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CAUTION – Motion Sickness WARNING – Repetitive Motion Injuries and Eyestrain WARNING – Seizures REV-R 71209A_Wii_FlingSmash_manual.indd 1-2 9/20/10 11:24 AMStory and CharaC terS Zip pip The Great Palm Tree and nature spirits have long protected Suthon Island, for the isle is a source of a mysterious power that sustains the world. Everything changed when Omminus appeared with his dark underlings, seeking to steal the island’s power and take over the world. When the Great Palm Tree began to wither and the princess fell ill, the leader of the nature spirits knew it was time to take action. He recalled an old legend… A long time ago, when a terrible evil befell the island, a brave hero gathered up the isle’s sacred pearls and used them to restore peace. When he had saved the island, the pearls were sealed away for a future day—and, mysteriously, so was the hero. But now the leader of the nature spirits needs the hero to return! And when he opens up the chest where the hero has been sleeping, the leader sees the legend for the first time! He’s a bouncy, spherical hero—and he’s ready to find those sacred pearls all over again! The legendary hero who defends Suthon Island! Don’t be fooled by his gentle appearance. He wields amazing power!The hero of nearby Eesturn Island! She’s upbeat, levelheaded, and ready to fight alongside Zip! ContentS Story and Characters 3 Using the Controller 5 Controlling Zip and Pip 7 Starting the Game 9 Selecting a World and Stage

Advancing through a Stage

Clearing a Stage 17 Tips and Techniques 19

71209A_Wii_FlingSmash_manual.indd 3-4 9/20/10 11:24 AMLook for the Wii Remote Plus mark! Wii MotionPlus The Wii MotionPlus accessory adds more precise movements to the standard Wii Remote. Please correctly attach the Wii MotionPlus accessory to it when you play FlingSmash. When using the accessory, refer to the Wii MotionPlus Accessory Operations Manual if you have any questions about its use. Do not grip the Wii Remote around the accessory while playing FlingSmash. The Wii Remote Plus incorporates the features of the Wii MotionPlus accessory, so you don’t need to additionally attach the separately sold accessory. When using the Wii Remote Plus, refer to the Wii Remote Plus Operations Manual if you have any questions about its use. If FlingSmash prompts you to recalibrate, place your controller on a flat surface with facing down, then wait a few seconds for it to calibrate. You can also check out the status of calibration at any time while playing. Hold the controller upright while playing the game FlingSmash, whether you’re using the Wii Remote

accessory. Each player will need one of these controllers when playing two-player mode (additional accessories sold separately). Wii remote pluS Wii remote With Wii motionpluS attaChed hoW to attaCh the Wii motionpluS aCCeSSory Calibrating the ControllerS uSing the Controller pointing Aim the pointer at the place on the TV screen you want to interact with, such as menu selections. Words in light blue indicate controls during a stage. See pages 7-8 for details on controlling characters. The controls are the same whether you’re playing with a Wii Remote Plus or Wii Remote with Wii MotionPlus accessory. From this point forward in the manual, “Wii Remote” will refer to both the Wii Remote Plus and the Wii Remote with Wii MotionPlus accessory.+Control Pad Make a selection Cancel Confirm a selection Stop/Jump Change the screen Access the HOME Menu Stop/Jump Change the screen Access the pause menu P. 13B ButtonA Button- ButtonHOME Button1 Button+ Button Select the Instructional Video option on the title screen to see how to attach and remove the Wii MotionPlus accessory. Watch this video any time you need further help with your Wii MotionPlus accessory.

