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A Very Genki Holiday

A Very Genki Holiday

Completed all instances of Genki Holiday.

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How to unlock the A Very Genki Holiday achievement in Saints Row IV - Definitive Guide

Genki Holiday Special: Appears after you have beaten the DLC campaign.
Number of instances: 3 (easy, medium, hard)
Locations:
Easy -> Burns Hill ( Upper left corner of the map)
Medium -> Rosen Oaks ( Right side Middle of the map)
Hard -> Sunset Park (Right side lower section of map close to star island)

These will appear first as unknown GPS events on your screen. If you are having trouble locating them, turn your activities only on using your D-Pad.

This works the same as Genki M.O.M. except you are throwing Ginger Bread people, Christmas trees and Menorahs though rings using telekinesis. There are two rounds for each of the instances.

Some people are having troubles with this. I tried throwing people first, then trees and then Menorahs and that seemed to work. If you are missing a tree, go back to the first area and pick them up.

You just need to complete this, you do not need Gold medals to get the achievement. However, if you still are missing gold medals for normal Genki M.O.M., then these will count towards that medal total.

Edit: As pointed out by Park Diesel, if the game glitches on you during the hard challenge then dashboard. Start back up the challenge.
Throwing in order: people, trees, menorahs. He also suggests not moving your character around during the second half of the challenge, just use your right stick to aim, grab and fire.

Hope this helps everyone else out on getting this achievement.
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13 Dec 2013 00:16

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Just completed the Hard area glitch. Thanks for the tips about returning to the previous Church area, had to grab Menorahs and Trees from there. pain in the butt.
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By Tropan on 07 Nov 2016 05:13
I posted this in the other solution too but yours was the closest to what worked for me getting around the glitch, so you get the positive vote.

After trying several different things, here is what got me past the glitch:
I did go to the dashboard.
During the first part of the hard challenge, I threw people first, then trees, and finally menorahs. I moved around and did everything else however I wanted.
During the second part (which is where the glitch always happened) I again threw people first, then trees, then menorahs. This time however I would not move, at all, once I had picked up an item. I would move the right stick to aim, but the left stick was not touched once I picked something up.
This may not work for everyone but it is what worked for me. Good luck!
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By Park Diesel on 14 Dec 2013 12:45
Thanks for the workaround on the glitchy hard version.
Drove me almost crazy.
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By SirLugash on 16 Dec 2013 01:32
Has anyone else had the problem of the Genki Holiday Specials not appearing on the world map? I have completed the "Christmas" DLC but they have not appeared. The naughty or nice ones did appear and I finished those. Interestingly the Genki Holiday Special ones used to be on my main map before I even started the "Christmas" DLC but I decided to wait until after I finished the "Christmas" DLC to complete them and now they are not there. Please help!!!!1
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By DJ DEXTA on 03 Jan 2014 11:25
I had the hardest time finding them as well and waited till after the DLC was done. I suggest maybe re-installing the DLC, that might work. Other than that I don't know.
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By oO Link X007 Oo on 03 Jan 2014 15:51
I've tried re-installing the DLC and re-doing the missions but the Genki Holiday Specials are still not appearing! So annoying. Its the last achievement I need to 100% the game!! ARRRGH!!
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By DJ DEXTA on 05 Jan 2014 02:05
Or if you get the glitch where you can't pick up the tree on the hard activity , just pick up a tree from the previous area
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By FPSDeath on 16 Jan 2014 00:31
Thanks for the tip FPSDeath, going back the the chapel and grabbing a tree or a menorah worked perfectly, beats having to dashboard too! :)
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By Glyderz on 11 Feb 2014 10:04
FPSdeath that worked perfectly. only thing i would add is to expect this glitch to happen and when you are in the first area, just put a bookmark (with X on the map) where you are so when you move to the second area you can easily find the first area again (i had to make multiple trips.) and at first lost the place (its right next to the other area so im pretty dumb for that)
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By D0NTMoCKMe on 16 Apr 2014 18:23
Thank you FPSDeath!
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By Paul Wesley 91 on 05 May 2014 18:24
FPSDeath thanks for the tip, going back to the church helped.
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By STREIGHTSHOOTER on 26 May 2014 03:27
Thanks, going back to the church also worked for me.
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By MadDaffy on 31 May 2014 07:54
these are not showing up on my map either.
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By xqrst2 on 20 Jun 2015 17:07
Not on my map either. I know I played a Genki Holiday mission back when I first started the game, well before finishing this dlc. That may have been what glitched me, since nothing appears, nor can I find them.
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By Rosshk on 21 Sep 2015 14:35
Can confirm joining someone else's working game and completing the challenges will unlock this.
Still not sure why this isn't labelled as 'glitchy'
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By Rosshk on 12 Oct 2015 17:55
+1 for FPSDeath's tip. Please update the guide with that!
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By Lonesquiff on 11 May 2016 22:56
It can glitch in the first area if enough physics items are disturbed. I think the game maxes out its number of grabbable items and the engine turns the physics on them off.
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By Chronovore on 21 May 2016 00:57
Could anyone who is able to see the Genki Holiday activities help me? I am unable to find them in my game and was wondering if someone could invite me to their game.
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By James12183 on 19 Feb 2017 04:04
Had to complete all of Ghost in the Machine for Genki Holiday Special to appear.

