Disney A Christmas Carol for Nintendo DS User manual

Disney’s A Christmas Carol Manual
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Contents
Getting Started......................................................................2
The Redemption of Scrooge.................................................2
Controls ................................................................................2
Main Menu............................................................................2
Gameplay .............................................................................3
Redemption Menu ................................................................4
DGamer™.............................................................................4
Hints and Tips.......................................................................5

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Getting Started
1. Make sure the POWER switch is OFF.
2. Insert the Disney’s A Christmas Carol Game Card in the Nintendo DS™
slot.
3. Turn the POWER switch ON.
NOTE: The Disney’s A Christmas Carol 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 A
Christmas Carol game icon from the DS launch screen.
The Redemption of Scrooge
Celebrate the spirit of the holidays with a Scrooge twist! Guide the old miser on a
supernatural Christmas adventure. You’ll play the hand of fate in his journey
designed especially for the Nintendo DS™. Deck the halls, sing carols and cook
a grand Christmas dinner for your friends!
Play minigames alone or with up to three other players to see who has the most
Christmas spirit. Use your stylus and the microphone to play the piano, throw
snowballs and experience loads of holiday cheer.
The Advent Calendar even lets you unlock surprises from December 1st through
Christmas 2009.
Controls
Touch Screen and stylus—Click on interactive objects with your stylus to
activate them. You can also click and drag using the stylus. Just touch an object
and keep the stylus on the Touch Screen as you move the object to another
location.
You can also use your stylus to “scratch” the screen to clean an area or rattle an
object. Quickly move the stylus back and forth to scratch.
START —Pause the game and access the Pause Menu.
Main Menu
Before you get to the Main Menu, click on “Christmas Carol” to play the game or
“DGamer” to enter the online community.
Start game—Start playing Disney’s A Christmas Carol.
Minigames—Access the Minigames Menu to replay the minigames you’ve
unlocked.

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Redemption—Access the Redemption screen to see the awards and replay
scenes you’ve unlocked.
Advent—Access the Advent Calendar with new “Find the Difference” puzzles
every day from December 1st through Christmas 2009.
Options—Adjust the microphone sensitivity.
Extras—Enter cheat codes to unlock minigames and DGamer accessories, view
credits and read the classic book, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.
Gameplay
Adventure
Lead Scrooge down the mysterious path guided by the ghosts. Sometimes you’ll
need to call Scrooge’s attention to an important object in the scene. Other times,
solving a puzzle or finding a solution to a problem is the only way to get Scrooge
going.
Blow into the microphone and objects you can interact with will sparkle. Click on
the object with your stylus to activate it. Some things aren’t interactive when you
first encounter them, but will activate later when needed.
Be sure to thoroughly explore all the environments to find hidden secrets and
minigames. Most of the objects you can interact with stand out a bit, but others
are hidden away. You can even go back later and find things you’ve missed for
awards!
Pause Menu
Press the START to access the Pause Menu and learn the main objective for a
scene. You’ll also learn how many hidden objects there are and the number
you’ve already found. The Pause Menu also shows if you’ve caught a ghost and
found all the available minigames.
Minigames
Once you’ve found and played a minigame, it’s unlocked and you can replay it as
many times as you want. Go to Minigames in the Main Menu to replay your
unlocked games. Minigames include singing Christmas carols, making dinner in
Tiny Tim’s kitchen and playing festive tunes on the fiddle and piano.
How well you score on the minigames determines the medal you receive. Your
minigames score also adds to your Redemption score. Earning gold medals in
minigames earns DGamer awards.
Go to Minigames in the Main Menu and play with up to 4 friends as you compete
for the highest score. Your friends can even help you solve the puzzles in the
main game. When your friends play on your DS system, the scores and coins
earned will be logged under your player name.

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Saving Game
Games are automatically saved at the end of a level or just after collecting a
hidden item in the game.
Redemption Menu
As you play through Disney’s A Christmas Carol, you’ll earn DGamer
accessories. Go to the Redemption Menu from the Main Menu to see the ghosts
you’ve caught and the collected hidden items of each scene.
DGamer
Choose DGamer™ to enter the new online community exclusively for Disney
gamers. Once inside, check out all the cool achievements you’ve unlocked, send
gifts and chat with friends, create a 3D avatar and more. (See the DGamer Quick
Start Guide for more details.) Plus, while in LCD Off Mode you can plug in your
headphones, close your DS and listen to the music from DGamer.

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Hints and Tips
For complete hints to get through the first level, go look at the poster
provided in your game!
Scrooge will try to resist your attempts to make him do the right thing. Be
persistent and search around for objects that can help to push him in the
right direction
When a ghost appears, use your stylus to quickly draw a circle around
the ghost to catch it.
When you need a hint, blow into the microphone and watch what happens
on screen.
If you get stuck, find all the interactive objects in the scene and figure out
a way to use them together.
If a character keeps doing the same thing over again, find an interactive
object in the scene that’ll change the character’s behavior.
If you have a code to unlock an exclusive minigame, enter it in the Extras
section of the Main Menu.
To get more badges and other awards, earn gold on all the minigames
you can!
By playing the game and discovering as many unlockables as possible,
you can collect all 6 Disney’s A Christmas Carol DGamer holiday greeting
cards including Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and cards in Spanish,
French, Mandarin and Japanese.
Some exclusive DGamer accessories can be unlocked by special code.
Go to ChristmasCarolVideoGame.com for hints on where to find these
codes to make your avatar unique.