Welcome to the Into Indie Games walkthrough for the Japan region of Marvel’s Wolverine. Marvel’s Wolverine is the latest and greatest product freshly cooked by Insomniac, which is the studio’s take on Logan and the X-Men. Journey through various countries all the while using Logan’s claws to defeat your foes and protect your fellow mutants. For more information, you can also visit the game’s official PlayStation Store page here.
Japan takes the longest time to complete and is followed by the ending section, which you can find in our Marvel’s Wolverine walkthrough hub here.
Table of contents
Mission 1: Jetlag
The first part of the mission involves defeating the Hand while you’re inside the plane. Take care of the enemies that ambush you while you’re on your way to Tokyo.
The second part of the mission brings back a bike section, with similar mechanics as before. Make your way to Kabukicho while driving and clawing any approaching hostiles in your way. Stay clear of traffic, defeat the Hand, and continue driving to eventually reach Kabukicho in the game.
Mission 2: Get Angry
From Kabukicho’s entrance, head straight ahead, then take a right followed by a left. You’ll find a blue trail at the end near the fire truck, which you’ll need to follow.
Take a left where the blue trail ends to update your objective. Press R3 to find your next quest markers. Go and investigate all three of these visual cues on your screen. You’ll find Jean’s scent at one of the arcades here.
Keep following the blue trail to locate Jean. You’ll encounter enemies in your path, so stay on your guard as well. After the cutscene ends, take care of the next wave of enemies and the snipers using Jean’s help.
Another cutscene plays out next. Once it ends, go down the stairs, head right, and then take a left to enter the street of bars. Make your way to the very end to find the bar that you’re looking for on your left.
Go deeper into the bar to find the room with the elevator. Use the elevator to progress. Continue through the tunnel to face another wave of enemies.
After defeating the enemies, destroy the incense burner that Jean is standing in front of to break an illusion. This unlocks your path forward. In the next area, you’ll have to destroy two incense burners to break the illusion.
The first one can be found near the very end of the hallway on your left side behind the crates. Enter the room on your right next, and you’ll find the second incense burner here. Continue through the tunnel to reach another elevator and head further down.
You’ll arrive inside the underground enemy stronghold. Progress through this area with Jean’s help to clear blocked paths. Follow the blue trail to meet the first wave of enemies here. Be ready for this encounter because multiple ninjas are waiting for you.
After defeating the hostiles, follow the quest marker to rescue the prisoners in the area. Jean will leave with the prisoners, and you’ll be tasked with finding the Telepath. Continue following the quest marker to reach the enemy.
You’ll enter an area with multiple doors. Break the doors with the shadow of the enemy behind them to progress. Defeat the enemies that you come across and continue going through the doors with the shadow to escape the illusion. You’ll need to use impaling strikes to defeat the ninjas here. Make sure not to dodge their red attacks, but let them impale you so you can use the required attack.
Once you come out of the illusion, follow the quest marker and defeat more enemies that you encounter to arrive at an elevator that takes you up.
Follow the blue trail after you ascend to arrive at Walter’s last known location. Use your senses to investigate this room. A cutscene plays out here, which leads you into another combat section that also marks the end of this mission.
Mission 3: Bad Blood
Continue to follow Jean while parkouring over buildings. You’ll eventually trigger a cutscene that cuts to a chase section. You’ll have to follow the ninja enemy, and the orange trail will guide you along the way. Continue to parkour and follow the enemy to enter a combat section.
After this combat section, continue to run straight ahead and follow the quest marker. Meet up with Jean and follow her by climbing up the building. Reach the top and investigate the penthouse using your senses.
There is a keypad inside the penthouse upstairs, and the code is 1924. Enter the hidden room that unlocks and investigate it fully to complete the mission.
Mission 4: In The Shadows
Keep following Jean to enter an arcade and investigate it. Interact with the arcade machine at the very end to enter a secret room. Inspect the blood vials, the mutant detector, the picture on the wall, and the map on the table inside this room.
The Hand will jump you as you try to exit the arcade. Defeat the enemies here to make your escape. Your next objective is to destroy mutant detectors scattered around Kabukicho.
When you move your camera in a full circle, you’ll spot blue visual cues on your screen. Follow them to find a mutant detector. To demolish the detector, just follow the wire that’s coming out of it to reach the power source, which you can destroy.
The yellow wires are pretty easy to follow; some power boxes are located on the ground while others are atop buildings. When the Hand attacks you after you destroy a mutant detector, defeat the enemies and follow the blue trail that the enemy leaves behind to come across a wall. Interact with the wall and find a hidden switch to get inside the Hand’s hideout.
Defeat the enemies inside the hideout first. Next, investigate the hideout thoroughly for any signs of Walter. Interact with anything that you can. Once you pick up Walter’s scent, continue to follow the blue trail. Attach yourself to the truck that the trail leads you to, and you’ll be taken to your next location.
