- Estimated 100% Difficulty: 8/10 (Trophy Difficulty Rating)
- Approximate Time to 100%: 10-15 hours depending on skill level
- Offline: 10 (8 , 1 , 1 )
- Online: 2
- Missable Trophies: None
- Minimum Playthroughs Needed: Multiple Exhibition, Challenge, & Online Matches
- Difficulty Affects Trophies: No
- Glitched Trophies: None
- Cheats: None
- Equipment Required: PS Eye, & only 1 PS Move controller needed
(NOTE: This game is a PS Move ONLY title. You cannot use any other type of controller)
Introduction
Welcome to Crazy Strike Bowling from Aksys Games. This is a PS Move required PSN exclusive bowling game that is fantasy based. Much like Pangya Golf, the characters and environments are reminiscent of an RPG or anime.
The system to bowl with the Move is very simple when compared to other more mainstream bowling titles on the PS3. There are basically 3 modes to this game:
Exhibition - Your basic 'play one match' game. In this mode you unlock other alleys and can choose between a standard game, or a 'fantasy' style game where obsticles are in your path, but you will not need to ever play in fantasy mode to get a trophy.
Battle - Battle the computer or a friend in a type of hockey/soccer style game, trying to get all the pins down. In this mode, you CAN choose a difficulty for the computer, but you're not required to beat the computer in this mode for any trophies.
Challenge - You will be required to fulfill many different timed and skill based challenges. It's within this mode you will spend the most time, and get to unlock costumes, balls & the 2 additional characters.
Walkthrough
You have 3 modes to go through to get 100%:
Step One - Exhibition mode
Beat the computer's high score to be #1 in each level and it will unlock the next alley. Once you have finally unlocked Mystic Mine (the last alley), beat the high score on it to unlock it's 'fantasy' version and you will get the "Landlord" trophy. Now, pick any character and any level and just keep trying for strikes, you're aiming to get all of the below trophies:
Union Man
Socialist
XXX
XXXXX
Semi-Pro
Professional
Please see the tips section at the bottom of the Roadmap for advice on how to get strikes.
Step Two - Challenge mode
Here you will do a variety of challenges ranging from hiting a random 1 pin 3 times in a row in a certain amount of time, to simply getting 2 strikes in a row. In order to get 100% for this game, you must complete ALL the challenges. As you complete them, you will unlock the other 2 characters (Mina: Win Math Insanity 3 & for Mr. Jenkins(the bear): Win Special Move Performance 4), more balls and all the costumes. Completion of this step will earn you the following trophies:
Challenger
Super Challenger
Collector
Step Three - Online
Due to the lack of online players, I suggest boosting to get the "Exhibitionist" and "Battlemaster" trophies. If you need a boosting partner, you can find one in the Trophy Boosting thread here:
Trophy Boosting Thread (Read First Post!)
Tips
After trial and error, you will easily pick up the basics; swinging and letting go of the button is easy, however it's after the release of the button that matters most. You see in Crazy Strike Bowling, after the release, the PS Move controller then goes into 'spin' mode. To explain in easy terms, the move controller itself must be spinned like a meat on a stick. This will 'spin' the ball to the left or right. That is the basic mechanics.
Now, as for my tip, I suggest NEVER to spin. When you start and you have all the pins, do the usual swing and right after release, FREEZE your arm, hand and the PS Move in the exact position and the ball will always go with no spin. Now that you understand that, always keep the Move itself only going directly up and down, never left, or any type of angle. (Kind of like when your syncing the PS Move with the Eye, bowl like that, so it's exactly down to up in a straight line). This is the best and fastest way to get a strike. My best score was 255 (doing 2 spares and all the rest strikes).
Now what happens when you need to hit another pin on the sides? Here's the solution for that. Press the button and hold it down, now move the actual PS Move to the left or right so that it is exaclty in line with the little arrow facing the pin you want to hit, and let go of the button. Now you just need to bowl exactly straight as you did for the stikes. You will NEED this method to get through some challenges, but must be quick when moving, as some challenges are timed and the clock doesn't stop while you're moving.
[PS3T Would Like to Thank personausermike For This Roadmap]