Shin Onigashima Guide Chapter 1

Morning in Nagakushi Village

The Old Man and Old Woman tell each other about the prophecies in their dreams.

  • (Look) → (Hearth)

There isn't enough firewood to light the hearth.

  • (Look) → (Room)

There is a carrying frame with a knife attached, a straw hat and coat and a door that leads to the weaving room.

  • (Pick up)
  • (Move) → (Grass Path)

The Old Man straps the carrying frame to his back to collect some wood from the mountain. The Old Woman picks up the coat and hat to go do the laundry by the river.

The Old Man and Old Woman discuss their dreams over the cold hearth.

Collecting Firewood

The Old Man follows the grass path that leads to the mountains.

  • (Move) → (Grass Path)
  • (Look) → (Grass)

A strange boy appears from the overgrowth.

  • (Talk) → (Kintaro̅)
  • (Talk) → (Kintaro̅)

The boy speaks in broken English and introduces himself as Kintaro̅. The Old Man asks Kintaro̅ if he'd like to tag along to Mount Ashigara. Kintaro̅ agrees.

  • (Move) → (Grass Path)
The Old Man meets Kintaro̅ on the grassy path.

The pair arrive in the forests of Ashigara Mountain and are confronted by a terrifying bear.

  • (Talk) → (Kintaro̅)

The bear is Kintaro̅'s friend, Kumagoro̅. They ride off into the forest together, leaving the Old Man on his own.

  • (Pick up) → (Firewood)
  • (Move) → (House)

The Old Man loads the firewood into his carrying frame and heads for home.

The Old Man and Kintaro̅ are confronted by a bear in the woods.

On the way home, the Old Man gets lost in a bamboo grove.

  • (Move) → (West)
  • (Move) → (North)
  • (Look)

One of the bamboo stalks start to glow with a bright light. The Old Man is sure he can hear something inside.

  • (Use) → (Knife)

The Old Man carefully cuts the bamboo stalk and a cute baby girl emerges. The Old Man is overjoyed and carries her home.

The Old Man finds a baby girl inside a glowing bamboo stalk.

Doing the Laundry

On the way to the river, the Old Woman passes six Jizo̅ statues at the side of the road.

  • (Look) → (Ojizo̅-sama)

One of the statues isn't wearing a coat or hat. The Old Woman feels sorry for it.

  • (Dress) → (Straw coat and hat)
  • (Talk) → (Ojizo̅-sama)

The Old Woman dresses the Jizo̅ statue and prays to it for a child. This time it responds, thanking her and telling her to go to the river where something good will happen.

  • (Move) → (River)
The Old Woman passes the Jizo̅ statues.

The Old Woman arrives at the river and begins to do the laundry.

  • (Look) → (River)

A rice bowl floats down the river.

  • (Pick up) → (Bowl)

The Old Woman fishes the mysterious rice bowl out of the river and hurries home with it.

A rice bowl floats down the river where the Old Woman is doing laundry.

Cooking the Rice

The Old Man and Old Woman arrive home. The Old Man is excited that their dreams have come true, and she shows the Old Woman the baby girl he found in the bamboo grove.

  • (Look) → (Hearth)

The hearth has been lit and the water has boiled.

  • (Open) → (Bowl)
  • (Put) → (Hot water)

The Old Woman peels the lid off the rice bowl up to the arrow, pours in the hot water, then seals the lid.

  • (Talk)

The couple pass time by discussing what name they might give to their baby girl.

  • (Open) → (Bowl)

The lid of the bowl is stuck. Suddenly, with a loud bang, a baby boy bursts through the lid of the bowl.

The baby boy bursts out of the rice bowl.

Name Entry

The heroes have arrived! Enter the name of the boy and girl in the text box.

Press START without entering a name to fill in the default names of Donbe for the boy and Hikari for the girl.

You will be prompted to switch back to Disk 1 Side A to save the game.

Continue to Chapter 2

The name entry screen.