Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen/Temple battles

Temple I: Aries
It does not matter who you select to complete the first temple. All of the Bronze Saints' maximum Cosmo and Life will be 99. Select any one and proceed through the action sequence to reach the Aries temple at the end. You cannot build the Seventh Sense meter yet, so there's no reason to take any longer than you have to to reach the end.

Aries Mu
As in the anime, Mu is not an enemy, but a friend. There is no need to attack him. Speak with him twice, and he will agree to strengthen each of your Cloths, and allow you to tap into the Seventh Sense in order to restore any lost Life and Cosmo before important battles.

Temple II: Taurus
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Seiya, 120, 120. Although you can safely make it through at 99, it's not a bad idea to give yourself a bit of an edge. The red henchmen are a bit stronger than the earlier green henchmen, but not by much. Don't worry about taking too much time to build up the Seventh Sense meter, get to the temple as quickly as possible.

Taurus Aldebaran
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life : Cosmo 120, Life 120. When this battle begins, you should start out by talking with Aldebaran twice. At first he will try to intimidate you. Then you will make him doubt the Pope's cause. Doing so will cause him to lose some of his resolve, and will cut the amount of damage he can do to you in half (9.5% and 14.5% to Cosmo and Life respectively.) Now you must fight. After you successfully strike him, he will counterattack with his Great Horn attack. Even if you successfully dodge it, you will still take damage. You will likely end up dying before you can defeat him. As Seiya, you will hear Marin's voice informing you that you can see through his attack, allowing you to successfully dodge and avoid taking damage. You will then gain 200 more Seventh Sense power, and have the opportunity to refuel your Cosmo and Life. Set the Cosmo to maximum and your Life to 120, and resume battle. Attack him with the second attack until he is defeated, and do your best to dodge his counter attacks.

Temple III: Gemini
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Hyoga, 140, 140. Note: Although you can also successfully combat Gemini with another Bronze Saint, although the outcome will be the same: Hyoga will be unselectable for some time following the events in Gemini Temple. There will be no surprises along the way to the temple of Gemini. Do your best to avoid colliding with the meteors and any projectiles that the guards throw at you.

Gemini Cloth
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life: Cosmo MAX, Life MAX. When you are given an opportunity to use Seventh Sense power to refuel your Cosmo and Life, increase them to the maximum amount. Regardless of whether you attack or talk to Gemini, he will activate his "Another Dimension" attack, and literally send you to another dimension.

You will be back in a side-scrolling sequence, although this will be considerably different than the usual kind. You must successfully jump from platform to platform through a stage with a distinct lack of a floor. That means any mistimed jump will cause you to lose health and return you to the start of the stage. Geometric shapes and comets will fly across the sky and damage you if they make contact. There are two particularly dangerous sections where you must jump across a set of narrow blocks. Try to reach the highest block and jump across. Near the end, there are a set of bubbles which you must break with your punches. If you have trouble getting through the paths where the bubbles were, remember that you can jump higher by holding up on the direction pad, or jump lower by running when you press jump.

If you are anyone other than Hyoga, you will find the Gemini Cloth waiting for you at the end. Once you reach it, you will fight it like any Gold Saint. If you are playing as Shun, and you die in battle, Ikki will restore your health and give you another chance.

If you are Hyoga when you reach the end, you will instead find Aquarius Camus. You will now find yourself in the Temple of Libra. Talk to him first, and then try to attack him. He will deflect your attack and give you another opportunity. Talk to him again, but he will not be swayed. Attack him again, and he will continue to deflect your attack. Attack him once more, but it will do no good. He will then use "Aurora Execution" on you, followed by "Freezing Coffin". Ultimately, Hyoga will be frozen in glacial ice, and unselectable until the rest of the Bronze Saints can reach the Libra Temple.

Temple IV: Cancer
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Shiryu, 160, 160. This is the first side-scrolling sequence where it starts to become considerably more difficult to avoid taking damage. There are quite a few wide jumps to cross, although nothing as dangerous as you faced in "Another Dimension." However, near the middle, you will encounter a set of archers. These archers may be a bit difficult to hit if your Cosmos is not high enough, but you should be able to take them out as you jump towards them.

