`       -`     `/
                                                      :s.     -y-     oy.
                                                      `ds-     ys+    `ds:
                                                       +so:    //y`    o+y.
                                                       -h.s    .+o:    -s/+
                                                       `h.o-    o-o     s.y`
                                                        o-/+    +`y`    +.o:
                                                        /:-s    /`+:    :-/s
                                                        -:`d`   :.:s    .:-y
                                                        .:`y.   /..h`   `+-h

                                            `.`
                                       `.://.`
                                    `-/+/-.`.........--..`
                                 `-///+:---..--::://++//:---...``
                               `-:-:::::------....-------::::://++/:-`
                             `-:::/+oo++oooooo+/:---::::-.`````````...`
                            .//++oossossssoosooooo/--.--:://-.
                           -++++sssssyyyyyssoooooooo/-.-:////++:.
                         -+o++ooyyossssssossyssoooooo/-.--://:-://.
               `-/oss+:.++o++sssyssyyyyyoyyssssooooooo/:.-/+//:-` `
        `.-.../ssooosssyy-o+ossyyoyyyyyyoyyyyyys+oooooo+-.-+o:/++-`
       :hhhhyydyo::-+ssoohooosyyyoyyyyyysyyyyyyyooooooo//.-/++`.://-
       dyhddddhhhhy/.ssso+hooyyyssyyyyyyysyyyyyysyso++o//.-://+  `-++.
       yydddddddddyyosssss+dosyyysyyyyyyyyssyyy` :hsys/o-.--:://   `-+-
       -hhdNNdhhdmmdmhssssohsosyyoyyyyyyyyyssyo   o:`/yo``..---/:     ..
        -ddydy+shhhhNhyssssysooossyyyyyyyyyysy+   // `h. ``..--://`
      `/+yyhy++yys/sysyssssyy+osssosydyo+++os:   .s` `h` ``...--:/+/:-:://
     /do++:/o::Nms`+/sshsssys/yo::/y+`          -:   :h``...----:/++++ooo+
    +NNo++/--/:dh//----ohssysdyo-  ``          `   `+yy...-----:+:``./ooo:
    .mmmys++sso++oys-shddyyso+ooyo               .-//s:..-::::///     :oo-
     -ymmmmmmmmmmNm+/mhssssssssssd-      -yh-    `:o+-.-://///++-     -os.
      oNsohddhhho::ydhyssssssssssd+  `.```.-`.../hh::::://+++++o-     /+o.
      yymh++/:/+-/ddddhsssssssssym:  +/:/ydh+++o+:::://///////++-    `o+o/::/+
    `+hddddy+:/oymddhssso/ooo+/yo/`-++::++::/++/::::////:::::/+o-    ///+++/+o
 `/+dhhyhhhhmmhdmddysso+os:     .::. ./+-     .o/////+++:::::/+o-   -+/::///+`
 o/odysssssdhyhddhsso+os:             `++.     /++o/:-.-:+/:://+.     `o/:/+`
 yhddssssyhsyhdsyso+so.                /++:    /++:-+.   -+////o`      :///`
 ydhyhhyhd++:ddsss+/h                  +/+/    `//:::-   -++///+       +/-
 myhhhhyymsosddsss+y+`       ./`      :o/-       ````  `:++++++:      :-`
`Nhddddhyhdddhyhhhy+od`     /oo/`     ``     `-..`..-:+++++/++o
 omdddddhhhyyyyyyhyyod/ `--/sooooo:`       `-oooo++oo++++++++o.
  hmdddddddhhhhhhhhyydooyhhyyyso++o+/::::/++ooooooooo+++++++o:
 .mdmmdddddddddddhhyyhy/yyhhhsssso+++oo++++oooooooooo++++++o+    :-
 sdddddmddddhdddddhyysyyyyyydyssyyyo++++//+++++++ooooo++++o+`  .+o
 ddddddhhdooydhddddhhyyyyyhyhdyysssdo+++++++++++oooooooooo+`  .oo+
 hmddhhhh+  `+hdhdddhyyyyhdhmhhhyyyy+/+++++oooooo/...-:/+/`   +so+
 .ydhhys-     .+hddhhyyhhhshhhhhhyyd. `/oooooooo-             .://`
   .-.`        .+yhhhhhhs:.`/yyhhhy:    .ooooo+`
              `+oo+++//+.     `..```     .soo/`
                  `.-/::.      .::://     /s:
                  ``.:/:/:::- `-.:+o/     .-
             ``-:/++/::::-..      s/
           -/+/:-.``             `:
         `//.
         .`

