______ _____ _____ ____ _ _____ | ____/ ____/ ____/ __ \ | | __ \ | |__ | | | | | | | | | | |__) | | __|| | | | | | | | _ | | _ / | |___| |___| |___| |__| | | |__| | | \ \ _ |______\_____\_____\____/ \____/|_| \_(_) /_____________________________________________\ / _______________________ \ / | Game Info | \ / |-----------------------| \ / | | \ / | Developed by: | \ / | Novatrade | \ / | Interactive | \ / | | \ / | Published by: | \ / | Sega | \ / | | \ / | Release Date: | \ / | 1995 | \ / |_______________________| \ /___________________________________________________________________________\ \ / \ An FAQ by: Prod (ProdFAQs@gmail.com) / \_______________________________________________________________________/ / \ / Table 'O Contents \ /___________________________________________________________________________\ \ / \ / \ / \ _____________________________ / \ | A. Introduction | / \ | | / \ | B. Legal Mumbo Jumbo | / \ | | / \ | C. Game Basics | / \ | | / \ | D. Walkthrough | / | | | | / | E. General Tips | \ / | | \ / | F. FAQ | \ / | | \ / | G. Credits | \ / |_____________________________| \ / \ / \ / \ / Most recent update: 2/14/06 \ |___________________________________________________________________________| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to my complete FAQ/Walkthrough for Ecco Jr. on the Sega Genesis! Let me give you a small tad of info on it first. Ecco Jr. is a children's version of Ecco games, which feature a few dolphins out doing some crazy things. In Ecco Jr., everything is based someone on education, since it is a kid's game. Also, for the most part, the game is pretty easy, but just in case you get a little lost (it often happens on the first time through), you can use this guide to help you out. This guide WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS, so be warned that if you don't want parts of the game spoiled for you, don't read on. But, if you are just looking for some help, please do read on! Please enjoy! -Prod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEGAL DISCLAIMER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This text file "Ecco Jr." is copyrighted material owned by Ben Green (Prod). No person is allowed to publish or otherwise distribute this file without prior written consent from Ben Green. Failing to get written consent before publishing this document in its entirety or otherwise will result in copyright infringement, in other words, breaks the law. To receive written consent to publish this guide, send an email regarding the issue to ProdFAQs@gmail.com. The current version of this guide can always be found at www.gamefaqs.com, the original host. Currently, gamefaqs and its partners are the only ones allowed to publish this guide. If this guide is found anywhere but there, ProdFAQs@gmail.com should be contacted immediately. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GAME BASICS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____ ____ _ _ ____ ____ ____ ___ ____ __ __ __ ____ /\ ( ___)(_ _)( \( )( _ \ ( _ \(_ _)/ __) ( _ \( ) ( )( )( ___))( )__) _)(_ ) ( )(_) ) ) _ < _)(_( (_-. ) _ < )(__ )(__)( )__) \/ (__) (____)(_)\_)(____/ (____/(____)\___/ (____/(____)(______)(____)() (Story of the game, from the Instruction Booklet) "Somewhere there is a giant whale named Big Blue. He lives in a place called the Endless Sea. He is the true king of the ocean. He is friendly and wise, and most of all, BIG. He is the biggest animal the world has ever known! Ecco the Dolphin heard that to find Big Blue, you have to open the Crystal Doors. These are strange jewels, called Glyphs, that are the doors to the oceans beyond home. Ecco and his two ocean friends Tara, the young orca, and Kitnee, the baby bottlenose dolphin, are very playful. They are also curious. They are ready to search for the wise, friendly giant, Big Blue. They found out that the Crystal Doors will open if they perform a task for each Crystal. Some Crystal Doors want them to find lost friends or misplaced toys. Others want them to play tag. Still other Crystal Doors want to hear music. When the Crystal Doors get their wish from Ecco and his friends, they open up to another part of the ocean, a little closer to the Endless Sea and Big Blue. Each ocean is a wonderful playground. Rays skim through the water. Seahorses wait to see you. The stonefish look just like rocks, and the jellyfish don't really look like jelly. Search for seals, squids, and crawly crabs. You might even swim into an octopus or a friendly shark! There are many Crystal Doors to open before you can meet the biggest whale in the world. But the real fun is getting there!