You’ll enter a construction site where the Hand will be waiting for you. Defeat the enemies on the ground level to use the elevator to descend. Investigate the room that the elevator takes you to. Watch the video inside and then make your way out of this area.
Follow the visual cue on your screen to your next location and meet up with Jean. She puts you in a psychic disguise, which allows you to move through the Hand’s hideout without having to fight. Continue through the building and speak with the NPCs inside the main hall in your way.
Interact with a white wall at the end. Find the hidden switch here too to progress. Continue on the linear path ahead to enter a cave. Get ready to fight a lot of enemies here as well. You’ll find another elevator which takes you above. Go through the cutscene next to fight another wave of enemies.
You’ll have to fight the First Hand mini-boss at this point too. Treat this enemy like a brute and just focus on dodging his attacks. There is a fair amount of opening that the boss gives you before he unleashes a move. Additionally, more ninjas will also spawn during the fight, so make sure to defeat them first before focusing on the mini boss again.
Jean will come save you at one point, which also triggers a cutscene. Follow the quest marker to enter Shiro’s apartment and meet up with Walter. This also concludes your current mission in Kabukicho.
Mission 5: Death Comes To Death
Use the hanging platform on your right to descend from your current location to the next building. Continue to follow the quest marker to reach the Harada Garden Tower. Defeat the enemies here and interact with the vent inside the room to enter a combat section.
Follow the blue trail after defeating the enemies to enter the security room. Check the camera footage of the building here. After checking the footage, head through the door on your right and continue following the linear path ahead.
You will arrive in a bathhouse where you’ll need to interact with a body on the floor to enter the next combat section. Follow the quest marker after defeating the enemies to spot a blue track. Follow this track to progress. Destroy the walls that come in your path by attacking them, and continue to follow.
You’ll have to go through the next cutscene to reach your fighting sequence. Focus on parrying the attacks of the brute enemy here, and just quickly try to defeat the rest of the grunts.
Another cutscene plays out after this section. The next part of the mission is a chase sequence. Continue to follow Deathstrike across Kabukicho and don’t lose sight of her orange trail.
Once you enter the dream section, get ready to face multiple ninjas with your newly unlocked Helix Claws. Defeat the enemies here to watch your final cutscene of this mission in the Japan region.
Mission 6: We Were Wrong
Start by following Jean to your next location and climb up the building where she takes you. Next, get inside the infrastructure through the opening up top. Enemies will be waiting inside this location.
Attack the yellow rope on the left side here to drop the planet on your enemies and defeat quite a few of them. Investigate the symbol on the floor after clearing out the enemies here. Continue to follow footprints after you leave the building.
Defeat the enemies at the next location and start following the footprints here. You’ll encounter more hostiles in your path, but keep following the footprints after you defeat them. Use the quest marker if you get lost here. Utilize the containers at the end to climb up and get inside your next location.
It’s time to go through an enemy stronghold here. Keep progressing while using Jean’s help along the way. When you face the brute enemy, finish off the grunts that spawn with it first to damage it. Make sure to defeat these grunts again if the brute respawns them. Once you reach the end of this section, you’ll complete the mission.
Mission 7: Hell Followed With Him
Follow the footsteps and keep heading straight ahead to inspect the memorial. Make sure to read the text and look at the cloth. After fully investigating the memorial, continue forward, following Jean. You will now start encountering enemies in your path, so get ready to fight.
Use stealth where possible, using Jean’s help, and keep following the path ahead. You’ll enter a parkour section after the cutscene plays where you’ll need Jean’s help to create platforms for you.
You’ll arrive at the Hand’s stronghold where Deathstrike resides. Defeat all of the enemies in this area and then get ready for the mini-boss. Don’t forget to defeat the grunts that spawn around the mini-boss first before being able to damage the brute.
After defeating the enemies, continue inside the shrine and investigate it. Interact with the statue, the pillars, and the floor markings here. Then follow the linear path ahead to progress and defeat any hostiles that you come across in your way.
Mission 8: Death’s Match
This entire mission is a boss battle with Deathstrike. Her first phase involves her using a sword, which you need to parry before counterattacking.
Her projectiles are something that you’re better off parrying into so you can close the gap. Also, the boss moves around a lot, so keep moving your camera throughout the fight.
In her second phase, Deathstrike switches to using her claws. This is where parrying is going to be extremely effective, even though it is hard to do because of her fast combos.
You can quickly build up her stagger bar by parrying and then really delete her health. Knee Breaker and Overwhelm abilities make this fight a cakewalk as well. You’ll complete this mission by defeating the boss.
Mission 9: Sinister Tidings
After waking up, interact with the whiskey bottle in front. Then move to the bathroom on your right and use the sink here. Head downstairs next and speak with Shiro and Jean to complete the final mission of this region.
This also concludes our walkthrough of the Japan region in Marvel’s Wolverine, which is the biggest section of the main story.
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