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@@KAYOOOR Ha ha, thanks. I'm glad I could help.

BloodyThesky please I'm so stuck still. I can't get past the first round of the competition! I've tried just heading for the base and their main robot just keeps taking me out with its drill. Also when I try and equip long range weapons it won't let me!! All of the bodies I have tried, not sure if it because I haven't unlocked it yet? Please help it's driving me insane!!

@@leosumner9317 It's been awhile now since I have played the game, so please forgive me if some of this info is out of date. They may have changed the mini game a bit with a patch or DLC, or something. But it's strange that the enemy AI is being so aggressive with you on the very first battle. Are you taking advantage of the speed boost? I would usually try to speed boost away if the AI with the drill was coming after me. Most of the time that would get it to go another way and leave me alone for a bit. Try not to even get near it, if you can help it. And yeah, I believe you can only put ranged weapons on the balanced frame (middle icon, the balance scale). However I feel it is best to just let your AI teammates deal with the ranged weapons, to help keep the enemy AI off your back, while you focus on collecting pieces. You can try putting the shield on your bot to help take a bit more damage. Usually, for my experience, the AI is pretty slow to capture your base in the starting battles, and is more so focused on trying to fill the board with their colored blocks. This usually allows you enough time to just set pieces from your base to theirs for a quick win. Sorry if this isn't very helpful. Let me know if you're still struggling and maybe I can pop in the game and see if anything has changed to help give you some better, more up-to-date, advise.

@@BloodyTheSky Thank you for your reply. I managed to get past the 1st round of the competition in the end. I managed to equip one robot with a ranged weapon but still not the robot I control as I've tried all the bodies that were available. I keep thinking there is something I'm missing but I just don't understand what that is. Maybe my age lol ,I'm getting on a bit 🤣 . The 3rd robot I wasn't able to equip with a long range weapon either. School stories has come to a halt now, because I need to progress further in the main story first. I think I'm near the end of chapter 4. I am using the boost btw

Ha! True. The main reason I don't get all the trophies/achievements in these games are due to some of the mini games.

Wow, thank you for your feedback! I'm glad my video helped you enough for you to feel the need to actually leave a comment. I'm happy that I can help people out with this video!

Thanks for the kind feedback and awesome words! I'm glad I was able to help you through the mini game. The stealth mod is definitely a life saver.

You're welcome. I'm glad it was able to help!

No problem, I'm glad it helped! Enjoy the rest of the school stories! Thankfully most of the other mini games are easier.

Ha ha, thanks! I'm glad the video was helpful! Enjoy the rest of the school stories/game. Thankfully the rest of the school mini games left are no where as hard, IMO.

@@BloodyTheSky good to know, thanks. Not many other RGG minigames played had me encounter such a difficult task to allow side-story progression to occur. I woke up today feeling a sense of accomplishment knowing I broke through in the game last night. Sweet scene where **Spoiler** Yagami treats the kids to 🍜 and Sakura is so happy he can't fight the tears. 😭🥹

That stealth chip is indeed a game changer. Once you have that you can go back to just grabbing pieces and rushing to the enemy base again. I'm glad my tips were able to help you through the mini game!

Thanks! I hope the information in the video helps you breeze through the rest of the school story.

I'm glad it was able to finally work out for you! Good luck on the rest of the game/school stories.

Yeah, I wasn't a fan of the dancing either, but at least you could play those on an easier difficulty. Sadly these robot matches have the one set difficulty. Well I hope, like you said, that my video helps make it a little easier.

@@BloodyTheSky this guide helped, i was able to complete the robot story this morning using this. I was stuck on the team just before team tnt, when I discovered this guide last night. Now this terrible school story is finally done. I skipped all the dialog and everything. I just wanted this story to be over with.

@@RawDawg903 I'm glad my video was able to help! Yeah, Team NT and the one before it are pretty rough. I hope you enjoy the rest of the game!

I'm glad I could help! Yeah, I started off liking the robotics mini game to hating it real quick, when the difficulty spiked, so I can definitely understand. Upgrading your AI teammates to actually be somewhat helpful and rushing for the enemy base makes this minigame a lot more tolerable. Although still a bit frustrating at times, due to bad luck.

Yeah, I feel like the game could have done a better job explaining the minigame. I was stuck at the 2nd team too until I started just rushing to the other base. I'm glad the video could help!

Ha ha, true true. I hear ya. It's not so bad once you just start rushing to the enemy base. I was getting the missions done in about 50 seconds, or so. But it does get time consuming later, when you need to start building better parts. It's kind of sucks that they make you replay certain battles over and over to get certain parts.

@@BloodyTheSky I tried to do these missions because I wanted to finish the professor storyline but after the second tournament i was like "screw this" It's just too boring and too long. I like the boxing mini game and the dating mini game even the dancing wasn't so bad skateboarding, virtual fighter 5 is all great, but this is just not fun at all.

