User manual GAMES NINTENDO DS STAR FOX COMMAND

[. . . ] Box 957, Redmond, WA 98073-0957 U. S. A. www. nintendo. com 61216A INSTRUCTION BOOKLET PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE SEPARATE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS BOOKLET INCLUDED WITH THIS PRODUCT BEFORE USING YOUR NINTENDO ® HARDWARE SYSTEM, GAME CARD OR ACCESSORY. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: READ THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS BEFORE YOU OR YOUR CHILD PLAY VIDEO GAMES. WARNING - Repetitive Motion Injuries and Eyestrain Playing video games can make your muscles, joints, skin or eyes hurt after a few hours. Follow these instructions to avoid problems such as tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, skin irritation or eyestrain: · Avoid excessive play. It is recommended that parents monitor their children for appropriate play. [. . . ] Once in the combat phase, fight one battle at a time until all combat is complete. Enemy Fighter If one of these enemies crosses a ship's flight path, combat will occur. If a fighter passes over one of these, it will stop and engage the enemy mothership protecting the base. Beginning Combat Touch a battle panel to begin that fight. Once one battle is finished, touch another panel to start that a new one. When panels are stacked on top of each other, you can select only the front panel. When two characters are displayed on a panel, you can choose which character will fight. Enemy Missile Enemy Bases 26 27 Single Player Battles During the combat phase, (p. 27) and engage in battle. Completing Battle Once the fighting is over, the combat results screen will display. You'll receive a time bonus based on the number of enemies you shot down and then return to the battle panel screen. 27) The remaining time is the time left for all combat during the entire mission. Combat Rules Before combat begins, the target enemy will be displayed. 21), the battle will be finished. If you complete a battle with a perfect score, the Great Fox will receive a missile. 25) Penalties If a fighter gets shot down or runs out of time, that pilot will lose the battle in which he or she is engaged, and the player's ship stock will be reduced by one ship. Accordingly the remaining movement of the fighter that was defeated in battle will be cancelled, and the enemy that defeated the fighter will continue along its original flight path. If your fighter stock is zero and a character falls, you will no longer be able to use that character. If you run out of characters, the mission will end in failure. Pursuit Combat and Guide Beacons The act of chasing down enemy motherships and missiles is know as pursuit combat. Follow the guide beacons to catch the target, then follow the on-screen instructions to destroy it. If you miss the guide beacons, the enemy will escape or you will be shot down! Gaining Turns Liberate an allied city and you'll get two turns (p. 22), lengthening the number of turns you have to complete the mission. Guide Beacon 28 29 Download Play This mode is for up to six players. 32. Guest System In this mode you can download the game from the host system and join a battle group. Once the host system has selected Cut Off, the download process will begin. Downloaded data will be lost when you turn your DS off. Host System In multiplayer mode, the player using the system with the DS Game Card will be the host and create the battle group. Select Download Play to display the screen shown to the right, then select Recruit. Download Play Rules Fly against other pilots on the combat screen. In addition, the following items will be available during versus play. [. . . ] Use of any such device will invalidate your Nintendo product warranty. Nintendo (and/or any Nintendo licensee or distributor) is not responsible for any damage or loss caused by the use of any such device. If use of such device causes your game to stop operating, disconnect the device carefully to avoid damage and resume normal game play. If your game ceases to operate and you have no device attached to it, please contact Nintendo Customer Service (see below). [. . . ]