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MAGNETICA
NINTENDO DS
A WALKTHROUGH BY COLOR PRINTER
CREATED (VERSION 0.5) ON 06/27/06
LATEST VERSION: 2.0 (07/21/06)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.Introduction
2.Version History
3.Controls
4.Game Modes
a.Challenge
b.Quest
c.Puzzle
d.Versus
5.Legal Stuff
6.Thanks
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|1. INTRODUCTION - WHAT THIS GAME IS ABOUT|
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Thank you for reading my first guide ever! I hope it helps you with this
amazing puzzle game.
Magnetica is a remake of Puzz Loop, an arcade game made in 1998 by Mitchell
Corporation. The goal of the game is to get rid of all the marbles in the
chain. You get rid of marbles by flicking marbles from your launchers at the
chain and trying to match up three or more same-colored marbles. The matching
marbles will disappear from the chain. BUT! The chain is moving, and if it
reaches the reactor (the glowing hole) the game is over!
Also, marbles have magnetic properties. Say part of the chain is left seperate
from the other. Look at this example:
RBBRRRRBBBRRRBBB RBBRRBBBRBRBRBB
Say that R is a red marble and B is a blue marble. The first chain will
continue moving, while the second chain would stay put. When the first chain
hits the second chain, they'll merge together and continue moving. But say you
launch a red marble at the front of the first chain, in front of the blue
marble. (Or a blue marble at the back of the second chain.)
The second chain would go backwards towards the first chain and merge
together because marbles with the same color are "attracted" to each other!
Watch out for bearings! Bearings are metal marbles that can only be destroyed
by eliminating a group of marbles next to it. For example: XRRX.
X is a bearing, R is a red marble. To get rid of the bearings, simply get rid of
the two red marbles by flinging a red marble at them!
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|2. VERSION HISTORY - ADDED STUFF AND BLAH BLAH BLAH|
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*Version 0.5 - 06/27/06 - Created Walkthrough.
*Version 0.6 - 06/27/06 - Added Quest levels 35-39.
*Version 1.0 - 06/27/06 - Fixed a big goof about level 19, and started
the Puzzle Mode Walkthrough with the first 5 puzzles.
*Version 1.5 - 07/16/06 - Added Quest levels 40-58.
*Version 2.0 - 07/21/06 - Finished Quest section! Added info about
bearings to the intro. Next to come: what colors appears
in which Quest levels.
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|3. CONTROLS - SIMPLE AND EASY!|
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Use the stylus and the touch screen to navigate menus, and flick marbles from
your launcher. The only button used is the Start button, which pauses the game.
**FLINGING MARBLES**
It's easy once you get the hang of it! Simply touch the launcher and drag the
stylus in the direction you want to shoot the marble.
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|4. GAME MODES - THE MEAT OF THE GAME|
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There are four game modes: Challenge, Quest, Puzzle, and Versus (Multiplayer).
Each one has a totally different style of play.
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|4a. CHALLENGE - 99 LEVELS OF NON-STOP ACTION!|
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That's right. In Challenge Mode, you must destroy marbles in a never ending
chain. As you destroy more and more marbles, the level increases. As the level
increases more and more colors appear, making the game harder. Once you beat
level 99, you win!
After 10 levels, you will get a detonator in your launcher and a rocket will
appear in the chain. If you hit a marble with the detonator, all the marbles of
that color will disappear! For example, if you hit a red marble with a
detonator, all red marbles will vanish. The rocket will push the marbles in
front of it faster, but it can be destroyed by hitting it with a marble or
eliminating all the marbles in front of it.
There are four difficulty levels in all: Training (a simple spiral), Normal
(same as Training, but harder), Hard (Two curvy tracks), and Special (a very
large spiral). You start out with Training and Normal. Since I have only beat
Training and Normal, I have no clue how I got Special, which makes me think
that unlocking levels is more about points then clearing them. More to come
when I figure this out.
