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                             III. About Ability Points
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As you progress through the game completing Story Missions, Side Challenges,
finding collectibles and/or treasures, and destroying property, you are 
awarded points which can be used to upgrade your abilities.  The game instruction
manual explains what each of these abilities is for, but I think most new
players overlook the importance of one ability in particular, Hunger.  Your
"Hunger" meter will consistently deplete itself as you play and if it gets 
low enough then it will begin to deplete your health as well, which can 
obviously lead to an early death.  Whenever you take damage your health drops and if 
you eat a creature or a person your "Health" bar is restored.  However, if your
"Health" bar is dropping because of your "Hunger" bar, you have to eat 
enough to restore both your "Health" AND "Hunger" bar.  So, it is important to keep
this in mind as you progress later in the game.  You don't want to have to
worry about your own "Hunger" killing you while you're trying to fight a 
stage boss or stronger enemies.

As you earn points, each ability can be upgraded a maximum of 4 times, as 
long as you have earned enough points.  You start out with 1 upgrade in each of 
your five abilities.  For the sake of explanation, consider each row of upgrades 
as a level.  So, you have four additional levels for each ability.  Your 
upgrades will cost as follows:

      First Level Upgrade: FREE, all five abilities start at level 1.
     Second Level Upgrade: 10,000 points each.
      Third Level Upgrade: 20,000 points each.
     Fourth Level Upgrade: 40,000 points each.
      Fifth Level Upgrade: 80,000 points each.

For your FIRST upgrade, It DOES NOT matter where you apply your points.  As 
you upgrade your abilities you will be awarded more advanced attack moves based 
on the following criteria:

First Upgrade: Buy ANY Level 2 upgrade and get: "BODY BOMB: CHARGE ATTACK 
OUT OF WATER THEN QUICKLY PRESS UP TO PERFORM THIS MOVE."

When you purchase ANY Level 3 upgrade you receive:  "CORKSCREW ATTACK: ONCE
CHARGE ATTACK AND TAIL WHIP ARE FULLY CHARGED, RELEASE THE CHARGE ATTACK 
FIRST AND THEN THE TAIL WHIP TO PERFORM A CORKSCREW ATTACK."  (A very powerful
spinning attack if performed correctly.)

As soon as you have added a Level 3 upgrade to BOTH POWER AND SPEED, you 
will receive: "POWER TAIL WHIP: FILL UP YOUR TAIL WHIP AND THEN BITE AND HOLD A
VICTIM.  RELEASE THE VICTIM FIRST AND THEN QUICKLY RELEASE THE TAIL WHIP"
(If this attack is done correctly it will cause instant dismemberment.)

After you add Level 4 to ACCURACY you will unlock: "SURFACE THROW & CATCH:
WHILE HOLDING A VICTIM USING THE STEALTH ATTACK, PRESS THE BITE BUTTON.  YOU
WILL LAUNCH YOUR VICTIM INTO THE AIR, AND THEN RE-BITE YOUR TARGET, CAUSING
INSTANT DISMEMBERMENT"  ( A Neat thing about this trick is that if you are
fighting and use this move successfully, it also restores your Health 
instantly
as well.)