Tamiku Trophy Guide & Road Map

Tamiku
Tamiku Trophy Guide

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Overview:

Estimated trophy difficulty: 2/10 (depending on skill) (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
Offline trophies: 12 (11, 1)
Online trophies: 0
Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 15-30mins (depending on skill) (Estimated Time to Platinum)
Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
Number of missable trophies: Potentially all of them, due to the game not saving your progress if you quit to the Main Menu at any point.
Glitched trophies: None
Does difficulty affect trophies?: No difficulty options available.

Introduction:

Tamiku is a single-screen retro inspired platformer that takes inspiration from such classics as Bubble-Bobble and Balloon Fight. This game sees you take control of Tamiku, an alien who likes destroying balloons but took things too far one day and accidentally destroyed his Homeworld so now it's up to you to help him get over this addiction and find something safer to do with his time. The controls are as simple as they come, just use the

to move Tamiku around and drop to the platforms below him but press

to jump to the platform above you or mash it to explode a red balloon when you find one. Depending on your skill and experiance with this type of game, you will have the Platinum in anywhere from 15-30mins.

Notes:

There are EU, NA, Asia and JP stacks available.
There are no cheats available and no additional controllers are required (though it's a real shame there's no 2 player option).
Exiting to the Main Menu will wipe all of your progress so for safety, don't press the button then you won't have a chance to accidentally choose the "Main Menu" option.
You only have 3 lives but have infinite continues so don't worry about dying. Also note that dying will wipe your score and reset your progress for the stage you're currently on but each level only takes a few minutes to complete so having to redo a stage from scratch is just a minor inconvenience.
There are no score related trophies so don't worry about having your score wiped if/when you die.

Walkthrough:

Step 1: Finish the game

This is the only step you should need but if for some reason you manage to lose your progress, move onto Step 2 and take things from there.

At the end of this step you should have earned the following:

BLUE BOOM!
RED BOOM!
BARREL FACTORY
LIMBO MAZE
UNDERGROUND GARDEN
WHITE LAND
BOMB FIELD
THIEF'S MINE
DEVILAND PARK
MONSTERS' CAVE
BONUS LEVEL
Platinum Tamiku

Step 2: Cleanup

If for some reason you missed out on a trophy, use this Step to get it and the Platinum: Platinum Tamiku

Platinum Tamiku

Get all other trophies.
Earn all of the other trophies to get this one. Note: For those of you who are unfamiliar with this genre, some platforms will let you walk offscreen and reappear on the opposite side of the stage so use that to your advantage when in a sticky situation.

WARNING: Exiting to the Main Menu will wipe all your progress so for safety, don't press the button then you won't have a chance to accidentally choose the "Main Menu" option.
BLUE BOOM!

Explode a blue balloon.
You have to explode all the blue balloons in each stage in order to finish it, therefore this will come naturally. To explode a blue balloon, just walk into it then this trophy will pop.
RED BOOM!

Explode a red balloon
You have to explode all the red balloons in each stage in order to finish them, therefore this will come naturally. To explode a red balloon, stand in front of it and mash until it blows up.
BARREL FACTORY

Complete the BARREL FACTORY stage.
The BARREL FACTORY is Stage 1.

Enemies:

Green Slimes
A Robot
Killer Flames

The only enemy you have to watchout for is the Killer Flame, because he moves really fast and has the ability to fly straight through platforms.
LIMBO MAZE

Complete the LIMBO MAZE stage.
The LIMBO MAZE is Stage 2.

Enemies:

Yellow Ghosts
A Red Ghost

The Red Ghost is the only enemy you need to watch out for, because he will follow you around the stage and make it difficult to explode the red balloons.
UNDERGROUND GARDEN

Complete the UNDERGROUND GARDEN stage.
The UNDERGROUND GARDEN is Stage 3.

Enemies:

Flying Golden Ducks
Flaming Blue Masks
A Bounching Red Guy with a Helmet

The Flaming Blue Masks are the sole irritiation in this stage because they can move up and down, thus potentially putting you in an awkward situation if you happen to get trapped between them and another enemy in a spot where there's no escape.
WHITE LAND

Complete the WHITE LAND stage.
The WHITE LAND is Stage 4.

Enemies:

Snowballs
Demons

The Snowballs can use the same holes you can do, therefore you have to carefully time your platform transistions so you don't get squashed by them.
BOMB FIELD

Complete the BOMB FIELD stage.
The BOMB FIELD is Stage 5.

Enemies:

Yellow Clockwork Robots
Robot Buldodzers
Exploding Bombs

The Exploding Bombs are really dangerous, because of their unpredictability as to which directions the blastwaves will go so make sure you're as far away from them as possible when they detonate.
THIEF'S MINE

Complete the THIEF'S MINE stage.
The THIEF'S MINE is Stage 6.

Enemies:

Minecarts (both manned and unmanned)
A Flaming Green Mask

The Flaming Green Mask is a major headache because it shoots a green orb that can move through objects and hit you from any angle so keep moving.
DEVILAND PARK

Complete the DEVILAND PARK stage.
DEVILAND PARK is Stage 7.

Enemies:

Green Slimes
A Purple Slime
Drankula
A Skeleton

Drankula and the Skeleton are the main threats in this stage, because Drankula fires a projectile that can hit you from any angle and the Skeletons will fire a Bone protectile straight up which also has the ability to go through objects. Together these guys make for a dangerous duo if both appear at the same time and fire in your direction so do your best to dodge them.
MONSTERS' CAVE

Complete the MONSTERS' CAVE stage.
The MONSTERS' CAVE is Stage 8 and the last one needed for the Platinum. The game cycles round to Stage 1 again after you finish Stage 8 for the first time but if all you want is the Plat, you can quit to the Main Menu once the trophy has popped.

Enemies:

Ghosts
A Mummy
Floating Green Orbs
A Robot on a Spring

To be honest, every enemy in this stage is a pain to deal with because of how many there are and the fact they're always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Practice makes perfect here.
BONUS LEVEL

Complete a BONUS LEVEL.
The first BONUS LEVEL you will come to is after completing Stage 4: WHITE LAND. To complete a BONUS LEVEL, all you have to do is to pop the various balloons by using the to move Tamiku around and pressing to make him go higher when needed. The trophy will pop once you've run out of balloons.