INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
THIS GAME CARD WILL WORK ONLY WITH
THE NINTENDO DS??? VIDEO GAME SYSTEM.
Wireless DS
THIS GAME ALLOWS WIRELESS MULTIPLAYER
GAMES WITH EACH DS SYSTEM CONTAINING
A SEPARATE GAME CARD.
CAUTION - Stylus Use
To avoid fatigue and discomfort when using the stylus, do not grip it tightly or press it hard against the screen. Keep your fingers, hand, wrist and arm relaxed. Long, steady, gentle strokes work just as well as many short, hard strokes.
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Something very odd is happening in the waters around Rainbow Reef. Strange wave surges have disrupted life undersea and endangered ships sailing the waters above. Freak currents and weird tides continue to sweep over rock and reef, causing the Rainbow Reef???s denizens all kinds of trouble.
Ariel had been looking forward to spending some time with her pal Flounder, searching old shipwrecks for sunken treasure, and
hanging out with her friends around the reef. This funny weather is sure going to change her plans. In between rescuing her friends, ???nding the scattered members of the Barnacle
Band, and ???guring out what???s causing all the weirdness, there won???t be any time for
treasure hunting.
Or??? If she hurries, maybe there will be a little time for treasure hunting
in between.
1.Make sure the POWER switch is OFF.
2.Insert the Disney???s
The Little Mermaid: Ariel???s
Undersea Adventure Game
Card into the Nintendo DS???
Game Card slot.
3.Turn the POWER switch ON. Note: Disney???s The Little Mermaid: Ariel???s Undersea Adventure Game Card is designed for the Nintendo DS??? system.
4.Please read and accept the Health and Safety screen by touching the bottom screen.
5.If the game does not automatically launch, select the Disney???s The Little Mermaid game icon from the DS launch screen.
Menu Controls
Getting around the menus is a lot easier than getting around the reef ??? especially if the Sea Slides are broken!
Touch Screen
Select with the stylus or your ???nger
Use the stylus or your ???nger and the touch screen to select
New Game, Continue Game, Multiplayer, or Options.
New Game Touch this bubble to begin a brand new game. Caution: Saving a New Game will erase a previously saved game.
Continue Game If you have a previously saved game, select this to start where you left off last time you played.
Multiplayer This bubble opens the Multiplayer Menu where you can join a multiplayer session running on a nearby Nintendo DS or start one of your own for your
friends to join.
Options
Select Credits to ???nd out who created Disney???s The Little Mermaid, or Language to change the game???s language. Microphone is where you set microphone sensitivity. Tap a ???ower and blow into the
microphone to test the new setting.
Main Game Screens
Most of the action takes place on the touch screen. Use the stylus to tap objects in the water to interact with them. If they are collectible, such as pearls or sand dollars, tap them with your stylus to snatch them up! Keep an eye on the top screen for Counters and sometimes even human treasure hidden among the rocks and kelp above.
Tiger Shells
Look here to see how many Tiger Shells you???ve collected so far. Collect Tiger Shells to unlock Flounder Tricks!
Counter
Whenever someone asks you to collect a bunch of things ??? like sand dollars or pearls ??? look here to see how many you???ve collected (on the left) and how many you have to collect in total (on the right).
Inventory
Tap the seaweed icon in the upper left to open Ariel???s inventory. She can carry up to ???ve objects here. To use something stored here, touch it with your stylus and drag it on your touch screen where you???d like it to go.
