Rocket Knight

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Devotindos Defiler

Completed Arcade Mode on Hard in a Single Playthrough

How to unlock the Devotindos Defiler achievement in Rocket Knight - Definitive Guide

SnapDragon

TrueAchievements

13 May 2010 21:36

In order to finish Arcade Mode on Hard, you'll need to start on Hard, and then use 3 "special techniques" on the bosses of world 1, 2, and 3. (Otherwise it will automatically drop you into Normal difficulty after the boss.) You'll hear a distinctive sound effect after doing the "special technique".

World 1 boss (giant lumberjack machine): sometimes he'll toss sets of dynamite at you. You need to knock it back into his face. I recommend standing on the second platform and whirling with B.

World 2 boss (wolf king): Pretty easy, you just need to knock the floor out from under him. Go up to the second floor and wait until he joins you. Then drop down on the side and hopefully he'll run over the floor block; destroy it as he's running over it.

World 3 boss (Axel Gear): This boss is tough on Hard, and the "special technique" is hard too. Good luck. :) When he fires a little purple homing orb at you, you need to circle around so it ends up hitting him. Tricky! Thankfully, lives aren't a problem as long as you restart whenever you die.

It's not hard at all to finish "in a single playthrough" and get this achievement, because you're still allowed to restart levels if you lose too many lives. (Aways, always restart if you die to a world boss!) Just don't ever exit to the menu. Expect the playthrough to take 3 hours or so, depending on how good you are.

13 May 2010 21:36

10 Comments

Do you have to kill the bosses with each special technique or just hit them once?

By Minots59 on 14 May 2010 14:03

Just hit them once anytime during the fight.

By SnapDragon on 14 May 2010 14:31

The only place I've seen it mentioned is in one of the tips that appears while loading a level. It goes by really quickly. :)

By SnapDragon on 17 May 2010 20:45

I got this achievement even though I quit out and shut off the console twice.

By MaskedMongrel on 18 May 2010 05:15

I think the game tells you to use the special techniques, when you start a playthrough on hard. However it doesn't tell you what the techniques are

By Arenazombie on 08 Sep 2013 13:52

I too got this Achievement despite not doing it in one sitting. I played the first level, stopped, came back, played to the last level, stopped, came back and did the last level and final boss. Achievement surprisingly popped.

By TS Ghost on 19 Sep 2013 00:15

Sounds like a way to tell us. Do not try to play world 1, 2 and 3 on normal and then do world 4 on hard. I had that option on my first run. So it is possible. But it will most likely not unlock the achievement. Although I did choose normal for world 4 that run. So can not for a fact verify that it does not work. The achievement description just makes alot more sense that way.

By HolyThugRabbit on 20 Jun 2018 07:45

^ This is what it means. As long as you make the Hard mode requirements, it doesn’t have to be in one sitting.

By KJer25 on 16 Nov 2021 17:32

I just want to ask, does the game let you know you have to do this 'Special Technique' on these three bosses otherwise you will go to Normal? Just unlocked the game after enjoying the demo so excuse my ignorance :)

By Ellie Mooooo on 16 May 2010 10:56

Same here. I got this achievement while working on the 60 Minute playthrough. I did it over the course of 3 days, with multiple quits and loads. I think the achievement refers to finishing the game without using any continues.

By Eric Filtro on 26 Mar 2014 14:29

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Kheapathic

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(Missable) Complete all 14 levels on Arcade Mode while playing on Hard difficulty. You cannot exit the game and come back later, you must play through the entire game in one sitting. This trophy is missable since this is Hard difficulty which means you must also perform the special action against the 3 bosses or the game will drop you back into Normal difficulty. If you defeat a boss without performing the special action you will have to restart your entire playthrough all over again.

Footzker

stratege.ru

30 Jun 2010 07:57

This guide was translated automatically.

This trophy is very tricky. You can start straight away on Hard difficulty, but after each main boss battle it will automatically switch to Medium unless a special attack is performed against the bosses. It is enough to make one attack and you will immediately hear a special sound. In this case, after the boss battle you will be asked to continue playing on a high difficulty level or switch to medium.

List of special attacks:

1. Robot lumberjack . Reflect the dynamite he launches with your sword directly into his mask.
2. The Wolf King . You need to knock down the floor under the wolf so that he falls through. This can be done even while being on the same level as him. Just when he stands on a destructible platform, go up to him and drill down.
3. Axel Geer . You need the homing purple ball launched by Axel to hit him.

30 Jun 2010 07:57