Dead Rising 4

To unlock a hero training session for a costume, you have to first unlock that costume. See "Full Wardrobe" for the requirements. Then, to unlock session 2, you’ll have to beat session 1. If you fail any, you can just try again.

Here are the locations and requirements for all hero training sessions. Note that if you leave the training area, you will automatically fail the mission and have to restart:

• Adam the Clown 1 – Old Town, where the two roads exiting from the mall converge. You have two minutes to drive over 16 gas cans. It’s fairly easy, the only thing you really need to worry about is flipping your vehicle.

• Adam the Clown 2 – West Ridge, Barnaby's estate, just south of the estate itself. Fairly straightforward, you have two minutes to kill 8 zombies in a large crowd wearing colored backpacks. Just keep moving and don't get pinned down in unnecessary fights.

• Akuma 1 - The gas station on the island between North Peak and Old Town. You have two minutes to destroy eight cardboard cutouts. Fairly simple.

• Akuma 2 - West Ridge, between Emergency Medical Services Station and The Muzaks. You have two minutes to kill 300 zombies with Akuma’s + skill move. This is one of the hardest ones, partly because you’re being hounded by evos and fresh zombies the entire time. Use Akuma’s fireball () to build your combo, then unleash the combo on a large group of zombies.

• Amaterasu 1 – West Ridge farm area, just southwest of the farm where two of the Amaterasu collectibles are. You have two minutes to photograph four flowers, which will light up when you approach them. One is on top of a pole right by the entrance, the next one is to the east of that on the inside fence. The third one is in the shed opposite that on the west side (above the panic room entrance), and the final one is in the barn next to the antique car.

• Amaterasu 2 - North Peak, on a semi-truck between Glitter Dolls, Nickolls Ink, and Freebirds Gun Shack. You have two and a half minutes to clear out all the zombies in three areas. If you’re having trouble with the last one (the one with the evos) just spam .

• Arthur 1 - Southwest part of Old Town, just before the bridge to West Ridge. You have two minutes to hit five evo zombies. You just have to hit them once with any attack, it doesn’t matter what.

• Arthur 2 - North Peak, in the center of town, just outside Tornado Convenience Stop. You have to collect eight coins in two minutes. If you fall down on the part with the floating yellow bombs, don’t despair, you can use a parked truck to climb to the roof of the building between Shanky’s Pool Hall and Freebirds Gun Shack.

• Bass 1 – West Ridge city area, roughly in the center of the map, outside the church that’s not marked on the map, east of Speedy Espresso and northeast of the Emergency Medical Services Station. Kill 150 zombies with + combo moves in a minute and a half. It might sound hard, but it’s not; this is the area with the densest amount of zombies in the game, after all – it’s the same area I recommended grinding kills in for "Left 100,004 Dead 2."

• Bass 2 – West Ridge farm area, north-northwest of Viewtiful Joe 2, southwest of the Fireworks Stand, inside a barn. Easy enough; destroy 10 targets in 2 minutes. Each one should take 2 shots from your blaster. Note that there’s one hiding in the southwest corner of the barn behind a hay bale.

• Cammy 1 - Hallway between Amazon Food Court and Medieval Town in the mall, just northeast of Classy Jack’s Antiques. A bit of a tricky one, there are four ornaments hanging from the ceiling that you have to kill 50 zombies with. You cause the ornaments to fall by shooting them. You have two minutes to do it, and if you run out of ornaments, you fail. Lure groups of zombies under the ornaments, then back off and shoot them.

• Cammy 2 – West Ridge, just outside the Prawp Family’s House. You have 2 minutes to kill the Obscurus officer without being spotted by any soldiers. You cannot kill any other enemies, either. Enter stealth mode by clicking on . At the start, keep moving forward on the right side, then turn right at the corner and enter the house. Take a right once inside, pass by the crate on its left side, then go up the stairs. Take a left at the top and go into the second room, and stealth kill the officer. If you follow this path you shouldn't have to stop at any point. If you’re unlucky the officer will detect you as you’re killing him, in which case you’ll have to do it again.

• Classic Frank 1 – Old Town, Tornado Convenience Shop. An easy one, just shoot all 15 targets in 2 minutes.

• Classic Frank 2 - Classic Frank is the only costume that doesn't have a second trial.

• Dante 1 - Amazon Food Court, this is required to progress at the start of Case 1. You have a minute and a half to shoot 15 targets.

• Dante 2 – lower level of Amazon Food Court. Get your combo meter to 200 in 1 minute. This is one of the harder ones, as the usual way of building your combo meter quickly () isn’t as effective with Dante as it is for some other characters. Instead, use your attack.

