Mini Ninjas Trophy Guide

[Deirhese]

Mini Ninjas Trophy Guide

By Deirhese

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Overview:

Trophy Difficulty: 5/10
Approx. Time for Completion: 10-20 Hours
Trophy Kind: Offline only
Playthroughs Needed: 1



Off You Go
Completed basic training

Complete the tasks of the Tengu Master in the dojo. Learn how to control Hiro, then find Futo and learn how to control him.



Found Futo
Find Futo

From the dojo - after accepting the task from the Tengu Master - proceed to the Fruit Glade East of the dojo. Then unto the Path to Lookout Point and there will be Futo on the left hand side when you enter the cliff.



Found Suzume
Find and free Suzume

In the level "Leaving Home", as you progress you will see a cut-scene of the evil samurai taking Suzume away in a cage. Simply kill the samurai guarding her cage. If need be, use a power attack by holding and take them out faster if you have a red power sphere available.



Found Shun
Find and free Shun

In the level "A Distress Signal", as you progress you will see a cut-scene of the evil samurai holding Shun in a cage. You should drink a flask of arrow shield when approaching the cage because it is guarded by a few archers that shoot flame arrows.



Found Tora
Find and free Tora

In the level "Grassy Hills", as you progress there will be a cut-scene of the evil samurai holding Tora on a tall platform in a cage. Simply kill the samurai guarding Tora then destroy the platform and the cage, and free Tora.



Found Kunoichi
Find and free Kunoichi

In the level "Winter Range", as you progress you will see a cut-scene of the evil samurai holding Kunoichi in a cage. You can sneak through the southern edge of the camp where Kunoichi is, and free the boar and use Spirit Form to become the boar (press to charge through enemies, as this will clear them out faster then regular fighting). Destroy the platform and cage and free Kunoichi.



Off the Richter Scale
Defeat Boss Lumbering Fool

Boss Lumbering Fool is at the end of the level "Earth Castle". He is quite easy to beat. Once you start the fight run behind one of the wooden pillars and wait for the boss to strike with his huge sword. It will get stuck in the pillar and you must jump on the sword and follow the button commands to damage him. He will then fall on the ground and break to a lower level floor where you must repeat this again, but this time there are archers on the higher walkways shooting at you. To fend off the arrows simply press to put on your hat and it will absorb arrow shots. Once you damage him a second time he will fall unto the final floor. Repeat the same process and he will be defeated and you will get your trophy.



Smell You Later
Defeat Boss Windy Pants

Boss Windy Pants is at the end of the level "Night Castle". He is quite easy as well, but takes more effort to beat. Once you start the fight Windy Pants will shoot a fart cloud that will chase you. You must press and hold to outrun the fart cloud and run towards Windy Pants and press the button command to slide under his legs and make the fart hit him instead. Then press the button commands that pop up; if it successfully hits him it will damage him. I found it easier to just wait until he farts the second cloud and then run towards his legs and do the button commands so that it will hit him for sure, because sometimes when there is one cloud in play and you slide under his legs, it won't hit him.

After you damage him he will use a new move in between gas clouds: he will shoot a lot of gas missiles. Just hide behind a pillar or stand in between them where they won't hit you. Eventually he will do the same fart cloud move and you can repeat the process to damage him.

After this he will use another new move. This new move requires you to jump over it because it causes a bit of damage and is an area effect move. Don't try to hide behind a pillar for this one; just jump over it. Eventually he will use a fart cloud and you can repeat the process to damage him and beat him once and for all. Now you have your trophy.

Note: Mix some health potions and flasks of strong ginseng. If you do get hit by the fart clouds, they will drain you of health and Ki energy. The less Ki energy you have affects how much stamina you have for running. You only have enough stamina as you have Ki, and you NEED to run from the fart clouds which use up stamina. If low on Ki, drink some flasks of strong ginseng to regain Ki which lets you have more stamina.



Tree Hugger
Shake 15 trees

Whenever you come across a tree with fruits in it, get near the tree and press and shake the controller up and down to shake fruits off the tree. There are many trees upon all the levels so getting this trophy is cake. Just shake all the fruit trees you encounter and eventually you will get this trophy.



Avalanche
Defeat an enemy as a snowball

On the level "The Big Jump", right when you step onto the slope of Ashida's Doorstep, equip the hat with then slide and hit a gray lantern. This will cause you to roll like crazy, but don't shake the controller. Keep rolling until you become a snowball and then run into an enemy for this trophy.



Smooth Sailing
Flawless Great River Canyon Rafting

Use the checkpoint at the beginning of the stream downwards in the level "Great River Canyon". This trophy requires some skill and, for some, a few tries. Jump in the water and equip your hat with . You MUST NOT hit any rocks on the way down the stream until you have reached the very end of the level when you fall off the waterfall. The best way to do this is by controlling your movement with the run () button . Use to quickly control sharp turns where you might hit a rock. If you do hit a rock then restart from the checkpoint at the beginning of the rapids and try again.

DO NOT TOUCH LAND AFTER THE FIRST RAPID. JUST KEEP STAYING ON THE WATER AND FINISH THE SECOND RAPID TO GET THE TROPHY.

Refer to video below.
By GodzWarrior101x
"shows how to get the Smooth Sailing Trophy in Mini Ninjas, just go down river without hitting anything"

YouTube - Mini Ninjas Smooth Sailing Trophy



Bow Before Me
Defeat 50 enemies with the bow

You have to use Shun for this trophy. The best early on level to get this trophy is "Night Castle", there are A LOT of enemies to kill. With Shun, press to shoot the arrows at enemies. If close enough they will auto aim but if you're really far you can press AND hold to manually aim. It is best to lay some caltrops in front of Shun so that enemies slow down so you can have some range to shoot them. If you have red power spheres available then press and hold to aim at a big group of enemies to release Shuns special move, which is an explosive arrow that deals area effect damage and kills evil samurai in one hit. Clear all the enemies outside the castle then head inside and stand on the rooftops and clear out enemies. Eventually after 50 kills with the bow and arrow you will get this trophy.