Thumbs Up!
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By varkylfus on 29 Jan 2018 23:14
Completed the game 100% and dlc....these activities are not appearing for me :(
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By acedawg4 on 04 May 2018 16:49
If anyone out there is not seeing them show up after completing the DLC, I ended up bloating up one of my old saves and I got it to show up in the old save.
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By Lunonaut on 19 May 2021 03:22
Yes, had to grab items from the church area after experiencing the glitch where you can't grab anything
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By t0xz on 21 Oct 2023 11:30
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For this achievement you must complete all three instances of Genki Holiday Special. I found them after the story concluded, and they are found around Virtual Steelport. It's identical to Genki's M.O.M. but you throw people, Christmas Trees and Menoras. Plus, you don't need to get Gold on all instances either, just completing them will unlock the achievement, however I got Gold easily on my first try and took my time doing it, so it's not hard to complete either way. The achievement will unlock after the final instance ends.
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12 Dec 2013 10:45

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After trying several different things, here is what got me past the glitch:
I did go to the dashboard.
During the first part of the hard challenge, I threw people first, then trees, and finally menorahs. I moved around and did everything else however I wanted.
During the second part (which is where the glitch always happened) I again threw people first, then trees, then menorahs. This time however I would not move, at all, once I had picked up an item. I would move the right stick to aim, but the left stick was not touched once I picked something up.
This may not work for everyone but it is what worked for me. Good luck!
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By Park Diesel on 14 Dec 2013 12:42
I have seen comments on x360a about this activity being glitchy. Some suggest throwing people last because it glitches the game and someone else had to stand still while competing it. I won't try it till tonight but thought I would warn people.
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By Fuzzmeister J on 12 Dec 2013 17:07
I can confirm the activity has a glitch. When I was trying to complete the second half of the hard level, suddenly I couldn't pick up the Christmas Trees or the Menorahs. In this situation, I had already cleared the green rings. I was able to get the activity to work on my third attempt. I did three things differently on the third try, so I'm not sure what worked. I turned off the game. When I went over to the second half of the level, I brought a tree with me from the first half. I didn't throw people in the second half until all the other rings had been cleared out.
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By Alaffy on 12 Dec 2013 19:47
I am having the same problem, midway through the activity I can't pickup any of the items, I think it has to do with throwing the wrong object into the goal.
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By UnbindingFlame on 12 Dec 2013 21:07
Well, it seems like this glitch is kind of luck of the draw. When I had my problems, I started checking message boards to see if others had the same problem. It seemed like some people had problems, some didn't. I even saw someone who had the problem happen on both the hard and the medium level.
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By Alaffy on 12 Dec 2013 21:45
I got the glitch on the hard challenge, also had it on the medium challenge too, I don't know if I got it on the medium challenge because I did the hard one first. I ended up for both of the challenge bringing a tree and a menorah from the first area, then clearing each one by throwing and then quickly pulling the object back, then going for the gingerbread men last
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By wolfzero01 on 14 Dec 2013 19:15
Just wanted to point out that for me these activities were available as soon as the game told me How the Saints Save Christmas was available.
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By KruziikDovahKro on 26 Dec 2013 13:05
none of the activities appeared for this dlc i wish they tho i need them for 100%
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By JakTheRapper RC on 11 Nov 2016 04:01
It's happening to me on both medium and hard, and I'm really struggling to do the hard activity without picking people up because they're just everywhere... I somehow managed it on medium by picking people up last

Edit: just managed to do it by grabbing people last, had 7 seconds left on the clock. Such a shame it's so buggy and never resolved.
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By I8ITackyticsI8I on 22 Mar 2022 00:17
Strange. I've accidently thrown the wrong object before as well and just get an "Unorthadox!" message, but I never encountered any glitches like that. In fact I was throwing people first most of the time, but I did notice the DLC was glitchy in the sense that it was lagging a lot.
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By prowlerdante on 12 Dec 2013 21:24
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These do not need a gold, or silver. Bronze will suffice just fine. They also count towards your Genki's M.O.M. challenge if you do gold medal it them. The tactic I used was just focus on one thing at a time.
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07 Dec 2014 23:34

Will appear on the open world map after completing the DLS (blue square with a question mark). Three difficulty levels. It is enough for everyone to qualify for bronze.
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13 Nov 2014 14:23

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If you come across a glitch where it is impossible to grab a Christmas tree or menorah in the second arena of the hard level, then just bring these items from the first arena. Checked personally.
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By AskaS on 29 Dec 2014 21:47
Medium and hard modes can be unpleasantly glitchy - you won't be able to grab Christmas trees and candles. Moreover, it can start to fail already from the first zone. I advise you to use a minimum number of items and do not throw away extra ones. I liked the advice from my foreign colleagues (I don’t know if it helped me or just chance) to first throw only people into green circles, then Christmas trees into red and candles into blue, and try to use a minimum of objects; with this method, objects actually got stuck much less often.
If the mission fails in the middle or first zone of the difficult one, then we start it again. If the second zone is difficult, then there is a chance to pass. dragging Christmas trees and candles from the first zone, which is nearby, in one jump (the first time you can put it on a mark on the map), but sometimes there objects get stuck and then only the mission restarts.
A little patience, a few restarts and everything will work out
The advantage of these missions is that if you fail to take gold on standard IOM missions, then these also count.
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29 Nov 2016 01:26