Overview:
- Estimated difficulty: 10/10 (Trophy Difficulty Rating)
- Estimated time to 100%: 20-30 Hours
- Offline trophies: 12 (1 , 2 , 9 )
- Online trophies: None
- Minimum number of playthroughs required: 4+
- Number of missable trophies: None
- Glitched trophies: None
- Does difficulty affect trophies: Yes, you need to finish every level on Hardcore where checkpoints are disabled.
Step 1: Complete the game on Adventure Mode
First of all if you think the controls seem as confusing as I did, I highly recommend going to "options -> controls -> controller mapping" and change from "automatic world switch" to "manual world switch". By doing this, you can only shift the world by pressing or and not automatically by twirling or dashing.
In this step you should also try to get 5 stars in as many levels as possible by collecting as many gems as you can and avoid dying. It's not easy to get 5 stars on the first try but it would save you some time not having to replay every level later for the "Brilliant!" trophy.
After this step you will have unlocked:
Dream Twist
Ruby-Red Pirouette
Flurry of Feathers
Topsy-Turvy Trampoline
Beattime Story
Unconscious Subconscious
Fiery Awakening
Step 2: Unlock and complete every level on Hardcore Mode to unlock Über Hardcore Mode
To unlock Hardcore Mode you need to get at least 4 stars on that world's boss level e.g. getting 4 stars on Hansel and Gretel will unlock Hardcore for world 1 and so on. The only difference in Hardcore mode is that there are no checkpoints so if you die, you restart at the beginning of the level. Don't worry if you die on a boss though, they count as checkpoints so you can retry without going through the whole level again. On levels where you need to collect keys to open locks, the locks will stay open if you die so you don't need to get the keys a second time. When you complete every level on Hardcore, you will unlock Über Hardcore (where your goal is to complete the entire game without dying) but thankfully you don't actually need to complete that mode for any trophy.
After this step you will have unlocked:
Hardcore
Hardercore
Step 3: Earn the Score Attack trophy on every level
You need to collect gems and kill enemies to beat the score in Score Attack and doing it quickly is key since you will then raise your multiplier up to x10. The multiplier will drop quite fast if you don't collect any gems and if you can't keep it high enough throughout each level, you won't beat the score and get the trophy even if you find every gem and kill every enemy. There is a much easier way to do this though since almost every level has enemies that keep respawning, you can raise your score simply by killing them over and over. Not every enemy will respawn though and the ones that do are usually the ones that are needed for you to finish the level, meaning the ones you need to jump on to reach an otherwise unreachable platform for instance. Sometimes it's even possible to simply backtrack and kill some of these enemies if your score is too low by the end of the level, other times you need to restart the level since some of it can get closed off if you advance too far. To find the right enemies, just check your score and see if you get new points when you kill the "same" enemy twice.
After this step you will have unlocked:
Hypnotist
Step 4: Earn the Time Attack trophy on every level
This is probably the most difficult trophy in the game, which is why you should wait to attempt it until you have been through each level a couple of times. You will need to know exactly where to go and what to do in order to finish the levels fast enough to beat the goal time. Some of the times you need to beat are pretty generous but on most levels you will probably finish with just a few seconds left. There is no real trick or easy way to this trophy so all I can say is to keep replaying each level until you know it well enough to beat the time. Try using punk Giana and dash from enemy to enemy as much as possible to save some time, it's harder and requires more precision to use her than cute Giana but on some levels it almost seems like a necessity.
After this step you will have unlocked:
Microsleeper
Step 5: Clean up
The only thing left to do at this point will be getting the 5 stars on every level. Most levels have some carefully hidden gems that will be hard to find, it's recommended you use the video guide that's linked to under the "Brilliant" trophy. You need to get about 90% of the gems and die no more than 5 times (9 times on the last level) to get all 5 stars.
After this step you will have unlocked:
Brilliant!
[PS3T Would Like to Thank Funpowder for this Road Map]