Hello! Just yesterday the episode 4 of Coded has hit. Japanese blogger ReBirth Wings has played through the episode and written up a summary for us, and now I've completed the translation (a quick translation mind) for all of you to read. Hope you enjoy!
Coded Episode 4
The man in the black coat who had appeared in the last episode, and Sora.
Who are these men in the data world? The answer is that the black coated man is Jiminy’s Journal having taken Riku’s form. To find the meaning of the words in the journal he took the King, and the world the King is in now is the journal’s world. Right now Chip and Dale are in the outside world worrying about them. But the first transmission that was sent out had been hacked by someone, and cut off. So now the paths between data have been lost, and to restore and find a different path they are using Sora’s power to erase the Bugs.
And so Sora has come to the Olympus Colisieum. Sora is wondering who he is and why he is here, but Riku tells him that he will find the answer to “What they are doing” in the Coliseum. In the Coliseum the entrance way to the arena has been blocked by Bugs. The arena itself has become like a maze, and Phil says the Hercules has gone to find what’s wrong. After erasing the Bugs, Sora sees a keyhole, and goes through to the otherside (which is the arena) to help Hercules. But the one responsible for the Bug problem, Hades, has already prepared an assassin...
This time most of the areas are Boss Stages, and you’ll be fighting under some restrictions. Also, there will be no Continue screen and if you game over you have to start over from your last save point.
The follow restrictions apply:
You can use Debug abilities and Support abilities, but you will no longer be able to use Dodge Roll.
Equipped items will no longer auto-load. If you’ve use your items you must reequip them via the menu.
Guard no longer protects against damage, but lessens it.
The Bug level in the room will be shown by radar.
Yellow Meter - Bug Level 1: Metal Blocks, Damage Blocks becomes Normal Blocks, Prize Blocks (There are no Damage Blocks in Standard Mode)
Red Meter - Bug Level 2: The damage received from enemies doubles
Blinking Meter - Bug Level 3: The damage received from enemies triples
Battles won’t be normal Action battles, but turn-based auto-battles.
If you select “Attack” you will perform a move, first your team will attack, than the enemies team. If in the first turn you select “Command”, you will be able to do a different move in the next turn.
If you stun an enemy, the next attack will always hit.
If you press the guard button when an enemy is attacking, you will block half the the attacks damage. You should press it when the enemy’s attack name is displayed.
If you press the attack button when attack you will perform a critical or a special attack.
(special attacks)
Sora - Reaction Combo (hit the enemy several times)
Hercules - Energy Burst (hit one enemy for massive damage)
Cloud - (not sure yet)
You can get “Licenses” during the battles which will add special effects. Using a License won’t use up a turn, so you can use it during the next turn.
The effects of Licenses can build up, so you can stack Power L and Guard Ls.
There are only a few Licenses at the start, but as you get more party members the amount of Licenses will grow as well.
Guard L - For 6 turns damage will be halved.
Power L - For 6 turns damage is doubled.
Fire L - Fire damage to one enemy.
Blizzard L - Ice damage to one line of enemies.
Thunder L - Lightning damage to all enemies.
Thundaga L - Lightning damage to all enemies.
Cure L - Cure one party member’s HP 30%.
Break - Destroy blocks that can be destroyed.
(There are ten types but I wasn’t able to find them all. Perhap Firaga and Blizzaga?)
This time the world will be divided into levels called “Layers”, which will be connected by Warp Points. When you use a Warp Point your current score will be displayed. The bugs you’ve destroyed and the amount of enemies you’ve killed will be added up, plus an HP Bonus (your remaining HP x 10) will be added. That is where you will get VP. There are save points in between each Layer. At the Layer 1 save point a Moogle will give you the Avatar Item “Hero’s Wallpaper”, at Layer 2 he will give you Licenses “Power L”, “Blizzard L” and “Thunder L”
You will be able to have up to 3 people in your party. On Layer 2 if you check the first two rooms and then approach the unnatural wall near the beginning Hercules will appear and join your party (the amount of License types goes to 6.) On Layer 4 if you go to the upper right room and go left, you will see Cloud on a lower level fighting. Go to that lower room and you will help him finish off the enemies and he will join you (License types increases to 10.)
This time there are 3 sort-of boss battles. On Layer 3 in the upper right room you will fight Cloud, and on Layer 5 you will fight Cerberus and then Hades. Cloud will use his special attack (not sure of English name), Cerberus will attack everyone will “Bite All” (not sure of English name......), Hades will attack with continuous Fire Balls (Up to 5.) If you are worried about your HP use Guard L to protect you so the damage will be lessened. The first time you defeat Cerberus you will received the Debug Ability “Free Combo” (When you use Reaction Combo press any button to connect to the combo ability.)
Bonuses received for each Rank:
(mostly incomplete so I’ll translate later)
After finishing the story, this time nothing appears on the monitor. What had been appearing on the monitor was the memories of the world Riku had taken after the Bugs had been erased. They had travelled along the circut and had appeared as a picture on the screen. So the images we had seen were memories sleeping deep within the Journal.