I didn't mind the mini game too much, but I agree that I did like the other ones more. I probably found boxing to be the most fun. Virtual Fighter too, of course.

same here. I loved every other club (dance club was whatever) but this one had me raging until I finally just gave up. I want to go back and beat it at some point but idk if it’s worth playing this annoying ass mini game

@@rasheedk219 If you ever do try again, I hope my tips help. I feel the mini game isn't too bad if you just rush. Unless you're stuck on the Team NT battle, that is. That one is a pain, for sure. Ha ha.

Nice, I'm glad it helped! Enjoy the rest of the game/school stories.

Yeah, unfortunately I didn't get the DLC bot until way later. It is definitely the best, but some of the battles can still be lost if you get unlucky enough. And I agree that the school stories are pretty good, even if it's pretty easy to tell who the "professor" is going to be about half way in. I'm glad you still found the video helpful!

also great guide/video. helped me a lot

@@Jbizzlies Oh wow, I never knew that. Closest I knew of was the game series called Deus Ex. Good games too, IMO. Ha ha. Thanks for the explanation. Also thanks for the compliment on the guide. I'm glad it helped!

Ha ha! No problem, I'm glad I could help. And yeah, that's always some of the hidden beauty to these games for me. No matter how crazy dark the main story gets, you can always go off and do some silly stuff to break it up. Person killing people out there? That's a shame. Well, back to impressing these kids with my skateboarding skills!

Sorry to hear about the complications understanding what I meant, but I'm glad the video could eventually help you enjoy the mini game a bit more. I know I started to it more after I switched to the rushing strategy. And then again after I finally beat Team NT. Ha ha.

Thanks for the comment and kind words! I'm glad the video helped and made the mini game enjoyable for you! Once I learned about the little trick to rush the enemy base ASAP, I started enjoying the mini game as well, so I knew I had to make a video sharing what I learned. I'm glad it's been able to help as many people as it has. Thanks again for the nice comment!

Right? The tutorial does a horrible job explaining that alternative way of winning. I think it's only mentioned in one little line. I'm glad the video could help you out. I don't have any of the DLC yet, but I hear all of the extra DLC items are helpful and make the school stories easier.

Thank you for the feedback. Yeah, a few of the teams can definitely get annoying. I'm glad you found the tips helpful and I hope they help you progress through the mini game.

@@BloodyTheSky my controllable robot is very slow im on the first preliminary match the opponent is already at 7 points

@@maddogmajimaswifey3868 Yeah, the robot is pretty slow, that's why I suggest putting on the "Enhance Move Speed" mod as soon as you can make it. But I can't remember if you can put that on at the beginning. As long as you didn't change the body style of your bot, it should still have the speed frame on it. This frame allows you to use a boost. You can activate it by pressing triangle on PlayStation (which I believe should be Y on XBox. Not sure about PC, look for the controls at the bottom right of the screen while in the minigame battle). This will make your robot zoom forward. Note that you can't turn while boosting, though. So I like to line up a piece and boost to grab it.

I hope it helps you out! I'd say this is the toughest of the school story mini games, so hopefully it's smooth sailing after you can get past the tough battles.

Yeah it's crazy how long this takes compared to the other mini games you have to do for the school stories. This one and the biker one felt like the longest but at least the biker one was easy. Ha ha. I'm glad the video was able to help you!

Yeah, I was the same. I didn't even bother with the different parts at first. Then I realized that upgrading your robots, especially your AI teammates, helped out a ton. Made them not as useless. Ha ha. I'm glad my video could help you out! Enjoy the rest of the game/school stories.

Thanks! I tried to include any questions someone might have. I'm glad it helped.

Yep. Agreed. Once you figure out how to play it better, it gets more easier and fun. Good strategy and it's actually exactly what I recommend in the video, too. Just let your AI teammates, with the ranged weapons, attack while you focus on grabbing and laying pieces.

Nice, I'm glad it helped you out!

You have to make some, in "Parts Development", and then to put them onto bots with balanced frames. I think balanced frames are all called XF-something (usually XF and some numbers, like XF-07). They can not go onto bots with speed or defense frames. You can edit your bots by going into "Parts Rearrangement". You can switch which bots to edit by pressing L1/R1 on PlayStation, which I assume would be LB/RB on XBox. I'd personally recommend putting guns on the two AI robots, while keeping your speed. As for which guns, I recommend either two machine guns (MG Firefly) or one machine gun and one shotgun (Spider Shot G)

They really should have done a better job of explaining the other way you could win, IMO. The tutorial mainly makes you focus on placing a lot of blocks. I think there was only one sentence about winning by putting blocks in the enemy base. So it was definitely easy to miss. I'm glad my guide was able to help. Thanks for the sub!

Its a brilliant game with so much going on as is. Im becoming a master of this game now. And now can continue with the rest of the story. Thanks again

I know how you feel. Hopefully my guide can help make things easier, so you can finally get past it. If you follow my tips, I'd say really only the Team NT battle, and the one after it, are annoying. The rest should, hopefully, not be as bad, assuming bad luck doesn't get in your way. You might just have to grind for robot part materials, which can be annoying in it's own right.

