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                 Sin and Punishment : Successor to the Earth
                           for the NINTENDO 64
                     FAQ / Walkthrough  Version 0.5
               Written by AstroBlue (astroboy_blue@yahoo.com)

                    Last Updated: September 24th, 2001

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This FAQ contains Shift-JIS Characters, so you need a CJK Viewer to view all
the Japanese characters. I recommend you download a Japanese/English word
processor called JWPce as most of this FAQ was written using it. It is
downloadable at http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/jwpce.html
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C O N T E N T S
***************
1)STORY
2)CHARACTERS
3)GAME BASICS
  i)Controls
  ii)Gameplay Overview
4)MENU TRANSLATIONS
  i)Main Menu
  ii)Pause Menu
5)FAQ
6)WALKTHROUGH
7)THANKS TO


VERSION HISTORY
---------------
Version 0.5 24/09/01
Absolutely everything completed, except for the WALKTHROUGH.



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1)STORY
==============================================================================
(Translation of Japanese story)

It's the dawn of a new century in time, mankind has succeeded in welcoming
overwhelming peace and has entered an era of the highest prosperity seen
since creation. However, the current rate of food production cannot sustain
the world population which has increased explosively because of the new found
prosperity. The shortage of food has become critical in various regions.
People began to beg for a new source of food, and so scientists began trying
to create a "New Species" of life which could breed even in the most harsh
environments. The scientists succeeded in creating this "New Species" of
life, and Hokkaido (The Northmost Japanese Island) was chosen as the huge
pasture for the recently created life forms to dwell on. The humans who
succeeded in obtaining the new source of food expected their new found
prosperity to continue again.

However...

Suddenly many of the "New Species" began to attack their human hunters
vigorously. The attacking hoards which formed a loose group henceforth became
being know as "RUFIAN", they travelled to the south through the Japanese
Islands and gained control over all of north-east Japan. In Tokyo the
"RUFIAN" have began invading in front of the very eyes of the city's
inhabitants, large-scale riots of confused citizens occur frequently. This
situation led to dispatch of an international peace organization called the
"Armed Volunteers", but they begin to use their military force to suppress
the people of Japan.

As expected, the future of this country has become again... bleak. And
possibly so has the future of humanity.

On the other hand, a mysterious rumour began to circulate among the people of
Tokyo, where the battle for the survival of humans is being lost day by day.

The rumour...

The arrival and appearance of an organization of citizens which call
themselves the "Relief Group"...

The "Relief Group" were formed from a group of people who recovered from
illness, injury & sorrow due to the miracles of a mysterious holy woman
called "Achi". The "Relief Group" is a self-defense organization of Japanese
citizens who support themselves by hunting "RUFIAN", they oppose the "Armed
Volunteers" who they consider hypocritical masses. Exhausted and wounded
people gather to the holy woman "Achi" one after another, and ask for
healing.

However, her relief was not without cost.
Many powerless people who were able to seek the holy woman's help began to
repay her in the name of "War". They became involved in many uneccessary
disputes, and began to follow the path without reason.



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2)CHARACTERS
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(Translation of Japanese character profiles)

R E L I E F  G R O U P (~σO[v)
*************************************
The group of citizens who carry out relief missions to help people who have
nowhere to go in Tokyo where the invasion of RUFIAN has begun. Now, they
are scheming to escape from this metropolitan area.

Saki Amamiya (TL@A}~)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The group leader of RUFIAN hunting in the Relief Group. Although he was
seriously injured by an attack from a RUFIAN once, after Achi shared her
blood with him he recovered fully and began to demonstrate unusually high
physical strength. His optimistic makes him stand out as a hunter, and even
if he is suddenly in a bad situation, he will keep his cool.

Airan Jo (AC@W)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After being rescued from a Armed Volunteer attack by Saki, she has
participated in the group. She is rough, and although she speaks in a
very coercive manner it is only because the loss she has felt for there
others who fell immediately after the Armed Volunteer attack, she has begun
to show some hints of obedience towards Saki. Airan excels in knowledge of
machinery in general, which may be quite helpful to the Relief Group.

Achi (A`)
~~~~~~~~~~~
The leader of the group who expresses various supernatural powers, she
gave herself the title of "holy woman". Through her sharing of blood, many
wounded civilians have recovered, and occasionally those who have been
healed acquire a special capability as a result. Also, there are little
who look at her divinity as egocentric and many admire her from her prophesy.


A R M E D  V O L U N T E E R S ({eBA)
*************************************************
The private international peace organization dispatched from the United
States. They are armed with new arms supplied by many different arms makers.
Confrontations with rioting civilians and RUFIAN is common for them.
The leadership consists of juveniles with strange powers.

Brad (ubh)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He is the commander of the Armed Volunteers and he also has supernatural
powers. He was from lower class  but because of his powers he was included in
the moral network which has made him the center, he spreads propaganda that
"Military pressure will cause the salvation of the world" and does not want
the centralization of a new world security organization for peace as
planned. Those whom he has given blood to himself are allotted as close
attendants.

Kachua (J`A)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Through a certain method, she can use her extra sensory power to
telekinetically lift things for a tactical advantage. Although the evaluation
of her special abilities cause her to be promoted to one of he commanders
close attendants, conflict between other close attendants does not cease. She
commands the present Radan capture unit which recently landed in Tokyo, and
she will expose her body as a bait to capture it.

Leda (_)
~~~~~~~~~~~
A girl who transformed into a small beast after sharing blood from Brad. She
is considered a rare case of beast transformation as she still retains human
thinking and speech, the method for curing beast transformation still has not
been found. Currently she is the favourite beast of Brad, Kachua and other
close attendants. Although she is young, she has a strong rebellious spirit.


