Disney Disney's the little mermaid: ariel's undersea adventure... User manual

Buena Vista Games | The Little Mermaid | DS Manual | R06 | 08.14.06

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INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

Printed in the USA.Buena Vista Games, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521

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NINTENDO, NINTENDO DS AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL ARE TRADEMARKS OF NINTENDO.

THIS GAME CARD WILL WORK ONLY WITH

THE NINTENDO DS™ VIDEO GAME SYSTEM.

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THIS GAME ALLOWS WIRELESS MULTIPLAYER

GAMES WITH EACH DS SYSTEM CONTAINING

A SEPARATE GAME CARD.

1-5

Wireless DS

Multi-Card

Play

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.

CAUTION - Stylus Use

What’s With the Weather? ........................... 4

Getting Started ........................................... 5

Welcome to the Reef ................................... 6

The Main Menu .......................................... 8

About That Weird Underwater Weather ...... 9

Treasure ..................................................... 14

Pausing the Game ..................................... 16

Ariel’s Grotto ............................................. 19

Multiplayer ............................................... 21

Warranty ................................................... 24

Customer Support ..................................... 25

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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, ﬁnding the scattered members of the Barnacle

Band, and ﬁguring 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.

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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 ﬁnger

Game Controls

+Control Pad Left/Right Swim Left & Right

+Control Pad Up/Down Swim Up & Down

A Button Close Dialog

B Button Return to Reef Gameplay (single player)

Return to Previous Menu (multiplayer)

X Button Open Adventure Screen

START Pause/Play with Flounder

SELECT Open Map (after Sea Slides repaired)

L BUTTON R BUTTON

SELECT

START

+CONTROL

PAD

X BUTTON

A BUTTON

B BUTTON

Y BUTTON

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Use the stylus or your ﬁnger 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 ﬁnd 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 ﬂower 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).

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Inventory

Tap the seaweed icon in the upper left to open Ariel’s inventory.

She can carry up to ﬁve 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 ﬁnding treasure and

helping Ariel’s friends, you’ll need to re-open the Sea Slide that makes

getting from one end of the reef to the other a snap.

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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 ﬂits 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 ﬁnd

laying about by tapping them with your stylus.

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Even though she has a lot to do, Ariel still

makes time for her favorite pastime – hunting for

sunken treasure! Look for sparkly reﬂections 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 ﬁnd 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

ﬁnd 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

ﬁnd, but ﬁnd them Ariel

must. Somehow they

have something to do

with what’s causing all the strange weather.

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Mission Stars

These star formations aren’t really collectible,

but they are almost as valuable to Ariel as human

treasure. Whenever you ﬁnd one of these, tap it with

the stylus to ﬁnd 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 ﬂoat” trick. Hurry up and collect

more shells and teach Flounder some new tricks!

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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.

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 jellyﬁsh strings until she ﬁnds more members of the band. 1918

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Looking into the Future

Some human treasures allow Ariel to glimpse the

future. To ﬁnd 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.

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.

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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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