Goal: The objective of each level is to eliminate as many targets as possible with a given weapon in one minute.

General Information:

• Bullet count at the end of the level is irrelevant.
• No other bonuses are applied to the timer.
• Targets generally have loops that can be exploited.

• Targets move clockwise around their respective quadrants.
• Targets respawn roughly in the same locations as the image below.

• Ideally 6 targets are destroyed everytime a Nikita round is fired.

Goal: The objective of each level is to eliminate as many enemies as possible with a given weapon in one minute.

General Information:

• Bullet count at the end of the level is irrelevant.
• Sneaking bonus is irrelevant. In most cases, getting an alert is ideal.
• No other bonuses are applied to the timer.
• Enemies generally have loops that can be exploited.

Goal: The objective of each level is to eliminate all enemies and get to the goal before the timer runs out.

General Information:

• Bullet count at the end of the level is irrelevant.
• Sneaking bonus is irrelevant. In most cases, getting an alert is ideal.
• No other bonuses are applied to the timer.

Goal: The objective of each level is to select the correct guard and choke them into the goal before the timer runs out.

General Information:

• For some levels, the correct guard can change every time a level is loaded in.
• Some levels are similar to each other (02, 03, 06, 08) and the fastest time achieved for one of them should be possible for the others.

• The correct guard is on the right side.
• The clue is the giant guard.

• The correct guard changes every attempt. The ideal one is in the middle.
• The clue is the guard wearing a mask.

• The correct guard changes every attempt. The ideal one is in the middle.
• The clue is the guard without visible breath.

• The correct guard changes every attempt. The ideal one is in the middle.
• The correct guard must first hit the wall before completing the level.
• The clue is the guard hitting the wall.

• The correct guard changes every attempt. The ideal one is in the middle.
• The clue is the guard who lays on the floor like how Johnny does.

• The correct guard changes every attempt.
• Guards begin to move when the level description shows up, this can be used to have the correct guard walk closer to the goal before the timer starts.
• The clue is to follow the footprints from the entrance to the large room to whichever guard it leads to. Becareful not to confuse Snake's footprints with the ones left from the guards.

• The correct guard changes every attempt. The ideal one is in the middle.
• The clue is the guard who's heart beats rapidly. Look at the guard in first person view (hold triangle) to hear this.

• The correct guard changes every attempt. The ideal one is in the middle.
• Snake must equip the mask first before completing the level.
• The clue is the guard who salutes at Snake while wearing the mask.

• This is an autoscroller, but initiating the mini-cutscenes will lose time.
• The final time for this level is different based on region:
  • NTSC = 04:56:65
  • PAL = 04:55:98

Goal: The objective of each level is to either elimate all targets/enemies and/or get to the goal.

General Information:

• Lean applies to some levels but not all.
• Bonuses are level-dependent.

• Lean applies to this level.
• Cook the grenade as early as possible at the start of the level, walk towards the right most edge, then throw the grenade at approximately 00:02:94.

• Walk south towards the guard, slightly at an angle towards the left, and do a full punch-punch-kick combo when behind him by about 1 unit box.

• Lean applies to this level.
• Pre-emptively hold R2 to equip the Stinger on the first frame. Shoot the wall next to the guard (see photo below).

• Lean applies to this level.
• Acceleration trick applies to this level.
• Be careful of ammo count, as it counts towards the bonus count (Optimal = 6 FA-MAS bullets remaining).

Goal: The objective differs per level.

General Information:

Goal: The objective of this level is to get to the end of Stage 10 before the timer runs out.

General Information:

• Lean applies to all stages.
• Bonuses do not exist for this level.
• Stage 07's goal will only appear after all 21 targets are destroyed.
• Stage 10's goal will only appear after all 4 enemies are killed.

Goal: The objective of each level is to destroy all targets/enemies before the timer runs out with exception to Level 03 where you must only kill Snake.

General Information:

• Ninja has different mechanics to Snake, such as movement.
• Pressing L1 equips Stealth Camoflauge at the cost of depleting LIFE for as long as its equipped.
• Swiping the sword is faster than running.
• Ninja can jump over obstacles.

• Snake's position changes every time the level is loaded into.
• The ideal position for Snake is on the left-hand side of the room.

Goal: The objective differs per level.

General Information:

• Choking the guard is faster than throwing a grenade at him.

• Lean applies to this level.
• Move forward a bit, equip the box. When the guard turns forward, unequip and keep moving. Re-equip the box and then unequip after he turns around again. Finally, throw-cancel the guard using the box.

• Lean applies to this level.
• At the start of the level, shoot the first target twice.
• When you approache the staircase, blow up the first target.

• Lean applies to this level.
• The floors with Japanese writing them act similar to noisy floors.

• Hide behind the left obstacle to wait for the guards to come closer.
• After the left guard picks up the book, choke him into the goal at the bottom. However, it is possible to grab him a tiny bit before the book grab and the game will still register that he picked it up.

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