The Man Festival is an event that takes place in Nihonbashi during Shadow Hearts: Covenant. It is a Joachim centred side-quest.
Avaliable after the Asuka Stone Platform appears and the party enters it at least once, the festival involves Joachim (and the party), climbing the 100 level Tower of the Holy Ring for a chance to face the Great Gama, in his Great Question form, in a final one-on-one duel.
The first 26 levels are fought normally; periodically the player must form a party of 2 and 3, however Joachim must always be in the party.
After the 26th Level, the player is taken straight to the 89th (although they humourously break the forth wall), where there are three more normal battles until the player then must control each character individually, fighting in one-on-one battles until the reach the Great Gama at the top.
There are teleports at Levels 10, 20, and 92 should the player wish to take a break.
Enemies[]
Tower of the Holy Ring | |||
Floor Number | Enemies | Party | |
Level 1 | Murgh Korma | Joachim (Solo) | |
Level 2 | Murgh Masala | Joachim (Solo) | |
Level 3 | Murgh Madras | Joachim (Solo) | |
Level 4 | Murgh Korma, Murgh Masala | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 5 | Murgh Korma, Murgh Madras | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 6 | Murgh Masala, Murgh Madras | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 7 | Murgh Korma x2, Murgh Masala | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 8 | Murgh Masala x2, Murgh Korma | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 9 | Murgh Madras, Murgh Korma ,Murgh Masala | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 10 | Murgh Vindaloo | Joachim (Solo) | |
Level 11 | Gosht Korma, Gosht Masala | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 12 | Gosht Korma, Gosht Madras | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 13 | Gosht Madras, Gosht Masala | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 14 | Gosht Korma x2, Gosht Madras | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 15 | Gosht Korma, Gosht Madras, Gosht Masala | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 16 | Gosht Madras x2, Gosht Korma | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 17 | Gosht Korma | Joachim (Solo) | |
Level 18 | Gosht Masala | Joachim (Solo) | |
Level 19 | Gosht Madras | Joachim (Solo) | |
Level 20 | Gosht Vindaloo, Fish Curry | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 21 | Chingri Korma, Chingri Madras, Chingri Masala | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 22 | Chingri Masala x2, Chingri Madras | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 23 | Chingri Madras x2, Chingri Masala | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 24 | Chingri Korma | Joachim (Solo) | |
Level 25 | Chingri Masala | Joachim (Solo) | |
Level 26 | Chingri Madras | Joachim (Solo) | |
Party Skips 27~88 | |||
Level 89 | Chingri Korma, Chingri Masala | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 90 | Chingri Korma, Chingri Madras | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 91 | Chingri Madras, Chingri Masala | Joachim + 1 | |
Level 92 | Chingri Vindaloo, Chingri Madras, Fish Curry | Joachim + 2 | |
Level 93 | Curry Prince | Kurando (Solo) | |
Level 94 | Dry Curry Man | Gepetto (Solo) | |
Level 95 | Hashed Beef Man | Lucia (Solo) | |
Level 96 | Poor Man's Curry | Karin (Solo) | |
Level 97 | Curry Sage | Blanca (Solo) | |
Level 98 | Egg Curry | Anastasia (Solo) | |
Level 99 | Cutlet Curry | Yuri (Solo) | |
Level 100 | Great Question | Joachim (Solo) |
Rewards[]
- Mask of Question - Finish the Tower and defeat the Great Question.
Trivia[]
- The 100th Ring of the Man Festival has "ARUZE.COM" written on it. Aruze is the group that created the game.
- There are 3 kinds of food-man enemies - Murgh (chicken), Gosht (lamb), and Chingri (shrimp), however, in the US translation, Goshts say "Oink" and Chingris say "Moooo." Maybe the translators decided to do this because they thought it would be easier to make jokes with pork and cow instead lamb and shrimp. No beef-based curries exists, as beef is forbidden by Hindu religion.