MINI NINJAS

MINI NINJAS

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Animal Friend

Animal Friend

Free all caged animals

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How to unlock the Animal Friend achievement in MINI NINJAS - Definitive Guide

The video credit goes to SideFXProduction who later goes on to thank Dierhese at PS3Trophies.com. I am just posting this for those that could possibly use a little visual help finding these things.

As noted in other guides, DO NOT replay missions before passing the game first. People have reported glitched achievements, including this one, that were caused by replaying missions before completing the game. I personally haven't came across this problem and am going to head the advice from the completionists and benefit from it. If you feel like being all hardcore and decide to try it yourself don't say that you weren't warned.

WARNING: These videos contain complete run throughs of levels and may contain spoilers.

Ninja Mountain - 0 Animals
No animals here to be freed. Move along.

Leaving Home - 16 Animals

Earth Castle - 19 Animals

Great River Canyon - 7 Animals

A Distress Signal - 5 Animals

Haunted Forest - 11 Animals

Night Castle - 16 Animals

Grassy Hills - 18 Animals

Flooded Valley - 0 Animals
No animals here to be freed. Move along.

Water Castle - 22 Animals

Winter Range - 19 Animals

Snow Castle - 19 Animals

Snowy Canyon - 0 Animals
No animals here to be freed. Move along.

Volcano's Shadow - 10 Animals

The Big Jump - 4 Animals

Final Approach - 16 Animals

Living Castle - 13 Animals
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06 Apr 2011 21:46

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After beating the game i replayed all the levels beginning from #2 "Leaving Home" and freed every animal. But the achievement did not pop up after i freed the last animal in "Living castle".
But then it popped, when i finished Level 2 for the third time - freeing all animals of course.

Can't really explain this, but this information might help you.
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By Doc Chopper on 22 Aug 2011 09:41
Used the videos to help find the animals and got it first run through. Thanks
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By SighKo666 on 25 Nov 2011 06:20
As above, i played the game years ago and i was misding some animals.

When i loaded in today it looked like my animal progress was reset. I started playing and followed the vids for Leaving Home, Earth Castle and Great River Canyon and it popped here. Maybe a patch fixed it for old players 🤔 pleasant surprise anyway!

P.s thanks for the vids!
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By Melbzbunny on 11 Jun 2024 21:23
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Just to add a bit more info to this already awesome guide. Having just completed "Animal Friend" and Completist", the way this game saves progress is like this: it WILL keep track of all Jizo statues and spells found, regardless of how many times you go back and replay a level...so no worries there. However, when it comes to plants found, and more importantly, the caged animals, every time you replay a level it will zero out the count and start from scratch.

Soooooo...my suggestion is to play a level and make sure all the statues AND animals are found, then finish out the level and DO NOT REPLAY it until this cheevo pops.

Print out a list with all the levels and their corresponding statue and animal numbers, then mark them off as you complete. You DO NOT have to replay the levels in order.

The cheevo isn't glitched...it's just that the game saves progress a little differently.
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30 Apr 2011 07:45

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i did in order on my first playthrough,just to ensure,but the way above is good as well.

A little time consuming,but easy 100GS (200 if you done completist too.)
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By Amendocrem on 11 May 2011 22:43
I believe what just happened to me could be a glitch, or just luck.. I played through the game normally, gathering the animals and jizo statues, but i missed a few of both. So, after finishing the playthrough, i went back to the level i missed some statues in and just to do it, i freed those animals again. The animal achievement popped, even though the animals i missed were in a different level. just thought id mention that.
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By SM Pretzelfoot on 15 Jan 2014 08:30
Negative, i am sorry. But i give tumbs up if you remove the part that it isnt glitchy because it is.
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By MattiasAnderson on 22 Jul 2016 12:09
Went through 3 full replays from mission 1 to the end also from the last to the beginning then another full run going from start to finish and NO chevo deleted my save started new game freed all animals not missing ANY and chevo popped on last Animal! Glitchy ass chevo
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By Hitman Darkness on 18 Oct 2020 13:38
Given my solution was offered over 5 years ago, I don't know if the game has been altered or not. However, I stand by my statement according to my experience with the game THEN. It is not glitchy; follow my advice and the achievement with be yours.

Sure doesn't make a person want to post more solutions to help the community when negatives can be freely thrown around. Regardless of your response, YOUR comment and vote did not help this gaming community.
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By Fire Wx on 27 Aug 2016 23:07
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Animals in cages need to be broken so they are freed, here are all the levels that contain animals:

Leaving Home - 16 Animals
Earth Castle - 19 Animals
Great River Canyon - 7 Animals
A Distress Signal - 5 Animals
Haunted Forest - 11 Animals
Night Castle - 16 Animals
Grassy Hills - 18 Animals
Water Castle - 22 Animals
Winter Range - 19 Animals
Snow Castle - 19 Animals
Volcano's Shadow - 10 Animals
The Big Jump - 4 Animals
Final Approach - 16 Animals
Final Approach - 16 Animals

If you replay any level again, make sure you get ALL of the animals in the cages again, as it will save the amount you get and overwrite the previous amount!
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05 Mar 2022 01:29

As of the writing of this guide, there is no map for the caged animals. However, almost all of the animals are located in plain view. The most frustrating ones are located in the various castle levels. In these levels, just remember to check all ledges and in houses that have yellow breakable doors. Also, be sure to completely free the animal from its cage. You'll know if the animal has been freed if a experience orb is left behind. Or, if you are totally paranoid you can check your progress after each animal is freed to see if it's registered. Finally, this is yet another trophy that people suggest is missable, so be sure to free every animal before you move on to the next level. On the other hand, there are others, namely Crash484, who say that they know the trophy is not missable. He points out that when you go to replay a level the animal counter is reset to zero (unlike the Jizo and spell counters) and as such you'll have to recollect each animal during each replay.

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Build up throughout the game - Will unlock on Level 21 if done correctly

Missable & glitched achievement

There are a total of 195 animals to be freed. A locations list can be found here.
Before going to the next level, you can check if you've found and freed all animals.
In case you've missed some, don't worry and move on with the story. Certainly DO NOT replay the level! Just take a note of which level you've missed some, and return after having beaten the game.

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To get the achievement you need to free them in all levels where there are locked animals. You can check how much is released through and progress. If in any level you have collected all the animals, then do not replay this level until you receive the achievement at the end of the game. There are usually cages along the way, behind closed doors and at archer positions and dead ends, just be careful.
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30 Dec 2013 09:54