Eat My Dust
Travel far in full gallop

Kill a few enemies with Toras special attack, which is charging into enemies and killing them. Eventually you will get this trophy.



Pied Piper
Incite 50 enemies to dance

You must use Suzume for this trophy. When you have red power spheres available, use Suzumes special attack by pressing and holding near a large groups of enemies without getting hit during the preparation of the move to make them dance. When under the spell, they can be killed in one hit. Do this to 50 enemies - preferably in large groups to cut the amount of power spheres you use - and you will get this trophy.



Poker
Defeat 30 spearmen with the spear

You must use Kunoichi for this trophy. Use Kunoichi's regular or special move with her spear on the evil samurai that hold spears. They are spread throughout almost all levels, so getting 30 kills on this is easy. Remember that you have to kill SPEARMEN with Kunoichis spear to get the trophy, not just any evil samurai.



Don't Blame it on the Sunshine
Bring sunshine to all the denizens of the graveyard

This is a storyline trophy, when you reach the level "Haunted Forest". On your first visit to the Haunted Forest you will eventually get to the graveyard where you encounter Ghost enemies. You can't kill them with neither regular and special moves, nor Kuji spells. Don't get near them or they will drain your Ki dramatically. Eventually you'll get to the shrine to attain a new spell called Sunrays. This is the only spell that can defeat ghosts. Summon the Sunrays on top of all the ghosts in the graveyard and you will get this trophy and be able to proceed to the rest of the levels.



No Conjurer of Cheap Tricks
Expend 1500 Ki using Kuji magic

Simply just keep using Kuji spells on enemies and eventually you will get this trophy. Happens pretty early in the game if you use Kuji spells a lot.



Big Guy
Defeat a large one

Eventually in the early parts of the story, you encounter a huge samurai that is immune to regular ninja attacks. You can use Kuji spells to defeat them, but that will drain you Ki, so the easiest way to defeat them is by using Futo. Futo is strong enough to damage these large samurai. Since they are slow attackers, just run by one and let him swing his club, but don't get hit. Then hit him twice with Futo and a button command will pop up which tells you to press and that will cause Futo to smash the big samurais head. Repeat the same process two more times and the samurai will go down, netting you the trophy.

Note: Regular large ones go down with 3 head bops, but Red large ones go down with 5 head bops.



Boardom
Defeat 10 enemies as the boar

When you release or find a boar, use Hiros Spirit Form spell and run towards the boar to possess it. Then charge evil samurai by pressing and holding . After you kill 10 samurai as the boar you will get the trophy.



Bear With Me
Defeat 10 enemies as the bear

Do the same process as the boar - possess a bear with Hiros Spirit Form spell and charge evil samurai by pressing and holding . Also, the bear can scare samurai by pressing to roar; then you can swipe them with . If you get hit while possessing a bear, or any animal, you will lose the form of the animal and will have to use Spirit Form again. Your best bet is to just charge since it's a fast move.



Sightseeing
Visit all Temples

Simply visit all the temples where you can purchase recipes. They will be easy to spot since they all have red pagoda-like entrances.



Lost and Found
Retrieve all five missing ninja

Once you find and free Kunoichi, you should get the trophy.

*Refer to the top of the guide for finding the missing ninja.*



Tripped and Fell
Defeat Boss Timid Swimmer

Once you reach the end of the Water Castle you will fight this boss. He is very easy, in fact. Once you start the fight, paddle for the stairs and head towards a red pillar; when your near it he will chop it down and you must follow the button commands quickly. If successful, this will damage him. There are 3 red pillars - one in the center, one on the right, and one on the left. After he chops one down, head to another that hasn't been chopped down and repeat the process. Also, don't stand in one place for too long or he will throw shurikens at you.

Note: There are a lot of enemies on the platforms, but I didn't even bother with them and finished the fight with no problem. If you're struggling you can try and kill them.



Crash Landing
Defeat Boss Screeching Owl

Once you reach the end of the Snow Castle you will fight this boss. He is quite easy in the beginning, but gets a little challenging towards the end. Basically once you start the fight, hide in the high snowy patches using then Screeching Owl will search for you. Sneak to his back and press . Once you're on his back, rapidly perform the button commands; if successful it will do a lot of damage.

Repeat this a second time until he starts to stay on top of the castle instead of looking for you. Now head to the top and press and follow the button commands rapidly. These commands are a bit more tough and if you fail them you have to repeat the second step again until he goes back to the top. Rinse and repeat if you can't get him on the third strike. When you do all the commands successfully you will get this trophy.



Restore Balance
Defeat the Evil Samurai Warlord

Once you reach the end of the dreaded Living Castle you will finally fight the Evil Samurai Warlord. He is a pretty tough boss unless you know the strategy to kill him, so here it is.

Note: Make sure you put the meteor storm spell on your quick spell wheel, and also lightning storm. Mix a lot of strong ginseng potions because you'll be using a lot of Ki in this fight.

When the fight starts just unleash meteor storm one after another while taking ginseng potions to regain Ki; this will damage the bosses orbs surrounding him. If you spam this spell it will prevent him from transforming some animals into samurais which will cause you more trouble. Once he starts levitating he will constantly use ice storm on you, so just keep outrunning him. Eventually he will start going back on the ground, so repeat the process of spamming meteor storm on him and taking ginseng potions. Then he will levitate again and reuse ice storm on you. Also, when he is on the ground sometimes he will throw a dark ball at you; just hit it back to him and he will be temporarily stunned allowing you to meteor storm him.

