. [water] A/C button - swim up B button - swim down > if you just sit there, you might float up a little. So if you're getting sucked down into a tunnel, go to the corner of the tunnel and wait. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- It's recommended that you practice all the advanced moves to enjoy the game more and to keep yourself alive. Plus, you'll look pretty damn cool. ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- r o u n d 1 : f a l l e n m e m o r y 4 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- Personal Records: (you can beat them right? Or am I really the best?) Crystals: 577 *new* Boss: 19s "55 Limit: 1%(strangely I can't end with 0%) ---------- -- -- ----------------------------------------------- NOTE: certain areas that weren't accessible before are opened up after you beat the game. Remember, victim locations are random too. All you really need to do is memorize the level and explore every place if you want to find all the survivors. The number next to the victim's name is the amount of mail you get. @ means that person is in the original map -- - -------------------------- -- ---- -- - ------------ According to the scraps of information that are coming through, there's been a breach of the core reactor at the power plant. The central computer has somehow taken complete control of the plant and its HST-series robots. You've been sent in to run the gauntlet of blazing passageways, searing generator rooms, and superflammable fuel cells in an attempt to shut down the reactor before the whole place is blown to smithereens. This level is huge! That's only if you try to look for all the survivors. There's plenty of gas tanks lying around so be careful. It's easy to get lost because most of the level looks the same in the 2nd section. >>Possible Victim Locations<< starting from the beginning of the level -s e c t i o n 1- 1. in front of the first door you enter@ 2. the upper level of the exploding room@ 3. after you open the shutter, go through the door and go down the hole. 4. If you're attacked by a fireball, above you. 4. somewhere along the perimeter of the reactor@ 5. in one of the rooms in the bottom level of the reactor 6. in the other room in the bottom level of the reactor 7. in the room in the middle level of the reactor 8. on the ground in the room in the top level of the reactor@ 9. see hidden crystal #1@ 10. on the ground in the room after that(2 green flames /w 5 gas tanks)@ 12. on the ground in the room in front of that@ 13. enter the door of the exploding room(the one with the switch) and take a left. Fall into the hole, there should be someone. 14. Follow the tunnel and enter any room. This place might even be changed to have a big fireball attacking you. -s e c t i o n 2- after you press the switch/restore power 1. get out of the room you're in and go to the top part. Then follow the hall. When Chris says "turn left" enter the room nearby.@ 2. keep following the tunnel until you hear Chris say "you're going the wrong way", enter one of the two doors at the end of the tunnel. 3. go the correct path and you should see two paths(one to the left and one in front). Go forward and hop over the hole with the big pipe. 4. enter the room to the left of victim 3 5. enter the room to the right of victim 3 6. go right of victim 3 and skip the room, there's a path to the right. Fall down the hole. 7. jump out of the hole, I think there's another room nearby. STAY ALERT, trust me. 8. go back to the hole with the big pipe(victim 3), fall down. Follow the path and turn left. Enter the room. 9. Turn around and follow the tunnel. Go right and enter the room. 10. Go back to the upper level and turn right. Follow the path to an intersection with 1 room. Enter the room(there's 3 green flames), fall down, enter another room, at the intersection turn right.@ 11 & 12. At the intersection go forward if they let you. Enter the room, enter another room, then another, there should be 2 victims. 13. Go all the way back and jump back to the top level. Go past the reactor and enter the room on the left. There should be one on the top part.