The mini-game Tiger! Tiger!
Tiger! Tiger! is a minigame and Mechanic in 异度神剑 2 developed by Monolith Soft . It is a 8-bit style mini-game which was made by 虎's 爷爷 and Tatazo's 父亲 Professor Soosoo for the artificial Blades such as Poppi α and Poppi QT. The game is located in 虎's House. The items obtained in this game can be used in Poppiswap to enhance Poppi α, Poppi QT and Poppi QTπ, providing a bonus of some sort, such as increasing Strength, or resisting 50% of Poison Damage. They are similar to and work like Aux Cores for Blades. Core Crystals can also be obtained from this mini-game.
Utility
The end score that is achieved at the end of a Tiger! Tiger! game is relevant for improving Poppi's 牵绊 skills. The 其它 reward from playing the game comes from "Mods" and from "Ether". Whilst the former can be used to upgrade Poppi through Poppiswap directly, the latter can be used for things like increasing slots or creating more mods.
Gameplay
There are 5 stages of the game, and each stage is unlocked automatically after some story progression. The objective of Tiger! Tiger! is to collect 以太 Crystals and 秘宝 Troves while slipping by 敌人, as the character descends to the bottom of the level and returns to the top. Physically touching any of the sea creatures will result in loss of oxygen, as well as either the attack power up or a 秘宝 Trove, with the attack power up taking precedence if collected. The player is given a harpoon gun to attack 敌人 by pressing A; however, they will not be able to attack on the climb back to the top of the level. Additionally, on the game's normal difficulty, touching a wall will cause damage to the player. On easy mode, walls do not damage the player. If a player takes too much damage and the oxygen bar gets fully depleted, the player will keep the 以太 Crystals collected, but will not keep any 秘宝 Troves collected. 秘宝 Troves will have either Core Crystals, parts for Poppi, or additional 以太.
The player can receive bonuses to score and 以太 Crystal collection by getting medals. The 秘宝 Medal is received if the player ends the stage with 8 秘宝 Troves. Taking no damage, collecting all 以太 Crystals, and collect all 秘宝 Troves will give the player a bonus to the score and 以太 Crystal collection.
| Medal | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| *Easter Egg* No Kill Medal | Do not kill any 敌人. |
| Crystals Medal | Collect all 以太 crystals |
| Damage Medal | End with full health. (敌人 will sometimes drop oxygen tanks so players will still be able to end with full health, even if the player was hit.) |
| 秘宝 Medal | Collect all 秘宝 Troves without losing any. |
| Perfect Medal | Take no damage, collect all 以太 crystals, and collect all 秘宝 Troves. |
敌人
- Main article: 敌人 (Tiger! Tiger!)
Notes
- The Patch introduced in Ver.1.1.1 adds an easy difficulty mode to Tiger! Tiger!.
- One of Poppi α's 牵绊 nodes requires the player to get a score of 50,000 or more in Tiger! Tiger! (the stage the player achieves this on doesn't matter). This score can easily be achieved if the player gets all 4 medals (not including the No Kill Medal).
Trivia
- The game is probably named after 虎, whose name in Japanese means "tiger".
- A few of the 敌人 in Tiger! Tiger! resemble 敌人 that can be found in 异度神剑 2. In particular, one resembles a Piranhax, another resembles a Lysaat, and a third 敌人 resembles a Serprond.
- One of the DLC Challenge Battles, Tiger! Tiger! IRL, is based off of the mini-game.
- The Tiger! Tiger! 中央控制台 in Tora’s House is public access, but anyone 其它 than a party member must pay a fee of 100G to play.
- In the main menu, Monolithsoft is credited with the copyright information.