Sea Stones
Ariel collects Sea Stones throughout the game. Maybe they have something to do with the weather?
touch screen Tricks
Use the +Control Pad to guide Ariel around the reef, and use the stylus and the touch screen to activate or collect objects under the sea. Usually a tap with the stylus is
enough. Some objects require other touch screen stylus tricks ??? tapping, rubbing, swiping. Sometimes you???ll need to blow into the microphone (to clear away some sand, or to blow a bubble), and sometimes you???ll even need to sing. Flounder and Sebastian can usually explain what???s going on and what you need to do. Pay attention to their advice!
the Reef
The Reef is a fantastic and beautiful undersea world and Ariel knows every coral nook and sandy cranny of it, from the Shipwreck to Sweet Water Flats and
all the places in between. This domain is where you???ll do most of your swimming, but before you can get started ???nding treasure and helping Ariel???s friends, you???ll need to
map of the reef & Sea Slide
After Ariel repairs the Sea Slide, she???ll be able to scoot to any part of the reef in no time at all. To use the Sea Slide, press SELECT to open the
map or tap the map icon on the lower left corner of the touch screen. The top screen shows the entire Reef and the touch screen shows three Slide stations. Ariel???s current location is shown on the map, as are missions that are not yet open. Press +Control Pad Left/Right or use your stylus to scroll through the destinations in the system. Tap the highlighted destination with the stylus, or press the A Button when it???s highlighted, to
send Ariel sliding through the chute. In a few seconds she will arrive at the chosen
location. Keep your eye open for Tiger Shells as you go! Tap them with the stylus to add them to your collection.
Adventure Screen
If you need a reminder about who Ariel is helping now ??? or what she needs to do to help ??? tap the X Button to open the Adventure Screen and see a list of active missions. If you need more information about a mission, tap it with the stylus and pay attention to what Sebastian has to say!
Dangerous Waters
Some of the waters undersea are dangerous
??? too dangerous for Ariel to swim through freely. In these regions Ariel ???its from hideout to hideout, hoping to get through unnoticed.
To cross these areas, use the stylus to select a hiding place. If you???ve chosen a good spot, she???ll dash right over and stay out of sight. Keep a lookout for sharks and other, even more dangerous, sea creatures. If Ariel spends too long out in the open, she???s sure to be noticed.
You can still collect any treasures you may ???nd laying about by tapping them with your stylus.
Even though she has a lot to do, Ariel still
makes time for her favorite pastime ??? hunting for sunken treasure! Look for sparkly re???ections in the water; treasure may be buried nearby. Use your stylus to dig it up. If you really have found some treasure, Flounder will let you know, and you???ll have a chance to clean up what you???ve found.
Polishing Treasure
After you???ve uncovered a
bit of treasure, you???ll need to clean it up before you can add it to Ariel???s collection.
Clear away shells and coral and crabs with the stylus, and blow away sand by blowing into your microphone. With the sand
cleared, tap away the barnacles and polish it up!
Sea Chests and Other Valuables
Sea Chests
You???ll ???nd these wonders hidden throughout the reef. Often they hold the most valuable treasures of all, human artifacts from dry land that allow Ariel to use the Magic Pearl in her Grotto to see into the future. Unlocking a Sea Chest can be tricky. When you
???nd one, tap it with your stylus, then sing into the microphone and hit the notes shown on screen.
Tiger Shells
These look a little like Flounder,
so it???s no wonder Tiger Shells allow you to teach Flounder new acrobatic tricks. Collect a few, then press START to open the Pause Menu to try Flounder???s new trick.
Sea Stones
These are very rare, precious and hard to ???nd, but ???nd them Ariel must. Somehow they have something to do
with what???s causing all the strange weather.
Mission Stars
These star formations aren???t really collectible, but they are almost as valuable to Ariel as human
treasure. Whenever you ???nd one of these, tap it with the stylus to ???nd out who Ariel needs to help and what she needs to do to help!
Pause Menu Choices
Continue Game
Choose this to close the Pause Menu and return to the game. You can also press START to return to the game
at any time.
If you need a break, press START to open the Pause Menu. This is also
where you can try out new Flounder moves.
Flounder???s Tricks
All those Tiger Shells Ariel has been collecting add up to tricks Flounder can perform for you. He starts out knowing how to do three. To call him over to you, tap the ???Note??? icon and sing the correct note into the DS microphone.