@ round-1-- ---- ----survivor-list----------- -- ------ ------- page 1 page 2 page 3 Peter Smith 3 Prince Lemmon 1 Nancy Keaton 2 Joe Bradley 3 Sophie Rosay 1 Jennifer Fox 1 Curt Eisler 3 Paul Freeman 1 Anne Connery 1 Linda Wirgman 1 Marie Moore 1 Ahmad Khan 2 Gena Austin 1 Mira Redford 1 Emma Kensit 1 Richard Wells 1 Erika Pinter 1 Janet Day 1 Lucille Crawford 2 Danny Hackman 1 Satoshi Okano(S) 2 Oliver Landon 1 Christine Fowles 2 James Green 1 Rose Bergman 2 Simone Darrieu 3 Arnold Leyden 3 Lily Johnson 1 Frank Williams 2 Hideaki Moriya(S) 2 Yasushi Nirenburg 1 Kathy Margret 2 Hiroko Losey 3 Mary Foster 1 Takao Miyoshi(S) 3 Florenz Ranke 1 --- ------ ---- --- ----- -- - ---- ---- Note: The crystals can be found easily by just going to every room. Memorize the level. It's not hard. Really. >>Hidden Crystals(Original Map)<< 1)Remember the part where the power shuts down in Section 1? Well, before you start that part, turn around and follow the path and you'll see two doors. Go to the bottom door. There really aren't any crystals that are hidden well in this level. Just check the entire level if you haven't already memorized it. >>Boss Strategy: Anemoth<< There's two ways of doing this: 1) Keep running right and left while shooting laser blasts. You have to shoot them when he's almost facing you. You have to keep constantly running so that means no STOPPING. Run in an oval. This method requires practice. The boss timer starts when you enter the room so double jump onto the platform to the right to get to the boss FAST. 2) The safer, but slightly slower way of beating it is when you climb up to the top level, go to the blue light in the left corner. Just stay there and start shooting. The yellow flames will not touch you. ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- r o u n d 2 : s i l e n t b l u e 5 ----------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- Personal Records: (you can beat them right? Or am I really the best?) Crystals: 825 Boss: 35s "35 (I don't recall getting this time, but it was labeled as my best time) Limit: 1% An unexplained accident has occurred at an undersea marine research laboratory. The Burning Rangers must access the research facilities and rescue the trapped researchers. Watch out for the lab's Guardian-series robots- it seems they've started to attack anything that moves. Soon afterwards you will discover that there are also visitors trapped in the park. Using your superior brain power, you figure out an idea to rescue all 200+ visitors by destroying the joints connecting the research laboratory to the park which probably wouldn't work in real life. This level also takes forever to finish with an S rank. Usually there's 16 people to rescue, but it can go up to 18! The swimming sections of this level are really boring, but there are some places where the entire tunnel explodes towards you, kind of like the escape scene of Descent which is cool. [Par time: 7:00] [S rank Par time: 30:00] >>Possible Victim Locations<< starting from the beginning of the level -s e c t i o n 1- 1. To the left of you, there's usually a wall in the way. 2. After you press the switch keep going straight.@ 3. There are three rooms to the upper-left, the first one on the right. 4. the second one. 5. when you press the switch near the elevator, go back to the dolphin tank. There's a room nearby that just opened.@ -s e c t i o n 2- outside the elevator 1. Follow the path and keep going straight(it might be closed off). In the original map, there's a bunch of water nearby. There's also a room to the right.@ 2. Go the correct path and enter the room. 3. In the big room with the whale and dolphin statues, go to the top level. There's a door that leads to a room with a water tank. Jump to the right of it.@ 4. Check the entire perimeter of the top level.@ 5. On the bottom level, there's a hall. Chris will say "that's not where the director's office is". There might be someone there. 6. After you save the director and press the switch follow the path and enter the room nearby.@ 7. The room that opens after you press the switch in the monitor room.