• Jill Valentine 1 - Old Town, Barnaby’s estate, main building. You have 3 minutes to grab several pieces of armor and kill an evo zombie that looks like it’s from Resident Evil rather than Dead Rising. The first armor piece is at the bar to your left when you enter, the second is on the second floor. Next, grab the sword from the basement in the second alcove on the left. Proceed to the lab, the shield is out in the open in the room on your left, then proceed to the final room and fight the evo.

• Jill Valentine 2 - North Peak, on the road just south of the military base. You have two minutes to drive a vehicle to its destination, with soldiers shooting rockets at you while you do so. There are power-ups you can collect along the way to repair your vehicle, so there’s nothing really to do but collect them, floor it, and try to avoid zombies and rockets.

• M. Bison 1 – center of Old Town, SW of Colossus Express Couriers, SE of Hungry Joe’s Pizza. Kill 50 zombies with a Psycho Crusher (+) in 2 minutes. The easiest way to build up your combo meter for this is to throw a grenade at a group of zombies with .

• M. Bison 2 – West Ridge, just NW of the school in the basketball court. Get your combo meter to 200 in 2 minutes. An easy one, just spam . is not recommended here due to its strength (i.e. the fact it’ll kill enemies quickly).

• Mech-Zangief 1 – on the island between Old Town and North Peak, just north of where you fight some maniacs. Pretty straightforward, you have two minutes to collect 5 chairs, using Zangief’s body slam () to traverse the area.

• Mech-Zangief 2 - On the middle of the three paths between West Ridge and North Peak (the one that’s below the others). You have to defend a cardboard cutout of Rainbow Mika for 90 seconds. Not as difficult as it sounds, Zangief’s a beast. If you’re having trouble just stay near the cutout and spam .

• Mega Man X 1 - In the Mall at Central Plaza, in the middle of the Christmas village. You have a minute and a half to kill 75 zombies with Mega Man’s + combo move. The best way to charge your combo quickly is by throwing sticky bombs with , and following up with Mega Buster shots ().

• Mega Man X 2 - Old Town, at the very southern part of the map, just outside the bus depot. You have two minutes to collect 10 “E-tanks” from the Mega Man series. The tanks are on top of a bunch of buses and floating platforms, and early on there’s a machine gun exo blocking the path. Don’t bother fighting him, just run past him. If you fall down, you can get back up by climbing the bus that’s behind the one the exo is on.

• Morrigan 1 - Eastern part of the farm area in West Ridge, near a train. This is one of the tougher ones. You have two minutes to kill 100 zombies with Morrigan’s + combo move. Run along the path, building up your combo with and , triggering it (the combo) whenever you can. When you near the end of the path, the fence on the left will explode, revealing an area with far more zombies than the one you started in. Let loose there.

• Morrigan 2 - The bridge between West Ridge and North Peak, aka the bottom of the three paths between them. You have to survive in an enclosed area for two minutes. Spam if you’re having trouble.
• Ryu 1 - Center of Caribbean Cove in the mall. You have one minute to kill 50 zombies using Ryu’s + combo. Charge up your combo using or fireballs ().
• Ryu 2 - Mall basement/parking garage, north of the safe house. You have to destroy a car within two and a half minutes. Just whale away at it, using at point-blank range whenever you can. Make sure to damage all sides of the car.
• Sissel 1 – Old Town, graveyard. You have 2 minutes to destroy three gravestones. To find the correct stones, follow your map until you’re in the blue area, then switch to spectrum analyzer in photography mode. The stones you have to destroy will have purplish light around them.
• Sissel 2 - West Ridge, Barnaby’s estate, of the two buildings at the very top, it’s the one on the east side. You have two minutes to photograph 4 cat stuffies. The only tricky one to spot is the one by the small greenhouse – it’s actually on the outside on the ground, along one of the corners.
• Viewtiful Joe 1 - Northeast corner of the park just south of the mall, in the basketball court. You have two minutes to kill 60 zombies with Joe’s + combo move. The fastest way to charge up your combo is with your gun (), but even if you resort to spamming melee attacks (), you should be fine, this is one of the easier combo ones.
• Viewtiful Joe 2 – West Ridge farm area, just northeast of Kent Farms Fruit Stand. Stay in the designated area for 1 minute and survive. Yellow bombs will continuously be flying at you. No real strategy here, just stay back from where they’re coming from and dodge them. It’s obviously easier if you’re a higher level and have more health.
• Zombie Frank 1 – West Ridge, atop the broken-down semi just outside of Tom’s farm. Stay alive for a minute by feasting as your health drains. Build up your combo meter with roar (hold ), then press + to feast.
• Zombie Frank 2 – North Peak, south of fire station. Kill the Obscurus officer within 2 minutes. He’ll run away for a bit until he’s on the upper level of the fire hall. Follow him until you get close enough to start attacking him, ignoring the other soldiers along the way.