Cancer Deathmask
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life: Cosmo MAX, Life MAX. Raise your Cosmo and Life to maximum as soon as you arrive. Regardless of whether you attack or talk, Deathmask will send you to the underworld with his Praesepe Underworld Waves attack. Just as with Gemini, you will now find yourself in an unusual side scrolling sequence. There are three kinds of enemies here. Ghost souls can be defeated with your attacks. Mummies can only be pushed backwards, and fireballs can't be harmed at all. Although there are some difficult jumps, once again, they won't be nearly as difficult as the ones in "Another Dimension." When you are close to reaching the end, boulders will fall from the sky as you climb the stairs that lead to Deathmask.

Deathmask will naturally be surprised that you survived the cluster and made it back alive. Although Deathmask is powerful, there is very little strategy to this fight. Use Shiryu's only attack to damage Deathmask as much as possible. Successfully dodging his attacks will give you a better chance at survival. Never speak with Deathmask as it will give him a free attack opportunity. If Shiryu loses in battle, Shunrei will pray for his success and give Shiryu another chance to defeat Deathmask.

Temple V: Leo
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Seiya, 180, 180. The side scrolling sequence for this temple continues to expand upon the increased difficulty with narrow ledges to jump on, and archers that occupy many of them. You may have to start intentionally landing on the spots where the archers wait, and push through them as quickly as possible in order to minimize the damage to take while standing on top of them.

Leo Aiolia
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life: Cosmo 0, Life 0. This is the first battle where, no matter how much cosmo and life you assign to your saint, you will be unable to do any damage to your target until you are defeated. Therefore, as a way to preserve your Seventh Sense pool, not only is it recommended that you not increase your cosmo and life, but that you actually decrease it to 0, and give your power back to the pool for later use. Any attempt to attack Aiolia will be futile, and he will defeat you.

At this time, Cassios will appear with the intention of defeating Seiya and getting revenge for losing his ear and the Pegasus Cloth to Seiya some time ago. However, Cassios will realize that there's no glory in fighting a defeated opponent. He will see that Aiolia is being manipulated by the Pope, and sacrifice himself to give Seiya another chance at defeating Aiolia.

Seeing this will cause Seiya to rise up. Assign the maximum amount of Cosmo to Seiya, and at least 200 to his Life. After Seiya stands, be sure to talk to Aiolia first, or your attacks will have no effect. Having killed Cassios, Aiolia will be somewhat stunned and doubt the appropriateness of his actions. His attacks will do decreased damage and you can avoid most of that damage by dodging. Attack him until he is defeated, and he will fully wake up.

Temple VI: Virgo
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Any, 200, 200. The path leading up to the Virgo temple is long, and contains an odd gray colored background. However, there are no archers, and no real difficult jumps to overcome. This is good because you're actually going to have to proceed through this section three times. Boost the Bronze Saints up to 200 for Life and Cosmo before you begin. Take the time to fight as many henchmen as you can to boost your Seventh Sense. Don't worry if you take too many hits along the way, it doesn't matter what you arrive at the temple with as long as you're alive.

Virgo Shaka
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life: Cosmo 0, Life 0. When you arrive, you should reduce your Cosmo and Life to 0, and pool the power back into the Seventh Sense meter. The fact is, not only will you be unable to defeat Shaka with any of your current Saints, all of them must be defeated in order to proceed. You will go through Seiya, Shiryu, and Shun (in any order) until all three are wiped out. At that time, Ikki will appear.

Ikki will begin to fight Shaka, but after his first attack, Shaka will send him away to the Six Worlds, another unique side-scrolling sequence that only Ikki can experience. While running, Ikki's attacks travel the length of the screen. Focus on clearing away any enemies in front of you, and avoid falling down through the bottom of the screen when there is no floor. Most importantly, preserve as much of your Life and Cosmo as you can, as you will not be given a chance to refuel right away. Finish the sequence to arrive back at Shaka.

Once the battle resumes, you will have a better chance of harming Shaka. After striking him, his eyes will open. It is very important to dodge his attacks, or he will finish you off very quickly. If Ikki is defeated in battle, the game is over. Once you do enough damage to Shaka, he will be taken by surprise. At this point, you can assign more Cosmo and Life from your Seventh Sense. It's only important to boost Cosmo to maximum, but it doesn't hurt to adjust your Life in case you next attack misses. The next attack or two should finish Shaka off. Then Ikki will sacrifice himself in order to allow Seiya, Shiryu, and Shun to continue.