@ 8. Go in the vent and go to the top level.@ 9. Get out of the vent and follow the path. There usually isn't someone around. 10. The 1st room you see. -s e c t i o n 3- after the dolphin 1. Go to the top level.@ 2 & 3. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. After you see Shou or Tillis, there will be two doors. Go to the one in front. Then go to the one on the left. Get the victim. Turn around and keep going until you see an air duct to your right, go in the air duct and get the other victim.@ 4. After swimming with the dolphin go to the room on the left and fall down. Go to the room on the left with the victim.@ 5. In the big area with all the green flames, go to the room on the left (not the one if the corner) to press a switch. There's a room in the corner of the water area that just opened.@ 6. Go to the top level and there's a room with a victim somewhere.@ round-2------ --------- ----- ------ --- -------- page 4 page 5 page 6 Marco Martini 3 Marcia Weber 1 Naomi Parton 1 Leonard Kennedy 1 David Weber 1 Kanako Parton 1 Ellen Kelly 3 Bob Fisher 1 Manabu Parton 1 Janet Campbell 3 Fumie Kumatani(S) 1 Yasuhiko Nagamichi(S) 2 Nico Pernas 1 Meg Tracy 1 Sonia Mortin 1 Marc Tyler 3 Diane Tracy 2 Martin Mortin 2 Scarlet Fonda 3 Bill Klein 1 Julie Sanda 3 Shinichi Higashi(S) 3 Elizabeth Klein 2 Mark Brando 3 Will Jones 1 Yasuhiro Watanabe(S) 1 Mira Ringwald 3 Owen Eastwood 1 Yumy Bouwer 1 Hanne Ringwald 3 Michael Eastwood 2 Tohru Watanuki(S) 3 Claris Sinclair 2 Bella Eastwood 1 Betty Forrest 1 Elliot Edwards 2 - -- -------- -- --- -------- ------ ----------------- >>Hidden Crystals(Original Map)<< Note: The obvious crystals will not be listed and never EVER use laser blasts. -s e c t i o n 1- 1. In the room with the 4 gas tanks. It's right after you press the 2nd switch. 2. On a balcony near the dolphin tank. 3. In the room with the circulation controls. 4. They're in the air near the switch. 5. There's a vent nearby the switch. -s e c t i o n 2- 1. Enter the vent to the left. 2. Go straight and enter the room with the survivor. It's in the air. 3. There's two rooms nearby, one will explode when the door is opened, and the other has plenty of gas tanks. 4. Enter the room with the whale statue. Go to the top level. There's 3 crystals nearby. 5. There's a room in the top level. Enter it and jump to the left. 6. Go down to the bottom level again. Go to the directors office hallway. There's a room next to his. 7. In the tunnel with the robot, there's crystals around. 8. Enter the vent, grab all the crystals in the room you're in. Check every corner. 9. Get out of the vent and follow the tunnel and check EVERY room before entering the water. 10. Take the left tunnel underwater. -s e c t i o n 3- 1. Grab every crystal you see. 2. When you see your partner, keep going straight. Enter the room in front. Enter the room to the right, there's a green crystal in a corner. 3. In the room with the two green flames, there's 2 crystals behind the table. 4. Run behind the robot and grab all 3 crystals. -s e c t i o n 4- 1. Grab the crystals to the right, but don't go down that tunnel. Take the other tunnel. 2. Go to the up next tunnel and turn around. 2 crystals. 3. After going through another tunnel, you'll see 3 tunnels. Enter the middle one and keep grabbing all the crystals. 4. After talking to the dolphin, go through the tunnel and grab the crystals OUTSIDE of the left tunnel. Don't go in. Enter the tunnel in front, keep trying until you can. 5. There's a tunnel above you with tons o' crystals. 6. Keep going and finding crystals until you see a red crystal and some green crystals going up a line. You're near the end, but don't touch them yet. There's a passageway to the right that takes you to a room of crystals. 7. Grab the last ones. -s e c t i o n 5- 1. Grab all the crystals you can see. In the big area full of green flames, go to the left and enter the room with the switch. There's crystals. 2. Go back and jump up to the top area, there's a room full of crystals somewhere. 