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| Pieces |
| An FAQ |
| By KeyBlade999 |
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| Current Version: Final |
| Previous Update: 2:45 AM 12/25/2012 |
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Section Negative One: Donations **PIECES_-1**
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Section Zero: Table of Contents **PIECES_0**
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-1. Donations ................................................ **PIECES_-1**
0. Table of Contents ........................................ **PIECES_0**
1. Introduction ............................................. **PIECES_1**
2. Version History .......................................... **PIECES_2**
3. Legalities ............................................... **PIECES_3**
4. Basics of the Game ....................................... **PIECES_4**
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Section One: Introduction **PIECES_1**
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Welcome to another FAQ of mine. This one covers the SNES game known as
Pieces. Pieces is a game of the puzzle genre. Quite literally in fact, as this
video game deals with just that - solving puzzles!
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Yeah, I don't have much to say about this; not real good with this, you know.
But try to enjoy.
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Section Two: Version History **PIECES_2**
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Final - First and likely only version of this FAQ completed.
2:45 AM 12/25/2012
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Section Three: Legalities **PIECES_3**
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Section Four: Basics of the Game **PIECES_4**
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Controls
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~~ D-Pad : Move cursors; move pieces.
~~ A Button : Confirm decision; place piece.
~~ B Button : Decline decision; send piece away.
~~ X Button : Hold to speed up cursor.
~~ Y Button : Hold to speed up cursor.
~~ L Button : N/A.
~~ R Button : N/A.
~~ Start Button : Pause and unpause game.
~~ Select Button: Cycle through choices.
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General Game Basics
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Game Modes:
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At the main menu, you'll find three modes. The first two listed are for a
single player versus either the computer or another human player, respectively.
That is where the puzzle is generally chosen for you. This is a versus mode in
which you try to solve more puzzles than your opponent. You also have a number
of power-ups.
All Play mode is a bit different. Here, you get to select a genre of your own
choice - "???" is random. Then you get to see several types of difficulties.
They allow, in order, eight minutes, five minutes, three minutes, and an
infinite period of time. The last two, Types C and D, also throw in fake
puzzle pieces. This mode is played all active players simultaneously. You will
gain points as you guess correctly, and lose them as you guess incorrectly;
you can also gain and lose points as a result of the slots triggered with the
correct placement of flashy stickers. While you do work cooperatively on the
puzzle, points are individual and that is the competition. As long as the
team continues to make puzzles correctly, they will keep going to new ones.
More on 1P Versus Modes:
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This mode begins with the choice of difficulty in puzzles. Here, you will
compete against your opponent for some period of time to solve more puzzles
over that period. This number can be found above the top-right of your puzzle
on the left - Player 2's or the computer's is on the right. As pieces are
properly placed, your power meter will fill up and you'll gain power-ups.
You can activate these by pressing the A Button as the cursor hovers over
them. The power-ups are on the left:
- Spotlight: This will mark several puzzle places on the puzzle for a while.
If you place a piece there correctly, the power boost is boosted.
- Sonar: For some time after picking up a piece, this will display arrows next
to the cursor pointing to where the piece goes. When the arrows go
wild, that is where the piece goes.
- Minus Sign: This power-up prevents the picking up and dropping of puzzle
pieces by your opponent.
- Mirror: My theory is that is reverses the controls for the opponent.
- Auto: For a brief moment of time, any piece you select will be put in
its proper place automatically.
- Crosshair-Arrows: This messes up the opponent's controls.
- Red "X": Makes two pieces unavailable for selection for the opponent.
- Help: A little fairy comes in for a time to place the pieces in the puzzle
alongside you - only difference is, the fairy is always right!
- Green Hills: Shows you the image of the puzzle in the background for a time.
- Syringe: Takes away the opponent's power meter energy in full!
- Paintbrush: Rudely removes some placed pieces in the opponent's puzzle!!
Generally, the game will progress through three puzzles per character - once
you beat three puzzles before the opponent, you progress onward. If you are
beaten, you are given a chance to try again, at least versus the computer.
General Process of Puzzle-Solving:
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This describes what you actually do. It's brief, obviously.
At the top of the screen, or your side of it, are a number of pieces. In the
one-player versus modes, you have three; in All-Play, there are five. These
pieces are ones that will fit into the puzzle, unless they are fake pieces, in
which case, they may as well go in the trash.
To pick up a piece, put your hand cursor over it and press the A Button. To
trash said piece, press the B Button. If you want to put the piece in the
puzzle somewhere, hover the cursor over the spot and press the A Button. If the
piece is correct, it sticks - if not, it goes away and you are penalized as is
applicable.
The game continues like that. That's ... really just about it.
Puzzle-Solving Hints:
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You definitely want to begin at the edges and corners. As this game does not
force in rotating pieces or the ability to do so, every piece is already
properly oriented - corner pieces are hard to miss. Most edge pieces are also
pretty easy to find and solve.
Of course, with edge pieces, you then toss in another factor - shape. The
superficial shape of the edge pieces (one straight edge) is not necessarily
enough to get you through a puzzle. If you look at the piece, make sure it
actually will fit there.
After you've solved those pieces in that manner, which later devolves to a
process of elimination (i.e. one left-edge piece left, I have one left edge
piece, so duh), you can more readily begin with the central pieces. While you
do need to check shape, perhaps the more important factor in this process is
relevance. If you are making a puzzle about an airplane, even if the shape
of the piece fits, it isn't exactly right to put the engine in the place where
the cockpit is! You need to at least put the piece in or around the place
where the engine would go - on a wing - while still making sure the piece
would, indeed, fit properly. If you want to check if it looks right, just hover
over the space and see if it somewhat seamlessly matches adjacent pieces.
That leads to me to my final hint - work towards the center. It is always much
easier to work if you have some adjacent pieces to compare relevance to.
Granted, you may not always have the chance to pick a desireable piece, so, in
that case, you can either risk a guess or quickly pick it up and press the
B Button.
Good luck!
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