71209A_Wii_FlingSmash_manual.indd 5-6 9/20/10 11:24 AMThe guide shows the direction and angle of your current swing. Super Shot! The character will start glowing when you are not swinging the Wii Remote.Swing the Wii Remote and shoot! Controlling Zip and pip To fling a hero in a direction, swing the Wii Remote in that same direction. Fling the heroes at enemies and barriers to destroy them. To eyeball exactly where you’re aiming, look at the controller guide in the lower right-hand corner. the Speed of your flingS You don’t need to be overly forceful! In fact, flinging faster than necessary doesn’t move the hero any faster. Move the heroes by swinging the Wii Remote—both Zip and Pip are controlled in the same way! flinging the heroeS Controller GuideCAUTION: WRIST STRAP USEPlease use the wrist strap to help prevent injury to other people or damage to surrounding objects or the Wii Remote in case you accidentally let go of the Wii Remote during game play. Also remember the following: • Make sure all players put on the wrist strap properly when it is their turn. • Do not let go of the Wii Remote during game play. • Dry your hands if they become moist. • Allow adequate room around you during game play and make sure that all areas you might move into are clear of other people and objects. • Stay at least three feet from the television.• Use the Wii Remote Jacket.When you are not swinging the Wii Remote, the characters accumulate power and start glowing. If you shoot when they are glowing, you can perform a Super Shot. A Super Shot is more powerful than a regular shot, and it’s required to smash some things.By pressing or , you can stop the character on the screen. He’ll make a small jump after he stops. You can use this to stop the hero in midfling. Stopping and Jumping Super Shot SYSTEM MENU UPDATEPlease note that when first loading the Game Disc into the Wii console, the system will check if you have the latest version of the system menu, and if necessary a Wii system menu update screen will appear. Select OK to proceed with the update. Please note that the Wii console must have the latest version of the Wii system menu in order to play the Game Disc.When the system menu is updated, unauthorized hardware and/or software modifications may be detected and unauthorized content may be removed, causing the immediate or delayed inoperability of your console. Failure to accept the update may render this game, and future games, unplayable. Please note that Nintendo cannot guarantee that unauthorized software or accessories will continue to function with the Wii console after this or future updates of the Wii system menu.

LANgUAgE SETTINgSTo play this game in English, change your language settings in the Wii System Settings.

71209A_Wii_FlingSmash_manual.indd 7-8 9/20/10 11:24 AMWii MenuStrap Usage ScreenTitle ScreenChannel Preview ScreenSave Files Screen Starting the game Insert the FlingSmash Game Disc into the disc slot on the Wii console. The console power will turn on. The screen on the right will be displayed. Once you have read the message, press to continue.On the Wii Menu, point at the Disc Channel and press . The Channel Preview screen will appear. Point at Start and press . Note: If the game title does not appear on the Wii Menu Disc Channel, please refer to the Wii System Menu Update section P. 8

The Strap Usage screen will appear. Press after putting on the strap. The title screen will then appear. When you point at Start Game and press , you will advance to the Save Files screen.Note: In some cases, the Strap Usage screen may appear after the Wii MotionPlus Instructional Video is played.Select a file from the Save Files screen. Then select the number of players to begin the game. Save data The software is set to save data automatically after a stage is cleared and settings are changed. One block of free memory on the Wii console is required. Please do not touch the Power button or the Reset button when the game is saving.Note: If you are deleting data from Wii system memory, please refer to the Wii Settings and Data Management section of the Wii Operations Manual. SeleCt a Save file SeleCt the number of playerS Point at a save file and select it by pressing . You can have up to three save files. Starting a neW game Select New, then decide whether you will play with the Wii Remote in your left or right hand. The action will move left if you play right-handed, and it will switch direction if you play left-handed. You’ll then continue to the story introduction and the practice stage.Note: This manual is based on a right-handed-player setting. playing a Save file Select a save file to continue a previous game. deleting/Copying a Save file Select the Delete option from the Save Files screen if you want to delete save-file data. Then select the file you want to delete.Select the Copy option if you want to copy save-file data. Select the file you want to copy, then select the file you want to copy over. If you have data in your destination file, it will be overwritten.Note: You can’t recover a save file once it’s been erased or overwritten.When you select the number of players, then choose which character you each want to play, you’ll continue to the world-selection screen P. 11 Each player in the two-player mode must use a Wii Remote Plus controller or Wii Remote with Wii MotionPlus accessory.

71209A_Wii_FlingSmash_manual.indd 9-10 9/20/10 11:24 AMWorld-Selection ScreenStage-Selection Screen There are many worlds across the island, so you must choose the world and stage that you want to enter. You’ll unlock more areas as you continue in your adventure. SeleCt a World SeleCt a Stage Number of PlayersBoss Stage Rank Sacred PearlRecordsNumber of Remaining Hearts P. 14Wii Remote HandMusic SFX Number of Stars P. 14Cleared Mark SeleCting a World and Stage will be displayed when one player is connected. will appear when a second player is connected.Each world has three stages and one boss stage. Select the stage you would like to play from the stage-selection screen.Displays the highest rank P. 18 achieved on that stage. Displays cleared stages. Displays the top three scores for that stage. boSS Stage You can select the boss stage after clearing all three stages. You’ll clear the world after you beat the boss. minigameS After you get an A ranking or better on all three stages of a world for the first time, a Minigames option will appear on the world-selection screen. Each minigame shows instructions for how to play it. In addition, when playing minigames with two players, you’ll see a for a competitive game and a for cooperative play. extra StageS After you get an S ranking on all three stages of a world for the first time, an Extra Stages button will appear on the world-selection screen.This will be displayed on a world that you cleared. Changing SettingS You can change game settings by selecting Settings on the world-selection screen or stage-selection screen. After changing settings, select Confirm to save your settings. You’ll then return to the previous screen.You can change the direction in which the character moves.You can adjust the background-music volume. The music will stop playing if you select OFF.You can adjust the volume of sound effects. The sound effects stop playing if you select OFF.Choose the world you’d like to enter on the world-selection screen.