Ha ha, yeah my win against Team NT was close too! I'm glad the guide was able to help! Enjoy the rest of the school story.

Got a reddit tip, beat NT by 1 point in this set up. Deus Body: MB5000/Supremacy (DLC, if you don’t have this, use the best MB body available) Battery: L-KR50 Motor: Speed Motor S Weapon: Shark Drill Ver. 42 Chips: Enhance Move Speed Lv. 2 / Enhance Melee Attack Lv. 2 / Melee Damage Reduction Lv. 3 Ex & Machina Body: XF-07 Battery: L-KR80 Motor: Balanced Motor S Weapon: Eagle Sniper R Mk2 Chips: Enhance Move Speed Lv. 2 / Enhance Range Attack Lv. 2

Sorry used a 70 batt

Awesome! I'm glad to hear the video helped you out.

Agreed. I actually had a lot of fun with this mini game, once I found out the little tricks to make it easy. The Team NT battle was still a slight pain, but other than that, I really enjoyed playing it. I'm glad the guide was able to help you!

Yeah, Team NT is a pain. I think there is always a hint of luck involved with that battle. I've tried tons of different setups and even when I'd win, I'd go back through again with the same and lose. It really depends on how lucky you get with block spawns and how aggressive the AI is being (both yours and the opponent). I've posted the setup I personally won the most consistently with in the video and in the pinned comment. But, like I said, I feel there is still luck involved, so don't get discouraged if you lose a few times. Just keep at it and maybe make a tweak or two, if you think it'd help your playstyle.

Thank you. I'm glad it helps.

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I'm glad it helped! Hopefully you like the rest of the minigames.

You're welcome. I'm glad it helped!

Yep, that battle is definitely a pain. Especially if you go in without many upgrades and expecting it to be like the other battles. Like you said, once you can get past that, it gets pretty easy again from there.

Nice! I'm glad it was able to help!

You're welcome. I'm glad it was able to help!

Yeah, there are at least two battles that I feel are heavily luck based (Team NT and the one after). Before that you could rush to the enemy base and usually win, unless you got unlucky with the block spawns, like you mentioned. But at least after you have the stealth mod, the mini game gets super easy after that. But, like you said, you have to make it to that point first. Ha ha. I just hope my guide here helps people get to that point.

@@BloodyTheSky I actually got passed it a while back with the exact method you used. Using 2 long range attackers for the AI and making your bot all speed and using the drill so you can grab all the blocks while the AI take out the enemies and you can try to rush the enemies base. It's really the only build strategy I found to work.

You have to make sure the piece you are trying to place would be touching another one of your blue pieces, but it can't overlap another blue piece. So, for example, you would have to place a piece either next to or in front of one of your other blue spaces (when starting out, that would be in front of, or to the side of, your starting 3 or 4 blue base pieces). But the piece you are trying to place can't go into your already blue space. All the pieces you are trying to place either need to go into default gray spaces or enemy red spaces. Think of it as like you are trying to build a path to the red base. Like a road, or something. Make sure your blue "road" always connects to the blue you have already placed. I hope that makes sense and helps.

Ha ha, thanks! I'm glad it was able to help you out!

Thanks!

That's also a great way to make money in the game as well, if you're hurting for cash. You get lots of gold/platinum plates to sale, as well as cheat items to use in the gambling mini games that can also net you a ton of cash. I actually had to stop and do that once to finish buying the materials I needed to make my robots.

Nice! I had an easy go if it until I ran into Team NT and had to upgrade my bots. If I was upgrading as I went before that, I might have had an easier time. Did you have the season pass robot? I hear that helps make the mini game a bit easier.

@@BloodyTheSky yeah, I bought the ultimate edition and you're absolutely right. now when I think about it that robot is the only reason I found it so easy. Without it I imagine I would've been cooked 🤣

The first few battles can usually be won by just rushing to the enemy base. Give that a try.

@@BloodyTheSky I mean your tutorial was on point , the technique worked great... I got caught up with the tutorial ''don't leave any gap'' thing... Worst advice

@@warracer03 I agree. They force you to fill the board with the tutorial, making you think that's the best way to win. They really gloss over the alternate way to win (capture enemy base). I think they only mention it in one or two sentences at the end, when you're already tired of reading all the tutorial pages. Ha ha. Anyways, thanks for the kind words on my guide. I'm glad it was able to help!

Yeah, I remember having trouble with that one. That's probably the other heavily luck based battle in the game. You just have to make the best stuff you can at that battle and kinda hope to get lucky. Eventually my AI kept the enemy AI at bay enough for me to grab some pieces. Also I got lucky and pieces spawned near me instead of the AI. Pretty much just put the best ranged weapons on your AI teammates and hope for the best. Messing with their mods might help as well.