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ___ __ __ __ ____ ___ _____ _ _ ____ ____ _____ __ ___ / __) /__\ ( \/ )( ___) / __)( _ )( \( )(_ _)( _ \( _ )( ) / __) ( (_-. /(__)\ ) ( )__) ( (__ )(_)( ) ( )( ) / )(_)( )(__ \__ \ \___/(__)(__)(_/\/\_)(____) \___)(_____)(_)\_) (__) (_)\_)(_____)(____)(___/ D-PAD : Swim START : Start each new game; Go back to the Friends screen; Play Again. BUTTON A OR B (same function) : Sing, this is sending a sound wave through the water. This is also called "sonar". BUTTON C : Hold or tap to swim faster; Jump out of the water using up on the D-Pad. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ___ _ _ _____ _____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _ _ ____ / __)( )_( )( _ )( _ )/ __)( ___) ( ___)( _ \(_ _)( ___)( \( )( _ \ ( (__ ) _ ( )(_)( )(_)( \__ \ )__) )__) ) / _)(_ )__) ) ( )(_) ) \___)(_) (_)(_____)(_____)(___/(____) (__) (_)\_)(____)(____)(_)\_)(____/ Choose the friend that you want to use to play the game! You can switch this at any time, and you should try out the different friends to see which you like the best! Ecco (the default dolphin) is always curious, and Tara (the black and white dolphin) is strong. Don't forget the curious Kitnee (the dark gray dolphin)! To choose your friend, simply swim Ecco, who originally has the select bubbles around him, to the friend of your choice. When you thouch another friend, the bubbles will move to that friend, and you will select that friend. Once you have chosen your starting friend (remember, you can change any time using the start button), either press START or swim to the right to go to Home Sea and begin your game! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ _ _____ _ _ ____ _____ ____ __ __ _ _ ( )_( )( _ )( \/\/ ) (_ _)( _ ) ( _ \( ) /__\ ( \/ ) ) _ ( )(_)( ) ( )( )(_)( )___/ )(__ /(__)\ \ / (_) (_)(_____)(__/\__) (__) (_____) (__) (____)(__)(__)(__) First of all, always check the little picture symbols at the top of the screen, as they will give you clues as what you are supposed to be doing. If it's a picture of a friend, swim around until you find that friend, then sing to them, and the picture will move to the other side, meaning you completed that task. If the picture at the top has a little bar next to a symbol, that means that you have to find a certain amount of whatever the symbol is showing. When you start to find them, the bar will fill with bubbles. Once the bar is entirely filled, you have completed the task. Those are the basic tasks, but there are other ones too. For example, sometimes you have to help a baby find its way back to its mama, and other times you have to play tag with your friends. Other times you have to collect music rings to play a song. Whatever the task is, the picture symbols at the top of the screen will always tell you what to do. Once your task is done, you will see a little symbol of a big crystal. That means you have to find the Crystal Door. Once you find the Crystal Door in the level, you just have to sing to it and then you will move on closer to the Endless Sea! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____ ____ ____ ___ _ _ ___ (_ _)( _ \(_ _)/ __)( )/ )/ __) )( ) / _)(_( (__ ) ( \__ \ (__) (_)\_)(____)\___)(_)\_)(___/ There's several special tricks that you can perform during the game that will help you complete the different tasks. This section will introduce all the possible tricks and explain them. SINGING Sing to find things with Ecco's (and friend's) songs! When you sing, listen closely and watch the waves to see if they bounce back to you. If the the song bounces back, then you should swim that way! A higher-pitched song means that you are closer! Also, the different dolphin friends all have different songs, so listen closely to the beautiful music! CARRYING Ecco, Kitnee, and Tara can also carry things, like music rings and pirate treasure. To pick up music rings, simply swim through them. To pick up other things like treasure, sing to them. Once you have something, you can swim and carry it along with you. Keep in mind that you can only carry one ring at a time! PUSHING Sometimes, you will need to push things out of the way to get to new areas, or to move something where it needs to go. To do this, simply push it with your nose by swimming into it, or sing to it. GRABBING You can grab the baby seahorse and the baby turtle to help them find their mothers! Touch them gently with your nose, and then press the A button or B button, now you can carry the baby with you. Don't swim too fast though, or you may accidently drop the baby. BREAKING THROUGH SHELL FENCES In several different areas in the game, you will see a line of shells blocking a path. To get through them, just watch carefully. They will take turns blinking. Touch the shell that's blinking to gently push it out of the way. When all the shells are gone, you can swim through! