[I. Bishoujo Senshi Sera Mun for Super Famicom]

["Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon" (C)1993 ANGEL]

[Title Screen Menus] As our story begins on the title screen we are shown the Moon Kingdom lit up in its past glory. A time a millenium ago when the Moon Kingdom flourished, before the time of the great attack by Queen Beryl and the negaforce, sadly the Moon Kingdom was destroyed. Before all her powers were lost the queen of the moon Queen Serenity sent away her daughter Princess Serena(Serenity), her four princess protectors of the planets Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, as well as, her only love Prince Darien (Mamoru) of Earth with many others. They were all sent to Earth to be reborn again in the far future when they will be needed to be called upon again to save the world from the negaforce. Moving forward to current times we find that Queen Beryl has returned with her eyes set on the Earth. Here the five Sailor Soldiers will be for this game in combat with Queen Beryl's four generals evil monsters, the generals Zoicite and Malachite, a brainwashed Prince Darien (Mamoru), and finally Queen Beryl.

Here with the menu that will appear to you with the picture of the past when the Moon Kingdom was strong you will get three choices on what to do. Select the three using the Control Pad, and finally hit the Start Button to confirm.

A. One Player Game B. Two Player Game

Tip: If you hold the L and R Buttons at the same time when you press the

Start Button both players can play as the same Sailor Soldier.

C. Options Screen - Change options by using the Control Pad and Buttons. 1. Option one lets you set the difficulty level of the game, it is set to normal as default. Pressing right on the Control Pad once will select the hard setting, and once more the easy mode. Remember in easy mode though you can only play the first two of five levels in this game. 2. Option two lets you set the number of continues you get in the game. It is defaulted to three, you can choose five as the other option. 3. Option three sets the button layout. Which can be done for both players. 4. Option four lets you sample the background music. 5. Option five lets you sample the sound effects. 6. Option six lets you sample the voice clips. 7. Option seven lets you exit back to the main screen by pressing Start.

[Playing the Game]

Once you have selected your options and the amount of players for your battle with Queen Beryl's negaverse minions before you can send them back to where they came from you need to select your Sailor Soldier. You get to choose from left to right Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, and Sailor Mars. Each of the five Sailor Soldiers have their own weaknesses and strengths so keep that in mind when choosing your player or team. To choose your Sailor Soldier just highlight them when the Control Pad then press the Y Button. Your out of uniform Soldier will transform and after the opener to the stage is done you can begin to play.

When you do complete a level in this game your preformance will be evaluated on a report card of sorts. This report card at the end of each of the levels will add up the points you have earned from everything that you have done from giving beatings, to getting items and food, and even how long you took in each level will be looked at too. When this is added up you will see a grade of A, B, C, D, or E on the screen. Be aware that if you die in a level or even take even a moderate beating you won't get an A, if you die or die so that you have to continue you'll end up with a C at best. Like I said, everything, and I mean everything is evaluated, what I don't know is if it effecting the ending.

[Player's Attack Options]

All of the Sailor Soldiers have specific way to attack the enemy which is usually a combinations of punches, kicks, chopping, or in Sailor Venus's case her "Love Me Chain" used as a whip, and these are done by pressing the Y Button repeatedly. A combination move will occur if your Soldier continues to batter the enemy until it falls down, not to say it won't get back up again for some more.

To allow your Sailor Soldier to Jump simply press the B Button to do it, though if you press left or right at the same time they'll jump in that direction. To attack in air with intent to knock the enemy down press the Y Button to kick, but if you wish to stun an enemy to set them up for an attack you need to press Down and hold it while pressing the Y Button. When you do this the Sailor Scouts will put out their fist to stun an enemy, though Sailor Mars will use one of her banishment charms, and Sailor Venus will use her "Love Me Chain" to do the stunning.

Each Sailor Soldier also has the ability to toss an enemy, each in their own unique way. There are actually two types of throws you can use, a close range and long range attack. If you get close to an opponent and can grab ahold of them if you just press the Y Button to attack you will beat on the enemy a bit then toss them aside which is stronger. If you grab ahold of an enemy and then press Left or Right on the Control Pad while pressing the Y Button you will toss the enemy long distance. Use this attack to your advantage as you can throw an enemy into some more causing addition damage to the original, as well as, all it comes in contact with before it hits the ground.

The most popular and well known of the Sailor Soldier's attacks though are the elemental attacks which are: Mercury's "Shabon Spray", Mars's "Fireballs Charge", Jupiter's "Thunder Clap", Venus's "Crescent Beam", and Sailor Moon's "Moon Tiara Action." To do these attacks you will need to hold down the Y Button and release it when the meter up by the characters life bar is full. Be aware you are vunerable to considerable damage while you are charging this attack up as you have no way to defend yourself, so use it wisely.

