How to Shenkuu
Written by yampuff
Shenkuu Warrior is not as hard as it seems, it just takes a little getting used
to. Like most ‘Most Challenging’ games it gives great NP so it’s more than worth
learning to play. You can easily make 3000 NP a day off of it; since the NP
ratio is 3.45. Plus, you don’t need to clear the level to get NP. If you die
during a level, you get points for getting however far you got. In other words,
just get into the third level, jump a few ledges and voila! You’ve made a
thousand NP right there. It’ll take about five minutes. Another important thing
to remember is that you have infinite lives. Yes, that’s right. It means you can
reach level five and then die a thousand times in it before moving on to level
six! No more dying and having to restart the game because of one stupid mistake.
In this game you can just keep on going. At any time you can end the game and
collect your NP.
The idea is simple; aim the grappling hook, shoot towards the cliffs, the
princess flies up, then grab onto another cliff before she falls all the way
down. The game is all about timing and aim. And endurance. The levels don’t get
harder, just longer.
Despite all this, the biggest thing to remember is cursor placement. I cannot
stress this enough. The first instinct is to move the mouse cursor around to
help you aim. Don’t do this. The mouse cursor will confuse you! I’ve found its
best to always place it down at the bottom, right on top of the little compass.
Still not convinced? Observe the screenshot:
The compass pointer points towards the mouse cursor, to the left. However, the
cursor in relation to the princess is to the right. Now, in the heat of things,
you’ll most likely get confused and click the mouse right at that moment,
thinking that the princess will shoot towards the mouse and get the ledge. But
she won’t. She’ll shoot in the direction the compass is pointing towards, in
other words, away from the ledge and you fall and die. Lovely. So my advice is
to keep the cursor over the compass, moving it as little as possible. Keep on
eye on the pointer out of the corner of your eye.
Now that that’s out of the way, here are a few tips.
Try to shoot as straight up as possible, since when you shoot at a slant the
princess bounces around the screen erratically. Of course, you can’t always do
this, but try when possible.
You can shoot the grappling hook at any moment—even while she’s going upwards,
so you can actually stop her from bouncing around crazily. However, while you’re
speeding up it’s hard to get a good shot and it’ll usually be a short one that
cuts your momentum.
You want the princess to be as close to the bottom of the screen as possible
before shooting the grappling hook, so let her freefall as much as you dare,
especially if you have a clear shot. That way she'll fly up further. It’s all
timing.
The princess can fall down to where you can’t see her anymore and still
survive—if the hook catches in time. If she falls before the hooks catches,
you’re dead, if the hook catches and then she falls, you’re safe. Normally I aim
the pointer in the moment when she slows and starts to fall and then shoot when
she’s far down enough. It’s a matter of judging where she will be when she falls
down; if she bumps into the side she’ll move towards the middle, if she’s going
straight up she’ll fall straight down, etc.
You can shoot as many times as you want so if you miss just shoot again (if you
have time). If you’re falling out of control just randomly start clicking, it’s
saved me many times before. Sometimes there will be a cliff at the top just out
of your sight that she’ll grab on to. The grappling hook can bounce off the edge
of the screen, so you can add that into your calculations.
The next isn’t really tip, more like something good to know: Every level has
three ‘stages’ so you always know how close you are to the end. First is the
green leafy place, next the brownish boring one, finally the white mountain-top
stage. Once you reach the white part, start concentrating and take less risks!
(At least, that’s how I play it.)
And that’s it! Have fun gaming! :)
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