The player must knock it off the perch in order to attack it, while watching out for its divebomb and feather attacks. It will take out the bird that is singing on the perch and fill the theater with its dreadful tone-deaf singing. The second area is much more related to disco/dance, especially the background music, though apparently it takes place in some kind of dark castle or chamber.Īwaueck, a giant hawk, is Sonata's boss. The mini-boss consists of toppling three mechanical bird heads. The first area (which takes in a strangely futuristic background) is made of four sections and in each of these sections there's a very singular objective: deliver metronomes to the songbirds in order to advance through the level. Sonata revolves solely around music and the level is vastly decorated in a musical theme: grabbing poles are flutes and, handholds are trumpets and enemies even launch dangerous musical notes at the player. Planet Sonata is considered by many players the most creative stage in Ristar-even one of the most original stage to ever appear in a platform game at that time. Note: the level names were changed when brought to the West. Hold or depending on which direction Ristar is swinging in, then release. Ristar can swing from these to perform Meteor Strikes. Worth between 100 and 1,600 points, depending on how hard it is to reach. Restores up to three stars to Ristar's health. Restore Star / Life Item (ライフアイテム) (blue) Restore Star / Life Item (ライフアイテム) (yellow) Can be used as a decoy to set off traps safely. Extra lives are awarded for very 30,000 points earned.Īppears only in Round 3-1. After defeating a boss, the player is awarded points based on secrets found, and how much the player takes damage (the fewer times they are hit, the better the bonus). At the end of an area, the player can use a Star Handle to exit the area with as much altitude as possible for a bonus of up to 20,100 points. The player may earn more continues by clearing the Bonus Stages quickly.Įarning points comes mainly from toppling enemies (generally awards 100 points) and Yellow Jewels. Ristar also has a very basic life/continue system: once the player loses all of their lives, they'll be taken to a continue screen where they can choose to keep going with the game or give up. The player may replenish health by collecting items. There are situations where they'll lose all their health, but these are rare. Every time Ristar is hit, the player will lose one star. The game has a simple health system: the player starts with 4 or 2 stars (depending on the difficulty selected), the max number of stars is 4. His grabbing ability is just as effective underwater as it is on dry land. He can also swim underwater with ease in all eight cardinal directions, and can use his arms to swim faster with or. In levels with water, Ristar has the ability to explore underwater without needing to breathe. While performing a Meteor Strike, Ristar can change his direction mid-flight on Normal difficulty, but cannot on harder difficulties. A very important aspect of this ability is to ride Star Handles to perform a Meteor Strike, which is used to move from one location to another without having to walk as well as take out enemies. Ristar's arms can also be used for many other purposes, such as climbing walls, swinging across poles and even finding bonuses (health points, 1UPs, etc.) by stretching them into tiny breaches in walls (the player may also find them by headbutting certain sections of certain walls). This is the only way to eliminate enemies as jumping on them will not work. To kill enemies, the player must grab them with Ristar's arms with, and after releasing Ristar will headbutt the enemy. Ristar's main ability, and the core mechanic of the game, are his stretchy arms. Ristar's father is never mentioned, and instead the plea for help is answered by the Star Goddess, Oruto, who creates Ristar to fight Greedy and restore happiness to the Valdi system.Īt first glance, Ristar has basic platforming skills as he can jump about his own height with or (by default), and cannot look up or down. In the Japanese version of the game, the story is different.
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To free the population and liberate his father, Ristar must fight Greedy's minions throughout every planet, restore the leaders and eventually fight Greedy himself. It is answered by Ristar The Shooting Star, a tiny humanoid yellow star with long, elastic arms. Greedy forced the leaders of each of the seven planets the system is composed of to work for him, enslaved the people and kidnapped Ristar's father. In Ristar, we follow the story of a far away solar system, Valdi, that was corrupted by an evil tyrant called Greedy.
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