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ___ __ __ __ ____ __ __ ____ _ _ __ __ ___ / __) /__\ ( \/ )( ___) ( \/ )( ___)( \( )( )( )/ __) ( (_-. /(__)\ ) ( )__) ) ( )__) ) ( )(__)( \__ \ \___/(__)(__)(_/\/\_)(____) (_/\/\_)(____)(_)\_)(______)(___/ Remember, Ecco Jr. is a game for parents to play along with their children. To access the Parent's Options Menu, hold A, B, and C together at the title screen. To adjust the options on the Parent's Options Menu, use the D-Pad Up and Down to scroll through the options. Then, use the D-Pad Left and Right to change the selected option. When you are ready, press Start to begin the game. At the Parent's Options Menu, you will find several things: 1. The Facts About Dolphins button. This option will take you to the Sea of Knowledge. In this mini-game, you learn facts about dolphins that you may not have known before. 2. The Mode selection. In Normal mode, you are presented a task at each ocean and you must complete them to get to the next. This is the more challenging mode. In Exploratory mode, you don't get any tasks, you just swim around each ocean and look around. This mode is good for just exploring and talking about the different sea animals. 3. The Music selection. This simply turns the music ON or OFF. 4. The Autosonar selection. ON is better for very young or handicapped children because it makes Ecco and friends automatically sing while exploring. If it is OFF, the child has to manually make Ecco or friends sing by pressing the A or B button while exploring. 5. Difficulty selection. There's EASY, NORMAL, and HARD to choose from. The only difference is that more tasks are added for each different difficulty. It maps out like this: EASY - 11 oceans (tasks) NORMAL - 17 oceans (tasks) HARD - 27 oceans (tasks) 6. Go to level selection. Just use the D-Pad right and left to choose the level that you want to start on. 7. Start Game button. This will bring you to the Friends screen so you can begin your game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____ __ ___ ___ _ _ _____ ____ ____ ___ ( _ \ /__\ / __)/ __)( \/\/ )( _ )( _ \( _ \ / __) )___//(__)\ \__ \\__ \ ) ( )(_)( ) / )(_) )\__ \ (__) (__)(__)(___/(___/(__/\__)(_____)(_)\_)(____/ (___/ This section will teach you how to use the passwords in the game. To see the level passwords, read on in the guide, they will be listed later. So, each level in the game has a three-letter password that you can enter at the passwords screen to jump to that level. Each letter used in every password has a corresponding sea creature, that will make the password experience more enjoyable for the child. Key: O = Ocean R = Ray L = Lobster C = Crab S = Snail F = Fish J = Jellyfish H = Seahorse To access the password screen, when starting a new game, swim off to the left of the screen rather than the right. Once there, use the D-Pad left and right to select the letter/symbol with the orange selector box. Press either the A, B, or the C button to select that symbol to the bottom, and then your orange selector box will move to the next letter/symbol. Once you have entered the three letters/symbols, hit Start. If entered correctly, you will start at that level. If entered incorrectly, the entry will erase when you press Start. Again, all level passwords will be listed at the corresponding level in the walkthrough of this guide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____ __ __ _ _ ____ _ _ ___ ____ _ _ ____ ( _ \( ) /__\ ( \/ )(_ _)( \( )/ __) (_ _)( )_( )( ___) )___/ )(__ /(__)\ \ / _)(_ ) (( (_-. )( ) _ ( )__) (__) (____)(__)(__)(__) (____)(_)\_)\___/ (__) (_) (_)(____) ___ __ __ __ ____ / __) /__\ ( \/ )( ___) ( (_-. /(__)\ ) ( )__) \___/(__)(__)(_/\/\_)(____) NORMAL PLAY MODE In NORMAL mode, each level will ask your child to complete an entertaining task, like tag, finding friends, etc., and then find the Crystal Door to exit each level. Along the way, an ocean-ful of beautiful life-like sea animals await your exploration. 1. To being, swim off to the right of the Friends screen or hit Start. 2. The first level's title and description will appear. Read it, then hit Start. 3. Play through the level using your sonar (A or B button) as a guide to complete your task. 4. Find the Crystal Door, and use the sonar to break through to the next ocean. 5. Each level ends with a scoring screen to count how many levels you've completed. Read the screen, then hit enter to begin the next level. ----- TASK DESCRIPTIONS At the beginning of ever level is a task description telling you and your child what you will need to complete in that level. Read this to your child, or if he/she is old enough, have him/her read it out loud, and make sure that the child understands what you'll be doing as you play through the level together. ----- OBJECT BOXES Object boxes are the names of the little picture symbols at the top of your screen during the game. It will constantly remind you what you need to search for. Once you have completed that task, the object box will move across the screen confirming that