R U F I A N (tBA)
************************
The frenzied attacking beings derived from an artificial edible ecosystem.
They travelled south from Hokkaido which was their nesting area, and began a
metropolitan invasion. RUFIAN mimic the structure of existing natural
lifeforms from the land, sea and air to develop a new artificial
ecosystem to replace the old.



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3)GAME BASICS
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i)Controls
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Control Stick - Move the crosshairs of Saki's/Airan's Gun.
Control Pad   - * Move Saki/Airan left and right (Left Position).
                * Roll, tap the direction you want to roll twice (Left
                  Position).

Start Button  - * Start game.
                * Open Pause Menu.

A Button  - Toggle between the two Aiming Types, Manual (Red) and Lock-On
            (Blue-Inactive & Yellow-Active).

C Buttons - * Move Saki/Airan left and right (Right Position).
            * Roll, Tap the direction you want to roll twice (Right
              Position).

L Button  - * Jump, tap once (Left Position).
            * Double Jump, while in mid-air press the L Button again (Left
              Position).

R Button  - * Jump, tap once (Right Position).
            * Double Jump, while in mid-air press the R Button again (Right
              Position).

Z Trigger - * Shoot, fire a gas pressure repelled bullet from your gun.
            * Sword, slice with your gun's in-built "night stick".


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ii)Gameplay Basics
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Sin and Punishment is essentially a rail-shooter much in the same vein as
the Panzer Dragon and Star Fox (Starwing/Lylat Wars) series, but the greatest
difference is that you are on foot. That is why its closest resemblance
would be the boss mode of Jet Force Gemini.

You play as a RUFIAN hunter called Saki and a rebel girl called Airan, they
are both armed with a police issue gun which is specifically called a
"G&R-M64-JPC DOLPHIN Police Standard". The DOLPHIN is capable of shooting a
gas pressure repelled bullet but it has two modes; Lock-On which causes your
aim to follow any close targets, and Manual which shoots considerably more
powerful shots but you will have to do all the aiming on your own. Also the
grip near the bottom of the gun is equipped with a "night stick" aka. the
Sword. The Sword causes extreme damage but only can be used in close
quarters combat. However, direct contact is not the only way it can cause
damage, it is possible to hit certain projectiles at enemies with the Sword.
This is called a "Counter Attack" and it can be the most damaging form of
attack Saki and Airan can do.

Saki and Airan are very athletic, you can Double Jump and Roll quite easily.
This is very helpful for collecting items and dodging attacks.

During play you will encounter 3 different Recovery Items, they are:
* Life  : A Green Heart, which once collect will recover 30 HP in Easy Mode
          and 20 HP in the Normal and Hard Modes.
* Time  : A Purple Circle, which once collected will add 30 Seconds to your
          Time Limit.
* Point : A Yellow Diamond, once collected will add points to your score.
          The first one you collect will be worth 1000 points, but as you
          collect more their value will increase until they are worth a
          maximum of 50000, at that point their increase will stop.

The only other item is a Target Bonus, which is a red/orange circle that once
shot will add 50000 pts. to your Score.

At the middle of the top of the screen is a "Time Limit" display, this counts
down and once it reaches 0 Saki/Airan's Life Points will slowly diminish. But
their are two ways of "topping it up"; you can collect the Time Bonuses (the
purple circles) or you can defeat a Commander (mini-boss or swarm leader) to
get a "Commander Bonus". "Commander Bonus"'s will reset your time limit not
to mention give you heaps of points.
Also after killing the Central Commander a screen will pop-up, this is the
Central Commander Bonus (Zg R}_[@{[iX) which is set out
like so:

qbg@{[iX | Hit Bonus  - Amount of Enemy Kills x 1000
^C@{[iX | Time Bonus - Amount of Time Remaining x 1000
Ct@{[iX | Life Bonus - Life Points (MAX 100) x 1000
g[^@@@@ | Total



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4)MENU TRANSLATIONS
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i)Main Menu
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 __________________
| _______  _______ |
||___A___||___G___||   Control Stick - Select (ZNg)
||___B___||___H___||   Z Button - Decide (PbeB)
||___C___||___I___||   B Button - Go Back (h)
||___D___||___J___||
||_E_|_F_||_||_||_||
|__________________|


A. Q[@X^[g@@@@  - Select to begin playing Sin & Punishment.
   Game Start
        or
   X^[g^ReBj[  - Select and two options will come up, they are
   Start / Continue           Game Start (Q[@X^[g) which begins a new
                              game and Continue (ReBj[) which
                              continues a previously saved game.

