Characters in the Game
The game allows you to play and control up to four characters at a
time, but you may choose from six characters. They are Ranma, Akane,
Ryouga, Shampoo, Genma, and Mousse. From time to time, only certain
characters will be available to you except for Ranma, who will always be
with you. This is part of the story line. They get captured
or decide to separate from you for a while. At the end, though, you
will be able to choose any character that you want in your party. Other
characters that appear in the game include Soun, Kasumi, Nabiki, Kunou,
Kodachi, and Happosai.
Story Introduction [Translation p. 4 of the Manual & Intro Sequence]
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One day, a group who called themselves the Red Cat Group showed up
at the Tendou house, and forcibly kidnapped Genma. It seems they
were visiting every place and collecting strong people. Their aim
was the Cat Ghost King's revival, and it was up to the Cat Society to implement
this. For that reason, what kind of requests would it grant for them?
It is said that there is a mysterious crystal called the "Star Crystal."
Ranma knew this and in order to obstruct the Red Cat Group's ambition,
he must set out to clarify events. However, falling into the Red
Cat Group's trap, Ranma has become lost in a strange world. Go, Ranma.
Before the "Star Crystal" falls into the Red Cat Group's hands!!
One day, the Jusenkyou Guide walks into the middle of a forest clearing
with 5 graves and says,
"Yo, hello! I am the Jusenkyou guide, right?"
"Indeed. It appears I've completely lost my way on the road!!"
Looking around, he continues,
"Here, perhaps old gods and apparitions' tombs lie."
"I have quite a bad feeling. But, it's alright."
"If I don't do bad things, then there won't be any apparation's curses!"
"Well, I should return home!!"
Doing so, he tries to make his way home but accidently trips, falls,
and breaks a tombstone.
"Aa!"
"Oh, I've done it now!! I've completely broken an important grave!!"
"What's this ... ? Cat Ghost King's spirit sleeps here ..."
"Aiya!! Terrible!!"
"I've inadvertently caused the Cat Ghost King to be resurrected!! What
should I do?"
"That's it. This is all a bad dream, right?!!"
"I'll return to my house and drink sake or something, right?!!"
Goal of the Game
Well, since it's going to take me a long time to translate the whole
story, this is what I can tell you right now. In the introduction,
it seems the Jusenkyou guide broke a tombstone and resurrected the Ghost
Cat King. The scene then shifts to the Tendou doujou where Genma
gets kidnapped because the Ghost Cat King wants to conquer the world, but
he has to depose of the great martial arts masters who are in the way.
When Genma gets kidnapped, Soun and Ranma become upset because they basically
say, "What about us? We're great martial arts masters." The
kidnappers take Genma away, and Ranma and Akane decide to chase after their
kidnappers. Ranma is ahead and runs into Ryouga, and Ryouga attacks
Ranma because he thinks Ranma is not treating Akane well. You get
to fight this out, and Akane catches up. Ryouga learns that Genma
has been kidnapped, and he decides to help search for him because Akane
is searching for Genma [thus helping Ranma]. Before Akane or Ranma
can say anything, Ryouga takes off, and the encounter with Ryouga
leaves the kidnappers out of sight. Ranma and Akane decide to look
around Tokyo, talk
with various people who don't know anything about the kidnappers, and visit
Neko Han Ten where they meet Shampoo and Cologne. Cologne knows the
kidnappers, tells them some stuff, and Shampoo joins the party. Next
stop is the school grounds. I've left some things out of this introduction,
but after this, the next stop is Furinken High. Well, I guess the
goal of the game is to defeat the Ghost Cat King and save the world.
Starting the Game
After you've loaded up the game and pushed start, there should
be two menu items. The first one is to start a new game. The
second one is to load saved games.
Menus
"Overland" Menu
The first menu you want to know about is the "Overland" menu.
This menu can be accessed anytime [except in battle and reading messages]
by pressing the X button. There are four commands in upper right
hand corner, some of which have submenus. On the left hand side are
your character's stats. Below that, in the lower left hand corner
is the amount of money you have. The four commands in the upper right
hand corner are respectively with submenus:
Use Items
Use an item
Throw an item away
Reorder items
Equip Items
Equip an item
Unequip an item
Status
Save
"Battle" Menu
The other menu you need to know is the "Battle" menu. This menu
is brought up when you encounter enemies, of course! ^_^ The
commands are on the lower right hand corner of the screen. Left of
that is character stats [hit points and "ki" power]. Above that is
a graphic display of the battlefield. The battle menu commands are,
in order:
Regular Attack [delivers a regular attack, i.e. punch]
Special Attack [see Martial Arts Techniques section]
Use Items [see "Overland" menu section]
Defend
Run Away [causes the whole party to run away, may be unsuccessful at times]
* This section contains copyrighted material and has been translated by
me, Ray Huang, without permission for the purposes of greater fan appreciation
of the game. Therefore, the translation is the property of Rumiko
Takashi, Shougakkon, and all respective copyright holders.