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Chokkan Hitofude / One Line Puzzle
Nintendo DS
Japanese Translation and Guide
by Titney titney AT pocketheaven DOT com
2005-01-01 version 0.2
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| Notes |
Contains Japanese in Shift-JIS format.
To see it correctly, make sure you have Japanese support installed, then:
Choose the "View" menu in your browser
Choose the "Encoding"/"Character Coding" entry (or similar, depends on
browser)
Find and select "Japanese (Shift-JIS)", you may have to look through a few
sub-menus
Now this FAQ should display Japanese characters correctly.
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| Intro |
Chokkan Hitofude, or One Line Puzzle, is a puzzler from Nintendo.
It's a budget title (1000 yen cheaper) released at the same time as the
Nintendo DS in Japan.
The graphics are very simple, clean and serve their purpose.
The game uses the DS touch screen very well.
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| Controls |
The game and the menus are controlled entirely via the touch screen.
The only button that's functional is the start button, which works as pause
when you're in-game.
The controls are quite detailed so it's recommended to use the stylus to get
precision.
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| Icons |
These Icons appear throughout the game:
( O ) Yes/Confirm
( X ) No/Cancel
([ ]) Return to Menu
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| Starting |
When you start the game you will get this question:
ゲーム説明をみますか？
Do you want to see the game explanation?
If you choose (O) you will be taken to the tutorial.
If you choose (X) you go straight to the main menu.
You can always find the tutorial later in the Lounge menu.
I recommend doing the tutorial before starting to get a feel for the game.
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| Tutorial |
Quick descriptions of the lessons in the tutorial.
Also look at the top screen for examples in each lesson.
ハジメテ Beginning
Icons (O) ([])
Play area
タッチ Touching
Tap the circles
タッチスライド Touch Slide
Slide along the line of circles
ピース Piece
Slide along the lines of pieces
Tap at the end to reverse them
Use the blue [ X ] icon to erase area
ソトワク Border
Follow along the lines in one stroke, use the border when you need to
Tap at the end
シロクロ Black and White
Flip the pieces to get solid horizontal lines of black or white
レンシュウ Training
Practise all the previous lessons
Exit any time with (O)
Once the tutorial is over or you cancel you will be taken to the main menu
screen.
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| Menus |
The submenus appear in the middle of the main menu screen.
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| Main Menu |
| チャレンジ || チェックメイト |
| Challenge || Checkmate |
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| バーサス || ラウンジ |
| Versus || Lounge |
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| Challenge Menu |
チャレンジ Challenge
プラクティス Practice
セイセキ Records
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| Checkmate Menu |
ヒント Hint [icon1] [icon2]
チェックメイト Checkmate
エディット Edit
icon 1: Display previous failed path
icon 2: Display hints for end and start points
- Checkmate Stage Select
left stages: チェックメイト/ノーマル Checkmate/Normal
right stages: チェックメイト/オリジナル Checkmate/Original
- Edit Stage Select
left option: バスワード Password
right option: サクセイ Create
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| Versus Menu |
バーサス Versus
ラウンド Rounds
タイム Time
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| Lounge Menu |
チュートリアル Tutorial
シウシン Trial
セッティ Settings
セイサク ?
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| Settings Menu |
PLAY TIME
チャレンジ Challenge
チェックメイト Checkmate
バーサス Versus
システム System
BGM Background Music
SE Sound Effects
バックライト Backlight
データクリア Clear Data (NOTE! Deletes your save, choose (X) to cancel)
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| Gameplay |
Flip the pieces with the stylus.
The goal is to create solid horizontal lines of either black or white.
You can either trace the entire path, or tap the ends of a straight line.
Tap again to flip the selected pieces over.
You can freely trace along the grey border of the area.
If you make a mistake you can backtrace in the same line.
You can also tap the blue X buttons to erase everything.
To pause the game at any time either press the Start button or tap ([ ]) the
book icon in the top left corner. Tap the (O) icon to resume the game.
You might want to start with the Checkmate mode to get some slow practice
before getting into the fast paced Challenge mode.
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| Challenge Mode |
Blocks of pieces fall down from the top.
Clear them out by making solid horizontal lines.
Once the falling blocks catch up with you it's game over.
If you get a high score ("RANK IN"), instead of simply entering initials you
get to draw a something.
Select the pencil to make black pixels.
Select the eraser to make white pixels.
When you are done tap the feather in the bottom right corner.
- Practice mode (プラクティス)
Here you never get time over.
Take it slow, plan your path and figure out strategies for future sessions.
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| Checkmate Mode |
No timer but harder puzzles.
Clear each stage by making solid horizontal lines in one stroke.
You can also create your own puzzles or enter passwords for new puzzles in the
edit section.
You then access these in the "Original" stage selection.
To make things easier you can choose to display hints.
Display previous failed path: If you fail a stage and retry the top screen
will display the failed path you tried the last time.
Display hints for end and start points: After about 3 minutes in the stage an
icon appear showing where to start the line, and after about 2 minutes more
another icon appear showing where the line should end.
- Password (バスワード)
Select the stage you want to enter the new puzzle to.
Tap (O) to confirm.
Enter password and finish with V (bottom right)
([ ]) top left to cancel
When you finish the password it will ask:
ステージを更新しますか？
Do you want to update the stage?
Tap (O) to confirm and the new puzzle is saved.
Tap ([ ]) in the top left to exit.
If you get PASSWORD NG (No Good) you have to enter the whole password all over
again, so be careful.
You can find passwords for bonus puzzles on Nintendo's official site:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/asnj/collection/index.html
- Create (サクセイ)
Select the stage you want to edit/save new puzzle to.
Tap (O) to confirm.
[Arrow Icon] Select area
[Checker Icon] Edit
[! Icon] Solve
Start by tapping the arrow button and selecting the area you want.
Then tap the checker button and flip the pieces to make your puzzle.
End by tapping the ! button and solving your puzzle.
You must solve the puzzle to save.
Once you solve it you're asked:
ステージを更新しますか？
Do you want to update the stage?
Tap (O) to confirm and your new puzzle is saved.
Tap ([ ]) in the top left to exit.
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| Lounge |
In the lounge you can access the tutorial from the start of the game.
You can also send trial puzzles to a friend via the DS wireless connection.
In the settings you can see how much time you spent playing the various modes.
You can also change the volume of the background music and sound effects, and
turn the backlight off.
You can also erase your save here. Be careful so you don't do it by accident.
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| More Info/Credit |
Official site:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/asnj/
Great dictionary:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html
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| Copyright |
Copyright Titney 2004
All rights reserved. Do not modify this document.
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