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                          Super Sidekicks 3 FAQ
                           For the Neo Geo/CD
                     Version 1.0 (Created 7/22/2010)
                             By Devin Morgan

     This file is Copyright (c)2010 Devin Morgan. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

1. What's New
2. Introduction
3. Controls
4. Overview
5. Teams
6. Copyright Notice

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Version 1.0 (7/22/10): The first version.

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Super Sidekicks 3 is the third game in this soccer series for the Neo Geo
system. It is much more similar to the second game than the first, but with a
couple of new additions. There are now 64 teams (up from 48 in the second
game), and you now have a choice of tournaments to enter. These tournaments
are based on various real-world regional/world contests, so it gives a bit
more flexibility in what teams you will get to face and where. Other than
that, there are no changes since Super Sidekicks 2, so if you liked that one,
you will enjoy this game as well!

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Start: Start game

Select: Pause/resume game

Joystick: Move cursor on menu screens, move players during game

A: Make selection on menu screens, shoot/low pass (offense), slide (defense)

B: Cancel selection on menu screens, high pass (offense), tackle (defense)

C: Short pass (offense), switch players (defense)

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Game Modes
==========

After the title screen, there are a number of game modes you can select:

   Game Start: Enter the main game mode where you can play in a variety of
               tournaments to win the championship.

   Exhibition Game: Play a single game against a second human player.

   Option: Change various in-game settings (time, difficulty, language, and
           how to return the ball to play from out of bounds).

   Game Demo: Run a demonstration of the gameplay in action.

   Team Data: View even more detailed analysis of the teams, including each
              specific player.

   Exit: Quit the game.

After you select a game mode, you will be shown the game's controls before
being able to select a team. In this game, there are eight world regions with
64 teams total. Of course, each team has its own set of statistics as shown
in a graph of sorts. Move the cursor to the region you want and press A, then
select the team below. Once you pick your team, you can enter your initials.
Following this, you will be able to select a "power up" for your team from a
self-explanatory list.

The next screen, new to this game, is the tournament menu. You can select
from six different tournaments to play in, including the main World
Tournament which follows the usual World Cup format. The other five are
regional, so you will only face teams within that particular region,
regardless of the team you have selected. The tournaments are molded from
real-world tournaments as follows:

   World Tournament: FIFA World Cup

   Europe Tournament: UEFA European Football Championship

   South America Tournament: Copa América

   Americas Tournament: CONCACAF Gold Cup

   Africa Tournament: African Cup of Nations

   Asia Tournament: AFC Asian Cup

Each tournament has you facing three qualifying matches before going forward
to the semi-finals, then to the final championship match. In the World
Tournament, you go to a Regional Qualifying Round Final, where you play a
random team to qualify for the tournament. If you win, the empty tournament
bracket is shown and your team is put into a group of four. You must win
games against every team and then you will be on the final eight for the
bracket. You can then play through the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and then
the final match for the world championship. After that, the game ends.


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General Gameplay
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The main mode of play are the tournaments you can enter into. There are 64
teams total in Super Sidekicks 3, and they are split into eight groups of
eight. Depending on the tournament you enter into, you will only face certain
teams in the games. The World Tournament is similar in nature to the World
Cup, in that you play through a qualifying match to start, followed by
playing teams within your grouping before continuing up the bracket.

The games are split into two periods with 2 minutes (2:00) apiece (you can
change these settings when you start the game). There is not an actual timer,
but a slice that fills as the game progresses. When it turns red, you have
very little time remaining. You have the option to switch your players
manually during the game when you are on defense. If you are on offense, the
other players move automatically.

During the actual game, your team's available actions will depend on if you
are on the offense (possessing the ball currently) or defense (other team has
the ball). Those controls are as follows:

   Offense: A - Shoot/low pass (good for short passes low to the ground;
                               shoot when prompt appears above your head)
            B - High pass (good for longer, higher passes)
            C - Short pass (good for passing to a player right next to you)

   Defense: A - Slide (this is how you steal the ball from an opponent)
            B - Tackle (knock over an opposing player to steal the ball)
            C - Switch players to manually control

Generally, the game will give you control of the player closest to the ball.
Fortunately, the game does a good job of automatically controlling your team
members (as in, they are pretty smart for the most part). Each team also has
a player designated as a Captain, who is the best player on that team.

If the ball goes out of bounds during play, by bouncing off the goal posts or
being kicked out accidentally, possession of the ball goes to the opposing
team. Basically, if your team was the last to touch the ball as it went out
of bounds, the other team will get the ball. To return the ball to play, it
will be kicked/thrown in, either from the sides or by the goal keeper,
depending on where and how the ball went out of bounds.

If you are on the defense and the opposition is approaching your goal, you
unfortunately do NOT have much manual control of the goal keeper. He will
move automatically to try and block the ball, and while he acts a lot better
than in the first Super Sidekicks game, it still is not the greatest. He
tends to take a while getting up after a diving block, which means you really
need other players in the vicinity to help out. When a goal is made, play
resumes at the center line with the opposing team starting with the ball
again.

If you are on the offense and are approaching the goal, you may have an
option appear above your head called "Chance". If you press A at this point,
the view will shift to a first-person view and you can move the crosshairs
quickly to aim a more precise goal kick. This generally comes up when you are
just outside of the penalty box.

A HUGE aspect of gameplay is sliding and tackling. It is essential to making
any sort of progress in soccer, since this is how you attempt to steal the
ball from the opposing players. If you tackle, you move a bit more quickly
than with sliding, plus it is more effective so keep that in mind. If the
ball is not under possession by any player, you can simply run up and take it
by touching it. If you slide or tackle, you do not get automatic possession;
you still need to get the ball yourself.

