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Free rent
When staying at the "Come Over Guest House",
the rent is $38 per night. To avoid paying, do not pay it in the
morning then stay out until 11 o'clock.
A very simple way to avoid paying at the Come Over Guest House
is to walk all the way to the side of the stairs. Walk as far
away from the clerk as possible to go to your room, or going outside.
Easy money
Use the following trick on the first two discs for
easy money. Go the worker's pier and move crates. When you shift
is done, leave then go back in. You can do this three to four
times in one day.
Go behind warehouse #8 on Fortunes' Pier (the one with the red
doors). There is a set of Lucky Hit tables there. Choose the second
table from the left. The board features a tiger with wings, and
the bet is $20 to win $60. You should drop the marble fairly close
to the left side of the table and win about 60% of the time. You
can easily make $1,000 in a day.
Go to warehouse #8 after work. Win until you have $50, then go
to warehouse #13 and win until you have $100 or more. Go to warehouse
#10. When you are asked to place a bid, choose the one with 4
times (the bottom one), but do not press [A] yet. There is
a turning triangle in the bottom right. Wait until it turns to
a straight line, then press [A]. You will win most of the
time. It is possible to win over $13,000 after one hour of playing.
To safely make a lot of money, save before you gamble. If you
lose, use the in game reset then reload your game and try again.
The best places to use this tactic are Wan Chai: Roll it on top,
Lucky Charm Quarter near Three Blades street; Kowloon: Big or
Small, Old Government Building, Dim Sum Quarter (go through the
underground walkway).
To save money on Disc 1, because you will be robbed go to a peddler
on the street and spend all of your money on Zippo lighters. When
you get robbed, you will only lose 16 yen. Later, after getting
your room at the Come Over Guest House and your first day of work,
go to the Pawn Shop. Pawn off your entire collection of characters,
toys, and lighters (except for one). You will make 295 yen back,
and thus 40% of your money (losing only 205 yen). This will help
you survive the cost of boarding until you get past Disc 1. Note:
You need to keep at least one Zippo lighter for an event in Disc
2 when you and Shenhua are in the cave, in order to see.
To make money in Kowloon, just go to the acrobat style fighter.
Run at him and when "B" appears at the bottom of the
screen, press [B] to throw him. He will automatically lose
all his health and you will have won the fight. You win more money
every time.
If you are able to exit and enter the Beverly Hills Warf part,
there is a challenge there where you will receive money if you
knock a "wild man" out, who will not fight back at all.
You get five tries and three minutes of time. The best move to
use on him repeatedly would be the Brawling Uppercut, which you
get from Delin at the docks, if you work there moving the crates
enough times. The first time you knock him out, you will get $10.
It increases by $10 each time and stops at $50. His level of toughness
starts at 1 and each time you knock him out it increases by 1.
Using the Brawling Uppercut, you may be able to go beyond level
10.
Go to a place where you can gamble. Save your game, then play
the gambling game. If you lose, reset the game then load the same
game file. If you win, save the game. Repeat this to get as much
money as needed. Note: In some gambling places you can double
your bet each time you play. This is a good way to make a lot
of quick money.
Go to the Lucky Charm Quarter and look around for a old man sitting
behind a table with a big bowl in front of him. There are usually
two to three men at the table, not including the old man behind
the table. Save the game when you get to the table. When there
is a spinning upside down triangle on the X button icon, press
[X]. The minimum amount of money you can bet is $5 and the
maximum is $100. Keep betting $100 and save every time you win.
Get most from money
When you first start the game, spend all the money
you have before getting your bag stolen by Wong.
Defeating the big fat man
When you are fighting on the 40th floor of the Big
Ox building, you will meet with a big fat man. To defeat him,
use the basic kick and punches (mostly punches). Powerful moves
take too long to complete, leaving it easier for him to make his
moves. Grabs will not work against him because he is too big.
Continue landing punches and kicks on him as much as possible,
and listen to Wong and Joy when they let you know when to watch
out for his grabs. At this point, press [Y] to duck and get
away from his powerful throws.
Defeating the Kowloon man that always
blocks and dodges
First, make sure you have different guards. For example,
if your high hand is the left then make sure his high hand is
the right. Press [Kick] and if he blocks, wait about four
seconds then press [Guard] and quickly do the Iron Palm move.
This works most, but not all of the time.
To defeat the blocking man in Kowloon, wait until you hear him
grunt, then immediately press [X], [Punch].
Defeating the man in the Phoenix
building
There are two good ways to defeat the man in the Phoenix
building. Keep repeating Hind Blow and most of the time press
[Guard]. The second way is to try to go to his back and press
[Punch] three or four times. Keep repeating this to win.
Defeating Yan Ren
After you learn Brawling Uppercut, go to the battle
against Yan Ren (the wild man in Kowloon). Position yourself between
him and the edge of the ring with enough room to be able to use
Brawling Uppercut. Keep repeating this to defeat him.
Defeating the acrobat fighter
When you fight the acrobat fighter in Kowloon, you
must time correctly to catch him. Press [B] immediately after
he lands from one of his flips
Winning at arm wrestling
When you arm wrestle anyone, press [X], [Y],
[X], [Y] very fast just before it starts to automatically
win.
Related family Gui Zhang and Joy
When you have to listen to the last tape to find clues,
fast forward to the very last part to hear a conversation between
Gui Zhang and Joy. They will talk about Ryo.
Wan Chai: Secret Toy Capsule locations
When you first start the game, go into the Freestay
Lodge. Go into the left corner of the room and find a blue forklift
on the bed. There is a winning can beside the bed on a shelf.
Inside it is a ferry. On the right of the shelf is a desk with
a flier (which you can take). Under the flier is a drawer with
a red forklift in it.
In Latest Electronics Emporium (Electronics Street) which can
be found in Lucky Charm Quarter is an AM2 Machine and Virtual
On Machine.
Kowloon: Secret Toy Capsule locations
In the God Of Wealth Building (go through Ghost Hall
Building) on the tenth floor, there is an AM2 Machine.
In the Thousand White Building there are three Dural Rooms (Gold,
Silver and Bronze; Gotcha Stands). For the Dural Bronze Room,
go to the sixth floor. Many items can be found here. For the Dural
Silver Room, go to the eighth floor. Dural Silver can be found
here. For the Dural Gold Room, go to the tenth floor. Dural Gold
can be found here.
Kowloon: Powerful fighting scroll
After you get all your money from fighting the three
fighters, go to the Thousand White building. You will see the
knife shop, and directly across from it is a weapons shop. Go
there. When you arrive, there is a shelf by the old man with the
scrolls on it. Buy the the fanciest and most costly one there
to get the Tiger Swallow technique.
Afterburner : 100
missiles
Play Afterburner in an arcade and get to
level 3. Press [Left] + [X] to get 100 missiles.
Glitch: Speaking
Pause game play when people are talking. They will
continue to speak. Resume the game and they will still move their
mouth.