When you get him down to 3-4 orbs he will unleash a lightning storm which is extremely hard to outrun and will destroy you pretty fast. The best way I found to barely even get hit by it is to keep jumping instead of running, as it works wonders to survive this flurry of lightning. When he gets back to the ground spam more meteor storms and drink ginseng potions until he has 1 orb left. Now unleash lighting storm on his last orb to defeat him. This will net you the trophy and the corresponding difficulty trophy as well.



Sage of Philosophy
Reach level cap

Simply keep defeating enemies and collecting the small yellow spheres (EXP spheres), blue Ki spheres, and red power spheres. The yellow are more common than the red and blue spheres, so you will get a ton more of them throughout the story. Eventually late in the game you should reach level cap and attain this trophy.



Stop! Futo Time!
Use Futo in combat on all levels

Simply use Futo to kill at LEAST one samurai on EVERY level to attain this trophy.



Now You See Me ...
Defeat 100 enemies with stealth attack

To use stealth, press and hold in tall grass and sneak up on an enemy; press and hold for a powerful one-hit strike from stealth. Do this 100 times and you will get this trophy.

One of the best levels to do this in is the early parts of "Haunted Forest", where there is a ton of tall grass and you can sneak unto enemies and kill them without them noticing. Note: If they do see you, throw a smoke bomb and it will re-stealth you, but you still have to hold in tall grass to keep the stealth. It will tell you if your stealthed with a Ninja icon on the top right corner of the screen.



Botanist
Collect one of each ingredient

Note: You only need to attain one of each ingredient, or have attained one somewhere down the line. Even if you have used your last one of that ingredient, you will still get the trophy. I'm only listing the first ones you encounter, but there are a ton more of each.

Blue Petal
Once you start traveling to the Dojo in Ninja Mountain you will encounter a blue petal, press to pick it up.

Oyster Mushroom
On the same path as the first blue petal. Oyster mushrooms grow on trees so you will see a little plant protruding off a tree.

Anemone
Used to acquire new spells at spell shrines. You will find your first anemone on a pillar of rock in between 2 bridges near the cave and path of enlightenment in Ninja Mountain.

Spear of Ashida
On the way to the shrine in Ninja Mountain you will come across a pear of Ashida.

Ginseng Root
There are tons of these throughout the game, there should be quite a few in Ninja Mountain, and one by Ninja Village.

Tiger Lily
There is a tiger lily by the stream past the village of the brown bear in the level "Leaving Home".

Burdock Flower
On the way up to the temple in Leaving Home you will see a purple flower which is the burdock flower.

Stone Cap
There should be a purplish mushroom near the same temple which is the stone cap.

Sacred Lotus
In the level "A Distress Signal" you will see this pink flower on the water near a big rock as you paddle to the entrance of the cliff area.

Horse Tail
There should be a horse tail on the right shore of the second island, across the bridges in the level "A Distress Signal".

Wild Parsley
You will see a wild parsley in a samurai camp in the level "Grassy Hills".

Mountain Fire
You will see a mountain fire on the level "Winter Range" on the left side while progressing the early path of the level. It is a bright blue mushroom.

Tengu Friend
Complete all Wandering Tengu quests

TROPHY IS GLITCHABLE!

You must complete the wandering tengu quests on the first visits to the levels. If you miss one and revisit a level to do one you're missing, it will glitch and you can't get the trophy. The only other way if this happens to you is to delete your save file of the game and redo the story. I posted a thread on the Mini Ninjas official forums asking if they can patch this glitch so I, and others, don't have to do the entire story again for one missing tengu quest that we already went back and found.

Solution: I found this solution on the Mini Ninjas Official Forums. You can use an external usb device such as a flashdrive to save your Mini Ninjas save file into it. Then delete the save file once you already saved it into the usb device. Now make a new file and just rush through the levels just doing the 5 tengu quests without missing and going back and once you reach the final tengu quest you should get the trophy. Then once you get the trophy delete that incomplete save file then insert your usb device and download your original save file back again. Now you should have the trophy and your original save file. This bypasses the glitch and allows you to platinum the game if faced with the glitch. I have gotten the platinum using this method because my tengu friend trophy glitched as well.

By: ibrake4dragons

1) Leaving Home - Tengu in the village: Destroy all samurai on other side of the bridge. Just kill all the samurai across the bridge and that's it. There are a total of 13 that need to be killed.
2) Leaving Home - Tengu near the Temple: He wants a Burdock Flower. The Burdock Flower is right up the stairs near the temple, behind a few statues.
3) Haunted Forest - Tengu in the woods to the left of the main path from start: He wants a Spear of Ashida. You should have 1 to spare so just hand it over to him.
4) Flooded Valley - Tengu near the start of the level: He just wants you to go to the temple and check on the Tengu there. Once you return, he gives you the sturdy rod, which will get the Koi to drag you into the next area.
5) Winter Range - Tengu by the split in the path near the start: He just wants a Tiger Lilly. Just hand one over and you're done. The achievement unlocks right after doing this.

Animal Friend
Free all caged animals

Look in the spoiler box for the Animal Friend Trophy Guide.

The Water Castle count wasn't missing an animal, I just numbered two animals with the same number. This should have all the animals 100% listed.
Thank You Lelouch87 for pointing this out for me.

Ninja Mountain (0)
None.

Leaving Home (16)
1, 2, 3 - Follow the main path until you encounter a samurai guarding 3 animal cages. Kill the samurai and free the 3 animals.

4, 5, 6 - As you enter proceed through the bamboo forest and you will come across 3 more animal cages.