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                 Written and compiled by xfollowthereaperx


       Newest versions of my guides are always found at GameFAQs.com


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       |                                                            |
       |  1. Introduction..................................[01.00]  |
       |  2. Verisons......................................[02.00]  |
       |  3. Game modes....................................[03.00]  |
       |      - Rules of Mario Hoops.......................[03.01]  |
       |      - Tourney....................................[03.02]  |
       |      - Challenges: Practice.......................[03.03]  |
       |      - Challenges: Dribble Race...................[03.04]  |
       |      - Coin Hunters...............................[03.05]  |
       |  4. Characters....................................[04.00]  |
       |  5. Courts........................................[05.00]  |
       |  6. Unlockables...................................[06.00]  |
       |  7. Items.........................................[07.00]  |
       |  8. F.A.Q.........................................[08.00]  |
       |  9. Credits.......................................[09.00]  |
       |  10. Contact Info.................................[10.00]  |
       |  11. Copyright....................................[11.00]  |
       |  12. Closing......................................[12.00]  |
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Wecome to my FAQ, This is my third FAQ. You probably have seen my Animal
Crossing: Wild world FAQ and you probably haven't seen my Game & Watch
Gallery 2 FAQ but that doesn't matter. All that matters is that your here.

In the beginning, it was meant to be an original intellectual property, but
Square Enix felt that it would work well if it were a part of the Mario
franchise, and contacted Nintendo asking permission to use the franchise,
who then allowed them to use the Mario label. [citation needed] This game
also is the first in which Mario and Final Fantasy characters appear
together as playable characters, and the second Mario game developed by
Square, the first one being Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

If you find the game confusing at first, I suggest you finish all of the
practice games. After that, the game should be a lot easier for you.

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                   |          Points of Interest          |
                   |                                      |
                   | Table of Contents............[00,00] |
                   | Verison History..............[02,00] |
                   | Challenges: Practice.........[03,03] |
                   | Contact Info.................[10,00] |
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1.8 New E-mail address and fixed errors.

1.7 Finally updated! Coin Hunters and corrected some information.

1.6 Gira Gira desert is now named correctly. Woops.

1.5 Huge update, sorted out all the information a little better, added more
individual sections (Courts, Characters, Rules of Mario Hoops). Added how to
delete saved data as well (In the FAQ section).

1.4 Fixed mistakes, organized a little bit better. Corrected lots of
information. "Glare Desert" now has the correct information.

1.3 Added Challeges

1.2 Took out extra clutter from the guide. Added much more information, Public
verison

1.0 Just started, prepared the guide even before the game came out just so I
can get ahead of everyone else. Made the ASCII drawings and the table of
contents. Not much is done, just wanted to get some of the guide out there
so people can start sending me some information.

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A: Not used
B: Not used
X: Not used
Y: Not used
L: Pass
R: Not used
Start:
Select:
Directional Pad: Move your current character

For more Touch Screen controls, visit the point of interest at the end of this
section.

                   +--------------------------------------+
                   |             Non-touchscreen          |
                   +--------------------------------------+

While Mario Hoops 3-on-3 is mainly controlled on the Touch Screen during
matches, if you turn on Help Button in the Options or pause menu screens, you
can also control the game with the buttons.

Offensive Controls (When you have the ball)
A: Pass right
B: Dribble
X: Shoot
Y: Pass left
B + X: Charge shot (hold down X + B)
X + Run: Dunk shoot
L:
R:
Start:
Select:
Directional Pad: Move your current player

Deffensive Controls (When you don't have the ball)
A: Sidestep right
B: Steal/Throw/Block
X: Jump
Y: Sidestep left
Hold down B: Jump-steal
X, X: Steal-up
L:
R:
Start:
Select:
Directional Pad: Move your current player

The above controls are for right handed players (select Right from Hand
selection under Options). If you set the game to left-handed controls, A B X Y
controls cahnge to: right down, up, left and L control switches to R.

