the maidens in Dragon Spirit: The New Legend (NES)

[Edmond Dantes]

Okay, so there's this great mystery about the NES shooter whose name is the title of this topic.

At the end of stages 1-6, there's a chance of rescuing a maiden. This changes the after-level cutscene and sometimes rewards you with health or extra lives.

Here's the thing: No one knows what the requirements are. So to the best of most player's knowledge, there's no way to ensure you saved one or not. Sometimes when I play I save them all, sometimes I only save the first one.. and I'm not sure what I'm doing differently each time.

I already checked at Gamefaqs--they didn't know. So I figured "the guys at Shmups are the experts. Do they know?"

So, do you?

Thanks in advance.

(Incidentally, I beat this game on a single credit. Now I want to do it AND save all the maidens)

[J_Taishu]

Not familiar with the game, but found this:
http://www25.atwiki.jp/famicomall/pages/453.html

For the Blue Dragon:
Stage 1: Always appears, leaves a message.
Stage 2: Firepower below three, restores life.
Stage 3: Appears at random (50% chance), 1up
Stage 4: Dragon has less than three heads, restores life.
Stage 5: Appears at random (50% chance), 1up
Stage 6: Dragon has less than three heads, restores life.

For the Gold Dragon:
Stage 1: Dragon has three heads, leaves a message
Stage 2: Appears at random (50% chance), 1up
Stage 3: Life is anything other than 3, restores life

[Edmond Dantes]

Figures the answers would all be on a Japanese website, eh?

Thanks for the info!

[BrianC]

Figures the answers would all be on a Japanese website, eh?

Thanks for the info!

I found out that the US version's true ending was censored thanks to the site too.

[Edmond Dantes]

It is, but only insofar as "you don't get to see some 8-bit undies."

Personally I've never understood the underwear fetish so, meh.

[ReyVGM]

I think you are the same person that emailed me years ago asking that same question. I believe that, because of you, I made a topic here years ago asking about this too

No one seemed to know, until now, assuming what J_Taishu posted is correct.

*edit*
The gold dragon route conditions don't seem to work. I tried the first 3 areas and the maidens showed up regardless of what I did.

[Edmond Dantes]

Whoever emailed you years ago, Rey, it wasn't me.

But the info is very useful anyway. I'm now using a DVD Recorder to try and tape all the Maiden cutscenes just so I won't have to worry about it each time I play. Call it obsessive-compulsive.

It seems like the maiden text in Gold Dragon mode is exactly the same as in Blue Dragon mode. I wasn't aware they could appear unlit in Gold.