User manual GAMES NINTENDO DS MARIO HOOPS 3-ON-3

Nintendo of America Inc. P.O. Box 957, Redmond, WA 98073-0957 U.S.A. www.nintendo.com 61222A PRINTED IN USA INSTRUCTION BOOKLET PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE SEPARATE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS BOOKLET INCLUDED WITH THIS PRODUCT BEFORE USING YOUR NINTENDO ® HARDWARE SYSTEM, GAME CARD OR ACCESSORY. THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS IMPORTANT HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: READ THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS BEFORE YOU OR YOUR CHILD PLAY VIDEO GAMES. WARNING - Repetitive Motion Injuries and Eyestrain Playing video games can make your muscles, joints, skin or eyes hurt after a few hours. Follow these instructions to avoid problems such as tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, skin irritation or eyestrain: · Avoid excessive play. It is recommended that parents monitor their children for appropriate play. · Take a 10 to 15 minute break every hour, even if you don't think you need it. · When using the stylus, you do not need to grip it tightly or press it hard against the screen. Doing so may cause fatigue or discomfort. · If your hands, wrists, arms or eyes become tired or sore while playing, stop and rest them for several hours before playing again. · If you continue to have sore hands, wrists, arms or eyes during or after play, stop playing and see a doctor. WARNING - Seizures · · · Some people (about 1 in 4000) may have seizures or blackouts triggered by light flashes or patterns, such as while watching TV or playing video games, even if they have never had a seizure before. Anyone who has had a seizure, loss of awareness, or other symptom linked to an epileptic condition should consult a doctor before playing a video game. Parents should watch when their children play video games. Stop playing and consult a doctor if you or your child have any of the following symptoms: Convulsions Eye or muscle twitching Loss of awareness Altered vision Involuntary movements Disorientation To reduce the likelihood of a seizure when playing video games: 1. Sit or stand as far from the screen as possible. 2. Play video games on the smallest available television screen. 3. Do not play if you are tired or need sleep. 4. Play in a well-lit room. 5. Take a 10 to 15 minute break every hour. WARNING - Battery Leakage The Nintendo DS contains a rechargeable lithium ion battery pack. Leakage of ingredients contained within the battery pack, or the combustion products of the ingredients, can cause personal injury as well as damage to your Nintendo DS. If battery leakage occurs, avoid contact with skin. If contact occurs, immediately wash thoroughly with soap and water. If liquid leaking from a battery pack comes into contact with your eyes, immediately flush thoroughly with water and see a doctor. To avoid battery leakage: · Do not expose battery to excessive physical shock, vibration, or liquids. · Do not disassemble, attempt to repair or deform the battery. · Do not dispose of battery pack in a fire. · Do not touch the terminals of the battery, or cause a short between the terminals with a metal object. · Do not peel or damage the battery label. · WARNING - Radio Frequency Interference The Nintendo DS can emit radio waves that can affect the operation of nearby electronics, including cardiac pacemakers. · Do not operate the Nintendo DS within 9 inches of a pacemaker while using the wireless feature. · If you have a pacemaker or other implanted medical device, do not use the wireless feature of the Nintendo DS without first consulting your doctor or the manufacturer of your medical device. · Observe and follow all regulations and rules regarding use of wireless devices in locations such as hospitals, airports, and on board aircraft. Operation in those locations may interfere with or cause malfunctions of equipment, with resulting injuries to persons or damage to property. The official seal is your assurance that this product is licensed or manufactured by Nintendo. Always look for this seal when buying video game systems, accessories, games and related products. THIS GAME CARD WILL WORK ONLY WITH THE NINTENDO DS VIDEO GAME SYSTEM. Wireless DS Single-Card Download Play TM 2-4 THIS GAME ALLOWS WIRELESS MULTIPLAYER GAMES DOWNLOADED FROM ONE GAME CARD. 2-4 Wireless DS Multi-Card Play Table of Contents Getting Started Controls Screens and Rules Challenges Tourney Exhibition 5 7 13 15 17 19 Matchup Options Player Rank Characters Cha Items Item ems Courts Cou ourts 21 25 27 29 33 35 Nintendo does not license the sale or use of products without the Official Nintendo Seal. THIS GAME ALLOWS WIRELESS MULTIPLAYER GAMES WITH EACH DS SYSTEM CONTAINING A SEPARATE GAME CARD. UNIQUE CONTROLS Mario Hoops 3-on-3 uses the following controls. Tapping Stroking Stroke the stylus in any direction then lift it off the Touch Screen. 