Topic for talking about the ping pong minigame as well as sharing your achievements. Please tag story spoilers with the [spoiler] tag with adequate context provided in parenthesis.
The game is all about clicking target areas to hit back Tenzen’s shots. You earn more points the better your timing is, and the game gives more points the longer the game goes along with increased difficulty. The game is dictated by the tension bar on the left side of the screen; hits will fill the bar and misses will drain it. The game ends if the tension goes to 0. When the bar maxes out, Tenzen will go into the zone. In the zone, there are 2 extra target areas, and the tension will drain from everything that isn’t an excellent hit.
Decided Mode
The simplest mode where Tenzen only shoots 10 shots.
Score Details
Base score - Earned by hitting balls with good timing.
Combo bonus - X% extra points, where X is your highest combo.
Zone bonus - 1% extra points for each number of times Tenzen entered his zone.
Endless Mode
The second mode continues until the tension gauge reaches 0. The target areas change colors with consecutive hits (blue>yellow>red>purple>gold). Scoring a hit on a gold area multiplies your score.
Score Details
Base score - Earned by hitting balls with good timing.
Combo bonus - X% extra points, where X is your highest combo.
Zone bonus - 1% extra points for each number of times Tenzen entered his zone.
Time bonus - 1% extra points for every 10 seconds the game lasted.
Extreme Mode
A no-holds-barred match versus Tenzen. Tenzen will use all kinds of crazy techniques, so prepare for anything. The target areas change colors with consecutive hits (blue>yellow>red>purple>rainbow). Scoring a hit on a rainbow area let’s you use a super shot of your own. Hitting Tenzen with a super shot will deal damage to and eventually defeat him. Unlike the other modes, this one also evolves the more you play it. Tenzen will develop more difficult shots, and after a while you get the ability to play the mode infinitely.
Score Details
Base score - Earned by hitting balls with good timing.
Combo bonus - X% extra points, where X is your highest combo.
Zone bonus - 1% extra points for each number of times Tenzen entered his zone.
KO bonus - 100% extra points for each time Tenzen got knocked out.
Title Bonuses
There are a total of six different bonuses available to you that are based on which titles you’ve received. You can only have one bonus at a time, and it’s based on the most recent one. Four of the bonuses come from the first choice in the prologue; the other two are obtained in other ways.
- Wounded bird: When you deal damage, you have higher chance for Tenzen to get blown away.
- Canary: Tenzen’s tension gauge will go down at a reduced rate.
- Boxer: You’ll receive an extra 10000 points for executing a successful super shot.
- Host: Tenzen’s tension gauge will increase at a greater rate.
- Cursed: Tenzen’s shot are slower. [You get this title by buying shaved ice during the Umi event on July 29]
- Ping Pong God: You can battle Tenzen endlessly in serious mode. [You get this title by beating Tenzen in serious mode twice.]
Secret Attacks
- Going to the candy shop on August 1st and asking for a secret technique will give you an ability that slows time in the game.
- Making offerings at the shrine will let you pray to become stronger. You need to pray to Inari and offer as much money as you can. After that Inari will sometimes help you in serious games by making your super shot unblockable.
