Resident Evil 2 Unlockables on the GameCube

[Alex Kidd]

I just recently picked up Resident Evil 2 and have have never played any resident evil game before, and to make a long story short I am in love with this game so much. It has been a LONG time since a game has caught me so, definitely one of my top 5 games ever.

But now, for the question:

Before I get flamed with commentless replys that just have links to GameFAQS or such, I'll say I have done some research and damn near EVERY faq/walkthru I've read has had contradicting information (in fact I've also accomplished something that contradict any faq I've read!) and that is why I am here asking.
As well I did a search for old RE2 topics that may have spoke of this but I found none

As far as I can tell, the unlockables:
=Extreme Battle Mode=
which from the information I gathered you needed to beat a full A/B storyline with A ratings for each character.
=2 Additonal Characters in Extreme Battle=
Beat Leon and Claires missions
=4th Survivor Hunk=
need to beat a full A/B storyline with A ratings for each character.
=Tofu=
need to beat BOTH full a/b storylines with A ratings and beat Hunk's story with any rating.

Now I must say, at first learning this I figured to hell with this I'll never get that many A ratings. and I still don't thik I will, I took the most direct route I could, killing damn near nothing, not picking up anything I didn't need, it took me 1:28 and NO saves and I STILL only got a B!! How fast do you have to do it ???
BUT, then something interesting happened...
I beat "LeonA" with a B rating, and then "ClaireB" with a D rating and I unlocked Extreme Battle Mode... so I thought... maybe the other information could be inaccurate too... especially considering so many FAQs also tried to be a FAQ covering ALL versions of RE2.

And last but not least, two oddities;
The manual says I can unlock more Arrange modes than just rookie, but any faq I've read implys that this is only true in the japanese verion (which I think Arrange mode is) in which you'd just unlock the Normal difficulty version.

As well whenever I beat Leon's A mission with a B rating It mentions I unlocked the Rocket Launcher... yet I never see it in the game... and unlocking such a weapon (or others) is completely unmentioned in any FAQ I read.

Wow, this post became rather long...
In conclusion I just want to know Just what Unlockables there ARE and what the requirements are for each of the unlockables

Alex Kidd

[Retsudo]

Alex, I wish I could help you out on this one, and I only played the PS version. Not sure if its the same though. I use to know every secret to this game, but its been so long since I played RE2. If you get to play the Hunk Mission, watch out, it's a Doozie. Also Im not sure, but does the GameCube have the Tofu mission? As I can remember, the Tofu mission was the answer to all those Japanese players who could beat RE1 under 3 hours with just the knife. Good luck. Hope you find what your looking for. :D

[Neil Koch]

One thing to keep in mind that using health sprays/the 2-slot weapons or saving more than 3 times brings down your grade.

The rocket launcher is in the first storage box you find in the police station.

[Alex Kidd]

Using health sprays affect your Ranking?... good to know...
It warned me when I unlocked the Rocket Launcher that using it will put a negative affect on my score, but you say it's true for all 2 slot weapons? even the one found in game like the SparkShot, Flamethrower and SubMachine Gun?

Alex Kidd

[ReaXan]

Yeah i learned the best thing to do is to say the hell with the first aid spray unless your a first time player of resident evil

Also I have wondered if getting all the Films,A,B,C along with the hidden Rebecca Film D effect your ratingas