User manual NINTENDO MARIO KART DS

[. . . ] Box 957, Redmond, WA 98073-0957 U. S. A. www. nintendo. com 58713A PRINTED IN USA 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. [. . . ] You can also hold to inflate a balloon, but blowing into the mic will make it inflate faster. When all of your inflated balloons are burst, you lose, even if you have unused balloons you can still inflate. Once a Shine has been dropped, anyone can pick it up. You will lose a balloon in each of the following situations. Get hit by a kart made invincible by a Star. Missions In this mode, you are given sets of specific missions you must clear in order to move on to the next set of missions. What could await at the end?! Select Mission Screen Game Screen Records Choose this mode to view all of your race records. Grand Prix View all of your Grand Prix records, sorted by cup. Time Trials View your top five Time Trials times on each track. There are many other missions besides these. Remaining Time While playing, you can press at any time to pause your game. The options that appear on the pause menu vary depending on which mode you are playing. Either touch Erase Data or press to erase all Time Trials records. it can never be recovered. Friends Continue Quit Restart Change Course Select Mission Continue Replay Restart Replay Unpause the game and continue racing. Start the replay over. Here you can check your list of friends that you've exchanged ghost data or Friend Keys with. You can save up to 60 friends, but once you run out of empty save slots, saving a new record will erase the oldest record saved. You can lock any record that you do not want erased by selecting it and pressing . You will be more likely to encounter opponents whose records you have locked when racing on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Options Choose Options to change your game-play settings. Edit Nickname Nickname Being Entered Choose this option to change the nickname Change Keyboard you entered the first time you played the game. Emblem Choose this option to create a new emblem to place on your kart or edit an existing emblem. Settings Sound Adjust in-game sound settings. Locate Friend Choose this option during Nintendo WFC matches to search for registered friends who are also on Nintendo WFC and are looking for opponents to race against. An icon will appear on-screen to notify you when wireless players are nearby. The icon Touch Screen Control Touch the tool and color you want to use. Button Control When players registered in your list of friends connect to Nintendo WFC and choose Friends as their During Nintendo WFC Matches opponents. . . will appear on the Top Screen during Nintendo WFC matches. Display Emblem Being Created Pencil/Eraser Tool Switch Cursor Choose Tool/Color Confirm Tool/Color and Draw on Canvas Color Grid ON/OFF Undo Stamp Tool Cursor Change Camera Angle/Kart Choose from one of three different thicknesses and use it to draw or erase lines. Paint Can/Dropper * Once the icon appears, you will have to wait until you start a new match before you can race against your friend. * Even if the icon appears, do not disconnect from the Nintendo WFC mid-race. Fill in the selected area. Pick up the selected color and use it with the pencil or paint can. Erase Data Choose this option to erase all saved data. Once erased, saved data cannot be recovered. This tool allows you to stamp one of three patterns onto your canvas. Multiplayer Multiplayer features two ways to play: Normal mode and Simple mode. Normal Mode DS Wireless Play (pg. 28) One Nintendo DS and one Mario Kart DS Game Card per player. Simple Mode DS Download Play (pg. 29) One DS per player and one or more Mario Kart DS Game Cards. Playable courses are limited. Player 1 (Game Card) P1 Create a Group Players 2-8 (Game Card) Players 2-8 (No Game Card) All tracks available in Single-Player mode can be played. P1 Create a Group Players 1 Touch Normal mode. P2-P8 Join a Group Players 2 ­ 8 Touch Player One's name. Player One , the player with a Mario Kart DS Game Card, touches Simple Mode. Once all the participants nicknames appear, touch CUT OFF. Once all participating players' nicknames appear in the list, touch CUT OFF. Your name will appear in the list, so just wait for the match to begin. Touch Player One's name to enter his or her group. Your name will appear on the list, so just wait for the game to start. On the Nintendo DS system menu, touch DS Download 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). [. . . ]