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|4b. QUEST - A MAGNETICA ADVENTURE!|
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Quest takes you through over 60 levels of Magnetica action! Destroy all the
marbles in the chain, and you go onto the next level!
--Gimmicks--
*Slot - Fire a marble into one of the slot holes and spin the slot machines to
get items! See Quest Items for a list.
*Switcher - These tracks branch off into two different tracks. There is a
Switcher, which will switch off between those two tracks. The marbles will go
in the direction of the switcher.
*Impact Barrier - This thing goes around outside the track in a certain path.
If your marble hits it, the marble will fly off the screen, and have no effect
whatsoever. Really annoying.
*Line Barrier - PURE EVIL. This is like Impact Barrier, only it's a straight
line that will toggle on and off.
*Graviton - A weird circle that, when a marble passes over it, warps the
direction of that marble.
*Black Hole - A Graviton with a black circle in the center that sucks up any
marble that passes near it. PURE EVIL.
*Ion Cloud - On these tracks, occasionally clouds will float down onto the
screen. Blow into the mic to get rid of them.
*Water - The level will be completely underwater, which slows the marbles down.
*Virus - Viruses wander around the field. See Quest Items.
*Wind - A wind is constantly blowing downward, which affects the gravity of the
marbles.
--Quest Items--
Hit these items to activate them!
*Decelerator - A yellow clock. Slows marbles down for a short period of time.
*Suppressor - A red clock. Stops marbles for a short period of time.
*Inverter - A blue clock. Reverses the direction of the marbles for a short
period of time.
*Detonator - Whatever color the marble that you hit this with is, all marbles
of color will vanish. Ex: Hitting this with a blue marble will eliminate all
blue marbles.
*Virus - These wander around the field. When you hit them, they disappear.
However, if you ignore them, they turn some of the marbles on the chain into
bearings.
*Bronze Coin - 1,000 Bonus Points
*Silver Coin - 5,000 Bonus Points
*Gold Coin - 10,000 Bonus Points
*Platinum Coin - 50,000 Bonus Points
--Reactor Medal--
As you pull off chains, the "medal" in the reactor changes from bronze to
silver, and if you're good enough, from silver to gold!
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|QUEST WALKTHROUGH - SLIGHTLY DETAILED|
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--KEY--
Name: The name of the level. This isn't in the game, I just make these up.
Description: A description of the level.
Gimmicks: The gimmicks included in the level. See the Gimmicks
"sub-sub-section" above.
--LEVEL 1--
Name: Inward Spiral
Description: A small spiral leading towards the reactor.
Gimmicks: Slot
--LEVEL 2--
Name: Serpent's Tail
Description: A pretty straighforward level. Near the end, it curves around into
the reactor.
Gimmicks: Slot
--LEVEL 3--
Name: Round Rectangle
Description: A rectangular spiral leading inward towards the reactor.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 4--
Name: Odd Spiral
Description: A weird level that goes around, does a U-turn, and then goes into
the reactor.
Gimmicks: Slot
--LEVEL 5--
Name: The Nose
Description: Seriously, this thing looks like Wario's nose...It has lots of
curves, but nothing should get in your way.
Gimmicks: Slot
--LEVEL 6--
Name: Magnetica's Curves
Description: This very curvy level has two launchers, each one within one of
the curves.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 7--
Name: Loop Introduction
Description: This level has two loops, where it overlaps itself. There are two
launchers, one in each loop.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 8--
Name: Horseshoe
Description: This level resembles a horseshoe, with its many confusing curves.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 9--
Name: Double-U Track
Description: A track that resembles the letter W.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 10--
Name: Switchoff
Description: Okay, this level goes straight, then curves into the switcher. If
the switcher is pointed down, you're in luck. That path will curve around,
taking two turns, and then go into the reactor. If the switcher is pointed to
the left, the chain will go into a straight line right towards the reactor! The
switcher will most likely change near the end, which is really annoying.
