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BEAUTIFUL KATAMARI™&©2007 Workmanship BK X360 Manual 9/5/07 2:04 PM Page 2 CONTENTS The Story.............................................2 Using Xbox LIVE® ...............................3 Meet The Characters......................4 Getting Started.................................6 Game Controls...................................8 Game Screen and Rules...............10 The Princedom.................................12 Dream Land.......................................14 The Cosmos.......................................19 Online VS Battle Mode .................20 Credits ...............................................22 Warranty...........................................25 1 BK X360 Manual 9/5/07 2:04 PM Page 2 THE STORY USING XBOX LIVE® The King of All Cosmos and his family were vacationing on Play anyone and everyone, anytime, anywhere on Xbox LIVE®. Xbox one of their favorite planets. LIVE® allows you to create your own gamer card that other players can see, become friends with players you jibe well with, and play The King was enjoying a delightful game of tennis with his games together with them. But that’s not all—you can also use beloved Queen and Prince. voice chat to talk to your friends, allowing you to send not only The King’s tennis skills were truly first-rate. text messages but audio and video ones as well.* In addition, the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace allows you to download all sorts But alas! The King’s swing was too strong, and the ball was of extra software elements to enhance your gaming experience. sent flying into the sky! * Feature support may vary depending on game software. The ball flew on and on, and opened up a hole in the sky. ® The King and his family gazed up in worry at the dark hole USING XBOX LIVE that had popped open... Before you can use Xbox LIVE®, you must connect your Xbox 360 console to a high-speed internet connection and sign up to become The hole began to suck up all sorts of things, ® an Xbox LIVE member. For more information about connecting, and ® for this was that dreadful astrophysical anomaly: a Black Hole! to determine whether Xbox LIVE is available in your region, go to www.xbox.com/live. The Black Hole hungrily ate up bigger and bigger things. Growing even bigger, it started to suck up nearby stars as well. FAMILY SETTINGS These easy and flexible tools enable parents Finally, the very planet itself was sucked up by the Black Hole! and caregivers to decide which games and ® The King had had enough! He stood up to face the Black Hole. Xbox LIVE features and services young game players can access based on the The King summoned his almighty powers, and in a spectacular content rating. For more information, fashion, stopped the Black Hole in its tracks. consult your Xbox 360 Manual or go to www.xbox.com/familysettings. Harmony has returned to the Great Cosmos, but no one knows when the Black Hole will strike again... 2 3 BK X360 Manual 9/5/07 2:04 PM Page 4 MEET THE CHARACTERS THE PRINCE The King’s beloved son, within whose small body dwells a resilient fighting spirit, an overflowing stamina, and a kind heart. With his innocent and pure personality, he is loved by all. THE KING OF ALL COSMOS Truly elegant and beautiful, the King is always looking out for the order and safety of the Cosmos. He is wise and merciful, yet he is also lionhearted and fashionable. THE QUEEN Tied the knot with the King after they fell madly in love. She supports the King from behind the COUSINS scenes with her graceful yet delicate spirit. These tiny companions, over 50 strong in number, are the friends and relatives of the beloved Prince. They come in all shapes, sizes and colors, but it seems that they get along well. 4 5 BK X360 Manual 9/5/07 2:04 PM Page 6 GETTING STARTED Press the START button or the A button when you see the Title Screen. The Data Selection Screen will appear. Use the left stick or the directional pad to choose a data file, and press the A button to confirm your selection. PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PRINCEDOM If you’re playing the game for the In the Princedom, you can do all sorts of things, from choosing tasks, to first time, choose a storage device viewing presents and objects collected. Move the Prince (or one of on which to save your data. Select the cousins) around to choose what you wish to do. “New Game” on the Data Selection Screen and the game will begin. THE FOUR AREAS In the four lands of the Princedom, you can challenge tasks and create CONTINUING A SAVED GAME new stars. You can continue from a previous game if you have the saved data for DREAM LAND that game. Select the storage Here, you can play with friends in device, then the data to load, and “Multiplayer” mode, as well as load you’ll advance on to the Princedom. and save game data. You