                   +--------------------------------------+
                   |          Points of Interest          |
                   |                                      |
                   | Challenges: Practice.........[03,03] |
                   +--------------------------------------+

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                   |          Points of Interest          |
                   |                                      |
                   | Rules of Mario Hoops.........[03,01] |
                   | Tourney......................[03,02] |
                   | Challenges: Practice.........[03,03] |
                   | Challenges: Dribble Race.....[03,04] |
                   | Coin Hunters.................[03,05] |
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Each game is five minutes long, 2:30 minutes per half


Scoring - Based off of 140 points maximum per shot, scoring is split into
two parts, shots and coins. You can only make 40 points from shots alone,
and you can only make 100 points from coins alone.

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|Shots (40 points maximum)                                                 |
| Shots & Slam dunks           20                                          |
| Ranged Shots                 30                                          |
| Super5 shots (Specials)      40                                          |
|                                                                          |
|Coins (100 points maximum)                                                |
| Yellow coin                   1 each                                     |
| Red coin                     10 each                                     |
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Tourney is the main part of this game, the way you unlock any extras.

                                      *
                                 _____|_____
                              __|__       __|__
                            _|_   _|_   _|_   _|_
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                   |                Stages                |
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Be sure to check out the Courts section,

Mushroom Tourney
Mario Stadium
Koopa Beach
Peach Field

Flower Tourney
DK Cruiser
Luigi Mansion
Daisy Garden           Shoot only when plants are alseep

Star Tourney
Wario Factory
Jr. Street
Bowser Castle

Rainbow Tourney
Sherbet Land           Slide
Bloocheep Sea          Slowed down
Pirate Ship
Rainbow Ship

Medals
Bronze         Win each game (Any score less then 100 points)
Silver         Win each game (Any score 100 points through 199 points)
Gold           Win each game (Any score with more then 200 points)

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                   |          Points of Interest          |
                   |                                      |
                   | Challenges: Practice.........[03,03] |
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Offense
01 Dribble             Tap the touch screen wherever you like. Dribble over
                        the "?" panel to quickly collect coins!
02 Gaurd the ball      Press and hold the touch screen to pick up the ball
                        and charge it! The longer you charge it, the easier
                        it will be to make the shot!
03 Shoot the ball      If an oppenent's steal atempt touches the ball, you
                        lose it! Control where you dribble to protect the
                        ball!
04 Do a charge shot    Press and hold the touch screen to pick up the ball
                        and charge it! The longer you charge it, the easier
                        it will be to make the shot!
05 Pass                Stroke sideways to pass the ball to the teammate in
                        the direct you stroked.
06 Run and dribble     Use the control pad to move! Quikly dribble in the
                        direction you run to pick up speed! Chase the "?"
                        panel with quick dribbles to collect coins!
07 Quick-dash          Use quick dash to make a sudden turn! To make a sudden
                        turn, to  make a quick dash, dribble the ball in the
                        directon you want to move.
08 Dunk the ball       Shoot the ball while running towards the basket to
                        dunk. The green zone is the area from where you can
                        make dunks.

Offense 2
09 Do a fake           Slide while getting ready to shoot a charge shot to
                        do fakes at will. Use fakes to charge down the court
                        while fending off steals, then make a charge shot!
10 Rebound-dunk        Catch the ball as it bounces off the basket rim to
                        dunk it! Stroke up while runnning toward the basket
                        to make a rebound dunk.
11 Charge dunk         Stoke up repeatedly while running toward the hoop
                        to perform a charge dunk. Rub the touch screen
                        while in midair to get more coins. Stroke down to
                        do a quick dunk.
12 Do a trick          Stroke in the direction of your choice after you
                        stroke down to perform a trick move. Use a trick
                        move to fend off the defense!
13 Direct-pass         Pass the ball while holding down "L" to pass it in
                        the direction you stroke. Use a direct pass to
                        pass the ball up and down.