@@BloodyTheSky Update: After basically picking what you recommended but just picking the more upgraded stuff, it was a breeze lol, now I can just grind it easily with barely any trouble, it's probably because I didn't care to upgrade it nor try any practice matches

@@karl5279 I was the same about pretty much ignoring upgrades. It starts off easy enough to where you don't have to. But eventually the enemy AI gets so aggressive that it pretty much finally forces you to. I'm glad my guide could be of some assistance! Good luck on the rest of the mini game/school stories!

Yeah, you do usually have to do all the side stories, and stuff, but no denying that the school stories are an annoying hurdle. That's the main reason I wanted to get the school stories done.

Ha, true.

No problem, I'm glad it helped!

I do throw around a howdy from time to time. I guess I'm Texan, but not TOO Texan. Ha ha.

Yep, that battle is a pain. Probably the hardest one, followed by the one after. But the battle after it seems like the enemy AI isn't quite as aggressive. After that, though, you get access to mods that make the rest of the mini game a cakewalk. I hope my strategy and setup in the video helps you out, so you can get past it. Good luck!

Yeah, I have no clue how these developers come up with new ideas for mini games to slap into their games. They usually don't fit the mood of the games at all, but that's one of the reasons I like them so much. Ha ha. I'm glad I was able to help you get the 100%!

Yeah, some of the school story mini games really do drag on. I was really done with the biker one about 3 races before it ended. lol Sadly the funnest one (IMO), the Virtua Fighter one, was the shortest one.

Sadly I don't think the game's difficulty affects this mini game, but I don't know for sure. Have you tried the two snipers method? Where you put a sniper on each one of your AI bots? It didn't work for me, but others have had success with it. I don't remember the practice battles being too bad. Are you rushing to the enemy base? If you made it to Team NT, then you should be able to do the practice battles. Maybe take a break and try again later? Sometimes trying again, after a long break, can help out a lot, since you aren't as stressed.

Yep, put two snipers on the AI bots but enemy AI robots are ridiculously fast and take my main bot out repeatedly in a matter of seconds. I can’t even get to blocks quick enough to pick them up. I’ve used offensive strategies with the snipers, I’ve used defensive strategies with setting up the AI bots to block attacks, I’ve used chips to get the AI bots to grab the blocks for me. I’ve used speed chips, rotation speed chips, melee attack chips, ranged attack chips, different weapon types, different armour types but it all ends in the same result: The opposition bots are 10x faster than me, corner me instantly and repeatedly take me out whilst my AI bots bumble hopelessly around the map not picking up blocks and not preventing me from being attacked like they are set up to do so. There’s literally nothing I can do, it’s impossible.

Yeah, it's rough. Sadly that battle is pretty luck based, even if you are doing everything "right". You have to play it enough times to finally get lucky enough with either your AI robots actually being helpful, blocks spawn right in front of you or the enemy team AI doesn't focus you too much. Maybe even all 3 things. Unfortunately that means you might have to play it several times before you finally get said luck. I wish you luck, if you decide to keep trying. I wish I could be of more help.

Yeah, just replace one of the mods on your robot with the stealth chip, when you get it. I think it should be two battles after Team NT. Then the rest should be a breeze. Upgrade the bots with better frames to make it even easier. You have to play the final battle with a specific robot, but as long as you remember to slap the stealth chip on it, it should be easy enough.

Ah thanks mate! I had quite a few upgrades unlocked so I'll keep working on them as and when they're available. Will come back if I need any help. 👍🏽

Reporting back after completing all school stories today. Managed to clear the Robotics club with ease later on and went with a full melee build for all of us. The Gorilla hammer and all its upgrades just were insane. Plus I got the stealth chip on Deus and Ex & Machina got the one which allowed enemies to target them first (Revenge chip?). By the end, I had maxed out all my upgrades and was able to beat and farm every mission on first try. I think the reason why Team NT are true test for everyone is because they force you to start upgrading your existing line up and really starts to put pressure with the enemy's hyper agressive attack bots. Loved the whole School story aspect. This game was truly a worthy purchase. I'm going through the main story now but still miss all this school story stuff. 😢

Glad I could help!

@@BloodyTheSky Very much so. This video may get a lot more views real soon, as LJ just went on PSPlus Extra. While I'm here, I may as well ask: Any idea how to start the 3rd song of the Dance Club? Apparently I'm supposed to get Appeal to level 3 (Im almost at 4 now) and then somebody should appear outside the dance hall with an energy drink, and then that story progresses, but there is nothing happening for me. No worries, if not man. Just thought I'd try my luck. Thanks again. ✌👊

@@Romanplaystation Oh, I didn't know this hit Plus. I'm the lowest tier of Plus, so I often don't keep up with what they put on the higher tier catalog. Nice! And I know the part you're talking about, but don't remember how to trigger it. Sorry it's been quite awhile now since I've played through LJ.

@@BloodyTheSky Yeah, I bought the deluxe edition in the sale the day before it got announced, 😂. Dont care though, I got quite a few extras, and as much as I adore the Yakuza series, this has turned out to be my favourite game from the studio so far. No problem, brother. I'll root around and find out what to do.

