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Saving
The game will be saved to the memory card at the beginning of a turn.
Ending
The board will end when all the Precioustones have been collected.
The winner will be decided by the number of Emblems that were collected. See
Page 9 for more about Emblems. You will only be able to advance to the next stage
if you are in first place at the end of the board. If you are unable to place first, you
must play the same board over again.
At the end of each board in STORY mode, the rings you collected during the game
will be put into the Sonic Bank. You can then buy pictures using these rings in the
SONIC ROOM. See Page 8.
Playing Order
The playing order is decided by a mini-game. Before each mini-game starts, some brief
instructions are displayed. Press the D-Pad
to view different pages and press to
start playing. The winner of the game will be first in the playing order, the 2nd person will
will be the next in the playing order, and so forth.
Using the VMU Screen
The cards in your own hand are cons tantly displayed on your VMU.
At the bottom left of the screen your present number of
Forcejewels is displayed. At the bottom right of the VMUscreen is a
ring icon that displays whether you are in Lightness (plus sign) or
Darkness Mode (minus sign).
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Duels
Unlike STORY Mode, there are Duels in VERSUSMode. You will
have to duel if you land on the same Battle Space or Ring
Space as another player. If there are already several players on
the same space, the latest arrival must duel against the first
person to land on that particular space. The loser in a duel will
either lose rings or rest one turn if they have no rings.
Saving
In this mode, the game will not be saved and the rings collected in VERSUS Mode will not
be added to the Sonic Bank.
Ending
The game will end when all the Precioustones have been collected. The winner will be
decided by the number of Emblems that were collected. See Page 9 for more about
Emblems. When the players have completed the board, the game will end and the Title
Screen will be displayed.
COM Settings
In VERSUSMode, you can set all the characters to be controlled by the COM. Once
you do this, the COM players will start to play the game and you can sit back and
enjoy watching all the fun. Press and hold Trigger / when your character is moving
to display the Human/COMMenu to change these settings and rejoin the game.
VERSUS
(1-4 Players)
First, select the number of players. Note that the number of players that you can
select is limited by the number of connected controllers.
Character Selection
Second, each player must select the character that they want to play the game as.
There are initially 4 characters to choose from. Press to view the special abilities of
each character.
Difficulty Setting
Next, select the difficulty setting of the Computer (COM) pla yers.
Board Selection
After selecting the COM difficulty setting, select the board that you would like to play.
You can select from Emerald Coast, Firebird, Nature Zone, Riot Train or 4th Dimension.
Precioustone Selection
Select the number of Precioustones that will appear on the board. You may select
from 2-7 Precioustones. This will determine the play time of the game. The more
Precioustones, the longer it will take to clear the game.
Finally, confirm the settings made and select “YES” to start the game.
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