3. There's crystals sitting around on a tiny balcony in the area. 4. Enter the room with the water, but don't jump in the water. Jump to the platform to the left. Then jump to the other platform nearby and jump up again to enter a room full of crystals. 5. In the room with the 3 robots, there's 2 green crystals in the air. It's OK to use laser blasts unless you're jumping. >>Boss Strategy: Undalatus<< All you really have to do is aim and shoot. If he's too close, jump and shoot because it's faster and you can't shoot him close up. You also have to learn how to jump from platform to platform. ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- r o u n d 3 : g r a v i t y z e r o 6 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- Personal Records: (you can beat them right? Or am I really the best?) Crystals: 333 Boss: 11s "85 Limit: 0%(trust me, it's EASY) A huge silent space colony drifts helplessly in the void. Inside, the scene is not so peaceful. Flames are beginning to spread throughout the vessel, fueled by the precious oxygen onboard. Your mission is to rescue any survivors from an untimely death, and eliminate the cause of this terrible incident. This is the shortest level. The highest number of survivors I've encountered were 8. At the end of the level, you'll have to rescue a boy, but since you can't transport him, you have to carry him through an exploding room on a thin pathway. In this level, you can find Yuji Naka and Naoto Oshima if you're lucky. [Par time: 4:00] [S rank Par time: 16:00] >>Possible Victim Locations<< starting from the beginning of the level -s e c t i o n 1- I haven't seen any victims around the first section. -s e c t i o n 2- 1 & 2. In the room with all the robots and fire, jump up to the top level.@ 3. At the top level, jump forward all the way and enter the door to the left.@ 4. There's a room with 2 green flames to the right of Gate B03.@ 5-7. There's a room in that room with 4 switches. Use you ID card to use a switch. Enter all the rooms you find and keep going back here to press more buttons if you get more ID cards. One of the switches leads to victim 3 so don't press it.@ 8. Refer back to #3, but go right this time. There usually isn't anyone there though. -s e c t i o n 3- 1. Remember the two room full of crystals that you can get into if you have two ID cards? The second one will have Ami Shibata if you're lucky. 2. Oh, you'll know if you'll find Yuji Naka. Remember that room with 5 doors before you save the kid? It's random, but if you're lucky, a door that has never opened will finally be opened. If you want Yuji, refer to the Secrets section of this FAQ. round-3-------- ---- - ----- ------------- -- - -- -- page 7 page 8 page 9 Neal Belmondo 3 Brown Epstein 2 Bette Temin 1 Gerardo Vanini 1 Akio Setsumasa(S) 3 Tim Leary 1 Ridley Thomson 3 Grace Turner 1 Kayo Shimizu(S) 1 George Beck 1 Eric Howell 2 Charles Smyth 2 Casper Wyld 2 Elvis Douglas 1 Jill Woods 1 David Jackson 1 Alicia Howard 3 Takuya Matsumoto(S) 3 Henry Pierce 1 Joe Negrin 1 Jason Mark 2 Loretta Compton 1 Elena Eldon 1 Luke Scala 1 Susan Gray 3 Sam Murray 1 Mimi Follows 3 Tyron Fage 1 Matilda Kasdan 1 Naoto Ohshima(S) 2 Tomonori Dobashi(S) 1 Masaru Setsumaru(S) 3 Yuji Naka(S) 1 John Sweet 2 Naofumi Hataya(S) 1 Ami Shibata(S kind of) 1 --- -- - ----------- ------- -- ---------------- ---------- >>Hidden Crystals(Original Map)<< -s e c t i o n 1- 1. After you experience zero gravity, you'll be in a room with a door on the left and right. Double jump and you'll find another area. 2. Double jump again on the left and right sides to find some green crystals. -s e c t i o n 2- 1. These aren't really hidden, but if you have 2 ID cards left, go to the place with the little flying robots and press the switch in the first room. >>Tips *In the room with the switches, press the following 3 buttons: +----------+ |x o| |o o| +-------you+ *When a wall collapses, thrust in the opposite direction, don't try running because turning is too slow(unless you're running, if that's the case, don't stop) *In the part where you have to carry around the kid to the other side, just remember to jump if you see the ground under you light up. No need to press the jump button to hop over the small gaps. If you fall, just head back towards the beginning and hop on the little box and start over. >>Boss Strategy: Argoyle _G<< Jump and shoot, jump and shoot. Stay a little to the right to dodge his rocket punch. ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- r o u n d 4 : w i n g e d c r a d l e 7 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- You're stranded in a big floating piece of waste. The Burning Rangers are unable to contact you so you'll have to be navigated throughout the level by the voice of some skinny little girl. The level seems to be heading towards Earth so you must destroy the central computer and save the girl. You don't get a grade at the end, or do you? There's plenty of hidden crystals... [Par time: 10:00] [S rank Par time: n/a] >>Hidden Crystals(Original Map)<< -s e c t i o n 1- 1. there's a small ledge to the left of you. 2. look around underwater because there's a room where you'll find with 7 crystals. 3. there's two little gaps in the 2nd room. One of them will explode. after activating the switch and entering the door 4. there's a hole in the ground. 5. in the hallway to the right, go to the left path and jump to get them. -s e c t i o n 2 (after beating the subgame)- 1. Jump up ON ALL the platforms then turn around, there's a room /w tons o' crystals. 2. in the room in front on the broken bridge(beware of enemy). 3. If you're fast enough to kill the eye, your partner hopefully didn't destroy the crystals behind you in the air. >Tips *In the room with the big fireball, just stand on the end of one of the ledges and shoot lasers at it till it dies. *In the swimming part, if you get lost, just follow the crystals. *In the part where there's falling rocks, all you have to do is remember the pattern, right, left, right. If you don't make it to the end by the third rock, then you're doomed. *At the area where you say "I don't even wanna think about falling off...", once you master the controls, don't be afraid to jump onto those big blocks of fire(get rid of the fire first.) It saves A LOT of time. My record is 53.??s. *To beat that big eye guarding Iria's hypersleep chamber fast, just stand right in front of it and when it opens its eye, shoot it, then run away like a monkey on fire. Be careful. Your teammate might shoot you for no apparent reason aside from the fact that it's cool. Try to stay area from the area that your teammate is shooting at because they are lots o' drones flying about. >>Boss Strategies<< Boss 1: The Crystal This is the easiest boss in the game. Stand in one place and keep shooting laser blasts. Don't jump because for some reason, his bullets don't hurt you. If you think you're falling off, just move forward a little. Boss 2: Diamond Lasers(Best Time: 13"??) Pretty simple. Just dodge the lasers with your side rolls. If they shoot twice in the same spot or if you jump around a lot, that probably means that they're gonna move around in a circle so jump. If you jump around a lot, the lasers will probably start moving in a circle. Boss 3: The Final Boss(Best Time: 1'34"??) To actually hurt it, you have to destroy the two shields by his side and then shoot him. When he drops meteors, just jump, double jump, and thrust if needed. For the tornado, stay in the back and shoot at open spots(left, right, left). Beware the 2nd tornado because it's fast. If he uses the flame walls, find an open spot and shoot right after it passes you. ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- l y r i c s 8 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- -- ----------------------------------- ---- -- - --------- Lyrics to the hip songs found in Burning Rangers. Note: I edited some of the words from the original source. ------------- -- - ----------------------------------------- "I JUST SMILE" Words by Talking Moon Music & Arrangement by Naofumi Hataya Vocal Performance by Pamela Driggs I don't know why, but I know I was here before in the flow of time. I caame from the time can't be reached, gone too far away only in life in my dreams In my dreams I have