User manual GAMES NINTENDO GAME BOY ADVANCE POLLY POCKET SPLASH

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Rev-D (L) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION GETTING STARTED MAIN MENU INFO BOOTH WATER PARK ENTRANCE WATER PARK RIDES BUMPER BOATS RIVER CROSSING 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 JET BOATS THE GIANT WATER SLIDE THE FLOWER TIMER THE TICKET COUNTER THE POLLY FLOWERTM THE HIDDEN DRESSING ROOMS CREDITS WARRANTY 17 18 20 20 20 21 22 24 Nintendo does not license the sale or use of products without the Official Nintendo Seal. LICENSED BY S TM RIVER RAPIDS WATER BLASTER NINTENDO, GAME BOY, GAME BOY ADVANCE AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL ARE TRADEMARKS OF NINTENDO. © 2001 NINTENDO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Introduction PollyTM has won tickets to the special opening day of the newest and best water park around--Super Splash IslandTM! You are invited to come along and splash your way through this ultimate water wonderland! Join PollyTM and her five best friends as they jet off for a day of fun, fashion, and surprises at Super Splash IslandTM! Slide through six wet and wacky rides like the Bumper Boats and Tube Trouble. Soak your friends in Water Blaster, and when you collect enough tickets, experience five exciting levels of the most thrilling ride of all-- The Giant Water Slide! Collect power-ups throughout the game to help PollyTM move faster, jump higher, or even earn bonus ride time! Earn bonus tickets from the prize balloons and collect the Polly FlowerTM in each activity to unlock hidden dressing rooms full of fashion surprises! Challenge one of your friends to earn more tickets for multi-player fun, where you can choose to play as PollyTM Getting Started Be sure the Game Boy® Advance POWER switch is OFF. Insert Polly Pocket!TM Game Pak into the Game Boy® Advance system. Turn the POWER switch ON. When the Polly Pocket!TM title screen appears, press START; this will take you to the Main Menu. Game Controls L Button Not Available R Button Not Available A Button Menus-Confirm Choice Bumper Boats-Bum Boat Tube Trouble-Jump into tube Water Blaster-Launch Balloon River Crossing-Jump River Rapids-Score extra ramp points Control Pad Use to move around in the games or highlight an option B Button SELECT Press to view credits at Start screen Menus-Cancel Choice or move back to previous screen Bumper Boats-Use Power-up Water Blaster-Switch Balloon or one of her five best friends. START Pause game 4 5 Main Menu Choose One-Player or Two-Player Fun How to Start in One-Player Mode At the Main Menu screen, choose the New Game option to begin a new game and hang out with PollyTM at the water park. How to Start in Two-Player Mode At the Main Menu screen, choose the 2 Players option to begin a new game. See more details below. Continue a Saved Game To continue a game you have already saved, choose the Continue option on the Main Menu screen. Enter the 8-digit password you were given at the end of the last activity you played. Use the Control Pad Up and Down to move through the letters, then press the A Button when you see the letter you want. Pressing the A Button will select the letter and automatically move you to the next space. To change a letter, use the Control Pad Left and Right to move over the letter you would like to change, then use the Control Pad Up and Down to change the letter. The password will round down your score to the nearest 1,000 points. If you forget your password, you can find it saved for you at the Info Booth. See page 10. Choose a Friend for Two-Player Fun PollyTM Lila® Shani® Lea® RickTM Todd® Choose from PollyTM and five of her best friends! Pick a friend that Player 1 wants to be, and then choose a friend for Player 2 to be. It is up to you who will be Player 1 and Player 2, but remember that Player 1 always goes first! Use the Control Pad Left and Right to scroll through the friends. When you see the friend you would like, press the A Button to make your selection. When you have selected both friends, press the A Button to start a new game. 6 7 Choose a New Game Use the Control Pad Left and Right to walk PollyTM around the water park entrance--there are six fun rides to choose from, plus the Giant Water Slide and the Info Booth where you can find out more information on the rides. As PollyTM walks past the entrance to a ride, the name of the ride will show on the screen. When she arrives at a ride you want to go on, and the name is showing on the screen, press the A Button to choose it. Remember, you need to earn lots of tickets before you can go on the Giant Water Slide! When PollyTM is standing at the Giant Water Slide, press the A Button and the water park attendant will let you know how many tickets you need to enter the ride. If you don't have enough, you might have to come back later! Choose a Level of Difficulty There are three levels of difficulty to choose from at the beginning of each ride: Easy, Medium and Hard. Simply use the Control Pad Up and Down until the option you would like is highlighted on the screen. Then press the A Button to make the selection. On the Easy level you can earn up to around 300 tickets, on the Medium level you can earn up to around 500, and on the Hard level you can earn up to around 800 tickets! The Ticket Counter stops at 999 tickets. Pause Menu Pressing START at any time during a game will bring you to the Pause Menu. Use the Control Pad Up and Down to highlight one of the two choices listed below. Then press the A Button to make the selection: Play: Continue your current ride. Exit: Return to the park entrance where you can select