@@Romanplaystation As much as I enjoy the Judgment series, and hope they make more (rumors are they might not, due to issues with Yagami's voice actor), I think Yakuza still is my favorite. It's hard to compete against the amazing characters of the Yakuza series for me. Sorry I couldn't be of any help with the dance club thing. Good luck figuring it out and enjoy the rest of the game/school stories!

You're welcome. I'm glad it helped!

Yeah, that battle can be tough to rush sometimes, so you just have to do what you can to win. I'd usually lose trying to cover more of the board because the enemy bots would usually target me too much. Ha ha. I'm glad it worked out for you! Enjoy the rest of the game / school stories.

You can only place pieces next to your other pieces. So at the very start of the match, you can only place pieces down next to the three or four blocks your team's bots started on. Make sure none of the blocks overlap as well.

You're welcome. I'm glad it helped!

You mean the money specifically for the mini game, right? Not the money you earn out in the world with like gambling and stuff? If so, sadly I never found any quick way to make the money. I think you just have to grind practice battles until you finally get there. I'm not too sure which practice battles net you the most, if there is even any difference. Probably the ones on the final map, if I had to guess.

I should have realized that with the whole "Deus ex machina" reference, huh? :p For some reason it didn't click until after I put together the video. I was kicking myself that I didn't notice that sooner. Ha ha.

@@BloodyTheSky YO also wanted to say thanks a bunch for the guide man. Helped me complete this tedious nightmare of a mini game. Though I do wish they would’ve went with Gunpla instead of robotics but hey that’s jus me

@@youtubehandle97 I'm glad it helped!

Yeah, the mini game can definitely be a bit luck based, especially in the beginning. I lost a few battles because all the blocks would spawn next to the AI too. I hated that. Don't forget that you have that speed boost! It helps zip across the board pretty fast. But even that doesn't help when the blocks spawn right on top of the AI. Just brush off the unlucky loss and try again. Remember to try and rush to put a block into the enemy base as quick as you can. Thankfully the mini game becomes incredibly easy once you get to make the later mods. It's just getting to that point is a pain. lol

I could be wrong, because it has been awhile, but sadly I don't think you keep any of that. The only thing you keep is the materials to make the parts again. But you have to unlock and make the parts again. Again, I could be wrong. If I am, hopefully someone can correct me. But I think that's how it was, back when I did it.

@@BloodyTheSky in that case I'll just make separate save files to skip most of the boring stuff on my next playthrough.i just hate how time consuming they are.

I don't blame you. It's definitely a frustrating match. Thankfully it's probably the hardest match and gets easier a bit after that. I hope my video helps you out!

@@BloodyTheSky I hope it does too I'll keep you posted 💪🏾

I loved Like a Dragon. I got the platinum trophy for it on PS4 and then played it again on PS5. But sometimes the turn-based combat didn't really fit well with the pace of the story, IMO. But I'm sure they'll improve on that with Like a Dragon 2. And while I agree that having a pretty big chunk of side story locked behind these mini games was kinda lame, I still hope more Judgment is to come. I heard they have some issues with the actor that plays Yagami in Japan, so I don't know what the future will hold for the Judgment series. I'd like to see more, personally, but time will tell. And thanks for your kind words about my guide! I'm glad it was helpful.

@@BloodyTheSky I didn’t know they were making LAD 2! I only assumed but I’m glad to hear that’s indeed a thing! I’m considering going back and playing some of the earlier Yakuza games or the first Lost Judgement because I’ve ran out of legit games to play and if the previous one’s are anything like LAD I’m sure they’ve aged just fine and I’ll enjoy them. I have an Xbox one tho so it’s a little more of a challenge as opposed to PlayStation. If you have any suggestions it’d appreciate it! Can’t thank you enough for that thorough tutorial and it not being 2hrs long 🤦🏻‍♂️ Finally beat the challenge last night thx to you and I’m glad to have that behind me!…I just wanted to play poker lol

@@SebastianConrad Well the older games are like Like a Dragon in a way but also not. Like a Dragon was the first game to go more of a pure RPG route. All the earlier games have combat and gear more similar to that of Lost Judgment. Also Like a Dragon was a bit more lighthearted than most of the previous games. But the older games are still similar to that of how they do silly, sometimes over-the-top side stories you can do. A lot of people tend to agree that Yakuza 0 is the best out of the series. And sorry, I have only played them all on PlayStation so far. I know they have been making their way over to XBox, but I haven't tried playing any of them over there yet. So unfortunately I can't really help you there. Thanks again for your kind words about the guide. I was debating if I made a few sections a little too long. Glad to know that the you liked the length of it compared to other guides.