seen by myself I wandered through the stars But it's not anymore I SSMMMMMIIIIILLLLLEEEEEE for the people I need.... every day every night for the warm smiles they give me Love of people holding me AAAANNNNNDDDD IIIIIIIII don't feel lonely again they are always with me... for the warm smiles they give me love of people holding me in their arms.... Sooound of the rain falling down fills my heart with joy the sounds I heard in dreams scent of the wind all around whispers of the trees hold me, I fall asleep(no this is not a typo) It's the rain It's the wind people hear have been loving for all time feeling noooooowwww I can shaare IIII SMMMMMIIIILLLLLEEEE for the soft breeze I feel every wind every shine for the warm smiles they give me Love of people holding me AAANNNNNDDDD IIIII find the gifts from the stars shining bright through the nights for the warm smiles they give me Love of people holding me I just smile..... I just smile...... I just smile..... ----------------- --- -- --------- "WE ARE BURNING RANGERS" Words by Talking Moon Music & Arrangement by Naofumi Hataya Vocal Performance by Marlon D. Saunders(also in NiGHTS) Who are they? Where are they coming from? Risking their ooown liiiives Only one .....thing we know They are always with us fighting for danger They are Burning Rangers Go! They will never let youuuu down... Hyper Burning Rangers Wow! Don't you lose your hope nooooww They will wipe out raging fire without fear and they'll light up our future Don't worry just believe they will be with yooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu The Rangers have nothing to hide So as they fight they stand side by side For what's right attacking with pride Protectin' the people from more source of evil Trouble in those who do wrong Sore, violated, get your back torn The acts, what's this? Is it just this? Supposed to save lives. Cyber-scratch this Darkness which is a tight mist Combos, blows, doctor might miss So see 'em and prepare descent To handle dares then proceed to step To the next stage and to a next phase Given nightmares like Wes Crave So violate a ?suresmic? wave Cause the Burning Rangers is here to stay Don't give up Don't say you wanna cryyy Don't forget yooour smiile Coming in! Hold on tight! Power of our teamwork overcomes all Yes, we are Burning Rangers Go! They will never let you dooownnnnnnn Max Power Burning Rangers Wow! Don't you lose your hope nooooooow We must be the light of hope for the ones counting on us in the darknesssss Don't worry just believe we will be with yooooouuuuuuuuuuu ------------- -- - ----------- - ------------------ "ANGELS WITH BURNING HEARTS" Words by Tomoko Sasaki & Naofumi Hataya Music & Arrangement by Naofumi Hataya Vocal Performance by Dennis St. James(I think) Though fast we deliver to the future land Throw the growing world up tomorrow in strife Passing through the matrix of data Driving you into cyber-dive Even when you're lost in darkness You must believe in tomorrow, it will come Just like Angels with Burning Hearts We'll face the risk of our lives... Starting now I cheer to embrace the magic; Visions displayed on the monitors Can you see the moon and the stars and the sun? Could they be in our imagination? Starting now I cheer to embrace the magic Starting an adventure for our future We are all hoping for Setting out to lead us to the new universe! BURNING RANGERS! To the brand new sky we dive BURNING RANGERS! Wings we have of shining white BURNING RANGERS! Aquamarine-colored sky Fly high with grace and pride BURNING RANGERS! We're gonna make it right BURNING RANGERS! True of people we're powered by(I think this is wrong) BURNING RANGERS! Running at the speed of light Just do it! Just Burning Rangers... Don't you feel like you've just lost your way? We're always watching over you Seems I kept it a secret place Cradles rockin' with love!!!