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For those who are having a slight difficult time getting the Hard badge because of the "Full Game locked" ordeal, you can get more stars per shot under par, this is really effective on the earlier stages by relying on ricochet shots to hit blocks more than once. + This comment so everyone else can see it.
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Everyone, very important: you can mute toshi by hitting t. It took me 34 levels to figure this out. Toshi is without a doubt the most terrifying character I've ever seen in any game ever
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I would just like to announce that I completed 1-16 with 1 shot... obsessive compulsive ballsaving will be my death. Or Toshi's.
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Finally, got all stars...I think I drowned her so much ( and shoot directly...after saying 'is that the best you ca do' I just had to) that her ghost will haunt me...anyway, I couldn't get past the last level, until I started shooting like crazy (I was literally violating the computer mouse). And who said that violence never solved anything?!
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Alas, again and again I held back the strong urge to shoot her repeatedly in interest of getting the badge, then it doesn't report for me...man, I shoulda just shot her...
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i got 3+ stars on the following levels: 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-12, 1-20 and 2-1, 2-3, 2-4, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-17, 2-18, 2-20
i got the badge without even playing the last 2 levels.
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Along with "1-3, 1-6, 1-20. And then on levels 2-3,2-8,2-9, 2-11, 2-13, 2-17, 2-20." 1-13 is also very easy. I replaced it for 1-20 which i could not do in 1 shot. Happy Ballin'
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I just got the hard badge and want to help some people going for it as well. The very easiest way is to get 3 stars on every level on both packs. Then go back and it's fairly easy to get 3+ stars on levels, 1-3, 1-6, 1-20. And then on levels 2-3,2-8,2-9, 2-11, 2-13, 2-17, 2-20. Remember that on a lot of these, getting under par means breaking wooden blocks with 1 shot. Do this by shooting it at an angle where it will hit the wooden block, bouce off something else, then hit the block again. That way you break a block in 1 shot instead of 2. There is a plus sign for a reason. + to make the hard badge much quicker and less frustrating for everyone. :) Also, rating this game brought me to exactly 9000 points. Ha.
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After much reflection i got it. If you shoot a tenis ball to the sky it will go straight to the horizon till you lose sight of it. Obviously it goes faster than a rocket, thus killing toshi everytime she gets hit. The water around her is in fact sulfuric acid, thus killing her too. She survives blocks falling on her head because she's japanese and they have no logic. Period.
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She can fall from 100 feet, she can get her head busted by 1 ton blocks, but nooo, she can´t get hit by tuny tenis balls, walk or take a bath, seriously what good is she for? And she tells YOU to hurry up and stuff. Jesus just keep shooting her till she gets it.
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A couple of tricks for people going for the hard badge. First, play the entire game through without aiming to get all the stars. This should give you some idea of the easiest places to improve. I was able to complete all the levels apart from 2-14 with three stars or better without much effort, so any of the others not in three stars should be easy enough to beat. After you manage that, start playing from the beginning again. Hopefully you remember how each level is beaten. Now look for places where you can reduce the number of shots with the following two exploits. You can damage two blocks at once if you hit right where the two boxes meet, and you can destroy a box in one shot if you shoot the box in such a way that the shot rebounds off a wall back at the block afterwards. Ones I managed in less than Par:1-2,3,6,8,9,10,12. 2-8,9,13,19. There are probably more too.
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Right OR Left click shoots, which creates a problem with shooting without meaning to.
Please make it so that only Left click shoots and Right click + drag rotate view, or vice versa.
3/5
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The best way to complete levels under par is hit a wooden block in a side its near to any other part, usually concrete. The ball will hit the block, the concrete, and return to the block, breaking it in 1 shot instead of 2. Most of my under par were doing it, and I got 140 stars. Levels I have completed under par: Pack 1 - 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 20; Pack 2 - 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20. Another tip, in levels like 2-1 and 2-12, u need parts get speed, so give them 2 or 3 shots instantly for great acceleration. Give these tips a "+" :O)
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It's a little strange, I completed all the levels, with seventeen of them at less than the par score, but my counter stops at 129 and doesn't work on... Is this a bug or did I do something wrong...??
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Got 143 stars... So, how the heck did people get 160 stars? Considering there are levels that require, ahem, ZERO shots to get four stars? Also, "It's-a good to be baka", right, Toshi? :3
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For the hard badge, you need to complete all the levels, with ten of them at less than the par score. One way of doing that is to hit the join of two wood blocks, which cracks both of them and saves you a shot. Another is that sometimes, if you fire into a wood block at a very oblique angle, your ball will crack it, bounce off some other part of the level and hit the block again to break it. To save on hunting through levels where the par score is one or two and can't possibly be improved on, here are the levels where I beat par: 1-3, 1-6, 1-20, 2-3, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-17. There are probably others, too. Some of these levels can be done two shots below par but you don't get any extra credit for that. I hope that's helpful for people who're looking for the hard badge.