7, 8 - As you get to Suzume's location there are 2 more animal cages.

9, 10 - Proceed past the temple entrance and you will see 2 animal cages to the right.

11 - After crossing the bridge in mushroom lake you will see a lone animal cage to the right of the main path.

12, 13, 14 - After the 11th animal cage you will see 3 animal cages together.

15 - The 15th animal cage is right after the 3 bunched up animal cages to your left.

16 - The last animal cage is to the left, towards the exit of the level.

Earth Castle (19)
1 - As you enter the earth castle, head all the way right to find an animal cage.

2, 3 - When you get near the bridge in the courtyard, which is the first area of the earth castle, keep going forward before you get on the bridge to find 2 animals cages.

4, 5 - There are 2 animal cages inside an open building on the right once you enter the second area of the earth castle.

6 - As you progress in the second area you will find another animal cage in front of you.

7, 8, 9 - There will be 3 animal cages together a little bit after the 6th animal cage.

10, 11 - Before you pass the 3rd lamp string there is a path to the right which leads to 2 more animal cages.

12 - All the way forward when you pass the 3rd lamp string on the ground you will see a lone animal cage.

13, 14 - After you free the 12th animal, jump on the roof and get on the 3rd lamp string into the next area. Here there will be 2 animal cages inside a building. IF YOU SEE A LIT UP DOOR GET NEAR IT TO OPEN IT because some animals are hidden in there. This is how I got stuck on finding the last few animals because they were inside closed doors, not the open building.

15, 16 - There will be 2 more caged animals a little bit after you get the 13th and 14th animal.

17, 18, 19 - The last 3 caged animals of this castle are to the right in the courtyard where you fight a large samurai past the 5th lamp string.

Great River Canyon (7)
1, 2, 3 - After you cross the first bridge there will be 3 animal cages near the second bridge.

4, 5, 6, 7 - The last 4 animal cages are together after the second bridge to your right.

A Distress Signal (5)
1, 2, 3 - Before you reach Shun there will be 3 caged animals together near a cherry bomb pickup item.

4, 5 - Once you reach the end of the level gate, turn right before you finish the level and there will be 2 caged animals in a small samurai camp.

Haunted Forest (11)
1 - Follow the main path and go into the forest area to your right and you will see a lone caged animal surrounded by samurai.

2, 3 - Get back the to the main path after the 1st animal and head left this time, into the forest area, and you will see 2 more caged animals together surrounded by samurai.

4, 5, 6, 7 - After the 2nd and 3rd animal, head forward from where you freed them and you will come across 4 more caged animals together by a ginseng root and tiger lily.

8, 9, 10, 11 - Head to the main path after the 4 caged animals and keep progressing until you get to the Village of the Giant Carp. There you will see 4 more caged animals.

Night Castle (16)
1 - After you enter the Night Castle you will see a lone animal cage under a building.

2, 3 - Head forward from the 1st animal and you will see 2 more caged animals near a healing potion.

4 - Once you reach the middle yard you will see a lone animal cage in the center of 2 buildings.

5, 6 - Before you proceed to the Lamp String yards, turn right to the right yard from the 4th animal, then keep going until you see a lone lamp string. Jump over the small wall and you will see the 2 caged animals guarded by 3 samurai.

7 - Proceed to the lamp string yards and right to the left you will see a lone caged animal in the building.

8 - There will be one caged animal by the center building complex in the first part of the lamp string yards, I believe somewhere near the large samurai.

9, 10 - Pass the cracks in the wall and then pass the first tall tower and you will see 2 more tall towers. One is on the right, the other on the left. Near the one on the left you will see 2 more caged animals, I believe, under a building.

11 - After you pass the 4 tall towers and head up a ramp into the upper yards, you will see a lone caged animal under a building to the right.

12, 13 - Right after the 11th animal, are 2 more caged animals under a building.

14 - Get on the walkway with a lot of archers near the big entrance gate and you will eventually see a large wooden stair type structure and a checkpoint altar. Near that checkpoint altar will be a lone caged boar.

15 - Keep heading down the big wooden steps and you will see a lone caged cat.

16 - Traverse back up on the archer walkway and jump on top of the large entrance gate that has a lamp string connected to it. Don't cross the string yet, but go to the other side of the entrance gate and there will be a hidden lone caged animal in a little hidden walkway.

Grassy Hills (18)
1, 2 - You will reach the first 2 caged animals once you get to the Waving Grass River.

3, 4 - Once you reach the Valley of the Waving Grass there will be 2 more caged animals near, or on, the main path.

5, 6 - Before you get to Toras location, head to the right part of the field and there will be 2 caged animals.

7, 8, 9 - Now head to Toras location and there will be 3 more caged animals.

10, 11 - Once you reach the village past the river there will be 2 more caged animals to the right of the village.

12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 - When you reach the final area of Grassy Hills near the end of the Old Mountain Road, there will be the last 7 caged animals heavily guarded.

Flooded Valley (0)
None

Water Castle (22)
1 - Once you enter the Water Castle head right and you will find a lone caged animal.

2, 3 - Then head directly left of the entrance or forward from the 1st animal, and there will be 2 more caged animals.

4, 5 - After you enter the castle past the moat there will be 2 more caged animals, which is in the lower yards.

6, 7 - Right after the 3rd and 4th animal, head to the left door and keep progressing into it, then you will see 2 caged animals under an open building to the left behind a line of spearmen.

8, 9, 10 - To the right of the 5th and 6th animal are 3 more caged animals behind the archers under an open building.

11, 12 - When you pass the flooded walkways on the ground, and you enter a courtyard with a lot of samurai, there are 2 caged animals on the platform that has the archers on it.