(ewww) Sometimes a piece of our dreams have fallen off Together we can make everything right Just like Angels with Burning Hearts We'll face the risk of our lives... Starting now I cheer to embrace the magic Melody from the distance -- can you hear it? Like the song of an angel with a tear in her eye With an affection for her guardian Starting now I cheer to embrace the magic Starting an adventure for our future We are all hoping for Setting out to lead us to the new universe! BURNING RANGERS! Shining through the starry night BURNING RANGERS! We'll always stay by your side BURNING RANGERS! Nights under a soft cool light Fly high with grace and pride BURNING RANGERS! We're gonna make it right BURNING RANGERS! Toward this dream of ours we must try BURNING RANGERS! Keep this hope of ours alive... Just do it! Just Burning Rangers.... BURNING RANGERS! To the brand new sky we dive BURNING RANGERS! Wings we have of shining white BURNING RANGERS! Aquamarine-colored sky Fly high with grace and pride BURNING RANGERS! We're gonna make it right BURNING RANGERS! True of people we're powered by BURNING RANGERS! Running at the speed of light Just do it! Just Burning Rangers... ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- s e c r e t s / c o d e s 9 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- If you manage to rescue any of the Sonic Team in the game, they usually give you passwords, pictures, and some information. Remember, you are usually able to rescue them more than once to get more mail. Play Round 3 twice and you'll get a letter from that kid. He gives you the subgame which is like the Sonic tunnel except you can shoot missiles. Navigation Sound Test: NAVIXXTEST FMV Test: MOVIETEST?(insert a letter A-I to choose the movie) A - Intro B - Mission 1 Debrief C - Mission 2 Debrief D - Shou Mission 3 End E - Tillis Mission 3 End F - Shou's Ending G - Tillis's Ending H - Shou & Iria Conversation I - Tillis & Iria Conversation Note: There are no differences between characters besides their looks. There won't be any audio cues, but music will be playing. When you beat the level, it's GAME OVER, no grade so basically there's no point in using the passwords below or is there? Shou(music playing, no audio cues) Lv1 G2SHOU2JKY Lv2 3SHOU5GHJK Lv3 GFGF5SHOU5 Tillis(music playing, no audio cues) Lv1 NM3TILLIS5 Lv2 B5TILLIS2D Lv3 5TILLIS4KL Chris Parton Lv1 DH5CHRIS5H Lv2 K3CHRIS4AS Lv3 ADG2CHRIS5 Reed Phoenix(I refuse to call him Lead) Lv1 GS4LEAD2ZU Lv2 J5LEAD4XGA Lv3 2LEAD6DHUY Big Randman Lv1 3BIG2BPLCK Lv2 VZ5BIG5PGW Lv3 J6BIG3OJYS Iria Klein Lv1 KB3IRIA5KF Lv2 HTL2IRIA5O Lv3 GHJK3IRIA2 Original Map passwords Lv1 D2H5P4IO2V Lv2 DYJSP4IK2V Lv3 D42GP4IG2V Christine Fowles: BKAWM5NOSY Hiroko Losey: BVROL4B5XO Satoshi Okano: DBMOM6M5RO Mixed-up Round 1 /w Hideaki Moriya and Takao Miyoshi: GOM1NMB5XG Lots of Sonic Team in Round 2: B1SSHXZ1V5 Claris & Elliot: F13CLWBLGB Claris alone: HD5KM5ELDB Elliot alone: EFWOHHALF5 FHRCJ3E2GR Yuji Naka & Naoto Oshima: BC31G3ZWWJ Ami Shibata: AOJ4NPNWTE Akio Setsumasa: DIW5LZEVDG Elena Eldon & Ami Shibata: AWBWLHZFCO ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- m i s c e l l a n e o u s 10 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- ---- - - ----- - >>various tricks<< ------ - - ------ This section contains some stupid tricks that you can do in this game. 1) At the title screen, press A to make the words spin. 2) To surf fire, jump directly on top of the fire to make it look like you're surfing. Beware, usually you have a limited time to stay on top of it. 3) Press the Navi button after you get hit by fire to say that you're OK. 4) If you didn't already read the controls section of the FAQ, jumping will make your laser charge up twice as fast. 5) Pressing the Navi button in the 2nd Boss stage will make Iria give you stupid advice. 6) When you choose Story Mode while it's loading, press A or C repeatedly and rapidly. Tillis's character select picture should be discolored or the pictures will disappear. 7) Remember the dolphin in Round 2? Well, if you try hugging the front part of the water tank, the dolphin will run away and start staring at a tunnel nearby and if you go to him when he's staring, he'll just go back to his normal routine. Hm..... 8) Tired of doing the training when you start a new game? All you have to do is start the training, and then reset or turn off the system. When you begin your game again, you'll start on the first mission. 