Defense
01 Steak the ball      You play defense whenever you lose the ball. Protect
                        the basket and get the ball back! Stroke down to
                        steal the ball.
02 Jump                Stroke up to jump! Jump up and block shots!
03 Jump-steal          Use a jump steal to fend off dunks and rebound
                        balls! Stroke up repeatedly to perform a jump
                        steal. Protect the basket!
04 Items               Stroke the stylus towards the direction of your
                        choice and throw the item you picked up! Get an
                        item from the "?" panel! Stroke towards the
                        opponent and hit him with the shell!
05 Swap Characters     Briefly press "L" to switch to a teammate close to
                        the ball. Stroke sideways while holding down "L"
                        to switch to a teammate in the stroke's direction.

Defense 2
06 Block'em            Move while holding the stylus down to block! Move
                        the control pad while blocking! Deny opponent's
                        dribbles and shots with blocks!
07 Charge-steal        If you keep blocking, the block color turns red
                        and you can do a charge steal. While the block
                        color turns red, stroke down to do a charge steal!
08 Drop-steal          Stroke down while jumping to make your doe drop
                        the ball!
09 Sidestep            Stroke sideways to side step. Use side steps to
                        sneak around to the opponent's side and steal
                        the ball!
10 Rebound             Jump and catch the ball as it bounces around the
                        basket! Match the timing of your jump to the
                        bouncing ball.

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Dribble race is a simple mini-game that will help you unlock a few extras,
collect 100 coins and pass the finish line before the time runs out! If you
dribble in the direction you travel, you will run faster.

Times to beat
Peach's Castle         0:45:00
Sunshine Road          0:55:00
Rainbow Road           1:00:00

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Coin Hunters is a multiplayer game played with up to 4 players. First all the
players select a character, and then the host chooses a course. All four
players start off with 50 coins and there is 3 minutes and 20 seconds in the
game. The object of the game is to use items from item boxes to attack other
players for their coins. If a player losses all of their coins they will lose,
but they’re not out of the game. Players who have lost all their coins will
be able to take revenge on other players by walking around normally and using
items like usual. The last person standing or the player with the most coins
wins. (If the host wins 5 times in a row they will unlock new courses to play)


Courses for Coin Hunters:

Classic 1-1 – A simple course with no obstacles


Classic 8-6 – A course with spinning flame lines and a possibility of Thwomp
appearing when you walk over an item box


Classic 2-2 – An underwater course with Bloopers floating everywhere
(unlockable)

Mysterious Forest –A forest course with tall grass and other places to hide
(unlockable)

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Let's meet the players! Maybe you'll unlock other players if you keep winning
tourney games...

Character types
All-around             Well-balanced
Speedy                 Quick on the courts
Technical              Good at shooting
Powerful               Great at stealing
Tricky                 Full of trick moves

Special shots
Each character has his or her own command. When you enter the same command
twice (and if it's successfull), you will shoot a special shot. Select
challanges then Special Shot and check the commands and their effects. Below
in the list of players, to the left of Baller Name, there is a letter, thats
the command you'll need to draw to activate each players Special Shot. The "T"
is the upsidedown Triangle.

Here are all the characters avaliable, if you would like to see a picture of
them, you can visit the underneath URL.

 http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j258/xfollowtehreaperx/FAQs/Characters.png

Player name    Player type     Special move          S Baller Name
Mario          All-around      Fire Shot             M The Jumpman
Luigi          All-around      Green Fire Shot       L Mushroom Dynamite
Peach          Technical       Heart Shot            T 3-Point Royalty
Daisy          Technical       Flower Shot           T Cash Money Coin
                                                        Collector
Yoshi          All-around      Flutter Dunk          M Piranha Playa Hater
Wario          Powerful        Move-It Dunk          W Sir Stomp
Waluigi        Technical       Twist Dunk            W The Question
Donkey Kong    Powerful        Konga Dunk            M Dunky Monkey
Diddy Kong     Speedy          Jet Shot              M Diddy? No he didn't!
Bowser Jr.     Speedy          Grafiti Shot          B Masked Man
Bowser         Powerful        Bomber Dunk           B The Big Shell
Birdo          All-around      Broken Egg Shot         Diamond Dino
Dixie Kong     Speedy          Cannon Shot           T
Paratroopa     Tricky          Wing Shot             N
Fly Guy        Tricky          Thunder Shot          S
Boo            Tricky          Thriller Dunk         B
Ninja          All-around      Leaf Veil             N Mr. Invincible
White Mage     Technical       Holy Shot             * The Light
Black Mage     Tricky          Meteor Shot           * Abracadabra Kid
Moogle         Tricky          Moogle Dance          M Game & Watch Me
Cactuar        Speedy          1000 Needles Shot     S Stick & Sting


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Mario Stadium
A very basic court, no obsticles to get in your way.