a new ride. If you exit a ride before finishing it, you will not keep any tickets you earned in that ride. 8 9 Play Again? When a ride is over, you will be asked if you want to play again. Using the Control Pad Left and Right, highlight either Yes or No. Then press the A Button to make the selection. If you choose Yes, the ride will start over. If you choose No, you will be taken back to the park entrance where you can choose another activity. Water Park Entrance At the entrance to the water park, you will see all the rides you can choose from along the sides of the path. To select a ride, walk PollyTM up to it and press the A Button when you see the name displayed on the screen. The ticket counter at the top left of the screen at the water park entrance will show you how many tickets you have collected in total. Remember, you need 2,000 tickets to open the first level of the Giant Water Slide. Info Booth At the Info Booth, you can find out all you need to know about the rides at the water park! When PollyTM is standing in front of the Info Booth, press the A Button to enter it. You will see a list of all the fun rides at the Super Splash IslandTM water park. Use the Control Pad Up and Down to select the ride you want to find out about, then press the A Button to make your selection. Press the A Button to move to the next page and read more. Use the B Button to back out of any page or to leave the Info Booth and get back to the water park. 10 11 Water Park Rides Tube Trouble Control Pad Left and Right: Run left or right. Control Pad Up: Jump and hang. A Button: Jump into a tube. Pop the balloons to earn tickets before the timer runs out. Jump into one of the crazy tubes--it'll connect you to one of the same color tubes on another floor. The colors change every few seconds, so keep an eye on where the tube will take you! Balloons float up from the lowest level at different speeds, so you'll need to be quick to catch them. Run PollyTM into a balloon to pop it. Watch out for waterspouts that'll stop you from moving forward and waves that'll knock you down! If you see a wave coming, press the A Button and jump up to grab the ropes until it passes. Free Time Power-up: Adds time to the clock. Double Bonus Power-up: Balloons are worth double tickets for 5 seconds. Bumper Boats Control Pad: Steer the bumper boat. A Button: Bump other boats. B Button: Use power-up. Bump the other boats onto the shore to win tickets. The faster you're moving, the harder you will bump the other boats. Be careful not to get stuck on shore yourself! Use the Control Pad to move the bumper boat around the lake. When you want to bump one of your friends, press the A Button for an extra boost. The small arrows on the screen will show you where your friends are. Keep an eye out for the power-ups ­ if you see one, steer your boat into it to pick it up. To use the power-up, press the B Button. If you knock one bumper boat into another and it gets bumped onto the shore, you can score extra points. Each combo is worth at least 10 points per person you bank! Super Jump Power-up: Hop up and splash down to bump away the boats nearest to you. Super Bump Power-up: Bump your friends twice as hard. 12 13 River Crossing Control Pad Left and Right: Run left or right. A Button: Jump. Try to get to the other side of the river as quickly as you can by jumping on the logs, islands, and turtles. The quicker you cross to each of the islands, the more balloons you will find. The first balloon will start to float away after 15 seconds and the rest will follow after another 3 seconds, so be quick! You can jump onto the moving logs and green turtles--use the Control Pad Left and Right to get in place, then press the A Button to jump. Watch out for the red turtles; they are shy and will sink below the water right after you step on them. River Rapids Control Pad: Paddle left, right, up, or down the river. A Button: Press quickly when jumping a ramp to soar through the air longer and earn extra tickets. Ride the rapids and collect balloons to earn tickets.The faster you reach the end of the river, the more bonus tickets you earn. Each of the three lanes in the river moves at a different speed, getting faster from left to right! Use the Control Pad Left and Right to move PollyTM from one lane to another, and the Control Pad Up and Down to move up and down the river. Watch out for rocks, whirlpools, or other rafters--bumping into them will cause you to lose tickets and go out of control. Each ramp will earn you a minimum of 10 tickets, and if you press the A Button while you are in the air, you can earn bonus points! If you can pick up the Star balloon, you can earn double points for 5 seconds! Free Time Power-up: Adds time to the clock. Double Bonus Power-up: Balloons are worth double tickets for 5 seconds. Free Time Power-up: Adds time to the clock. Double Bonus Power-up: Balloons are worth double tickets for 5 seconds. 