Big Bang Age:Hints and Tips

Common Problems
Most players have the same problems

So watch out for...


 * BP money
 * Their Loyality gauge
 * Party members' HP and SP
 * Raid Attacks
 * Every nation area need Peace rating and collect Income

The Dungeon battles don't let you run away, so be careful and make sure all party members are in perfect health and have full SP.

Recommanded characters
I know BBA game could be very much hard for beginning players to play through.


 * Recruit Erika Miyazato and her gangs since Erika able to wipe almost any enemies without problems


 * Recruit Burai Yamamoto for having good evasion and his skill can evade any enemies' attack without problems


 * Recruit Kyouko Senpuuji, she have nice strong attack for long range


 * Don't recruit the recruitable party member who have high cost


 * Touma Kanata is one of the most powerful characters, and can increase earned EXP with his skill.

Recruitment Help
This section is to provide help with recruiting some of the trickier characters to get. For all of the characters, check the "Character Details" page.


 * Nina - BP is your enemy. In the School Chapter, recruit as many generic school girl as you can. They are good at gathering BP. Start stationing them in the National Chapter as you gain areas. Conquer Yokohama, then trigger the event 制圧：カレー美術館. On your next turn, trigger the event カレー. Also trigger the event ハニー土木訪問 in 伊我 at any point in the National Chapter to enable the option to build things. With the Yokohama events triggered, you can now build curry houses, an extremely usefull source of income. Build a few to start, then build more as BP starts coming in. You can also trigger the events   カレーの研究 in various locatins to increase the income. Your final task is to buy all of the items in Nina's store, which is what all this preparation was for. Try not to spend too much of your BP at once so that you can still make it through the income phase. After you purchase all of her items, return to her store and buy the new one. Nina will then join.


 * Great Emperor Mu - Station Heita in Kunamoto (熊元) and then trigger the event        陣内兵太の捜索 on the next turn. This will get you the Fire Crystal. Get to the 20th floor of the Yellow Fountain Flat Slope dungeon in Shishineto to get the Black Onyx. After recruiting Nina, trigger the event "闇取引／丹沢丹奈" in Yokohama (横濱) to obtain the Moonstone. Finally, after getting these items, trigger the event 大帝の目覚め in MOO!. This will recruit Great Emperor Mu.


 * Vandain - First, suppress the PGG. Then, station Gou in Jukai (樹界) to discover the magnet. Suppress it, then trigger the event "樹界の主". Next, you will need to interogate the following enemy units: a martial artist with pony tail from Sangoku, a female archer from the Academy, and a female archer from the Nightmare Eyes. Then trigger the Vandain event (ヴァンダイン) to recruit him.

How to make allies

 * How to capture enemies as your allies in easy way;


 * use Hibiki Sanae, Ariake Harami, Ururuka, Asakura Yuma who have special skills to prevent their attacks from finishing enemies


 * use Francine, Misugi Ryoutarou and Ninjacaptor Zakuro for to increase the chance of capturing enemies

Leveling up quickly

 * Touma has a skill that increases the EXP you earn from battle. If you need to level any characters, bring him along.


 * Without conquering any areas, all enemies will keep coming back to fight against them but it's pretty risky but worth for leveling up


 * In Dungeons, you will level fast.

How to increase their Loyality gauge

 * Talk to one party member to increase his/her Loyality gauge


 * Pay in "Bonus" to reset her/his Loyality gauge fully


 * To get Pink Ball item by Suppress Transylvania. Suppress Akan Lake (阿寒湖). On a phase where the moon is full, trigger the event まりもごろごろ


 * Do "H" Shion for increase all of the party members' loyality gauge
 * Conquer HAWAII early and once you go pass the 1000 BP mark, watch for the option to take a vacation. This will restore loyalty to all units much faster then talking to them individually.
 * Construct Mu-land in Moo! and hot spring in Narra then station your allies there to get their loyalty restore. You can construct Mu-land by talking to Emperor Mu 2 times. As for the hot spring, tringer the event "School Trip" in Narra then choose peeking to obtain Hotsprings Seeds. After a few turns, there will be event "Flower of the Hot Spring" in Narra which allow you to construct the Hot Spring.