you completed it. A counter bar will appear at the top of the screen when your child needs to collect multiples of the same object. Watch as the car fills up with bubbles as you collect the objects. Keep searching for more until your entire bar is filled with bubbles. ----- ECHOLOCATION: SIGHT IS SOUND Dolphins can see with their eyes like humans do, but they also can use sonar to find things underwater. To see best deep under the water, they use this sonar, which involves sending a sound wave which bounces off objects and ricochets back. The return sound tells the dolphin the size, location, and distance of whatever objects are in front of them, which essentially allows them to see by listening. This amazing process is covered in Ecco Jr. for you and your child to explore. It will become essential for finding some of the hidden objects in the ocean levels of the game. To use sonar, just hit the A or B button and if you are aiming towards the correct object, the sound will bounce back to you. The object box will also flash when a sound bounces back. The return bounce will tell you that the object is in the direction that you were facing, so start swimming that way. Often you will have to take a detour to get to the object however, as many rocks and other sea structures may get in your way. As you get closer, the sound of the return sonar will get higher pitched. Once you are close enough to actually see the object. Sing your sonar directly into it. As the sound wave hits the object, it is counted as "found" for the task. ----- TRANSPORTING OBJECTS 1. Found objects such as music rings or treasure will follow Ecco, Tara, or Kitnee automatically. Once you find them, they will simply cloat in a circle around your dolphin while you and your child carry the objects either to the music rings or the treasure chest. 2. In some other games, small fish or shells will join in the circle around your dolphin, until all the objects are found and the task is completed. 3. In some other games, Ecco and friends can nudge small fish or shells by singing at them in the direction you want them to move or by pushing them with your nose. 4. You can grab baby animals to return them with their mothers also. Touch the baby with your dolphin's nose and press the A or B button to grab the baby. Pressing A or B again will release the baby. ----- FINDING THE CRYSTAL DOOR When a task is completed, you will see the object box change to display a Crystal Door. This means you have completed your task and you must now go find the Crystal Door to exit the level. The Crystal Door will always be located at the far right of the level, and once you find it, you must sing directly at it. Then it will break and you will exit the level to the scoring screen. Once you are satisfied, hit Start to move on to the new level from there. ----- EXPLORING ECCO'S WORLD An additional way that you and your child can share in the dolphin adventure is simply by exploring the oceans. Often, you can interact with the sea animals that aren't even part of the level, just for fun. For example, you will often find small sea spiders in the levels. You can make them bounce to get to a new area. Remember that to activate this mode of exploring only, simply select that mode on the Parent's Options screen. ----- THE SEA OF KNOWLEDGE The Sea of Knowledge is an extra game that is found in the Parent's Options Menu. It is full of dolphin facts that you can explore with your child. 1. On the Parent's Options screen, select Facts About Dolphins at the top. 2. Once in the Sea of Knowledge, use the D-Pad to pick different crystals. The crystal that you are currently selecting will turn blue. 3. Press the A, B, or C buttons to read the crystal's question, and then again to read the answer. 4. Once you are finished, hit Start to exit that area. Remember to discuss all the facts with your child to get the full learning effect from this game! ----- GAME TYPES Scavenger Hunt: Many of the games in Ecco Jr. involve a search for objects and/ or sea life. Most objects are easily found after a short search using the sonar. Hide and Seek: Some of the objects and sea life blend in with their surroundings (like Stonefish). You will have to look more carefully to find all of these objects. Tag: Chase down one of your friends and tag it with a circle of fish, shells, or crystals. Then quick rush for the Crystal Door before you get tagged back! Collecting and Matching: Find some ocean trasures and bring them together. Sometimes you have to find musical rings and match them to blue ring patterns in the ocean. They make beautiful music when you swim through these rings. Roundup: Gather a group of shells or fish into a cave or other area. Follow the Leader: Find another dolphin, and follow him to the Crystal Door. Rescue: Here you have to find a lost baby and reunite him with its