Gimmicks: Switcher
--BONUS 1--
Bonus: Jar-O-Coins
Description: Hit the question mark thingy with marbles to make it drop coins.
Collect coins by shooting marbles at them. How many coins can you collect?
--LEVEL 11--
Name: Over and Under
Description: This level starts out pretty easy, but part of it goes over the
previous part of the track. You can't hit what's under it, unless there's no
marble on the top part.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 12--
Name: Double Trouble
Description: Oh no! Two tracks are leading towards to the reactor. The blue
tracks stays under the purple track when they cross.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 13--
Name: Two and Two
Description: Two curvy tracks are leading towards the reactor in the center of
the level. However, there are two launchers: one on either side of the reactor!
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 14--
Name: Symmetrical?
Description: This level looks symmetrical, with two curvy chains leading
towards the reactor.
Gimmicks: Slot
--LEVEL 15--
Name: Switcher's Return
Description: Think of two rounded rectangles overlapping each other, and the
track is the outline. The track takes you straight, then two turns, and
straight into the switcher. The switcher switches between two branches. The
left branch appears to be longer then the right branch.
Gimmicks: Switcher
--LEVEL 16--
Name: Nebula Tracks
Description: This layout reminds me of a weird figure 8. There are two tracks,
and two launchers: one in the upper-left loop, and one in the lower-right loop.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 17--
Name: Three's a Crowd
Description: ...I'm not even going to TRY to describe this. There are three
VERY curvy tracks leading towards the reactor in the center. There are THREE
launchers, one by each track, and near the reactor.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 18--
Name: Pinwheel
Description: This level has three tracks that go straight in one direction,
then curve into the center reactor. The one on the very left, however, is the
longest: It goes straight up, curves right, then goes right a bit and then
curves into the reactor. Like Level 17, there are three launchers, one by each
track, and near the reactor.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 19--
Name: Symmetrical Nightmare
Description: There are FOUR TRACKS leading into the reactor. Each one curves,
goes straight, curves again, goes straight again, then curves and heads towards
the reactor. There are two launchers, both on opposite corners of the reactor.
Gimmicks: None
--LEVEL 20--
Name: Warning!!!
Description: There are FOUR TRACKS leading towards the reactor (in the
center of course), but the worse part? The overlap each other, there are only
two launchers and they're both on opposite corners of the reactor, and this
level starts out in the WARNING ZONE. Luckily, this is (most likely) the last
level design. HUZZAH!
Gimmicks: None, thankfully.
--BOSS 1--
Boss: Magnetica Snake
Description: Hey, it's that question mark thingy again! However, there are
marbles around it in a spiral fashion. Destroy all the marbles to defeat the
boss! How fast can you do it?
--LEVELS 21-40--
These levels are remakes of the first 20 levels, only with different gimmicks
and they're harder to beat. You have been warned. (Ex: Level 21 is a remake of
level 1, Level 37 is a remake of level 17, etc.)
Level 21: Impact Barrier, Slot
Level 22: Impact Barrier, Slot
Level 23: Line Barrier
Level 24: Impact Barrier, Slot
Level 25: Graviton, Black Hole
Level 26: Graviton, Black Hole
Level 27: Impact Barrier, Ion Cloud
Level 28: Impact Barrier
Level 29: Impact Barrier, Ion Cloud
Level 30: Impact Barrier, Switcher
Bonus 2: Just a harder version of Bonus 1.
Level 31: Impact Barrier
Level 32: Impact Barrier
Level 33: Impact Barrier
Level 34: Slot
Level 35: Line Barrier, Switcher
Level 36: Graviton, Black Hole
Level 37: Ion Cloud
Level 38: Impact Barrier
Level 39: Graviton, Black Hole
Level 40: Line Barrier
Boss 2: A harder version of the first boss.
--LEVELS 41-60--
Once again, these levels are remakes of the first 20 levels, only much harder.
This is it!