@@BloodyTheSky Thx for the tip, I’ll definitely check out 0! I enjoy a nice yin to the yang which a lot of rpg’s fall short of (Final Fantasy) where it’s 98% rpg and very little side card games, etc. Have you played all of the previous Yakuza’s and the original Lost Judgement? Ima sucker for side games like the batting cage or the share holder’s meeting on LAD (which was my favorite) so I’m curious which of the previous games iyo you enjoyed the most and think had the best blend of combat, turn based and side games…if that’s not too much to ask 🥴 Merry Christmas and thanks again man. Keep up the great work!

@@SebastianConrad Yes, I have played all past Yakuza games, except for the ones that never got ported over to the West (like Ishin). I even played the Dead Souls Yakuza game, which was a zombie shooter spinoff. I heavily enjoyed them all. Hands down my favorite video game series in awhile. Up there with the likes of Witcher, Batman: Arkham and Mass Effect for me. Well Like a Dragon is the only one with turn-based combat, all the rest have combat like Lost Judgment (real-time beat-em-up style). As for mini games, pretty much all of them have the batting center, but how it plays is a little different in the older games. You basically just have to time your swing right, no aiming system. I can't really think of any that have a similar mini game to that of the share holder's meetings from LaD. The closest thing I can think of is the real estate business mini game in Yakuza 0. Each Yakuza game has great mini games, though. All games have their own unique mini games as well as most share some of the same mini games. Yakuza 0 and Kiwami have a hostess club management mini game that is pretty fun. Yakuza 6 and Kiwami 2 have a "clan creator" mini game that is kind of like a strategy game. Those are fun as well. They all have the Sega arcade with games like darts and the claw game. I think all also have karaoke and pool (billiards). Most, if not all, also have the gambling games like Blackjack, Poker, Koi-koi, etc. I think pretty much all of them have games like Shogi and Mahjong as well. I'd probably say 0 is my favorite too. Amazing story, great soundtrack, fun combat (again, not turn-based, though) and great mini games. You also get more of a backstory to Majima, which is a great character to the older Yakuza game (yes, the same Majima in LaD). I'd say Yakuza 5 is probably my 2nd favorite. There is just so much to do in Yakuza 5, it's insane! If you do everything that game has to offer, it will hold you over for well over 100 hours. I did indeed play the first Judgment game. I liked it. I saw a lot of people say they liked the story to the original Judgment more, but I'd say I personally liked them about the same. Although I did like how they treated the side characters (like Kaito) better in the first Judgment game. They kind of got shafted in this one, story wise. No problem, I'm happy to help. I hope you get around to trying the other Yakuza games and enjoying them as much as I do. Thankfully they remastered 3-5, and remade 1 and 2 (which is Yakuza Kiwami 1 and 2), so you can enjoy them all on newer systems. I believe they are all on XBox One. Merry Christmas to you as well!

You're welcome. I'm glad it helped!

No problem! I'm glad I was able to help.

Thanks, I'm glad they were able to help!

Thanks!

Yeah, sadly that's just the luck of this mini game unfortunately. Sometimes your bots will just be dumb and decide to do nothing. Other times they actually do a decent job. You'll just have to keep trying until they finally decide to be useful enough for you to get the win. One suggestion I have is you can try changing one of the AI's weapons to the sniper. The sniper does crazy high damage, but it takes awhile to reload. Some people like to do 2 snipers, so you could try that as well.

Hmmm. Are you sure you have the body type that allow the use of ranged weapons? That's the only thing I can think of. Maybe you need a bigger battery?

@@BloodyTheSky maybe I wouldn’t know where to get it. I have ¥1 million and when I was trying to do the same build that you were showing on the screen, I somehow made it worse because I no longer have the speed. I somehow made it slower maybe because I don’t have all the other stuff that you were showing on the screen and I somehow have to buy them.

@@BloodyTheSky oh and I’m using Dusse the main robot that you were talking about. I’m not sure if I’m using the right body type or not.

@@animestyle92 You lost the speed boost? If so, then that probably means you took off the speed body type. Make sure you are editing your AI robots with the other balanced body types. You can press the L and R triggers (on console, not too sure what it'd be on PC) to switch which bots you are editing. You should keep the robot you control as the speed type, since that speed boost comes in handy. Yeah, unfortunately you might need to buy materials in order to make the parts you need for the robots. But you should still have all the default parts you started with. I don't think there is a way to sale, or get rid of, parts, so you should still have them.

@@BloodyTheSky yeah, I understand and I’m on the PS5

Yeah, it's definitely annoying trying to play the mini game that way, which the tutorial seems to make you think that's how you should play it. But it's a lot easier, and quicker, to just overtake their base. Have you tried just rushing to their starting area and winning that way? I feel that winning method is a lot less luck based than trying to cover the whole board.

One suggestion I can give is you can try changing one of your AI robots to have a sniper. Some people say they prefer both of them having the sniper, but I personally felt like it attacked too slow to put on both. Sure, it does a ton of damage, but if it misses, it's going to be awhile before that bot fires again. But you can try it personally and see if that works for you. You can also try changing one of the bots modules a bit. You shouldn't need Jammer, if you are using the right bodies that already does that for you. But you could try changing one to have something like Chaser. Feel free to play around with it a bit. Sadly, the two harder battles (Meiga College and Team NT) are kinda luck based. Tweaking some things might work better for you, but ultimately it's going to come down to if you get lucky with block spawns and your AI actually destroying the enemy robots enough for you to get ahead.