mother or a lost item to its owner on a different part of the level. Keep Away: Try to get your treasure all the way to the Crystal Door without letting your friends playfully grab them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WALKTHROUGH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Level 1: Home Sea Password: CSJ Game Type: Hide and Seek Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: Songs help you find things. Sing songs to find your friends. Then sing more to find the big Crystal Door. Hints: Sing often and watch to see which direction the echo comes back from. Your friend is in that direction. ----- Level 2: Aqua Maze Password: CFR Game Type: Hide and Seek Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: Sing to all the colored crystals until none are left. Hints: You'll get one bubble for every five crystals that you find. ----- Level 3: Bay of Songs Password: HOF Game type: Hide and Seek Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: Search for three more musical friends. Hints: One is almost invisible, so use your sonar wisely. ----- Level 4: Seal Rocks Password: RCL Game type: Rescue Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: Find the seal, and help him find his ball. He'll show you a seal trick. Hints: First, find the seal (he'll be above the water), then push the ball to him with your nose. ----- Level 5: The Sea of Music Password: JHO Game type: Collectinhg and Matching Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: Find each gold music ring and bring it to its matching blue partner. Swim through all the rings to make a song. Hints: You will need to get all five rings to open the Crystal Door. ----- Level 6: Octopus Passage Password: ROC Game type: Collecting and Matching Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: The swordfish know about the octopus passage. Find them all. Hints: You will have to take major detours to get where you want to go. ----- Level 7: The Enchanted Sea Password: OSH Game type: Tag Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: Play Crystal Tag! Touch your friend and run for the exit before he tags you back! Hints: Stay close to the Crystal Door and swim using the C button to go fast! ----- Level 8: Mysterious Ridge Password: HRL Game type: Collecting and Matching Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: Find all the pirate treasures. Then fill up the treasure chest. Hints: You must get all five treasures to unlock the chest. ----- Level 9: Vents of Pearl Password: JRF Game type: Collecting Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: Sing to the oysters and some of them will give you their pearls. Hints: Your song will always lead you to the correct oysters. ----- Level 10: Treasure Caves Password: SLR Game type: Collcting and Matching, Keep Away Skill Levels: Normal, Hard Task: Find the treasures and take them to the Crystal Door. Look out! The playful dolphins like treasures, too. Hints: Swim to the door while avoiding your friend's song waves. ----- Level 11: Ocean Tag Password: FCJ Game type: Tag Skill Levels: Normal, Hard Task: You're it! Tag a friend to give him the shells. Hints: Once you get your friend It, swim real fast to the Crystal Door before you get tagged back! ----- Level 12: The Fish Caves Password: CRS Game type: Roundup Skill Levels: Normal, Hard Task: Sing to the fish to push them into the caves. The seahorses will keep them there. Hints: Swim slowly and make sure you are singing them the right direction! ----- Level 13: Turtle Islands Password: LJS Game type: Roundup Skill Levels: Normal, Hard Task: Mama Turtle lost he egg. Find it and sing until it hatches. The nudge Baby Turtle back to her mom. Hints: Hold on to the baby, or it will swim back to the egg. Make sure you swim slowly also, or you could accidently drop the baby! ----- Level 14: The Lagoon of Stonefish Password: FSL Game type: Hide and Seek Skill Levels: Normal, Hard Task: Five stonefish are sleeping in the rocks. Can you wake them up? Hints: Sing often to find these sleepy creatures, nearly invisible against the rocks. ----- Level 15: Dolphin Ride Password: OFJ Game type: Tag Skill Levels: Normal, Hard Task: Tag your friend and give him the fish. He's chasing you, too. Find the Crystal Door fast! Hints: Like in all the Tag games, get rid of the fish, and then make a mad dash for the Crystal door! ----- Level 16: Seahorse Reef Password: LOH Game type: Rescue Skill Levels: Normal, Hard Task: Baby Seahorse lost her way. Help her get back to her mom. Hints: Make sure you know where the mom is so you know where you're going. ----- Level 17: Melodic Waters Password: FLR Game type: Collecting and Matching Skill Levels: Normal, Hard Task: Bring all the rings to their places. Each one adds its chimes to the ring song. Hints: Once you find them all, swim through all of them in a row to open