9) Having trouble hanging on to ledges and air ducts? All you have to do is jump to where you want to hang on and then just don't press anything. You'll automatically grab on. Hey, it's better than holding forward. 10) Rescue ALL 108 victims and you'll get a special message from Iria when you access the Rescue List. 11) Hold X+Y+Z while the game is paused to get rid of the word "pause". ---- - - ----- - >>BR sites<< ------ - - ------ 1) http://www.videogamers.com/ggibbon/br/br.htm 2) http://members.aol.com/tifazal/brangers.htm 3) http://www.din.or.jp/~koryan/sco_br.htm 4) http://www.videogamers.com/br1087/ 5) http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~hueyt/br.html ----------------------- - - - -------------------------- s u b g a m e 11 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- -- The subgame is very similar to the Sonic 2 bonus level where you have to collect rings, avoid stuff, and hit zippers. In Burning Rangers, you must shoot debris, dodge huge walls, collect crystals, and hit speed jumpers. Too bad there's only one level because it's pretty fun. USE THE ANALOG PAD! The digital pad is too slow. >>Personal Record: 2715300<< >>Fastest Time: 1'00"15<< To get this score, just do the following(it's hard to understand, but you'll get the idea): Right when the tunnel opens, fire your missiles. Follow the trail of crystals and press up to dodge the wall and then press down to get more crystals. Immediately go right to hit the speed jumper and go left a bit. You'll see a lot of walls so go in BETWEEN the half hexagon and corner wall. Right when you think it's safe, press left immediately and stay down. When you pass through the wall press up IMMEDIATELY. Go right a little and hit the jumper and grab the closest crystal while dodging that little hard-to-see piece of debris. Go a little to the right and hit the next jumper and stay on your path while grabbing the trail of crystals. When it ends, dodge the big wall and go left so that you can go inbetween the two walls that lead to another jumper . Hit that and go right a little to hit another jumper. Start shooting like crazy and prepare to go left to hit another jumper. Then you could either do: 1) Follow the trail of crystals and keep shooting the fire, if you're lucky, you won't be slowed down. 2) Press up and go to the right to dodge the fire.(recommended) Go right to follow the crystals which will automatically lead you to an other jumper. Go left just a bit and enter the tunnel from the lower-left quarter. Hit the jumper and keep going right to hit the next jumper or you could just sit there and get 7 crystals instead. If you went to the right go back to the left and get the crystals. Press up to dodge the wall and go back down to get more crystals. Hit the next jumper you see and stay down until you see something that will hit you. Press up, then down and grab the crystals. This part is a little hard to explain, but when you see the last crystal, time your left turn so that you'll slip in between the walls. I know it's confusing when you first read it, but you'll have to memorize the level. Remember, speed is more important than crystals. end----------------------------------------------------------------------- c r e d i t s -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burning Rangers is a trademark of SEGA Enterprises. All Rights Reserved. This FAQ is not licensed by SEGA. Think of it as an extended manual. The BR FAQ was written by Don Nguyen/negate "WE ARE BURNING RANGERS" lyrics stolen straight out of SEGANET (www.seganet.com) which they took from somewhere. "I JUST SMILE" & "ANGELS WITH BURNING HEARTS" taken from Zaldymir (http://members.aol.com/tifazal/brangers.htm) Claris, Elliot & Ami Shibata codes were taken from: http://www.videogamers.com/ggibbon/br/br.htm Thanks: Goldsand, Gualtiero Cannarsi, Pascal Vellet, & Paul Pacheco. This FAQ may be distributed freely. If you paid money for this, then you're screwed. Can you find the hidden message in this FAQ? Bet you can. Check the logo.