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This guide is intended for new players who wish to participate in the game.

Chapter 1: Booting up the game.

Okay, so I’m guessing you’re a Hololive fan correct?

So at least you know how to play games?

If you said no then that’s a skill issue, luckily this guide is here to “guide” you.

If you said yes then good for you.

So now for the step-by-step guide to show you what to do.

Step 1: Wait for the logos to be finished. (You can hit a key if you want to skip them)

Step 2: Do you see the text saying “Press any key to continue”? Well you’re now in the title screen, and pressing any key in your keyboard will send you to the main menu.

Step 3: Once you’re in the main menu, you will see 6 buttons to select using the WASD keys rather than the arrow keys. You will have to get used to this quirky thing after playing Holocure, which uses the arrow keys.

Step 4: Select “Training”

Step 5: You will see 3 options: Training Room, Tutorial, and Command list. Select “Tutorial”

Step 6: You will now be in a menu with many options. Just choose “Basic Movement” and move on.

Step 7: Since this is a guide and I’m a crazy person, I will put the ENTIRE TUTORIAL on the next chapter.

Chapter 2: Basics And Controls

Before you get to beat hololive members up. You must know the basics to prevent getting your *** kicked on Very Easy difficulty.

Controls

Movement:

W – Jump

A – Move backwards (Block)

S – Crouch

D – Move forward

Space – Use Item (Only used in Virtual Frontier)

J – Light attack

K – Medium attack

L – Hard attack

I – Special (Used for special moves)

O – Grab

Y – Collab (Use this to summon your partner aka Collab character)

P – Burst (Used to escape being rekt)

Controller: (Later)

General Commands:

Dash forward – Hit the Move Forward button 2 times in quick succession (and hold for run)

Dash backward – Hit the Move Backward button 2 times in quick succession

Crouch attacks – Crouch + Light, Medium, Heavy attack

Overhead attacks (To hit someone who is crouching) – Medium + Heavy attack at the same time

Sweep – Hold Crouch + Left or Right and then hit the Heavy attack button

Quick Rise (Get up faster after being launched) – Hold the direction you are being launched at (e.g Left or Right)

Air Tech (Get a quick recovery in the air) – Hold the opposite direction you are being launched at in the air

Grab escape – Hit the Grab button as you are about to be thrown

Special moves – Special button + Left, Right, Down keys or Jump + Special button

Motion inputs – Down + Forward in quick succession + Light, Medium

Super attacks – Down + Either the Forward or Backward buttons in quick succession + Heavy attack

Super Star Attack – Down + Forward in quick succession + Special button

Basic Combos:

Basic Cancel Combo: Light + Medium + Heavy attack

Exact button Cancel: Normal attack + Any movement button + The same attack in quick succession.

Normal to Special: Any Normal attack + Special Attack

Oof. That’s a lot to read. I’m sure I can explain everything in less words, but I have no idea what to change.

Next up: Playing the game.

Chapter 3: Playing the game.

Okay, you just read a bunch of stuff that you need to remember while you’re playing this game.

So now, we can actually start fighting.

Step 1: Go back to the main menu. You can do this by hitting the “esc” button on your keyboard.

Step 2: When it prompts you to “Go Back, ” hit enter to select yes.

Step 3: Select “Play”

Step 4: You can either 1. Fight your friend offline 2. Fight an A.I 3. Arcade 4. Virtual Frontier

Step 5: Select Arcade or Fight an A.I

Step 6: If you select to fight an A.I you can change the difficulty which I rather you go on Very Easy (Unless you’re skilled)

Step 7: Select Start

Step 8: Select your Idol, Outfit, and your collab Idol as well.

Step 9: Choose your opponents Idols. (You can’t do this in Arcade mode)

Step 10: Choose your stage. (You also can’t do this in Arcade mode)

Step 11: Fight

Step 12: Once you win (or lose) you have 3 options: Rematch, Choose Idols, and Leave.

Step 13: Do whatever the hell you want.

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