71209A_Wii_FlingSmash_manual.indd 11-12 9/20/10 11:25 AMadvanCing through a Stage The screen will scroll constantly in one direction. The direction depends on the stage and Wii Remote Hand. pauSe menu Press while playing a stage to stop the game and open the pause menu. Select Continue on the pause menu to resume the game. Select Retry to start the stage from the beginning. Select Quit to return to the stage-selection screen. Advance through a stage by flinging the character forward. Your main task is to collect at least three medals in the stage before you reach the goal. Stage SCreen Acquired StarsPointsNumber of Remaining HeartsAcquired MedalsPower-Ups P. 15Score points by defeating foes and breaking blocksDisplays acquired power-up items. There are medals placed and hidden within each stage. If you collect at least three medals, you’ll win the sacred pearl at the end of the stage P. 17. Enemies will carry medals into view, and others will appear when you satisfy certain goals.If the hero falls back to the edge of the screen for too long, he’ll get eaten by Hydracoil, and you will lose a life.You will lose one life (heart) when the hero is eaten by the Hydracoil or beaten by a boss attack. The game ends if you lose a life when you have no hearts left. Select Retry to play again from the beginning of the stage or Quit to return to the stage-selection screen.After selecting Retry, you will restart with two hearts and zero stars.Silver and gold stars are spread throughout stages. A silver star is worth one star, and a gold star is worth five. When you collect 100 stars, you gain one heart. ColleCting medalS WatCh out for the hydraCoil heartS and game over StarS HydracoilSilver StarGold StarMedal

71209A_Wii_FlingSmash_manual.indd 13-14 9/20/10 11:25 AMPower-Up! typeS of poWer-upS There are four kinds of power-ups that can be in each stage. When you collect three of the same type, the hero will power up for a short period of time. All points scored while you are powered up are doubled. If you collect a power-up while powered up, the effect will last longer.There are a number of items and features that can appear during a stage. Some of them are shown below. poWer-upS ltemS and Stage featureS Power-Up TimeTime LimitHero’s Cane dark SpaCe When you bump into a certain kind of enemy, the hero will be taken into Dark Space. In Dark Space, you’ll use the Hero’s Cane to bat the character around. If you fulfill the given challenge within the time limit, you will usually get a medal and points.BlocksYou can break these with shots or Super Shots.Red BlockWhen you break a red block, all red blocks nearby will spin for a short amount of time. Each time you break a red block before they’ve all stopped, you will earn a higher combo and get a higher red-block bonus score.Number BumperWhen these are hit, the bumper will drop one number, then move elsewhere. When you break a number block that has counted down to 1, you’ll reveal a prize. Key and Lock When you hit a key, the corresponding lock will be opened.Gem SwitchWhen you hit this switch, blocks will turn into gems for a fixed period of time. Gem You will score points from gems—the bigger the better.SpinnersFling the hero through spinners to spin them around—red ones will score you points.CannonFling a hero in to a cannon, then fling again to shoot the hero from the cannon.Grouped TargetsFling the hero through the entire group, lighting them all, to score bonus points.SplitThe hero splits into three. In two-player mode, each hero splits in two. Big The hero gets bigger.PowerEvery shot is a Super Shot P. 8

FireworksThe hero’s power is stronger, and his collisions cause burst effects that result in wider destruction.

71209A_Wii_FlingSmash_manual.indd 15-16 9/20/10 11:25 AMCLEARING A STAGE There are barriers in front of the goal. Break through the barriers with a Super Shot to reach the goal. You’ll get more bonus points if you break through more of the red parts of the barriers.After you complete a stage, you’ll see a succession of three results screens. You can also choose to go to the stage-selection screen, advance to the next stage, or play the same stage again.You will get a stage’s sacred pearl and clear the stage when you first collect three medals on it. At the end of any stage, you can look at your overall results by pressing

lF YOU DIDN’T GET THE SACRED PEARL… You won’t get the sacred pearl if you reach the goal with two medals or less. However, you can play the same stage again or choose to return to the stage-selection screen. You can select any other available new stages even if you don’t get the pearl. You will arrive at the goal at the end of a stage. If you collected at least three medals along the way, you’ll win the sacred pearl and clear the stage.