13 - Head through the courtyard and you will see a caged up panda on the left.

14 - Head towards the end of the flooded courtyard after you kill the large samurai and you will see a caged fox behind 3 or 4 support beams.

15 - To the left of the fox cage there is an awning you can climb to get to the archers on the high walls. Climb it and you will see a caged chicken.

16 - Keep traversing the high walls until you pass a lamp string, and you will see a caged rabbit.

17 - When you reach the flooded yard where you have to swim, use Shun to clear out the archers and then jump to your left. You will see a caged chicken on top of a roof that you must jump to get to.

18, 19 - When traversing the rooftops of the flooded yard you will see 2 caged animals guarded by a line of archers.

20 - There is a caged boar in the second flooded yard area right next to a building.

21, 22 - There are 2 caged animals under the open building right behind the 19th animal.

Winter Range (19)
1, 2 - Keep walking on the main path until you hit a fork in the road where you see a path straight ahead of you and one on the left. Go straight up the forward path or the left; both lead to the same place into an area with village buildings. and you will see 2 caged animals.

3, 4 - Eventually in the Old Pine Forest you will see 2 caged animals in the middle of the road.

5, 6 - In the large samurai camp to the left are 2 caged animals.

7, 8, 9 - After the 5th and 6th are 3 more caged animals a little ahead of them.

10, 11, 12 - There are 3 more caged animals in the camp area, but are on the right side.

13, 14, 15 - After you cross the bridge head left near a barred gate and you will find 3 more caged animals.

16, 17, 18, 19 - When you reach the point where there are 2 Red large ones, on the right are the last 4 caged animals of the level.

Snow Castle (19)
There are two entrances into the castle. I am listing them in the order from where I entered, which was from jumping on the ledges. If you went through the sewer entrance, this might confuse you. THE ENTRANCE I TOOK WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CASTLE. If you do happen to take the sewer entrance, just start from 6 down for the area before you enter the big gates. These areas are interconnected so it's not really that hard

1 - Once you enter the snow castle and are in the yard, there is a caged panda inside the closed building near the barred gate. Just get close to the yellow door and it will open revealing the animal.

2 - Enter the outside hallway area and get near the first lighted door to see the lone caged animal inside.

3, 4, 5 - Keep going forward and you will see a entrance gate to the right side with 3 caged animals inside near a jizo statue.

6 - When on the side where you see a sewer, there will be a caged animal near the checkpoint altar.

7 - After you exit the sewer entrance, go in the bottom half of the courtyard where there are a lot of archers, and you will see a caged animal to the immediate right.

8 - The open building right next to the 7th animal is another caged animal, which is a bear, all the way down to the end of the building.

9 - As soon as you enter the middle yards go right onto the archer platform and there will be a lone caged animal.

10 - Go back down on the ground and go left, and there should be a yellow door that will open when you get near it holding 2 samurai and a lone caged animal.

11 - There is a hidden frog caged behind the breakable walls immediately straight ahead from when you enter the building.

12 - Another animal is caged to the right of the entrance to the room of breakable walls. Just break all the walls if you can't find it.

13, 14 - Before you exit the building of breakable walls, right by the exit, break all the walls and you will see 2 hidden caged animals on the other side of a jizo statue.

15, 16 - When you reach the area where there are 2 red archers on platforms, kill them and then behind the building are 2 more caged animals.

17 - When you enter the second to last courtyard with a ton of samurai, you will see a lone caged animal near some archers.

18, 19 - Near the 17th animal in the open building are 2 more caged animals together.

Snowy Canyon (0)
None

Volcano's Shadow (10)
1, 2, 3 - As you enter the abandoned village, there are 3 caged animals. They are easy to spot.

4, 5 - When you see a set of platforms with red archers, there are 2 caged animals by it.

6, 7 - As you pass the 2nd set of red archers on platforms you will see 2 caged animals by a tree.

8, 9, 10 - When you reach the Silent Wood you will see 3 caged animals together.

The Big Jump (4)
1 - Right as you enter the fortress, head to your left and get on top of the archer platform and you will see a lone caged animal.

2, 3, 4 - Go to the far right where you see a portal samurai and you will see 3 caged animals together.

Final Approach (16)
1, 2 - Right as you enter the castle, to the left, you will see 2 caged animals.

3, 4 - Head all the way left from the 1st and 2nd animals to 2 more hidden caged animals.

5, 6 - All the way to the right in front of the right archer platform are 2 more caged animals.

7, 8, 9 - As you enter the middle yard to the right you will see 3 caged animals together.

10 - You will a lone caged animal right after you free the 3 caged animals in the middle yard.

11, 12, 13 - On top of the archer platform in the same area as the last 4 caged animals are 3 more caged animals.

14, 15, 16 - Once you enter the yard with a portal samurai and a lot of other samurai, look to the right and there are 3 more caged animals.

Living Castle (13)
1 - When you reach the first hallway in this level you will see a lone caged animal guarded by samurais.

2 - You will eventually reach another hallway with damaged beams with a lone caged animal.

3, 4, 5, 6 - As you exit the dojo go to your left and destroy the 2 breakable walls to reveal 4 more caged animals.

7, 8, 9 - As you enter the room with a lot of breakable walls, break all the walls to your left and you will see an evil monk and red samurai together. Kill them, then look to your left, and there are 3 caged animals.

10 - Keep going forward and destroy the walls on the right until you see the caged boar between 2 walls of fire.

11, 12 - All the way on the far left corner are 2 more caged animals near a jizo statue.

13 - On the right of the 2 caged animals is a lone caged animal near an evil monk.

This should net you the trophy

Little Ninja
Complete game on easy or medium difficulty

Game is preset on normal difficulty when you start the story.