Koopa Beach
A beach court, with a ship in the backgound that will fire cannonballs across
the court on occasion.

Peach Field
Lakitu holds up the basket for this court. Cheep Cheeps also bounce around
atop the grassy court.

Sunset Beach
The same as Koopa Beach, only the sun is setting.

DK Cruiser
A raft flowing down a river in the jungle. Bananas will be thrown across the
court, and sometime barrels will roll around.

Luigi Mansion
A court with ghosts flying around. If a ghost catches the ball, you will have
to steal it back from them.

Daisy Garden
This court is set in a beautiful garden, with flowers everywhere. In this
stage, Petey Piranha is the basket. If you try to dunk while he is awake, he
will bite you, preventing you from scoring. You can only dunk when Petey
Piranha is asleep (every 40 seconds).

Malboro Garden
This court is a Final Fantasy court with Malboros near the baskets. If you
get too close they'll attack you. It has no effect on posionous mushrooms.

Wario Factory
Inside a gold factory setting is this court. The court moves up and down,
stopping occasionally to allow Bob-ombs to walk around the court, which can be
picked up and thrown at your opponents.

Jr. Street
This courts in a large city, it has a slot machine behind the baskets. If
you make a basket after collecting atleast one slot coin. The slot machine
will add coins to your score. You can get 800 points or loose 1,000 if you
line up three Bowser Jrs.

Bowser's Castle
This court is inside of Bowser's Castle. Thowps, fireballs, and bombs from
Final Fantasy all lurk on this court, watch out for all of them.

Glare Desert
A desert court with a tornado moving around the court. Coming in contact with
it will toss you in the air and make you drop coins.

Sherbet Land
A slippery, icy court, making it hard to get your ball down the court, also
Mr. Freezies lurk this court, if you strike an opponent with them, they'll be
turned into an icicle. Be sure to use them to your advantage!

Bloocheep Sea
Set underneath the ocean, this court is very basic. There are 8-bit bloopers
swimming around, which will deflect the ball if they are hit by it. Everything
also moves quite slowly in this court.

Pirate Ship
A court on a pirate ship, with very stormy seas and heavy rain. Cannonballs
roll around the court and explode, so watch out!

Rainbow Ship
An ornate airship floating amongst the clouds, no obsticles to get in your way.

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 Unlockable basket balls
  All Silver Ball      Complete Dribbling Challenges
  Blue and Silver Ball Complete Training Mode
  Cheep-Cheep Ball     Get Gold in Hard Mushroom Cup
  Dice Ball            Get Gold in Hard Flower Cup
  Gold Ball            Collect 5000 points in profile
  Goomba Ball          Get Gold in Hard Star Cup
  Soccer Ball          Get Silver In Hard Mushroom Cup
  Star Ball            Get Gold in Star Cup
  Watermelon           Get Gold in Flower Cup
  Yoshi Egg            Get Gold in Mushroom cup

 Unlock extra costumes*
  Daisy                Flower Cup (silver prize)
  Yoshi                Finish Hard Flower Cup (silver prize)
  Flyguy               Hard Star Cup (silver prize)
  Peach                Mushroom Cup (silver prize)
  Black Mage           Hard Rainbow Cup (bronze prize)
  Ninja                Hard Rainbow Cup (silver prize)
  White Mage           Hard Rainbow Cup (gold prize)


 Unlockable Characters
  Birdo                Hard Mushroom Cup (bronze prize)
  Black Mage           Rainbow Cup (Gold prize)
  Boo                  Hard Flower Cup (bronze prize)
  Bowser               Complete the Star Cup.
  Dixie Kong           Flower Cup (bronze prize)
  Flyguy               Hard Star Cup (bronze prize)
  Moogle               Star Cup (Silver prize)
  Ninja                Beat Rainbow Cup
  Paratroopa           Mushroom Cup (bronze prize)
  White Mage           Rainbow Cup (Silver prize)
  Cactuar              In exhibition mode, you need to go to "Glare
                        Desert" (Which you first have to unlock). Here,
                        Cactuar will be in the same, you have to stand
                        above him and when he jumps out of the sand,
                        you need to run away. After the game, if you
                        win, You will unlock him.

