Any tips for 1cc in Very Hard Mode?

[Ganolinkeld4]

I'm a bit stuck on unlocking difficulties, I can't finish the game at 1cc on very hard, does anyone have any tips or route strategies to finish that mode at 1cc?

[Red]

I managed to do it on Insane and the tip seems to be the same for every hard difficulty: You have to take a route you're familiar with and if possible take the shortest route. The thing with a shorter route though is that you have less chances to earn extra lives (And any route involving the bike stage means an extra free life or even two due to the score).

I've only played as Gal and Ricardo so far. Gal is so versatile and fast you're able to grab several small enemies before they even have a chance to attack you (Like the muay thai birds) while Ricard is well... Ricardo, his moveset is limited but he has tons of armor and he can throw pretty much everyone at the cost of being quite slow (So he can for example take down Minotauro relatively fast but muay thai birds will be quite more difficult to deal with).

There isn't much more to this than to just "Get good" and learn at least one route well enough that nothing's a surprise to you. You also gotta make sure to explode as many enemies as possible, eat food while at full HP and not lose any lives during each stage because all the bonus points you get from all that sum up quite fast. You can reach the last stage with like 10 lives or so once you're good enough (And you'll often need them, the last stage is always quite brutal).

[CloudLoku]

I think route E is the best for VeryHard/Insane (because of the 2 extra life in the Bike stage).

Escape > Don't Help the girl > Go straigh in the forest

[Meltsy]

I managed to finish the game 1CC on Unfair following the Speedrun route. It's the quickest and easier. Just take your time and dont aggro too many enemies.

The route is:

Go straight -> Save the Girl -> Take the Forest Shortcut

The only parts that should really trouble you is the unavoidable Death Island, but you can pull enemy by enemy.

All in all, learn the route, use food smartly and practice the bosses/stages that give you the most trouble.

I actually recommend Ricardo since his combos are quite easy and he's very good at Crowd Control with his jumping grab and special. Good luck!