can also equip You can choose “Storage Device presents that you’ve collected. Settings” to change the storage device whose data you’re currently viewing. THE COSMOS Check data for stars you’ve created and to see how many cookies you’ve collected in “Online VS Battle Mode.” SAVING GAME DATA You can save game data by going to “Save & Load” in Dream Land. SEEK OUT ALL SORTS OF GADGETS! Make sure that you have at least As you advance through the game, all kinds of gadgets will appear in 940KB of free space before the Princedom, like the “Jukebox” that plays music when you go starting the game. In addition, 10MB near it, and the “Monkey Train,” which you can ride around to your of free space is required to save heart’s content! Explore all of the nooks and crannies of the “Photo Data.” Princedom and see what interesting gadgets you can discover! 6 7 BK X360 Manual 9/5/07 2:04 PM Page 8 GAME CONTROLS Below you’ll find the names of all of the buttons on the Xbox 360 controller, along with the game’s basic controls. During a request, you should be able to get by fairly well using only the left and right sticks for control. USING THE XBOX 360® CONTROLLER CONTROLS FOR MOVEMENT DURING REQUESTS LEFT STICK RIGHT STICK Roll forward CC Turn left YY Turn right II Roll backward VV Roll left Z Z Roll right XX Brake Push opposite to Push opposite to direction of rolling direction of rolling Shift left Left stick V or right stick C Shift right Left stick C or right stick V Quick shift left V C CONTROLS FOR THE PRINCEDOM AND MENUS Quick shift right CV Select menu item, move .......................................Left stick, directional pad Roll up & over Push both left and right sticks in the Confirm selection....................................................A button direction of the wall or obstacle to climb over Return to previous screen, cancel...................B button Dash (dash forward quickly) CV (Alternate quickly) CV (Alternate quickly) Run...............................................................................Left stick while pressing X button Quick Turn (180 degree turn) Press the left and right stick buttons at the same time CONTROLS DURING REQUESTS * C indicates the direction in which the left or right stick needs to be pressed. * When using “Royal Look” or “Prince Look,” the viewpoint is changed using the left stick. Royal Look (look around your katamari) .........RB * “Roll up & over” cannot be used to get over especially tall walls or large obstacles. Zoom Out / Zoom In [Katamari Look]..............Left trigger / Right trigger * The Prince will get tired if you use Dash too much! He’ll need a break before he can get back to normal rolling speed again. Prince Look (Look at surroundings from the Prince’s point of view) .......................LB Normal Eye / Miracle Eye [Prince Look]........Left trigger / Right trigger THE JOYS OF PHOTOGRAPHY If you find a “Camera” inside a present box during a request, you’ll be able to Select Photo [Angel Camera Mode] .................Directional pad use it to take photos in the Princedom and during requests. You can look at Enlarge [Angel Camera Mode]...........................Y button photos you’ve taken in the “Photo Album”. During a request, press the A button Take Photo [Angel Camera Mode].....................A button in Prince Look or Royal Look to switch to Angel Camera Mode, then press the A Lock On [VS Battle Mode] ....................................Left trigger button again to take a photo. Your camera can hold up to five photos, and you can use the Y button to enlarge your photo. You must use the directional pad to Pause...........................................................................START button select a file where your photo will be saved before taking it. If you choose a file with a photo already saved, the previous photo will be erased. 8 9 BK X360 Manual 9/5/07 2:04 PM Page 10 GAME SCREEN AND RULES In this game, you advance by completing requests given by the King and creating stars for the Cosmos. Roll up all sorts of things with your katamari to make interesting stars! GAME SCREEN BASIC RULES The Task Screen for 1-player mode is explained below. In 1-player mode, the basic goal is to clear stages by getting your CURRENT KATAMARI SIZE katamari to the target size before the time runs out. However, your TIME REMAINING goal for the stage may vary This shows the time depending on the request. remaining until the stage ends. TO MAKE YOUR KATAMARI BIGGER... Roll your katamari over things to pick them up and make your CHARACTER IN USE katamari larger. Start with small objects first, and then gradually increase your katamari’s size. Once your katamari reaches a certain size, you’ll be able to roll up things you weren’t able to roll up before, and go to places that were previously inaccessible.
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