Elsewhere, Pete appears in front of Sora....?
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Coded Episode 4
The man in the black coat who had appeared in the last episode, and Sora.
Who are these men in the data world? The answer is that the black coated man is Jiminy’s Journal having taken Riku’s form. To find the meaning of the words in the journal he took the King, and the world the King is in now is the journal’s world. Right now Chip and Dale are in the outside world worrying about them. But the first transmission that was sent out had been hacked by someone, and cut off. So now the paths between data have been lost, and to restore and find a different path they are using Sora’s power to erase the Bugs.
And so Sora has come to the Olympus Colisieum. Sora is wondering who he is and why he is here, but Riku tells him that he will find the answer to “What they are doing” in the Coliseum. In the Coliseum the entrance way to the arena has been blocked by Bugs. The arena itself has become like a maze, and Phil says the Hercules has gone to find what’s wrong. After erasing the Bugs, Sora sees a keyhole, and goes through to the otherside (which is the arena) to help Hercules. But the one responsible for the Bug problem, Hades, has already prepared an assassin...
This time most of the areas are Boss Stages, and you’ll be fighting under some restrictions. Also, there will be no Continue screen and if you game over you have to start over from your last save point.
The follow restrictions apply:
You can use Debug abilities and Support abilities, but you will no longer be able to use Dodge Roll.
Equipped items will no longer auto-load. If you’ve use your items you must reequip them via the menu.
Guard no longer protects against damage, but lessens it.
The Bug level in the room will be shown by radar.
Yellow Meter - Bug Level 1: Metal Blocks, Damage Blocks becomes Normal Blocks, Prize Blocks (There are no Damage Blocks in Standard Mode)
Red Meter - Bug Level 2: The damage received from enemies doubles
Blinking Meter - Bug Level 3: The damage received from enemies triples
Battles won’t be normal Action battles, but turn-based auto-battles.
If you select “Attack” you will perform a move, first your team will attack, than the enemies team. If in the first turn you select “Command”, you will be able to do a different move in the next turn.
If you stun an enemy, the next attack will always hit.
If you press the guard button when an enemy is attacking, you will block half the the attacks damage. You should press it when the enemy’s attack name is displayed.
If you press the attack button when attack you will perform a critical or a special attack.
(special attacks)
Sora - Reaction Combo (hit the enemy several times)
Hercules - Energy Burst (hit one enemy for massive damage)
Cloud - (not sure yet)
You can get “Licenses” during the battles which will add special effects. Using a License won’t use up a turn, so you can use it during the next turn.
The effects of Licenses can build up, so you can stack Power L and Guard Ls.
There are only a few Licenses at the start, but as you get more party members the amount of Licenses will grow as well.
Guard L - For 6 turns damage will be halved.
Power L - For 6 turns damage is doubled.
Fire L - Fire damage to one enemy.
Blizzard L - Ice damage to one line of enemies.
Thunder L - Lightning damage to all enemies.
Thundaga L - Lightning damage to all enemies.
Cure L - Cure one party member’s HP 30%.
Break - Destroy blocks that can be destroyed.
(There are ten types but I wasn’t able to find them all. Perhap Firaga and Blizzaga?)
This time the world will be divided into levels called “Layers”, which will be connected by Warp Points. When you use a Warp Point your current score will be displayed. The bugs you’ve destroyed and the amount of enemies you’ve killed will be added up, plus an HP Bonus (your remaining HP x 10) will be added. That is where you will get VP. There are save points in between each Layer. At the Layer 1 save point a Moogle will give you the Avatar Item “Hero’s Wallpaper”, at Layer 2 he will give you Licenses “Power L”, “Blizzard L” and “Thunder L”
You will be able to have up to 3 people in your party. On Layer 2 if you check the first two rooms and then approach the unnatural wall near the beginning Hercules will appear and join your party (the amount of License types goes to 6.) On Layer 4 if you go to the upper right room and go left, you will see Cloud on a lower level fighting. Go to that lower room and you will help him finish off the enemies and he will join you (License types increases to 10.)
This time there are 3 sort-of boss battles. On Layer 3 in the upper right room you will fight Cloud, and on Layer 5 you will fight Cerberus and then Hades. Cloud will use his special attack (not sure of English name), Cerberus will attack everyone will “Bite All” (not sure of English name......), Hades will attack with continuous Fire Balls (Up to 5.) If you are worried about your HP use Guard L to protect you so the damage will be lessened. The first time you defeat Cerberus you will received the Debug Ability “Free Combo” (When you use Reaction Combo press any button to connect to the combo ability.)
Bonuses received for each Rank:
(mostly incomplete so I’ll translate later)
After finishing the story, this time nothing appears on the monitor. What had been appearing on the monitor was the memories of the world Riku had taken after the Bugs had been erased. They had travelled along the circut and had appeared as a picture on the screen. So the images we had seen were memories sleeping deep within the Journal.
Elsewhere, Pete appears in front of Sora....?
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