the Crystal Door. ----- Level 18: Fish Reef Password: FJF Game type: Collecting and Matching Skill Levels: Hard Task: Sing to the smallest fish and they will join you. Hints: You need to find eight. ----- Level 19: The Ocean of Mimicry Password: CCJ Game type: Follow the Leader Skill Levels: Hard Task: Follow a dolphin friend and "follow the leader." He'll take you to the Crystal Door. Hints: Stay close, he'll get tricky and you don't want to lose him! ----- Level 20: The Lagoon of Songs Password: JLL Game type: Hide and Seek Skill Levels: Hard Task: Find three more friends. Hints: Many rocks mean many turns. Make sure you don't lose your way! ----- Level 21: The House of the Hermit Crab Password: HRR Game type: Rescue Skill Levels: Hard Task: Hermit Crab forgot his way. Find him and take him home. Hints: Put your nose to good work! ----- Level 22: Shark Sea Password: SCS Game type: Hide and Seek Skill Levels: Hard Task: A family of sharks has come to play. Find them all. Look hard. They move around. Hints: Poke the flashing shells to get through the shell fences around the sea. ----- Level 23: The Magical Ocean Password: LSL Game type: Collecting Skill Levels: Hard Task: Put all the small crystals in your floating circle and take them to the Crystal Door. Hints: Crystals will be hidden at different depths, make sure you check everywhere! ----- Level 24: The Bay of Scattered Song Password: SSR Game type: Collecting and Matching Skill Levels: Hard Task: Find all the music rings and swim through them to play a song. Hints: Look carefully, the rings are very spread out this time. ----- Level 25: Shell Roundup Password: CRs Game type: Roundup Skill Levels: Hard Task: Push the floating shells into the caves and make the seahorses happy. Hints: Always aim your sonar carefully to keep the shells on track. ----- Level 26: Meeting Maze Password: RHJ Game type: Hide and Seek, Follow the Leader Skill Levels: Hard Task: Join up with your friends for underwater fun. Hints: One friends will be high up, and the other down low. Search carefully. ----- Level 27: The Endless Sea Password: None Game type: Not a game, this is the final level Skill Levels: Easy, Normal, Hard Task: None Hints: Big Blue is waiting to hear your song! Swim around and sing for him! ____ _ _ ____ ____ _ _ ____ (_ _)( )_( )( ___) ( ___)( \( )( _ \ )( ) _ ( )__) )__) ) ( )(_) ) (__) (_) (_)(____) (____)(_)\_)(____/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENERAL TIPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Remember, if you ever get lost, look at the object box at the top, and then use your sonar in all directions to see where to go -Always keep your eyes open to see what's around you -Try different things, like jumping out of the water and over rocks to get to new areas -Try different dolphin friends too, don't use the same one until the end -Remember, the game should be fun, and educational, so talk about the sea life with your child while you play -Always be persistent, sometimes things are hidden pretty well in levels, just keep looking and your sonar will lead the way -Always remember which direction you came from, as you often need to back track ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FAQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How do I get to the options menu? At the title screen, hold A, B, and C and the Parent's Options will pop up. How do I enter the passwords you gave me? At the beginning of the game, swim left on the Friends screen instead of right, and you will be brought to the passwords screen. See the Game Basics section of the guide for more info. Do the different dolphins do different things? Well, not really. For the most part they are the same. However, they do swim a little differently and make a different sonar song, so it's good to change every now and then. How do I find...? Your sonar can find you anything. What if treasure gets taken from me in a Keep Away game? Do I lose? No, it doesn't really matter, you will still beat the level like normal, but it's more fun to play the Keep Away game too. What's the point of exploratory mode? Well, it's good for just relaxing if you have a relax or calm time with your child, and it's also good if you just want to talk about the sea life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CREDITS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to: -Myself, for writing this guide all alone. -The online ASCII generator at http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ for being awesome. -The Instruction Booklet, which I often looked at to remember all the info for this guide. -CJayC and everyone at GameFAQs for being the best that they can be. Sounds like a cereal commercial. >_< -You, whoever you may be, for being unique. Good job. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (c) Ben Green 2006 -End Phile-