Practice Start

[Tengukami]

I went into Practice Start on UFO earlier and saw that Stage 4 was open. I don't remember clearing Stage 4 without a Continue, at least not with Marisa B (my primary).

So my questions are:

1. Is it possible to open a stage in Practice Start by taking a Continue and then clearing it?

2. Will it be open for any character, or just the one that cleared it?

3. Does it work the same for all the games? If not, what are the differences between them?

Thanks in advance.

[LHCling]

1. Is it possible to open a stage in Practice Start by taking a Continue and then clearing it?

2. Will it be open for any character, or just the one that cleared it?

3. Does it work the same for all the games? If not, what are the differences between them?

1. Yes.

2. Just the one that cleared it.

3. Yes, additionally replays can also unlock the stages for MoF. Note that IN 6B also doesn't allow continues.

[Tengukami]

Holy wow. Here I thought all this time that you needed to beat the stage on your first credit in order to practice it. I feel like a right nine - two years I've been playing and just now learn this. This information is going to do wonders for my gameplay. Thanks!

[Shizumarashi Mayuzumi]

additionally replays can also unlock the stages for MoF.

... wait, what?

*checks*

... oh god, I actually do have practice unlocked on Lunatic. ... for MarisaC. ... and no stage 2 because it desynced.

Now suddenly I'm debating whether or not to grab a bunch of normal replays so I can unlock practice the lazy way since I'm going to move up to that difficulty soon... >_>

[Zengeku]

What? Anyone who didn't know about that? What a strange world...

additionally replays can also unlock the stages for MoF.

... wait, what?

*checks*

... oh god, I actually do have practice unlocked on Lunatic. ... for MarisaC. ... and no stage 2 because it desynced.

Now suddenly I'm debating whether or not to grab a bunch of normal replays so I can unlock practice the lazy way since I'm going to move up to that difficulty soon... >_>

That's not laziness. Its annoying to spam continues to unlock practice.

[Shizumarashi Mayuzumi]

What? Anyone who didn't know about that? What a strange world...

additionally replays can also unlock the stages for MoF.

... wait, what?

*checks*

... oh god, I actually do have practice unlocked on Lunatic. ... for MarisaC. ... and no stage 2 because it desynced.

Now suddenly I'm debating whether or not to grab a bunch of normal replays so I can unlock practice the lazy way since I'm going to move up to that difficulty soon... >_>

That's not laziness. Its annoying to spam continues to unlock practice.

Yeah, I suppose. And either way, for the moment it's fun to screw around stages on Lunatic way out of my depth with a bunch of lives.