Hard Little Ninja
Complete game on hard difficulty

Change difficulty to hard before you complete the first level, or I believe it won't give you the hard trophy at the end of the game. Your best bet is to change it to hard right when you start the story, to be safe.

TROPHY DIFFICULTY DOES STACK, SO YOU CAN GET BOTH Little Ninja and Hard Little Ninja in one playthrough.



Silent Assas... Ninja
Complete a level without being seen

Refer to video below.

Easiest way to do this is on the level "Flooded Valley", which is on the video. Note: You must get the Sturdy Fishing Rod to allow the large Koi to pull you to the second half of the level.

By GodzWarrior101x

"After you get Hiro to level 15 you can possess small samurai and other samurai will not attack unless you get too close. All you gotta do is sneak by them and you get your easy gold trophy"

Old Video Link was removed so here is the new link to the same video.

YouTube - Mini Ninjas: Silent Assas... NInja trophy



Completist
Collect all Jizo statues

Refer to the spoiler box below for the Completist Trophy Guide.

Ninja Mountain (6)
1 - Right after the beginning of the level, stay on the left most side until you see a small hidden path in the rocks.

2 - Go north of the Dojo and you should see the 2nd jizo statue on a small hillside of grass across the river.

3 - While you're going to lookout point there should be a hidden jizo statue behind a rock to your left before you exit the rocky pathway.

4 - When you get to the temple, there should be a hidden pathway to a small cliff where you will find the 4th statue.

5 - You should find the 5th statue by the large river of water under the bridge to the path of enlightenment.

6 - The 6th statue should be at the waters edge underneath the bridge leading to the village of the brown bear.

Leaving Home (8)
1 - The 1st statue should be inside the house with a ladder in the village.

2 - The 2nd statue shouldn't be hard to spot, it is along the path on the left side in the grass after your first checkpoint altar.

3 - The 3rd statue is in a dark extended path right of the bear cage where you fight some samurai. Just look right of the bears cage and there should be a patch of bamboo that you can go through.

4 - When you reach the first shrine of the level, there should be a ledge of rocks by the rivers edge behind the shrine.

5 - When you reach the temple, go to the left side and you will see the 5th statue towards the back on the side.

6 - The last statue of the level is pretty unmissable if you find the anemone flower. It is directly right of the second shrine after you cross the river on your hat boat.

7 - When your paddling on mushroom lake, you will see a little patch of ground on the cliff-sides a little before you get under the bridge. You will see the statue at the shore.

8 - The final statue is on a cliff on the northwestern corner of the lake high above near a ginseng root

Earth Castle (8)
1 - Follow the main path when you start the level and to the right you will see a jizo statue.

2 - Follow the path past the 1st statue and on the left you will see a rock with a statue behind it.

3 - Right as you enter the castle, go to your right and you will see the 3rd statue towards the wall on the right.

4 - This statue is by the platforms with the archers on them behind a wall. Go northeast of the platforms.

5 - The 5th statue is in a little crevice in the building with 2 lamp strings on it.

6 - This statue is by the open building holding a caged bear hiding in the corner of the small walls.

7 - When you reach the stairs with some lined up spearmen samurai, there will be a statue on the left by the stairs.

8 - The final statue is behind a building to the southeast near the large samurai.

Great River Canyon (6)
1 - Follow the main path when you start the level and on the left you will see a statue by a bush.

2 - This statue is in a small cave behind the waterfall when you're going up to the shrine on top of the waterfall.

3 - While on top of the waterfall you will see a statue on a large rock overlooking the waterfall.

4 - When you reach the samurai camp, there should be a statue nearby.

5 - This statue is by the trees with fruits across the river from the samurai camp.

6 - The final statue is by the second shrine on the right on top of a rock.

A Distress Signal (3)
1 - There should be a statue behind the building where you fight the red archers.

2 - After you find Shun, jump down where you see a lot of rocks bundled together and there will be a statue on one of the rocks.

3 - By the first bridge leading onto the islands, paddle to the shores on the right and there will be the final statue.

Haunted Forest (5)
1 - Right at the beginning of the level go to your right and there should be a statue by the rocks.

2 - This statue is near the 4 caged animals in the northwest, go down hill from there and you will see a statue.

3 - Once you reach the first altar near the village, go south from there and you will see a statue by the river.

4 - There should be a statue on the right before you get to the graveyard behind a rock.

5 - Go right when you see two roads and there will be a building with an anemone flower in it, behind that building is the last statue.

Night Castle (8)
1 - The 1st statue is by the large gate that is barred at the north.

2 - Go left when you are in the field before entering the castle and you will eventually see a hollow tree. Go inside the tree and you will find the 2nd statue inside the hidden tunnel.

3 - After you get out of the well, you will be in a yard with no enemies, you will see a statue on top of a structure on the right by the broken stairs.

4 - Go to the right yard and you will see a building in the northeast guarded by some samurai. Kill them and go inside to find the hidden statue.

5 - The 5th statue is on a cliff on top of the middle yard, there will be a spot where you can wall jump to get up there.

6 - After you kill the large samurai by the cracks in the wall, go inside the cracks and there will be a statue in the corner.

7 - When you see the big tower in the last yard of the lower yards near the path going up the mountain, go up the huge tower before you progress to the upper yards and you will see a statue on the very top of the tower. Jump on one of the wooden windows to activate the auto-climb of the roof, otherwise it will seem like its unreachable because the ninja won't grab the ledge of the roof to get up there.

8 - You will see a lamp string connected to the bottom of the large wooden steps after you go through the archer platforms on the upper yard. Go down those wooden steps and traverse the lamp string and you will be on the very side of the upper yard walls overlooking the lower yards. Keep going straight from there and you will see a gap in the wall with the final statue.