Be careful when sliding/tackling however, since you can actually receive a
foul which can result in a yellow (warning) or red (ejection) card. These
seem to be given out randomly, and sometimes you will not get one at all
since the person fouled against will not be injured. The team that was fouled
against will get a "free kick" from the area where the foul occurred. This
can be play in your favor if a foul occurs against you near the opposing
goal. If this occurs close to the goal, you will get a "penalty kick" against
the goal keeper.

After a game, you will view your team's statistics in terms of goals scored
and games won. You will go on to face the next team in the group, depending
on the tournament selected. When you win the championship of the given
tournament, the game is over.


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Post Game
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If in the event a game is tied after the second period ends, you will be
asked to continue. When you say yes (press Start), you will have the option
of how to break the tie. You can either shoot Penalty Kicks or have a Sudden
Death match. If you end up losing the game (sudden death or by penalty
kicks), you will have the option of continuing. This allows you to start
against the same team without having to replay previous winning matches.

In Penalty Kick mode, each side takes turns attempting to make a goal. The
view is of the net with the goal keeper in front of it. If it is your turn to
kick, you will be able to hold the joystick in one of three directions and
press A to kick in that direction. If the goal keeper anticipates your aim
and blocks it, you get nothing; if you make it in, you get a goal.

If you are the goal keeper, you need to take a guess at where the opposing
player will kick the ball and move/not move accordingly. This mode is pretty
much completely random, since you can not truly know exactly where the ball
will be kicked and whether or not the opposition will block correctly. After
five tries each, the team with the most goals wins. If there is still a tie,
there will be more single-round penalty kicks where both sides get one turn
and if the tie is broken, you have a winner. Otherwise, this will continue.

If you choose the Sudden Death option, you will play another regular game.
The only difference is that the first team to score a goal wins the match.

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NOTE: Each team has five statistics, presented in a graph of sorts. Since it
     is not possible to accurately depict these graphs in text form, I have
     described these statistics based on a visual estimate. There is even
     more detailed breakdowns in the Team Data menu from the title screen,
     but this has little effect on the overall team performance, shown here.

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Europe A
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Italy
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Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Blue shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: Very High
Defense: Very High


Holland
-------

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: Orange shirt, white shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Switzerland
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Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Red shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Norway
------

Formation: 4-5-1
Colors: Red shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


England
-------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: White shirt, blue shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Turkey
------

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: Red shirt, red shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Portugal
--------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Red shirt, green shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Poland
------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: White shirt, red shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


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Europe B
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Germany
-------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: White shirt, black shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: Very High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


Spain
-----

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: Red shirt, blue shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Belgium
-------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Red shirt, red shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: Very High
Defense: Very High


Romania
-------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Yellow shirt, yellow shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Denmark
-------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Red shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: Very High


Ireland
-------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Green shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Wales
-----

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Red shirt, red shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


Czecho
------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Red shirt, white shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


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Europe C
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France
------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Blue shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: Very High
Defense: Very High


Bulgaria
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Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Red shirt, green shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Sweden
------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Yellow shirt, blue shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: Very High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


Russia
------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Blue shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Greece
------

Formation: 4-5-1
Colors: Blue shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Hungary
-------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Red shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Austria
-------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Gray shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Finland
-------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Blue shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


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Africa
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Nigeria
-------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Green shirt, green shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Cameroon
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Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Green shirt, red shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Morocco
-------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Red shirt, red shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Egypt
-----

Formation: 4-5-1
Colors: Red shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


South Africa
------------

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: Yellow shirt, white shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Zambia
------

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: White shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Ivory Coast
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Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Orange shirt, orange shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Guinea
------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Green shirt, yellow shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


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Americas
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U.S.A.
------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: White shirt, red shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Mexico
------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Green shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Canada
------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: White shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Costa Rica
----------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Red shirt, black shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Puerto Rico
-----------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Blue shirt, red shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


El Salvador
-----------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Blue shirt, blue shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Guatemala
---------

Formation: 4-5-1
Colors: Blue shirt, white shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Panama
------

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: Red shirt, blue shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


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South America
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Brazil
------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Yellow shirt, blue shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: Very High


Argentina
---------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Blue shirt, black shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


Colombia
--------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Yellow shirt, blue shorts

Speed: High
Attack: Very High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Bolivia
-------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Green shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


Chile
-----

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Red shirt, blue shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Ecuador
-------

Formation: 4-5-1
Colors: Yellow shirt, blue shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


Uruguay
-------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Blue shirt, blue shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


Peru
----

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Gray shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


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Asia A
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Australia
---------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Yellow shirt, yellow shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


China
-----

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: White shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


New Zealand
-----------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: White shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Taiwan
------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Blue shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Iran
----

Formation: 4-5-1
Colors: Red shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Iraq
----

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: White shirt, green shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


Vietnam
-------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Red shirt, red shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Singapore
---------

Formation: 4-5-1
Colors: White shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


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Asia B
======

Saudi Arabia
------------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: White shirt, green shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: Very High


Korea
-----

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: Blue shirt, blue shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Japan
-----

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Blue shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


U.A.E.
------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: White shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High


Hong Kong
---------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: White shirt, white shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


India
-----

Formation: 3-4-3
Colors: Orange shirt, green shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Thailand
--------

Formation: 3-5-2
Colors: Red shirt, red shorts

Speed: Very High
Attack: High
Power: Very High
Technique: High
Defense: High


Malaysia
--------

Formation: 4-4-2
Colors: Yellow shirt, black shorts

Speed: High
Attack: High
Power: High
Technique: Very High
Defense: High

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