14 15 Water Blaster Control Pad Left and Right: Move the target left, right, up, or down the pool. A Button: Launch the water balloon. B Button: Switch water balloons. Try to soak your friends by launching water balloons at them! Before you launch a water balloon, make sure it matches the color of the inflatable ring your friend is floating in. Check the color of the water balloon in your water balloon launcher. If you want to change the color, press the B Button. You will see the colored water balloons lined up at the bottom of the screen. Use the Control Pad to move the launcher target to the right place. When you are lined up with the friend you want to soak, press the A Button to release the water balloon. If you get your friend with the wrong color, he or she will duck out of the way and you won't win any tickets. If you see a Star balloon appear, try to hit it with your water balloon. This will win you double tickets for 5 seconds! Free Time Power-up: Adds time to the clock. Double Bonus Power-up: Balloons are worth double tickets for 5 seconds. Jet Boats Control Pad Left and Right: Steer your Jet Boat around the track. A Button: Speed up. B Button: Use Power-up. Be the first to finish the Jet Boat race. The quicker you finish, the more tickets you'll win. Compete with your friends to see who can win the Jet Boat race. Use the Control Pad Left and Right to steer the Jet Boat around the track. Press the A Button to make your Jet Boat go faster, but be careful going round the corners. On each of the tracks, watch out for ramps to jump--they will earn you bonus points and make you go really fast! Use power-ups you collect to get an edge on your friends--the power-ups will help you go faster than ever! Speed Boost Power-up: Jet through the water twice as fast for 2 seconds. Power Burst Power-up: Blast though the water 4 times faster for 1 second. 16 17 The Giant Water Slide Control Pad Left and Right: Move from left to right. Collect as many flowers as you can while you rush round the Giant Water Slide to get the Giant High Score! At the end of the ride, you will see the number of points you scored and the Giant High Score. Can you get the best score ever? If you score over 750 points, you will unlock an extra outfit in each of the Hidden Dressing Rooms. Remember to collect the Polly FlowerTM to open the dressing rooms. Bonus Flower Each level contains a special Bonus Flower. Collecting the Bonus Flower will open the special bonus feature, where you can score up to 300 extra points. Watch the color highlight as it spins around the bonus meter. Press the A Button when the highest score is highlighted. You will get rewarded with tickets equaling the number the bonus meter stops on. At the end of the ride, you will see the amount of points you scored and the Giant High Score. If you score over 750 points, you will unlock an extra outfit in each of the Hidden Dressing Rooms. Remember to collect The Polly FlowerTM to open them. Can you get the best score ever? 360 Spin Power-up: Spin all the way around the tube. Double Bonus Power-up: Flowers are worth double points for 5 seconds. You can only ride the waterslide when you have collected 2,000 tickets. If you forget the number, the helper at the Giant Water Slide entrance will tell you how many tickets you need to ride. The ride is full of special flowers that earn you points for your high score. Use the Control Pad Left and Right to move PollyTM around the sides of the slide as she soars down the ride. There are five levels to open, so you need to keep earning more tickets. Here's how many tickets you need: Open Level 1 = 2,000 tickets Open Level 4 = 10,000 tickets Open Level 2 = 4,000 tickets Open Level 5 = 15,000 tickets Open Level 3 = 7,000 tickets 18 19 The Flower Timer The Flower Timer tells you how much time you have left to enjoy your ride and earn tickets. As the time ticks by, the petals of the flower will disappear. When there are none left, the ride is over. Each ride in Single Player mode has a limit of 2 minutes. The Hidden Dressing Rooms Control Pad Left and Right: Switch outfits. A Button: Go to the Difficulty Selection Screen. B Button: Go to the Park Map. The Ticket Counter The Ticket Counter shows you how many tickets you have earned during a ride. You can see the number of tickets increase as you collect balloons and score points. The Ticket Counter on the screen at the water park entrance shows you how many tickets you have earned in total-- remember, you need 2,000 tickets to open the Giant Water Slide. You can also see how many tickets you have collected so far on the screen at the end of each ride. Hidden in each ride is a special Polly FlowerTM. When you pick it up, a hidden dressing room will be unlocked, containing outfits that PollyTM can wear on that ride. When a dressing room has been unlocked, you will be told at the end of the activity and see the Polly FlowerTM next to the ride on the park map. To go to the open Hidden Dressing Room, just enter the ride as usual and you will go directly to it. To look at the different outfits, use Control Pad Left and Right. When you see PollyTM wearing the outfit you like best, press the A Button to make your selection. To leave the Hidden Dressing Room and go back to the water park entrance, press the B Button. The Polly FlowerTM In each ride, there is the Polly FlowerTM to find and collect. When you spot the Polly FlowerTM, run PollyTM or her vehicle over it to pick it up. The Polly FlowerTM will open the Hidden Dressing Room containing new outfits for that activity. See the next page. 20 21 Credits Mattel, Inc. Girls Division Senior Manager Patricia Masai Origin Products, Ltd. Director - Chris Taylor Special thanks: Kevin Barry-Gillon Programmers Mike Kasprzak Eddy Douridas Nicole Holland Lead Artist Ron Davey Artists Mark Maia Wendy Young Nick White Jeff Edwards Sound and Music David Kerr © 2003 Mattel, Inc. and/or Origin Products Ltd. The POLLY POCKET trademark is owned by Origin Products Ltd. Other trademarks and trade dress are owned by Mattel, Inc. or Origin Products Ltd. Manufactured under license from Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured and distributed by Destination Software Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Developed by CE Digital Illusions Canada Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 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