2 Nintendo's game pages, at www.nintendo.com/games, feature walkthroughs, frequently-asked questions, and codes for many of our games. If your answer isn't there, check out our forums where you can exchange tips with other gamers online. For more information about our forums, visit www.nintendo.com/community. If you don't have access to the web-site, recorded tips for many titles are available on Nintendo's Power Line at (425) 885-7529. This may be a longdistance call, so please ask permission from whoever pays the phone bill. Quickly and repeatedly tap the Tapping Touch Screen with the stylus. 1 © 2006 NINTENDO. © 2006 SQUARE ENIX. TM, ® AND THE NINTENDO DS LOGO ARE TRADEMARKS OF NINTENDO. © 2006 NINTENDO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.THIS PRODUCT USES THE LC FONT BY SHARP CORPORATION, EXCEPT SOME CHARACTERS. LCFONT, LC FONT AND THE LC LOGO MARK ARE TRADEMARKS OF SHARP CORPORATION. In this manual, the "tapping" and "stroking" controls are illustrated as in the above diagrams. 4 Getting Started Make sure that the Nintendo DS is turned off. Insert your Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Game Card into the top slot of your DS system until you hear a click. GETTING STARTED Main Menu The main menu displays six menu items. Touch one to continue. Player Rank Options 1 When you turn the power on, the screen on the right appears. Read what it says and tap the Touch Screen once you understand it. Challenges (p. 15 - 16) Practice controls used during games. Exhibition (p. 19 - 20) Play a game against the CPU. Tourney (p. 17 - 18) Enter a tourney and go for the championship! Matchup (p. 21 - 24) Play against other players wirelessly. Player Rank (p. 27 - 28) View how everyone stacks up. 2 Touch the Mario Hoops 3-on-3 panel on the DS Menu Screen. The game will start. If your system has been set to Auto Mode, you can skip this step. See the Nintendo DS instruction booklet for more information. Options (p. 25 - 26) Change your settings or profile. 3 The title screen appears. Select a menu item from the main menu screen displayed on the Touch Screen. About Saving Game progress automatically saves after a match, and game settings automatically save when a match begins. You can erase all of your saved data if you hold down + + + + + at the same time when turning on the game. You can't restore data once it is erased, so please be careful. 5 In this manual, a screenshot with a red frame indicates the top screen, while one with a blue frame shows the Touch Screen. 6 Controls Most of the controls in Mario Hoops 3-on-3 are on the Touch Screen, although you will also use and . In this manual, a red heading means controls on offense and a blue heading indicates controls on defense. CONTROLS This section explains controls for right-handed players--you can select righthanded controls by going to Options then Hand Selection and picking Right (p. 25). There are many other moves besides those described here. Go to Challenges and select Practice to work on your game skills (p. 15). Moving Press in the direction you want the character to go. If they don't move even if you press , check Hand Selection under Options. Your player won't move with if Left is selected. Y Button Top Screen L Button (p. 11) Switch teammates +Control Pad Move players Touch Screen SELECT X Button R Button A Button B Button START Open pause menu (p. 14) Turn marker ON/OFF (p. 13) Dribble Tap 7 Pressing , , START, and SELECT at the same time resets the game and returns to the title screen. Close the Nintendo DS to activate Sleep Mode. This will reduce battery consumption. Sleep Mode will be deactivated when you open the Nintendo DS. You may not activate Sleep Mode while playing in wireless mode. Tap the Touch Screen while your player is holding the ball to dribble. If you stop dribbling and your player holds the ball, you cannot dribble again. You must shoot the ball or pass it to a teammate. t ction you wan Get coins Tap in the dire d! nels! (p. 14) to pick up spee with ? pa to move 8 CONTROLS Pass Stroke left or right Special Shots Each character has his or her own command. When you enter the same command twice (and if it's successful), you will shoot a special shot. Select Challenges then Special Shot (p. 15) and check the commands and their effects. Mario's Example Enter command twice r the When you ente mand twice... com If you stroke either to the left or right when you have the ball, you will pass it to a teammate in that direction. Shoot Stroke from bottom to top If you stroke up when you have the ball, you will shoot it. You score if the ball goes in the basket. Steal Stroke from top to bottom About Scoring How many points you get when you score depends on from where you shoot the ball. You score 20 points if you make the basket from the green-shaded zone in the diagram. You get 30 points if you make the basket from anywhere outside it. Special shots are worth 40 points regardless of where you shoot them from. Coins that you had before making the basket are worth one point each--they are added to the score (p. 14). If you set the ? panels to OFF, the number of points you score will change (p.20). 