Grassy Hills (8)
1 - Right after you cross the bridge, go to your right and you will see a hidden path with a statue at the end.

2 - This statue is near the stairs leading to the river.

3 - Once you reach the open grass fields after you see the Tengu in the tunnel, go to the house in the north that is empty before you go across the river and you will see a statue inside of it.

4 - Right after you cross the river on the right side of the path, there will be another statue.

5 - This statue is on a ledge by the gate leading up to the temple.

6 - This statue is on the path towards the shrine north of where you free Tora.

7 - This statue is on the side of the stairs up the old mountain road on the right.

8 - The final statue is on the left near an archer platform inside the fortress at the top of the mountain.

Flooded Valley (3)
1 - This statue is inside the northernmost building in the first flooded village.

2 - On the path up to the temple, go right on the 2nd stream upwards and you will see a statue on a rock.

3 - The final statue is in the westernmost building in the second flooded village after you let go of the giant Koi fish.

Water Castle (6)
1 - The first statue is near the hole in the wall on the right of the castle behind a building by an archer platform.

2 - This statue is hidden behind the 3 caged animals in the northernmost yard of the lower yards before you progress to the middle yards.

3 - As you enter the flooded area that you can walk in, in the middle yards, you will see a gap of wall that you can wall jump. Do so and you will see a statue on the left.

4 - You will eventually come across another yard with 2 awnings on both sides of the yard, there will be a statue in the southwest corner under the rooftop.

5 - You will reach a checkpoint altar at the end of the middle yards. Jump on top of the altar and then over the wall and you will see a hidden statue by 2 bushes.

6 - The final statue is by a brazier leading up to the final door of the level.

Winter Range (8)
1 - This statue is on the right side by the fork in the road in the beginning of the level.

2 - There will be a hidden statue by the first shrine near an anemone flower over a ledge.

3 - This statue is by the caged animals where the samurai ambush you.

4 - You will see a ledge by the samurai camp on the left of the camp. Climb the ledge and you will eventually see a statue standing on a rocky ledge a little under the grassy ledge.

5 - After you cross the bridge and enter the snowy area, go to your left and you will see a statue.

6 - This statue is on a ledge right after you kill an evil monk and assassin.

7 - There will be a path after the foggy mountain pass where you will see a statue before you get to the checkpoint altar.

8 - When you reach the lost caves, take the left passageways until you reach the statue.

[B]Snow Castle (7)[B]
1 - This statue is where you turn left before getting to the bridge by a tree.

2 - Before you cross the bridge, go right and you will see a statue behind a bush.

3 - This statue is near the 3 caged animals in the halls leading to the big gate after the first 2 yards when you enter the castle, to the right of the hall.

4 - This statue is in the open ledge of the building with archers that you climb.

5 - This statue is on the right of the exit of the building with breakable walls. Just break the walls and you will see the statue in between 2 lights.

6 - Once you reach the tall archer platforms, destroy them and go right. The statue is by the building on the right.

7 - The final statue is on the left archer platform where you fight a bunch of samurai before entering the screeching owls lair.

Snowy Canyon (2)
1 - Once you reach the mountain floor after the avalanche, go right where you see barred gates and you will see the statue.

2 - You will see the final statue on the way to the exit gate in front of a tree and stone lantern out in the open.

Volcano's Shadow (6)
1 - After you exit the abandoned camp, go to the left path and you will eventually see the statue.

2 - This statue is behind some bushes by the first shrine.

3 - After you kill a few assassins, you will see a statue by a stone lantern on the path downwards.

4 - When you reach the temple go to the left and follow the frozen river and it will lead you to a statue.

5 - While going through the silent woods, you'll stumble upon the 5th statue.

6 - This statue is under the stairs in the first walled in area of the gray bear ravine.

The Big Jump (3)
1 - Follow the main path and turn left at a stone lantern way before you slide down the big hill.

2 - Once you enter the fortress, go to the wooded area on the left and you will see a statue by the trees.

3 - This statue is on the left of the stairs leading to the exit of the level.

Final Approach (5)
1 - This statue is near the large molten rock in the beginning of the level.

2 - This statue is in the corner of the path to the middle yard on the second flat area of the sloping path.

3 - Go behind the building in the middle of the middle yard and you will see a statue near a large molten rock.

4 - There will be a hidden statue in one of the lighted doors in the middle yard.

5 - You will see a gap in the rock walls behind some buildings. Wall jump them and on the left you will see the final statue overlooking the middle yard.

Living Castle (8)
1 - Right after you fight the spearmen samurai on the leg area of the castle, you will see a statue in the corner on a small piece of wood floor.

2 - This statue is on the top of the leg of the castle in a corner.

3 - When you are crossing the beams atop the flames, look to your left and you will find another statue in the hip area.

4 - When you reach the dojo entrance, climb up the large beam before you go in the dojo and you will see a hidden small dark room. There will be a statue in there.

5 - As you enter the fire chamber, which is the hallway with breakable walls and a lot of fire, go to your immediate right to find a statue.

6 - Once you are reaching the end of the fire chamber you will see a statue by a caged animal on the left corner of the fire chamber.

7 - Go to the right of the 6th statue after going to the side of the evil monk and go down from there and you will see another statue behind some breakable walls.

8 - The final statue of the game is hard to miss. It is in one of the hallways that are surrounding the final bosses door, which is a door with a dragon on it.

This should net you the trophy

Platinum
Congratulations, you have unlocked all trophies

Get all bronze, silver, and gold trophies to get the platinum trophy.

[chronic]

Is this game easy or hard?