Temple VII: Libra
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Shiryu, 250, 250. The side-scrolling sequences that lead to the temple get longer, so this will be one of the longest you've encountered. There are few surprises, and only one section with archers and tricky jumps to the pillars that they stand on. Fortunately, Shiryu has one of the longest range attacks, so he should be able to get most, if not all, of the archers off the pillars before he leaps over. Remember to drop down to the ground when you land on low platforms, as it's easier to fight the henchmen from there.

Libra Doko
There is no fight in this temple. If you arrive with Seiya or Shun, they will realize that they are unable to help Hyoga escape from the ice. Only Shiryu can accomplish this task. The spirit of his master, Libra Doko will appear. He will ask Shiryu to choose the right weapon from among the Libra Gold Cloth arsenal. The correct choice is the Sword. All other choices will force you to repeat the side-scrolling sequence for another chance at guessing. After selecting the right weapon, Hyoga will be available for selection once again.

Temple VIII: Scorpio
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Hyoga, 300, 300. As this side-scrolling sequence gets longer, there is a more difficult jumping section in the middle which contains archers. You won't be able to remove all of the archers from the platforms before you jump to them, but you will be able to avoid some of them entirely by jumping over them. Do your best to land on the occupied platforms, and leap off of them as quickly as possible so you sustain very little damage.

Scorpio Milo
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life: Cosmo MAX, Life MAX. As far as Gold Cloth fights go, this one requires minimal strategy. Use a variety of attacks against Milo, as certain ones appear to stop working on him in the middle of the fight. Dodge all of his attacks as often as possible. There is no chance for a resurrection, but if you stop and talk with him once in the middle of the fight, it will create an opportunity for you to refuel your Cosmo and Life to maximum. Save this chance for a moment when you're close to losing the battle.

Temple IX: Sagittarius
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Any, 350, 350. Any Saint can go through this side-scrolling sequence, although players using Shun may find it more difficult to make the precise jumps do to his unusual speed. Particularly, you should choose any Saint who is already closest to the recommended 350 points for Cosmo and Life so that you don't have to use up more Seventh Sense power. This side-scrolling sequence is long, and it contains archers in the middle, although they are posted on slightly wider blocks than usual, making it easier to get through that section. However, towards the very end, there are three tiny platforms that you must jump across. These platforms remain in midair for some time, but fall down after a while has passed, so don't stand on them for very long.

Sagittarius Aiolos
Once again, there is no fight in this temple. No matter who you arrive with, you will hear the words of the spirit of the former Sagittarius Gold Saint, Aiolos, who sacrificed his life to save Athena. After hearing him speak, he will provide the Bronze Saints with a massive boost in Seventh Sense.

Temple X: Capricorn
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Shiryu, 400, 400. The path to the Capricorn temple is actually rather similar to the path that you just took to the Sagittarius temple. Archers appear on longer platforms, and the three small platforms that fall away appear near the end. Ironically, the soldiers that appear later are weaker than the ones that appear in the beginning.

Capricorn Shura
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life: Cosmo MAX, Life 50%. Shura has an abundance of Cosmo and Life, and his Excalibur attack is quite powerful. Doding the Excalibur is important, and it seems to be more easily avoided if you dodge to the right than to the left. Shiryu can make quite a dent in him with his Rozan Sho Ryu Ha attack, but it may not be enough to get you all the way through the battle, especially once Excalibur reduces your Cosmo to a low enough level. Fortunately, if Shiryu gets wiped out, his master Doko will appear and unlock Shiryu's most powerful attack, Rozan Kou Ryu Ha. Shura appears to be unable to avoid this attack, and he will fall victim to it until he is defeated, at which point Shiryu grabs Shura and flies into the sky where they will both be destroyed. At the last minute, Shura will push Shiryu back down to the ground, although Shiryu will be unselectable for the remainder of the game.

Temple XI: Aquarius
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Hyoga, 450, 450. The side-scrolling sequence up to the temple will be rather long. There are two sections of archers. They will occupy the tops of narrow columns in the first occurrence, and then they will be stationed on slightly longer platforms later on. There are no sets of small falling platforms this time through.