9 Stroke from top to bottom when you do not have the ball and you will try to steal the opponent's ball. Jump Stroke from bottom to top Stroke from bottom to top when you do not have the ball and you will jump to try to block the opponent's shot attempt. 10 CONTROLS Using Items Stroke toward opponent An item will appear when you touch a ? panel. Once you get an item, stroke to throw it. Some items become effective the instant you grab them. HELP BUTTONS While Mario Hoops 3-on-3 is mainly controlled on the Touch Screen during matches, if you turn on Help Button in the Options (p. 25) or pause menu (p. 14) screens, you can also control the game with buttons. Controls when playing offense (when you have the ball) Shoot Pass left While running Hold down and Dribble Dunk shot Charge shot Switching Characters Stroke while holding down / Pass right If you briefly press when you don't have the ball, you'll switch to a teammate near the ball. If you stroke while holding down , you'll switch to a teammate in the direction you stroked. Briefly press Controls when playing defense (when you don't have the ball) Jump Sidestep left Sidestep right Hold down Steal / Throw / Block Jump-steal Steal-up g down While holdin 11 The above shows controls for right-handed players (select Right from Hand Selection under Options). If you set the game to left-handed controls, controls change to and control switches to (p. 25). 12 Screens and Rules In Mario Hoops 3-on-3, you collect coins from the ? panels, make shots, and vie for a better score than your opponents. Go for your opponent's basket while you pass the ball among your teammates. SCREENS AND RULES Basic Rules Split into two teams of 3 players and compete for points by making baskets in your opponent's hoop. Matches are split into two periods (initially). The team that has a higher total score at the end of the second period wins. Game Screens Players appear as red icons on the Touch Screen, while P2 or CPU players appear as blue icons. indicates where the ball is and show where ? panels are. Your team's coin count Opponent's coin count Icon Marker P1 is red and P2 or the CPU player is blue. You can switch it on or off with SELECT. Your team's score This indicates off-screen characters and where the ball is. Time Opponent's score Call-outs icon (p. 23) More Coins Mean Higher Scores! Dribble the ball over the ? panels to get coins. Coins are added to the score when you make a shot, after which they reset to zero. For example, if you collect 30 coins and make a 20-point shot, you get 50 points. Sometimes you get coins by simply bouncing the ball on a ? panel, and sometimes you pick up coins that you or your opponents dropped. Pause Menu Press START during a match to display the pause menu. Different menus appear depending on which mode you are in. Continue Quit Return to the match screen Quit the match Call-outs Turn call-outs ON/OFF (p. 23) Help Button Turn Help Buttons ON/OFF 13 Current period 14 Challenges In this mode, you can practice game controls. Select a menu item on the Touch Screen then touch . You might want to practice a bit when you first play the game. You can also practice advanced skills. CHALLENGES Dribble Race Dribble Race Time Trial unlocks when you clear Practice. Collect 100 coins and try to cross the finish line in the shortest time. Select your player and stage then tap . Practice Learn the Mario Hoops 3-on-3 rules and practice the controls you use during games. Select a menu item with the Touch Screen and follow the on-screen instructions to practice it. Press START while appears on the Touch Screen to read the instructions. Race Screen Dribble on the ? panels and collect coins then dash for the goal. Avoid bumping into obstacles or you will drop the coins. Coins collected Scroll Bar Touch to scroll up and down. Touch to scroll freely. Goal Controls while playing (for right-handed players) Move Tap Dribble Zoom screen in/out goals to Clear practice u items! lock new men un Back Current time Player positions Special Shots Check special shot commands and their effects. Slide the character to the basket and tap to go to the practice screen. Basket ? panel positions The ? panels can appear anywhere. Some even move! 15 Start 16 Tourney Select your favorite players for your team and enter a tourney. Select a tourney and characters to start the game. You clear the tourney when you finish it in first place. TOURNEY Character Types Tap a character to reveal their profile. All-around Speedy Technical