[Deirhese]

the games pretty easy except finding the jizo statues that many are well hidden, others are not. and to free all the caged animals could be a challenge as well, but im trying to compile their locations. rest of the game is easy even on hard

[SanAnOutlaw]

Deirhese... For 'Eat my dust' there is another way. Using tora & having one red circle I took the 'strange potion' then took off at high speed. The potion prevents your stamina level going down for about 15 secs which was enough time for me to run at full speed & get the trophy. I didn't have to kill anyone.

[Deirhese]

Deirhese... For 'Eat my dust' there is another way. Using tora & having one red circle I took the 'strange potion' then took off at high speed. The potion prevents your stamina level going down for about 15 secs which was enough time for me to run at full speed & get the trophy. I didn't have to kill anyone.

oh ok I ried running with a full stamina bar with his special move but I didn't get it, thanx for this tip

[SanAnOutlaw]

Sooo close to , Just need to finish on 'Hard' & free all animals along the way. I did easy first because I wanted to enjoy it properly & then go for trophies. Turns out I got all but 3 (just got statue trophy) . I'm currently just past 'Timid Swimmer' atm.

[Sympathie]

Smooth Sailing
Flawless Great River Canyon Rafting

Use the checkpoint at the beginning of the stream downwards in the level "Great River Canyon". This trophy requires some skill and, for some, a few tries. Jump in the water and equip your hat with . You MUST NOT hit any rocks on the way down the stream until you have reached the very end of the level when you fall off the waterfall. The best way to do this is by controlling your movement with the run () button . Use to quickly control sharp turns where you might hit a rock. If you do hit a rock then restart from the checkpoint at the beginning of the rapids and try again.

DO NOT TOUCH LAND AFTER THE FIRST RAPID. JUST KEEP STAYING ON THE WATER AND FINISH THE SECOND RAPID TO GET THE TROPHY.

YOu can touch land.
You just cant hit any rocks on the way down.

[SanAnOutlaw]

For 'Smooth sailing' I hit 2 rocks on second rapid section, & I had already tried it about 20 times lol, so I thought screw it i'm just continuing on this time. It gave me the trophy anyway must have been a glitch or something.

Also for 'Stop! Futo Time'... I played for a while two days ago before work, going through on hard & using Futo on all levels. I went to work & started playing again when I got home... I started the next level along & after about 5 minutes (only using Hiro in the level), I got the trophy... Weird.

Got today.

[someone]

Here's another update for the Smooth Sailing trophy.

It would appear that you must use Hiro. I sailed perfectly with Tora (he seems to paddle faster than the other characters) a couple times but didn't get a trophy. So I switched to Hiro, sailed perfectly again, then the trophy unlocked. [I didn't try the other characters, just Hiro and Tora]

Also, I can confirm that you can save between the first and second rapids and still get the trophy. Basically, save at the last save before the first rapids, complete the first rapids without hitting anything (your hat should be completely white), save at the next save location (yes, you can touch land), then attempt the second rapids. This is much easier than trying to do both rapids without saving between the attempts.

Good Luck and hopefully these tips will benefit someone else,
Someone

[Ekhi]

Hey just wanted to put in my two cents in case anyone is having trouble with the 'Stop! Futo Time!' trophy.

This trophy CAN be completed non-sequentially (i.e. not in order by level) BUT you must do a FULL play-through without quitting the game or turning off your ps3 to achieve this trophy.

Everything else was pretty easy. Just got plat today!

+rep

[Lelouch87]

Hey Deirhese,

First off I would like to say what a great guide you have here.

Just to let you know, from my count you aren't missing any animals under Water Castle, you just numbered 3 twice...

Once again, great job!

[ichris26]

For smooth sailing I just kept the left stick pulled back to keep moving slow and basically steered by adjusting the camera. Awesome guide though, helped me quite a bit, thanks man!

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Is this game easy or hard?

This game is easy even on hard, but it is a good game!

[Deirhese]

Hey Deirhese,

First off I would like to say what a great guide you have here.

Just to let you know, from my count you aren't missing any animals under Water Castle, you just numbered 3 twice...

Once again, great job!

Thanks man, I fixed it now.

[BigKayDaddy]

Quick question: For "Smooth Sailing" trophy how can you tell if you got damaged or not?

[CrazyWolf31384]

i missed out on the hard trophy in the first playthrough, but towards the end...i changed it to hard, so whatever chapters you didnt play on hard just go back and play them on hard and you will get the trophy

[skelly518]

great guide man, great guide, used it, got my plat now... one thing i did notice is that on the tengu friend trophy, i had read your post and was planning on deleting and replaying, but not until i collected all the jizo statues, and to mention i had completed the game without recieving the tengu friend trophy, as i replayed i came upon a tengu i missed, did it and it gave me the trophy right then, so anyone about to start over , i woud suggest just a quick replay, youre gonna start over anyway right? what another half hour, again great guide, thanx

[ichris26]

Quick question: For "Smooth Sailing" trophy how can you tell if you got damaged or not?

Idk if anyone ever answered you, but in case that you never got an answer to your question then you can tell if you take damage by watching the picture of the hat in the top right corner, when you take damage - the hat will start filling up with a red color. The more damage the higher the red goes. For the Smooth Sailing trophy, you can not have any red at all.

[maddprofessa]

Do you have to do your stealth kills with Hiro? Or will any character do?

[Deirhese]

Do you have to do your stealth kills with Hiro? Or will any character do?

actually I'm not sure but I used hiro anyway just in case, srry I couldn't give you a straight answer

[jmcwild]

is there some trick to the "futo time" trophy? i missed this the first time around and i've replayed all of the non boss levels and no trophy. Do you have to win with futo on the boss levels too? and/or does it have to be in one normal play through from start to finish?