If you blow into the microphone, Flounder will demonstrate how well he can swim in the strongest of currents.
Finally, swipe the stylus across the touch screen to ask him to do his ???belly ???oat??? trick. Hurry up and collect more shells and teach Flounder some new tricks!
Options
Select Options on the Pause Menu to choose from Back, Save, and Quit.
Back: Tap the back arrow to return to the previous Bubble Options.
Save: Select this to save your progress so far. You can access your saved game from the Main Menu.
Quit: Tap this when it???s time to quit. You will be given another chance to save before
quitting.
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This is where Ariel goes when she wants to take a break, or admire her collection of human treasures, or play music with the Barnacle Band. When Ariel swims close to the Grotto, tap the B Button to enter.
Jammin??? with the Barnacle Band
Sebastian is relaxing all the way down at the bottom of the Grotto. Tap him to
open up a jam session with the band. Choose an instrument, then press START to begin the song.
To play along, follow the notes streaming by on the top screen, and tap or swipe the instrument on the touch screen with your stylus when the
note passes over the bubble. And if you???re playing a saxophone, blow into the microphone at the right time, instead!
To start (or restart) a song, press START.
To end the song and return to the Grotto, tap the EXIT BUBBLE. NOTE: Ariel will only be able to play the drums made of clam shells and
the violin made of jelly???sh strings until she ???nds more members of the band. 19
Looking into the Future
Some human treasures allow Ariel to glimpse the future. To ???nd out what lies ahead for her, use the stylus to drag and drop one of these special treasures onto Ariel???s Magic Pearl.
Interior Decorating
Sometimes it gets boring in the Grotto. You can mix things up a little by rearranging the
furnishings! All of the treasures Ariel has collected and stored on the coral shelves can be moved around. And if she has found a paintbrush
during her treasure hunts, she can change the ???watercolors??? on the walls.
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You can use the wireless connection tools on your Nintendo DS to connect to other Nintendo DS players. Make some music with your friends using the Barnacle Band???s instruments or trade treasures you have discovered!
After selecting Multiplayer from the Main Menu, tap Barnacle Band to play Barnacle Band, tap Treasure Trading to Trade Treasures, and press the B Button to Cancel and return to the Main Menu. In order to play in multiplayer mode, each player must own The Little Mermaid Ariel???s Undersea Adventure Game Card.
Jammin??? with the Band, Part Two
Getting a jam session going with your friends is easy. From the Multiplayer Menu, tap Barnacle Band to open the Barnacle Band setup screen.
Host
To host the session on your DS, tap Start Game. Invite your friends, and once everybody has joined, press the A Button again to open the Instrument Selection screen. Here, everybody can choose an instrument to play by tapping the instrument bubbles in their Touch Screens. Once that???s done, press START to start the song!
Join
To join a session on another DS, tap Join Game. Choose a game to join from the list on the touch screen (be sure to choose the one your friends are in!), and wait until everybody joins and the Instrument Selection screen opens. Then, choose an instrument by tapping its bubble on your touch screen. Up to 5 people can play Barnacle Band together.
To end your jam session, tap the X Button to return to the Multiplayer Menu. 21
Trading Treasures
Got too many paintbrushes and no bugles? Then trade with your friends to get the treasures you are missing. You can trade with one partner at a time.
From the Multiplayer Menu, tap Treasure Trading to open the Session Setup screen. Tap a ???Trader??? slot with your stylus. When another player has joined, the Treasure Trading Screen opens (it looks just like Ariel???s
Grotto!). To trade an item, drag it from anywhere in the Grotto (even from other rooms) and drop it on the crystal
ball. Once the other player has chosen something to trade, tap the A Button to accept the trade.
To make another trade, drag another treasure onto the crystal ball.
To reject a trade, tap the
B Button. To close the trading sessions and return to the Multiplayer Menu, tap the X Button. Up to 2 people can trade treasure!
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