Powerful Tricky Well-balanced Quick on the court Good at shooting Great at stealing Full of trick moves Select Tourney Select an icon like and tap to confirm. When you have suspended Tourney data, the game will ask you "Continue from where you left off?" If you select "NO," the previous data will be erased forever. Positions In the order you select your team members, they will play the center (CTR), left (L), and right (R) positions. You will start the game with the player who is playing center. CTR L R Select Characters Slide characters to the basket and put them in the hoop. Select three characters and tap to confirm. You can still switch characters if you put a fourth player through the hoop after deciding player positions. Switching and Assigning Positions When switching positions, slide a player to the new position. Tap a position and then select a player to assign the player to that position. Random Play 17 Press SELECT to automatically select players for the remaining unassigned positions. If you already selected three players, they will all be switched. 18 Exhibition Select your team members, a court to play on, and the game rules, then play against the CPU. You can also set how long you want to play the match and how many periods to play. Customize the game to your liking! EXHIBITION Set Rules Tap each item to set and select to return to the previous screen. Your rule settings will be saved once the match begins. Current rules Shows what you set on the Touch Screen. Set time Set the length of each period. Set periods Set how many periods to play. Set CPU lv. Set how well the CPU plays from Amateur (1) to Brutal (5). Currently selected court ? Panel Set to turn ? panels ON or OFF. When you set it to OFF, you will score as shown below: 2 points 3 points Special shots are worth 4 points. Select Characters Select the team members of both teams and tap . Put the characters through the hoop to form your team and put the characters through the hoop to form the CPU player team. Press SELECT to automatically decide the remaining players. If you already have three players selected, they will all be replaced. Select a Court Select a court to play on. Tap , , or to switch court types. Tap a court name to select it and tap to continue. When you advance through the tourneys, you will unlock more courts to play on. That's the game! When the match ends, options appear on the Touch Screen. To start another game with the same settings, tap Another Match. Tap Quit to quit the match. 19 Set rules (p. 20) Change rule settings. 20 Matchup Select either DS Wireless Play or DS Download Play and begin a wireless game. Read pages 37 - 39 before you begin. Select a Court / Stage Choose a court or stage. Only P1 can choose one. MATCHUP DS Wireless Play Select a Game Choose your opponent for Exhibition, Dribble Race, or Coin Hunter (p. 23 - 24). You won't find anyone to play against unless they choose the same game as you do. Matchup Screen Play in a match you selected on the Select a Game screen. Host a Game Select Host Game and tap when you have someone to play against. Join a Game Select Join a Game and tap when you find someone wanting to host a game. End of Game When the match is over, select one from the following options: Another Match, Select Characters, or Quit. Either you or your opponent can choose the options in Exhibition, while only P1 gets to choose one when playing Dribble Race and Coin Hunter. DS Download Play You can play Dribble Race and Coin Hunter in this mode. Read pages 37 - 38 to get the game ready. The steps are the same as DS Wireless Play from the Select Characters screen on. P1 - P4 The host becomes P1 and the guests become P2, P3, and P4 in the order they download the game. Select Character Select your team members. Both host and guest players touch and to continue. 21 Guests start the game with the Help Buttons turned on (p. 25). Guests press or to select which hand selection they want. 22 MATCHUP Exhibition (DS Wireless Play only) Play a match with a 3-player team. While the controls are the same as the single-player mode during a match, only the player who presses START may pause the game. For 2 players Coin Hunter For 2 to 4 players Each player begins the game with 50 coins. Throw items at your opponents and reduce their coins. You win when everyone else has no coins left. When the time runs out, the player with the most coins left wins. While you lose if your coin count goes down to zero, you can stay in the game to annoy other players in a three- or four-player game. Only P1 can display the pause menu with START. Coin Hunter screen Coin Hunter controls (for right-handed players) Move Stroke up* Jump Stroke in any direction Letting Challengers Cut In When players whose call-outs are turned on in the pause or Options menu (p. 25) are nearby each other, challengers cut in--and you cannot refuse