 Unlockable stages
  Mario Arena          Always
  Koopa Beach          Beat the second challenge of Mushroom Cup
  Princess Peach's     Beat the third challange of Mushroom Cup
   Castle
  DK Cruiser           Beat the first challenge of Flower Cup
  Luigi Mansion        Beat the second challenge of Flower Cup
  Daisy Garden         Beat the third challenge of Flower Cup
  Wario Factory        Beat the first challenge of Star Cup
  Jr. Street           Beat the second challenge of Star Cup
  Bowser Castle        Beat the third challenge of Star Cup
  Sherbet Land         Beat the first challenge of Rainbow Cup
  Bloocheep Sea        Beat the second challenge of Rainbow Cup
  Pirate Ship          Beat the third challenge of Rainbow Cup
  Rainbow Ship         Beat the extra challenge of Rainbow Cup
  Sunset Beach         Play an exhibition match on Cheep Cheep Beach
                        between the hours of 4 and 6 P.M.
  Glare Desert         Collect over 800 points (in atleast one game) in the
                        Star Cup. The easiest way to do that is get 100 coins
                        and on jr. street and 4 roulette coins (so you have
                        a better chance at getting abonus) and hope you get
                        three Mario heads to triple your points so the you
                        have 360 points. Do that twice and make a couple
                        baskets and there's 800 points.
  Malboro Garden       Dunk 3 times in Daisy Garden then run over the
                        panel that appears to get a blue seed

 Unlockable cups
  Flower Cup           Complete the Mushroom Cup
  Rainbow Cup          Complete the Star Cup
  Star Cup             Complete the Flower Cup

 Other Unlockables
  Hard Mode            Complete the Rainbow Cup in the Normal
                        Tournament
  Pro Difficulty       Complete the Rainbow Cup in Hard Tournament to
                        unlock Pro Difficulty under exhibition mode. It's
                        the number "6", under the COM level.
  Third Dribble Race   Beat the two existing records in dribble race:
                        Peach Castle (45sec) & Sunshine Road (55sec),
                        to unlock the 3rd dribble race: Rainbow Road
                        (1min)

*To use these, hold a direction of the control pad while you drag the player
into the basketball ring.

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Let's check out the items that you use during the matches. There are items
that commonly appear on any court and there are some that only show up on
certian courts. Change your game strategy depending on what court you play on.
When you throw an offensive item at other characters, they fall down and drop
the ball, coins, or the item they have.

Items
Single Coin            Score goes up by a point when a shot is made
10 Coins               Score goes up by 10 points when a shot is made
Mushroom               Boosts your speed for a while
Poison Mushroom        Slows you down for a while
Star                   Makes you in invincible for a while and boosts
                        speed
Lightning              Causes everyone else to fall
Fake "?" Panel         Flies in the direction you stroke to trip
                        anyone who steps on it
Banana                 Flies in the direction you stroke to trip
                        anyone who steps on it
Bomb                   Flies in the direction you stroke and trips
                        everyone around it when it blows up
Green Shell            Flies straight in the direction you stroke,
                        tripping anyone who touches it
Red shell              Automatically goes after the ball when you
                        stroke to throw it
Spiny Shell            A more powerful version of the Red Shell. It
                        even chases the ball in the air
Slot Coin (Jr. Street) If you make a shot after getting a slot coin,
                        the slot will start spinning. You get bonus
                        points or lose points depending on how the
                        pictures line up
Mimic (Bloocheep Sea)  Stroke to activate it. It goes after the ball or
                        might even cough up coins
Freezy (Sherbert Land) Throw in the direction of an opposing player and
                        freeze him or her for a while

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Q. Is this game Wi-fi?
A. No. But you can link it up to another Nintendo DS to play a friend.

Q. How do I erase/delete my game save?
A. When you turn on your game, hold down 'A + B + X + Y + L + R' at the same
time. You can not retreive your saved data once you delete it.

Q. How many game saves does this game have?
A. Only one, no more.

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3. Gamefaqs.com                Unlockables section.
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6. FellWolve                   Cannon Shot
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8. Joshua                      Coin Hunters Information
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