Kyuutenkai Fantastic Pinball + figured out some rules!

[louisg]

OK, this game is really wicked. It's a pinball game by Technosoft in the mold of the Crush games. It seems to borrow quite a bit from Alien Crush specifically, even if the art direction is much more lighthearted. The trouble is, I've been having a lot of trouble figuring out some of the rules, such as what exactly increases the various multipliers, what causes the ball to power up, and what causes the various bonus rounds (bosses?) to open. I'm not sure if the manual shots I took include all of this info, but it does look like it at least might explain what the two parts of the bonus counter are. If anyone here reads Japanese and wants to help out, I've included some manual shots:

(the pictures are kinda big )

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Image 2

(Mod Edit: Yeah, they kinda are.)

UPDATE: I FIGURED OUT SOME STUFF!
Here's what I've got so far:

- Completing a set of targets (e.g. the dia de los muertos dudes) bumps up the multiplier. I actually don't know if any other targets count towards this.

- There is only one multiplier. It is shown in lights on the table and also shown as a single digit in the Bonus Point section of the status bar

- Hitting non-destructible targets increases the upper number shown under Bonus Point, and hitting destructible targets increases the left-most Bonus Point counter. Certain events (going into the devil's mouth, for example) cash out your bonus points. This seems to multiply the three numbers and add it to your score. Every Bonus Point number then resets except for the non-destructible tally.

- Killing slimes (or any destructible target?) spells out UNDERWORLD on the bottom table. There doesn't seem to be any color coded aspect to this. I'm not sure if you get anything if you spell the whole thing. This also resets when you cash out your bonus points.

- Hit the spinny bat thing square in the middle of its face to block the drain. DO THIS FIRST.


I had to watch a video and jot down notes because the game is so frantic that I can't pay attention to everything going on to notice when certain counters get bumped up! So far I can't stop playing this game. It's just so entertaining. I may even like it more than the Crush games (heresy, I know )

[ryu]

I haven't played the game in years, so I don't remember any of the finer details related to scoring. You should be able to figure things out as you play though, it's not very complicated. The upper bonus score is the base value, the one in the lower right indicates your multiplier and the one next to it indicates a gamble value (whatever that means, I forgot). The page with lots of text just tells you that under special circumstances you get to a boss stage, and that there are a total of 4 boss stages and a final boss stage to conquer. When you beat the final boss you can continue after the credits/a cutscene it seems.

[GaijinPunch]

None of that info is in those two pages -- they're very general.

[Austin]

I tried to like this game, but man is it a drain monster. Couldn't figure much out with the scoring system either as a result.

[louisg]

I've found the first thing you have to do is hit that spinny bat thing in its head to raise the drain blocker. Nudging also works wonders.

I'm still really confused about what ups the multiplier, though I've noticed spending more time in the heaven table seems to raise it. I've also found the bumpers in the middle decide which boss level opens up, which is kinda annoying and killing enemies in the underworld table seems to be what spells out UNDERWORLD, but I'm not sure if the color coded enemies line up with the color coded letters in any way.