I'll try to help if I can. What are you stuck on? Team NT? Another battle?

You can only place pieces next to your other pieces. So at the very start of the match, you can only place pieces down next to the three or four blocks your team's bots started on. Make sure none of the pieces overlap as well. If this is what you're trying and it's still not working, then the mini game might be bugged for you. I think someone else in the comments mentioning it happening to them, but it seems to be a rare bug/glitch.

Extract shop? It's been awhile now since I have played this game now, but I definitely remember that it unlocks after a forced side case. I think sometime in chapter 3? Unless you're talking about a different extract shop, but I only recall the one.

@@BloodyTheSky i think ill have to play till there thank you! I immediately went into the school stuff so it probably didn’t get introduced yet

@@hadinasrallah8928 Ah, I see. Yeah, I forget when the school stories start and when you get access the to extract shop and how far apart in the story that is. But I definitely recall the side case getting forced upon you, when you are going to a part in the story. So just keep playing and you should unlock it soon enough.

A better battery will increase your cost limits. So make yourself a better battery (in the video here, the battery I suggest, the L-KR60, increases the cost limit to 600), and then install it into your robot(s). That should improve their cost limits.

Thank you very much !

You can only place blocks next to blocks your team already has, and they can not overlap. So at the beginning of the match you can only place blocks next to the 3 or 4 starting blocks (which will be your base) that your robots start on.

@@BloodyTheSky oh gotcha thanks for the Quick reply im just being dumb then😅

@@Rico-je4zi Ha ha. No problem. It happens to the best of us. Good luck with the rest of the mini game! It gets kinda rough towards the middle. Remember to check back if you run into issues. Hopefully the video can help you out.

@@BloodyTheSky thanks man 💪

Yeah, a basketball mini game could have been interesting. I was kinda surprised you couldn't shoot some hoops when you went into the gym.

Ha ha, same here. I was struggling with Team NT for quite a few battles before I found out.

I'm quite serieus tho, I have gotten to the prelims BLIND completely grayed out field, I don't see my base or the enemies base, I am literally blindly gambling where to place my blocks and not even Reddit seems to have an answer. Is this how blind senseis get their legend status? By pure luck!?

Thanks for the tips tho, the boost did help. Even blind.

Ha ha, all good. I'll try to help if I can. You make blue with the blocks you pick up and put down. The opponent makes red. So at the very start of the round there should only be 3 (4 on the later maps) blue squares and 3/4 red squares. They should be right where the bots starts. The blue blocks your bots starts on is considered your "base". Same with the opponent and their starting red spaces. Try to put your blue blocks down to make a path from your starting blue squares into their starting red spaces ASAP, to hopefully win the game easily. I hope that's what you were referring to. Just look at the blocks the bots started on. There should be blue under them (for your bots). Are there no blue squares there? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding your issue. Let me know if that helped at all. I hope it did.

@@Flowaddictedable Oh, wow. So even the blocks you put down aren't blue? That's strange. Maybe your game is bugged and you should reinstall (keep your saves, of course). Maybe there is some sort of options in the menu? Maybe try taking HDR on or off? That's weird crazy.

@@BloodyTheSky Yea I first thought I was just not seeing it because of the behemoth of a defense bot. But I actually went assault/mobile/assault, but it's all gray, even when the enemy or I place a solid tetris I see the + pop up. But the entire arena stays grayed out, just happened after the tutorial, I'm surprised I haven't tossed out my controller. Hey restraint, go me right? I'll figure it out. You got a very calm nature about you when you explain by the way, subbed en liked!

Remember that you can only place blocks next to blocks that your team already owns. So at the start of the match you need to go grab a gold ball to collect a block piece and then return to your base to set down the blocks. The blocks can not overlap as well. Think of it like you're trying to paint the board blue. I hope that helps a bit. Kind of hard to explain. Ha ha.

What do you mean? Deciding not to bother with the robotics club anymore? It's frustrating, for sure, but stick with it and I'm sure you can get past it! Maybe take a break from it and try again later.

Sorry, I'm not too sure what you mean by the Jack bot thingy. Forgive me, it's been awhile since I last played Lost Judgement. Ha ha. Can you be more specific?

My favorite way to make some quick cash is to go find a restaurant that has "Find valuables" as it's bonus for eating certain things. This is better if you have the food skill (gluttony, I think). You will find a lot of gold and platinum plates, gambling cheat items and VR passes when you have the find valuables bonus. The VR minigame is another great way to make some easy cash.

@@BloodyTheSky I don't mean in open World money, I mean the money in the club. Like funds..