The Sailor Soldiers also have a power move which you can use if you are surrounded and desperate, it does though take off a small piece of your life bar, but will clear the area and it is better than a beating or death. To do this move just press both the Y and B Buttons together. This like the attacks listed above are unique as well to each of the five Sailor Soldiers.

[Objects Found Throughout the Game]

As time progresses in the game you will come across many items lying around randomly or inside things that you have destroyed, don't just stare at them, pick them up. Each of these items can refill your life, add a new life, or give you a boost of bonus points towards an extra life. To get them is quite simple, just stand over the item and press the Y Button to bend down and get it. Some items that you can find are food items which can restore a little to a lot of energy, also if you can find Tuxedo Mask's rose that will fully fill your life bar. Also be aware that with regular items, that food too will not only give life, but bonus points as well so always pick it up before going on.

[General Notes on Enemy and Boss Combat]

When you encounter any enemy or boss if you attempt to grab them for that kind of attack they could do the same to you so keep that in mind. An interesting thing I found out though occurs in boss combat, I don't know if its a bug or it was intentional evasion to make the fight more difficult. When you are lets say combating Malachite sometimes your attacks will seem to connect to your own eyes, but they really don't at all. This could be a problem with hit detection, but I feel that it was more likely a challenge booster which makes more sense, people should be able to evade somewhat, no? And what's the fun of trapping an enemy on a wall and beating them as soon as they get up, this way they can get up and have a chance to stop you... a much less boring idea.

Below are strategies to use on the bosses of this game, keep in mind this is what I find effective, and also never use your elemental attacks on a boss they'll almost always evade it and make you sorry you tried it in the first place. Most often you can't charge it, they'll smack you around while trying.

Stage One Boss: Large Blue Cat - To take on this enemy you need to be smart as I found him quite difficult at first. This large cat will try to cut you up by bringing its claws down on you. To attack him jump kicking is effective but slow. I find attacking with standard hits at the most distance allowed is best, but sometimes he get in on you in the middle of your combination of attacks, so back off if he looks like he can get inside on you. If you knock him down, he'll pounce on you which hurts a lot, before he pounces get close and either above or below him on the screen and he'll miss.

Stage Two Boss: Pastry Queen - This boss attacks with a combination of spins and spitting pink cotton candy like puffs at you. If she spins or spits at you just move up or down out of the way is the best you can do. When she is still attack her with standard punch button combinations, again jump kicking works but is slow. She will disappear and reappear at random, but usually onyly after being knocked down so be aware of that. Enemies will try to help her out but if you are careful they really won't be in the way.

Stage Three Boss: Zoicite Costumed as Sailor Moon(from the episode Sailor Venus appears in) - Anyways this battle is quite difficult as she is quite fast and hard to hit. She will get small support from lesser enemies, so keep an eye on them. Zoicite will attack you with her speed with rapid punches and jump kicking. My best advice for this witch is to get just below her on the screen as she jumps so when she lands you can pull up into her and combination punch attack her until she falls over. Keep this up and she'll go down but not really easy, and she can not by jump kicked, she'll avoid it. The best way to take her is hard to setup, and it's quite "cheap" if you can get her along the side wall and knock her over, just constantly keep hitting punch and never stop, she'll get up into it, take the combo in the face and keep falling over until the fight ends, like I said cheap but highly effective.

Stage Four Boss: Malachite - Now this is one tough battle there are many reinforcements he'll call to help, he's fast, and fires projectiles of dark energy at you. The best thing to try to do is avoid him at first and take out the reinforcements so you can concentrate on Malachite. The best way to get in some solid hits on him is to curl around from above or below and punch him until he falls down. When he gets up though he's usually really pissed off for taking a hit and will throw around three shots of dark energy at you which his sometimes highly unavoidable, and at worst will be timed to when you get up and you'll take all three hits which I think means death.

Stage Five Boss #1: Brainwashed Prince Darien - This battle is quite easy so here is what you have to do. Rush him and punch him until he falls over. Now get out of the way he'll try and jump slash with the sword. When he comes down and starts to get up just attack him again. Just stay on top of him and attack as often as possible except when he jump slashes and he'll fall fast.

Final Boss: Queen Beryl - If you thought Malachite was a nightmare, then she is the all out antichrist. Queen Beryl won't even bother to lowering herself to fight you at first. To start you'll have to deal with three pairs of two enemies that come out one at a time, then she'll attack, with more backup of course. Queen Beryl will float around the level, when you hit her and if you are lucky knock her down she'll get pissed off. Queen Beryl will put up her arms and discharge two bolts of nega energy to the ground and rush at you, just sidestep it if you can. Another favorite attack of her's if you get too much distance from her is placing her arms high and firing bolts of energy at you which are almost impossible to dodge, be smart and stay relatively close to her at all times. At times she'll take petty swipes at you as well, just keep beating on her between her charges and pokes at you and it'll be over sooner than later. Also if you can pick up one of her assistants and throw it into her, a nice way to take off a little energy when you're in a bind.