Level 41: Impact Barrier, Water
Level 42: Impact Barrier, Ion Cloud
Level 43: Virus
Level 44: Impact Barrier, Wind
Level 45: Graviton, Black Hole, Ion Cloud
Level 46: Virus, Graviton, Wind
Level 47: Impact Barrier, Ion Cloud
Level 48: Impact Barrier, Water
Level 49: Impact Barrier, Wind
Level 50: Virus, Impact Barrier, Switcher
Bonus 3: Much harder version of the first bonus level.
Level 51: Impact Barrier, Ion Cloud
Level 52: Impact Barrier, Wind
Level 53: Impact Barrier, Wind
Level 54: Virus, Impact Barrier, Water
Level 55: Switcher
Level 56: Black Hole, Wind
Level 57: Graviton, Water
Level 58: Impact Barrier, Wind
Level 59: Graviton, Black Hole, Ion Cloud
Level 60: Wind
FINAL BOSS: A much harder version of the first boss. This is it!
After beating the final boss, the credits will roll. CONGRATULATIONS! QUEST
MODE CLEARED!
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|4c. PUZZLE - BRAIN POWER NEEDED!|
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In puzzle mode, you must destroy all the marbles in the chain. However, you
must destroy them with a certain number of marbles! To clear a puzzle, you must
destroy all the marbles, and you must have no marbles left in your launcher.
There are 60 puzzles. You start out with the first 10, and when you clear 8 out
of those 10, you get the next 10 puzzles. When you clear 8 of those new
puzzles, you get 10 more puzzles, and so on and so on. Can you clear all 60?
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|PUZZLE WALKTHROUGH - CERTAINTLY DETAILED|
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--PUZZLE 1--
Marbles in launcher: red
Fire the red marble at the center group of red marbles to create a 3-chain
combo and
clear the puzzle!
--PUZZLE 2--
Marbles in launcher: green, purple
Fire the green marble on either end of the chain so it's next to another green
marble.
Then, just like in the first puzzle, fire the purple at the group of purple
marbles
to create a 3-chain combo and clear the puzzle!
--PUZZLE 3--
Marbles in launcher: blue, yellow, red
Fire the blue marble on either end of the chain next to another blue marble.
Then fire the
yellow marble at the other yellow marbles to create a 2-chain combo. Then fire
the red marble
at the group of red marbles to create another 2-chain combo. Success!
--PUZZLE 4--
Marbles in launcher: purple, light blue, purple
Fire the purple marble at the purple marble to the right of the launcher. Then
fire the light
blue marble at the lone light blue marble surrounded by purple marbles.
Finally, fire the
purple marble at the center group of purple marbles, creating a 3-chain combo.
Puzzle solved!
--PUZZLE 5--
Marbles in launcher: light blue, light blue, light blue
Fire the first l.b. marble at the second group of l.b. marbles (starting from
the reactor) to
create a 3-chain combo. Then fire the second l.b marble at either group of l.b.
marbles, then
fire the last marble at the other group. Puzzle solved!
More soon!
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|4d. VERSUS - I'M THE BEST!|
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Play against your friend to see who's better at Magnetica!
Coming soon when I actually get to play Versus mode with someone. (Why isn't
this Wi-Fi?!?)
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|5. LEGAL STUFF - (insert witty phrase here)|
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This guide is copyrighted (C) 2006 by Color Printer.
This may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,
private use. It may not be placed on any website or otherwise distributed
publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other
website or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and is a
violation of copyright.
Magnetica, Puzz Loop, and any other trademarks and copyrights shown here are
owned by Mitchell Corporation and/or Nintendo and/or their trademark/copyright
holders.
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|6. THANKS - THE SECTION OF FAME|
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Nintendo - For making the Nintendo DS, and Magnetica, the greatest puzzle game
of all time.
GameFAQS - For allowing me to host this guide.
Mitchell - For making the original Puzz Loop.
You - For reading this guide and making me feel worthwhile.
My brother - For buying this game. :)
And finally, Microsoft - For creating the great system on which I write this
FAQ.
