6
SETTING UP
HARDWARE SETUP
EP3 is a one to four player game. Connect the
Nintendo GameCube™ Controllers to the
Controller Socket 1, 2, 3 and 4 (depending on the
number of players participating) in order. You will
not be able to play properly with the Controllers
connected out of order.
This game can be set to display a higher resolution image on TV’s that
support progressive scan mode (EDTV, HDTV). In order to use the pro-
gressive scan mode, you need a TV that can accept this type of input
(see your TV operation manual), and a Nintendo GameCube™
Component Video Cable (available only through Nintendo, visit
www.nintendo.com or call 1-800-255-3700).
To activate the progressive scan mode, press and hold the B Button
while the Nintendo GameCube™ logo is being displayed until the mes-
sage “DO YOU WANT TO DISPLAY THE GAME IN PROGRESSIVE
MODE?” appears. Select YES to activate the mode.
USING PROGRESSIVE SCAN TV
Portions of this game are presented in Dolby Surround Pro Logic II.
Connect the Nintendo GameCube™ to a surround system with Dolby
Surround Pro Logic II, and select “Dolby Surround Pro Logic II” in the
Options Screen of the game to experience the excitement of surround
sound.
USING DOLBY SURROUND PRO LOGIC II
Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories.
MEMORY CARD & SAVE FILES
EP3 is a Memory Card compatible game (Nintendo GameCube™
Memory card sold separately), and a Memory Card is required to save
this game. Without a Memory Card you will not be able to play this
game. To save game data, online or offline, select Quit Game (p.18)
from the Main Menu. Never turn OFF the Nintendo GameCube™ power
or remove the Memory Card while the game data is being saved. Doing
so will corrupt the game data, making it unusable the next time the
game is started up.
Please refer to the Nintendo GameCube™ booklet (pages 18-20) for
directions on how to format and erase Memory Card files.
43
SELECT FROM TEMPORARY CHARACTERS
Select from “temporary characters” data. Insert
a Memory Card with an EP3 character file into
Memory Card Slot B, then select and register
character as temporary character.
In Free Battle Mode, it is possible to use Player Characters saved onto
other Memory Card(s). To use the characters saved onto another Memory
Card, first insert it into Memory Card Slot B, then temporarily transfer
the character data to the Memory Card in Memory Card Slot A. Here
in this game, this “transferred” character is called a Temporary Character.
Note that the original data of the Temporary Character cannot be
used as Main Character until the data has been transferred back.
If you delete the Temporary Character data, you will not be
able to return it to its original Memory Card. Also, if you
cancel the “transferred” status on the original Memory Card,
all parameters on that character will revert to the initial
value. Please be cautious.
NOTES ON TEMPORARY C HARACTERS
Memory Card
Slot A
Memory Card
Slot B
Main
Character
(Player
Character)
Temp
Character
Move Main Character
Data as Temp
Character
Return Temp Character
Data to its original
Memory Card.
All parameters revert to initial
value, if used as Player Character
while in “transferred” status
Main
Character
(Player
Character)
VERIFY CHARACTERS
The selected Player Characters will be dis-
played. Press the
a
Button to play Free Battle
with these characters. Press the
b
Button to can-
cel and reselect.