B. g[jO@@@@@@  - In this mode a Coach that resembles a little
   Training                   black blob will guide you (in Japanese) through
                              some training courses which will hopefully get
                              you comfortable with Sin & Punishment's
                              controls.

C. LO@@@@@@@  - This option shows Results Information (ʕ)
   Ranking                    which are organised in tables based on
                              difficulty: Easy (C[W[), Normal (m[})
                              & Hard (n[h) and the type of information:
                              Score (XRA), Clear Time (NA^C) &
                              Hit Number (qbgio[).

D. V[@ZNg@@@@  - Watch a Tutorial (`[gA) which shows
   Scene Select               what all the on screen displays mean or watch
                              cutscenes which you have already seen such as
                              the Prologue Demo (v[O@f), the
                              Epilogue Demo (Gs[O@f), the
                              Staff Roll (X^bt[) you can also replay
                              Stages (Xe[W) you have already completed.

E. h@@@@@@@@@  - Go back to watch the intro.
   Go Back

F. nos@@@@@@@@@  - See Secrets.
   Options

G. Q[@x@@@@@  - Select the difficulty level, choose between
   Game Level                 Easy (C[W[), Normal (m[}) and later on
                              you can choose Hard (n[h).

H. TEh@@@@@@@@  - Select between Mono (m) & Stereo (XeI)
   Sound                      sound configurations.

I. L[RtBO@@@@@  - In this option menu you can select between three
   Key Config                 different Controller Types (^Cv), the Aiming
                              Mode (VEW\@[h) to either
                              Normal (m[}) or Reverse (o[X) and the
                              Aiming Line (VEW\@C) to either
                              On (I) or Off (It).

J. Z[u@f[^@@@@@  - This erases all save data. Choose Yes (nC) to
   Save Data                  do so, but if you accidentally selected this
                              option it choose No (CCG) to save your data.


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ii)Pause Menu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Press the Start button while playing to open the Pause Menu (|[Yj[).


Q[@@cdN@@@  - Resume playing Sin & Punishment.
Continue the Game

VEW\@Rg[  - Choose the Aiming Control,  Normal (m[}) or
Aiming Control               Reverse (o[X).

Q[@@I@@@@  - Select Yes (nC) to quit playing and to go back
Quit Game                     to the Main Menu, and select No (CCG) to
                              cancel.

Z[u@Ve@I@@@  - Save your current progress for resumption later
Save and Quit                and go back to the Main Menu.



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5)FAQ
==============================================================================

Q: Is the game going to have an English Version release?
A: No, so if you want a copy you will have to get it imported. This game is
   very import friendly, as most of the dialogue is spoken by English
   speaking voice actors. I suggest the following sites to get it from:

   * eBay (www.ebay.com)
   * National Console Support (www.ncsx.com)
   * Burn Game Station (www.burn.com.au)
   * Japan Video Games (www.japanvideogames.com)

- - - - - - - - - -

Q: How do I play this game on my US/European/Australasian Nintendo 64?
A: Well if you have a US Nintendo 64 the problem is a physical lock-out
   which you can overcome one of two ways:
   1. Use a "Bridge Adapter" such as the "Super 64 Adapter" or an "Interact
      GameShark", as these types of plug-through cartridges will provide a
      slot that will allow for the insertion of Japanese games.
   2. Physically modify your N64, which means filing, burning or chiselling
      plastic tabs inside the cartridge slot. Look elsewhere for further
      information on how exactly to do so and do it at your own and your
      Nintendo 64's risk!

   But if you have a European/Australasian Nintendo 64 the problem is a
   difference in the TV systems and hardware used. So you will need a
   "Passport Plus 3" Converter. The following BOOT CODE is needed to load
   "Sin & Punishment" with the "Passport Plus 3" Converter:

    E1100304 00000000
    E93D0054 0000003F

   If the image rolls, try hooking your Nintendo 64 up to a TV with NTSC
   Playback.



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6)WALKTHROUGH
==============================================================================
(This is on hold for the time being as my converter stopped working >_< )



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7)SECRETS
==============================================================================

Complete Sin & Punishment on Easy to open up the OPT. Menu with the follwing
options, BGM (afl) which allows you to listen to every stage's ambient yet
80's sounding background music and Alert Sound (Ag \Eh) which is the
beeping sound that alerts you of danger you can toggle it On (I) or
Off (It).

Complete the game on the Normal Game Level to open up the Captions option in
the OPT. Menu.



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8)THANKS TO
==============================================================================

Treasure and Nintendo for making this wonderful albeit short game, they
should have had a English language release of it though :/ .

CJayC for having a wonderful reward competition called "Contributor of the
Month" which let me buy a copy this game. And for hosting this FAQ on his
wonderful website GameFAQs!



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