them. Follow the same steps for DS Wireless Play to start a match. Challengers can cut in when both players are playing a single-player match in Exhibition or Tourney. Current coin count Use items Dribble Race Collect 100 coins and be the first to cross the finish line to win. Read page 16 for the controls during the race. The Touch Screen displays the position of each player,? panels, and the number of coins during the race. Only P1 is able to display the pause menu with START. Time remaining Item your character has For 2 to 4 players Face camera forward Zoom camera in/out * When you have no items Direction character is facing 23 24 Options Touch on the main menu to display the Options screen. You can edit your profile and choose which hand to play the game with. After changing your settings, return to the main menu to save what you changed. OPTIONS Edit Profile Tap Edit under Profile to display the edit profile screen. Tap the green items to edit details on the subsequent screens. Your profile will appear on the player rank screen. Rank and points You earn points if you have good results in Tourney and Exhibition. Your rank goes up when you accumulate a certain number of points. Name Enter your name. Comments Type in your personal comments here. Win rate Ball Select a ball type to play in matches. Player icon Select one from the character list. Career stats Your win/loss records appear here. Options Screen Tap the green items to set up your profile. The current settings appear brightly. Tap to quit. Current profile Hand selection Select which hand to play with. Righthanded player Lefthanded player The player profile edited on page 26 appears here. Profile (p. 26) Edit your name and comments. Help Button (p. 12) Turn Help Buttons ON or OFF. Call-outs (p. 23) Turn call-outs ON or OFF. It goes back to the off position when you turn the power off or reset the game. 25 Sometimes points go down when you lose a game. The win rate and career wins/losses are matchup results in Exhibition. When you edit your profile, return to the main menu and turn the power off. Unless you go back to the main menu screen, the game will not save what you edited. Your comments and name are sent wirelessly to opponents. Do not enter anything personal or other important information. 26 Player Rank Exhibition results in wireless matches display by rank. The ranking is automatically updated at the end of each match. The screens display a variety of player information. PLAYER RANK View Player Data Tap the name board to view individual player information and adjust the settings. Player data screen Player info The player's ranking and wins/losses appear here. Your career stats appear when you want to view your own data. Faves Turn it on to keep players from disappearing from your ranking even if your rank screen fills up to maximum. Player Rank Screen The blue boards are those players you haven't played against. Call-outs Turn it off to disallow players cutting in. Erase data Erase player data from the ranking. Name board Player names, his/her matchup records, and player icons. Friends The ranks of players you have played against in order of match results. All The ranks of everyone in order of match results. Set faves The settings that you made on the player data screen. Call-outs setting (p. 28) The settings that you made on the player data screen. Faves The ranks of the players whose Favorites setting is set to ON. 27 Up to 99 player rankings can be saved. Additional player data will erase lowestranked player records. Be sure to set important players as faves to prevent erasing them accidentally. If you already have 99 favorite players, additional player data will erase lowest-ranked player records. When you play against an opponent in an exhibition match, your and your opponent's ranking data will be wirelessly swapped and the game will reflect them in the player ranking. 28 Never enter important data such as personal information in the profile. Characters Let's meet the players! Maybe you'll unlock other players if you keep winning tourney games... CHARACTERS Peach Technical Heart Shot Daisy's a bit of a tomboy, and her shooting is first class. She's always full of energy. Mario All-around Fire Shot Luigi leads the team to victory with solid plays that are just as sharp as his brother's. A versatile player. Mario's steady performance lets him handle anything. Peach goes right after that hoop! She never misses a shot that she goes after. Daisy Technical Flower Shot Yoshi Luigi All-around Green Fire Shot All-around Flutter Dunk 29 Yoshi's a steady all-around player. He's got robust jumping skills, so he's pretty powerful. 