Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - Seabook Arno Story Mission 5 | Ghost of Disturbance

All seems well after rescuing Cecily, but then Domon comes to us and lets us know that the Dark Gundam is a thing and is about to kill...everything. So we suddenly have to go deal with that. I feel like this is supposed to be some sort of expy for the Rafflesia that Iron Mask piloted in the F91 movie.

This stage is actually kind of fun and pretty unique. We actually get to fight in the full map for once! Oh, have I mentioned that yet? I don't think I have. Most missions don't even let use use the full map of any given area so we have a very small place to run around in, and newer maps added into the game are especially small as well. Anyways, back to the stage.

We have the ZZ crew, Cecily, and Domon all spread about around the area. The only enemy at the start is Kyoji, sitting in the center of the map with the Dark Gundam. We start by taking a few fields, and then Kyoji will create DG Cell copies of our allies and have them fight...themselves. If your allies are defeated, the Dark Gundam will receive a buff when we go to fight it, which isn't ideal. I managed to save everyone except Beecha, because in every single game I play with Beecha in it he's always completely worthless.

Once all the copies are defeated, we head to the center with all our allies to face the Dark Gundam itself. The Dark Gundam is the hardest MS to fight, hands down. It has a unique mechanic that I didn't even realize my first time fighting it because the game doesn't mention it whatsoever. There are Gundam Heads that arise as you fight the Dark Gundam. You're supposed to destroy these Gundam Heads to stun the Dark Gundam, because somehow that's how that works. Normal attacks will never fully stun the Dark Gundam even with Smash attacks and musous.

I didn't realize this and tried to fight Dark Gundam without destroying the Gundam Heads, which made this fight hell. It doesn't help that the Dark Gundam has some powerful attacks as it enters phase 2. It's sprout claws above its shoulders and use those to fire lasers, which will hit you multiple times and can easily be an instant death. It can also spread a cloud of DG Cells that stuns you, which can set you up for an instant death. It also has some beam blasts and claw swipes to watch out for. The Gundam Heads themselves can also attack by hitting you or firing beams at you, which can make it really annoying when trying to charge a Smash Hit.

It also doesn't help that for this fight, Master Asia is on the field and cannot be killed until the Dark Gundam is defeated first. So he's constantly attacking you. I had to reload saves quite a few times for this fight. Once the Dark Gundam is defeated, all your allies will leave except for Domon, so it'll be you two versus a red aura Master Asia. Remember that's the strongest aura in the game, so he'll hit like a truck and can bust out a powerful boss move if he feels like it. Once we beat him we'll have finished Seabook's story.