How to gather more BP

 * The more you invade, the more you BP you get.


 * You gain BP by stationing units in conquered areas. It is useful to recruit a few generic schoolgirls in the first two chapters so you can use them to gather BP.


 * Alarm Clock item will decrease all party members' pay.


 * Build Curry Wolf Restaurants to give you 50BP each payroll day.


 * Do "H" Sanae and Kaen to gain BP every turn. Sanae gives you 50 BP and Kaen 500 BP.


 * Recruit Great Emperor Mu to build Mu-Land to gain alot of BP.
 * Don't be afraid to take out another loan early on. Use that money to build more Curry restaurants.
 * Buy the Silver Ring (cuts character upkeep cost in half) in the District Chapter when you have the chance. It only costs 58 BP and it will more than earn it back after a few turns.
 * Get the lottery in the district chapter, you can win anywhere from 0 to 500 BP. Usually happens a few turns after the first payroll day in the national chapter.
 * Public Service, an infinately repeatable command, availible starting in district offers a chance of finding 1 or 5 BP. Becausee this is infinately repeatable it means that you can obtain as much cash as you need or want though it is rather tedious.  Additionally you must be in control of the area for it to be availible.

Unlockable Modes

 * Hard Mode - Clear Normal Mode. A new event will appear on the Rooftop in the School Chapter when you start a new game. Hard mode powers up enemies and bosses a little, and increases the control points for each area by one. Also, the requirement to recruit Agito has changed, and four new characters are available.


 * Extra Mode - Clear Hard Mode. A new event will appear on the Rooftop in the School Chapter when you start a new game. Extra mode has no events that the player can trigger manually. It's pure battle and entertainment. Any characters who's stars have been completely cleared will be available to use. Their loyalty gauges decrease, but they will never leave the team.

Fighting Igarashi Faction

 * After defeating the Protection Institute in the National Chapter, Igarashi will take over Koube (香辺) and form her own faction. She forms a treaty with Rouga to leave each other alone, but it is possible to break this treaty. By stationing units there every turn for 3-5 turns, Igarashi will take over the surrounding areas and declare war on Rouga.


 * Igarashi's faction is a mixture of random generics, "agents" (guys in red suits and shades. Uses guns), and defeated units that didn't join with Rouga (either because of route differences, rejection,star events, or difficulty). Some route exclusive characters, such as Neko Banchou, will join. Kashin also joins her. These people, as well as the agents, cannot be captured.


 * There are two "special" cases as well: Akito and Ginjou. Ginjou will join if you fail to clear her first three star events in time. Akito joins in Hard mode. Both of them CAN be captured. This is the ONLY way to get Akito in Hard mode. Note that a re-captured Ginjou will have her stats reset, and Akito joins in "boss mode". His stats resemble what they were during the School Chapter, as does his voice when attacking. He loses his type advantage against White, but he makes up for this by being the easiest character to level up in the game. He only requires 50 EXP to level up, and this NEVER changes.


 * Note that in Kunagi's route, Igarashi's faction will be taken over by the Holy Flame. Trying to fight her before then will ruin the chance to have her join. On Senna's route there are no consequences, and is actually necessary if you want a completely conquered map. Thus it is best to fight the Igarashi Faction on a Hard mode Senna playthrough.

Very important things to watch for

 * Make sure to heal them by putting some of characters who lost HP out in region boxes to rest there every time


 * As for their loyality gauge, it's very important to pay attention to their loyality gauge. Pay them to increase the loyality of a party member to avoid abandoning you which you will lose a party member who lacked the loyality to zero in the loyality gauge


 * It's very important to know what are your party members' strong points and weakness points against enemies


 * Station units with high LAW and INC points to avoid "Riots". It's very important to make peace in every area


 * Every time you start a game, your experience will grow so your skills as well, you eventually know how to play


 * It's very important to upgrade their star levels, they will be stronger than before.
 * You can have up to 80 characters under your control. If you recruit more, Gou will tell you in his info-round that one random (generic) character had an accident and have been hospitalizationed and therefore removed from your party.