BREAK THE GOAL BARRIERS

RESULTS SCREEN GET THE SACRED PEARLS AND CLEAR THE WORLD RANKING DISPLAY This display shows the accumulation of points as you traveled from start to the goal, then shows how your ranking relates to point scores. is the best score, followed by , then . RANKING The top three scores on the same stage are ranked by points.

SCORING DETAIL SCREEN

You can see the various ways that points can be scored, along with icons that show how well you performed using those methods. The icons, from best to worst, are as follows: , ,

SCORE DETAILS Based on how many of the available medals you collected.Based on the bonus points scored on beating a Dark Space challenge more quickly.Based on the points scored while powered up.Based on the points scored from red blocks.Based on the gems you acquired.Based on the stars you acquired.

71209A_Wii_FlingSmash_manual.indd 17-18 9/20/10 11:25 AMtipS and teChniqueS Some passages are narrow and can be hard to squeeze into from a distance. If you first fling the hero in the general area, then use the Stop move, you’ll be in a great position for taking a second fling! Also, remember that if you don’t immediately move the Wii Remote, you’ll take a Super Shot instead of a regular shot.DIRECTORHidetoshi TakeshitaPLANNING DIRECTORSTsuneaki KanekoMasahide KobayashiPLANNINGTomohide HayashiHiroaki SuzukiMasaya KanekoNoboru ShirasuYuusuke NakadairaMasaaki ShimomaHiroshi HasobeTaiji MiyajimaGo IwayaLEAD PROGRAMMINGYuki HatakeyamaPROGRAMMINGTatsuo YamajiriYusuke WakuiKenji YatagaiShunsuke SekikawaAtsushi GotoMotoharu TerasakiMasafumi UchidaYudai IkedaART DIRECTORManabu KusunokiDESIGNYasuhisa NakagawaAtsushi YamamotoDaisuke KojimaKayo HoshinaNatsuki WadaYoko TakeiAyae HayashiHirokazu TakedaAsahi YaraShogo UemaYoshihide KuroyanagiShougo KunigamiKoki MogiHiroyuki SekiguchiSho KumagaiKeiji KojimaSOUND MANAGEMENTYukifumi MakinoSOUND DIRECTORShinpei YamashitaMUSIC COMPOSITIONMariko NanbaYutaka MinobeSPECIAL THANKSRika IshibashiYohei KoikeNorth American Localization ManagementRich AmtowerNate BihldorffReiko NinomiyaLeslie SwanNorth American LocalizationGema AlmogueraSteven GrimmLars KnudsonAnne-Marie LaperrièreNOA Product TestingMasayasu NakataKyle HudsonEric BushSean EganTomoko MikamiEd RidgewayTeresa LillygrenNicko Gonzalez De SantiagoAndy KoldenJeffrey StorboChristopher HicksTECHNICAL SUPPORTMasahiro TakeguchiDEBUGMARIO CLUBARTWORKHisayo OsanaiKeiko UetaniYurie SatoShintaro IshiiPROJECT MANAGERJun ImanishiCOORDINATIONNagako Ikuta ASSOCIATE PRODUCERNobuo MatsumiyaPRODUCERSYutaka SuganoToyokazu NonakaSENIOR PRODUCERSNaoto OshimaHiroshi SatoEXECUTIVE PRODUCERSatoru IwataWhile you’ll probably be most focused on blasting through barriers, don’t forget that the stage features—like bumpers and unbreakable blocks—are an important part of FlingSmash strategy! If an item looks out of reach, consider whether you can rebound off of something else to reach it! There are other ways stage features can help you too!Stages sometimes have split paths. When you play the same stage again, look for the paths you haven’t yet taken! You may find medals, items, and other surprises! Consider these tips for getting medals and earning higher scores! uSe the Stop move Staff CreditS uSe the Stage featureS alternate routeS You’ll see medals underwater— look for secret ways to get at them! When a foe blocks your shots, use rebounds to get around him! All Rights, including the copyrights of Game, Scenario, Music and Program, reserved by NINTENDO and ARTOON.