@@SxcietyLxser Oh. I guess I never had problem with that, because I had to grind so many battles before I finally passed the harder battles I was struggling with. Plus I grinded a lot to get the materials you can only get from the robot battles. So sorry, I don't have a tip for you there. I guess you're just going to have to do a few extra practice battles. Those reward funds, right? Sorry it's been awhile since I've last played the game.

@BloodyTheSky hmm okay. I don't had kuvh struggle with the battles maybe cause I had the season Pass robotic. After 3 matches you gain 30k¥ so you play the easy one. It's quick. It's okay. Thank you for your help :)

@@SxcietyLxser I didn't know you got a special bot with the season pass, that's cool. Good thing it's helpful, because this mini game can be a pain. Ha ha. Well I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help. Good luck with the rest of the game/school stories!

Not that I know of, sadly. I think the closest thing you can do to kind of cheat it is to buy the DLC, if you don't already own it. I hear the DLC bot makes it a lot easier, but I don't know for sure, since I don't own it. So take that with a grain of salt. So unless you're on PC, probably no way to cheat through it, sadly. Ha ha. I hope my video can at least help you out in some way to get through it.

Make sure you're trying to put blocks down next to where you already have blocks. So at the beginning you can only drop blocks next to your base (the 3 or 4 blocks where your teams bots start). The blocks you place can not go into your other blocks, only beside them.

Ha ha, yeah I know how you feel. For me this minigame started off easy and then got stupid hard, and it really put a whole damper on things. That's why I put together this video, to hopefully help other people struggling. Sad part is, even with following these tips, a few of the battles rely heavily on luck, which is a shame. Hopefully you can get through it and continue on with the game. Thankfully most of the other school story mini games aren't anywhere as bad.

@@BloodyTheSky Lol admittedly, I was about 10 seconds into your video when i posted this comment so i was still FUMING mad!!! However, this video actually proved SUPER helpful!!! I was able to progress far enough to unlock the Esports minigame, wich got me the boxing minigame. So i got where i wanted to get, im not too concerned with finishing that specific school story lol. Thanks for this video man👍🏾

@@montanadash20 Ha! All good. I'm glad the video was able to help you out! Sadly I think you might need to do more in order to be able to finish boxing. I think you have to progress further in the school stories before you can do some of the later fights. Although I might be wrong on that. It's been awhile now since I last played through the game. Hopefully you don't need to finish the robotics club at least, if anything.

@@SunlightSee Yeah, I liked the mini game until the kind of luck heavy battles (Team NT and the one before). Then it just got frustrating. Thankfully it gets easier soon after that, when you can get the chip that makes AI ignore you. I'm glad the video helped!

​@@BloodyTheSky Yeah. Big help mate. Thanks again. We'll see if I can get all the way through it 😂

Yeah, I actually liked the robotics club, once I got used to it. Plus some of the later mods makes more fun to play.

@@BloodyTheSky the story of it and the characters makes it more worth it too!

I must have gotten lucky with the VR game. I don't remember having much issue with it. I think I may have lost once due to bad luck, but this robotics club I lost quite a few times thanks to bad luck. Funny how RNG works out that way.

@@BloodyTheSky for me I only seem to roll 2 and 1 while the ai always hits 4 5 and 6 all the time. Is the only side quest that i haven't finished

@@AMaidenlessRunt When the dice is rolling it has a set pattern. It's very hard to follow, because it goes so fast, but I would sit there watching it and calling out when the six appears. I'd say, out loud, "Six, six, six, six.". I would try to hit the button as soon as I was saying the word six. I think 1 comes right after 6, so if you're slightly off, you're going to roll a 1 every time. You could just play it safer and hit to roll when it's definitely not going to be a 1. But in the robotics club, if you get unlucky and all the block pieces spawn in front of the AI, there is literally nothing you can do. I guess you could destroy the other robots, but that's not going to win you the match. That's why I feel the luck in robotics club is a bit more brutal.

I agree that I don't hate this mini game at all. It's not my favorite, but also not my least favorite, now that I have played through the biker one. That one just dragged on a little too long for my tastes. And I agree with the AI mods. A lot of people tend to ignore messing with the AI robots, including myself at the beginning. Chaser and jammer are definitely good mods too, especially for earlier on.

Sure! What's your question? It's been awhile since last I played this now days, but I'll answer the best I can.

@@BloodyTheSky just a minor stuff, I got research one part but it doesn’t come out at my list any idea?

@@mishima433 Hmmm. Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, but you're saying you have parts that the game is saying you don't have? Sometimes you'll get parts to things you can't even make yet, until it unlocks in the later battles, which is kinda weird. Are you sure you're getting the right version of the part you need? Sometimes they have similar names but have a different letter at the end, or something like that.

@@BloodyTheSky yes I research the shield op something but it didn’t appear in my lost

@@mishima433 I might be wrong, but I think the shield can only be used on certain robot frames. Try changing the body type of your robot and seeing if it's there. I think any frame except the balanced one can use the shield, if I remember right.