Aquarius Camus
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life: Cosmo 0, Life 0. You will be unable to harm Camus under any circumstances until he defeats you, so reduce your Cosmo and Life to increase your Seventh Sense pool for later. After Camus attacks Hyoga and defeats him, Mu will appear and tell Hyoga that he can reach Absolute Zero. Hyoga will rise back up, and have a chance to recharge his meters. Fill his Cosmo back to maximum, and his Life to around 500. Hyoga will have learned the Aurora Thunder Attack. Before you attack, talk to Camus once and in doing so, Hyoga will learn his final and most powerful attack, Aurora Execution. It's still quite possible for Camus to block your attacks, but use them until he is defeated. In the process, Hyoga will reach Absolute Zero and freeze both of them, removing Hyoga from play for the remainder of the game.

Temple XII: Pisces
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Shun, 500, 500. The side-scrolling sequence up to the temple will be rather long. There are two sections of archers. They will occupy the tops of narrow columns in the first occurrence, and then they will be stationed on slightly longer platforms later on. There are no sets of small falling platforms this time through.

Pisces Aphrodite
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life: Cosmo MAX, Life MAX. This battle will be about ever increasingly strong attacks on both your part and your opponents. Shun starts out with his two regular attacks, Nebula Chain and Thunder Wave. Aphrodite starts with the Royal Demon Rose. At some point in the battle, he will switch to the Piranian Rose attack. When he does, talk to him, and you will be given a chance to refuel your meters with Seventh Sense. You will also learn a new attack, Nebula Stream. The battle will resume and eventually, Aphrodite will switch to using the Bloody Rose attack. Once again, talk with him, and you should be able to refuel your meters. When the battle continues, Shun will learn his final attack, Nebula Storm. Continue attacking with these new attacks, and dodging the Bloody Rose as often as you can until Aphrodite is defeated. At the last second, Aphrodite will use a final Bloody Rose to defeat you, leaving only Seiya for the final temple.

Final Temple
Recommended Saint, Cosmo, and Life: Seiya, MAX, MAX. With no one but Seiya left to select, you will have little choice but to choose him. Before you begin this side-scrolling sequence, raise his Cosmo and Life to the maximum. This sequence is quite different than the others. There are no enemies to defeat. Roses will fly through the air, and you will slowly lose health automatically as you cross the stage. For this reason, you'll want to move as quickly as possible. Seiya moves faster when he jumps than when he runs, but don't jump recklessly; there are several small platforms that you must carefully jump to in order to cross over gaps.

Near the middle of the sequence, you will see Marin waiting for you. Run to her and she will speak with you. Talk with her, and you will have the opportunity to refuel your Cosmo and Life. She will encourage you to attack, so use either of your techniques, and you will destroy all of the roses around you. When you continue, you can reach the end without fear of losing health or getting struck by the roses. Just run to the right to reach the final temple.

Gemini Saga
Recommended minimum Cosmo and Life: Cosmo 0, Life 0. When you reach Pope Ares, reduce your Life and Cosmo to 0 in order to store the power in your Seventh Sense meter. Talk with the Pope and he will apologize, saying he cannot save Athena. Attack him with either technique, and he will begin talking about the Shield. Speak with him one more time, and he will appear to become evil. The Pope will reveal his true identity, that of the Gemini Gold Saint. Try attacking him, but it will be useless. Saga will break Seiya's five senses and defeat him. At that time, Ikki will appear.

When Ikki arrives, have him speak with Saga. Saga will begin to doubt his own deeds, and a noise will appear. Now use Ikki to attack Saga. Ikki can damage Saga, and it is possible to dodge his attacks, but not forever. Ultimately, Ikki will be defeated, and Saga will believe he has won, claiming the power of a god. However, after your Seventh Sense pool fills up dramatically, Seiya will stand back up to challenge Saga once again.

When you give Seiya's first command, talk with Saga. Mu will appear and suggest that you shouldn't fight alone. Intentionally choose the "Call friends" command at this time. You will have the chance to talk to everyone, and fill your Seventh Sense meter in the process. Then press to return to the fight. You will learn the Pegasus Rolling Crush attack. From now on, when you go to attack, you will have the opportunity to fill your Cosmo and Life meters up to maximum. Always do so, and then choose the Pegasus Rolling Crush. Remember to dodge his Galaxian Explosion. Saga may successfully dodge the Rolling Crush attack several times in a row, but don't give up, as it will succeed in defeating him.

Once Saga is defeated, Seiya will have the opportunity to run up to the shield and rescue Athena. Then the ending will be shown. Congratulations.