30 CHARACTERS Wario Powerful Move-it Dunk Donkey Kong Powerful Konga Dunk Wario drives out opponents with his power plays! With his spectacular dunks and powerful steals, Donkey Kong is a mighty hoops player. Don't get in his way! Diddy Kong Speedy Jet Shot Waluigi Technical Twist Dunk With speedy plays and a tiny stature, opposing teams are at the mercy of Diddy Kong! Bowser Jr. Speedy Graffiti Dunk He zigs and he zags! He's powerful like his dad! Better not underestimate Bowser Jr.! 31 Taking advantage of his lengthy limbs, long shots are a piece of cake for Waluigi. 32 Items Let's check out the items that you use during matches. There are items that commonly appear on any court and there are some that only show up on certain courts. Change your game strategy depending on which court you play on. Lightning Causes everyone else to fall. Fake ? Panel Flies in the direction you stroke to trip anyone who steps on it. Banana Flies in the direction you stroke to trip anyone who steps on it. ITEMS About the Items When you throw an offensive item at other characters, they fall and drop the ball, coins, or the item that they have. The items in red in the table indicate those items that appear when you have the ball. The ones in blue show the items that appear when the opponent has the ball, and the ones in green are the items that both you and your opponent can use. Items for All Courts Single Coin Score goes up by a point when a shot is made. 10 Coins Score goes up by 10 points when a shot is made. Mushroom Boosts your speed for a while. Poison Mushroom Slows you down for a while. Bomb Flies in the direction you stroke and trips everyone around it when it blows up. Green Shell Flies straight in the direction you stroke, tripping anyone who touches it. Red Shell Automatically goes after the ball when you stroke to throw it. Spiny Shell A more powerful version of the Red Shell. It even chases the ball in the air. Items for Specific Courts Slot Coin (Jr. Street only) If you make a shot after getting a slot coin, the slot will start spinning. You get bonus points or lose points depending on how the pictures line up. Mimic (Bloocheep Sea only) Stroke to activate it. It goes after the ball or might even cough up coins. Freezy (Sherbet Land only) Throw in the direction of an opposing player and freeze him or her for a while. 33 Star Makes you invincible for a while and boosts speed. 34 Courts This section introduces you to some of the courts. There are other courts besides these and each is packed with fun features. Try them all and play on your favorite! COURTS DK Cruiser (Flower Tourney) Barrels come rolling into your way when you pass by the waterfall. And watch it--sometimes bananas get thrown in from the jungle. Koopa Beach (Mushroom Tourney) You move slower near the water's edge. What's more, the longer you play, the more pirate ships will show up to pound the court with their cannons. Luigi Mansion (Flower Tourney) Don't let the ball hit the ghosts or they'll catch it. Get Lightning to make the ghosts disappear for a while. Peach Field (Mushroom Tourney) Cheep Cheeps come flying from both sides of the court. Hit one and it'll turn into a coin. Jr. Street (Star Tourney) Taking the purple slot coins makes the slots spin when you make a shot. Your score goes up and down depending on how the pictures line up. 35 36 Establishing the DS Wireless Link (DS Wireless Play) This section explains how to establish your DS wireless link for DS Wireless Play. What you will need Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Game Card One for each player One for each player Steps (for the host) 1. Make sure that all DS systems are turned off then insert a Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Game Card into the system. 2.Turn on the power of all the systems. The DS Menu Screen will appear. 3. Select Matchup from the main menu screen and touch . 4. Select either Dribble Race or Coin Hunter and touch 5. When you have someone to play against, touch 6. Please follow the instructions on page 21. Steps (for guests) 1. Turn on the power of all the systems. The DS Menu Screen will appear. 2.Touch the DS Download Play panel. The game selection screen will appear. 3.Touch the Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Dribble Race or Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Coin Hunter panel. The game confirmation screen will appear. 4. When the correct software appears, touch Yes. P1 will start the download process. . . Steps 1. Make sure that all DS systems are turned off then insert a Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Game Card into each system. 2. Turn on the power of all the systems. The DS Menu Screen will appear. 3. Touch the Mario Hoops 3-on-3 panel. 4. Select Matchup from the main menu screen and touch . Establishing the DS Wireless Link (DS Download Play) This section explains how to establish the link for DS Download Play. What you will need Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Game Card One for each player One 37 5. Please follow the instructions on page 21. 38