Ping Pals FAQ Version 1.2 Copyright Alex Schwagle 2004 #################################################################### 1) Table of Contents #################################################################### 1) Table of Contents 2) Introduction 3) Version History 4) Basics 5) Minigames A. Top 10 (single player) B. Hi-Lo (single player) C. Solo Chat (single player) D. Doodle (multiplayer) E. Hot Potato (multiplayer) 6) Money Words 7) Items 8) Credits 9) Legal Crap #################################################################### 2) Introduction #################################################################### This is my FAQ for Ping Pals, the chatroom/game for the Nintendo DS. It will cover everything from Minigame walkthroughs, to Money Words, and even a complete (eventually) list of items, prices, and descriptions. If you have something to submit, e-mail at ElCid828@AOL.com with "Ping Pals FAQ" as the subject. #################################################################### 3) Version History #################################################################### Version 1.0 -Submitted FAQ to GameFAQs Version 1.1 -Slightly revamped Items list -Added more items -Added some Money Words -Added Money Words explanation -Added "My Avatars" -Submitted FAQ to Cheat Code Central Version 1.2 -Added lots of Money Words -Added first Top 10 List -Added more items -Added descriptions for Doodle and Hot Potato -Updated DS diagram #################################################################### 4) Basics #################################################################### ----------------------------------------------- | | | ------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Normal | | | | Screen | | | | | | | ....... | | ....... | | ....... | | ....... | | ....... | | ....... | | ....... ------------------- ....... | | | ----------------------------------------------- | ----- ___ ___ | | |Power| ------------------- (___| |___) | | ----- | |Select Start | | -- | | | | | | | | | | __| |__ | | (X) | || D-Pad | | Touch | | ||__ __| | Screen | (Y) (A) | | | | | | | | |__| | | (B) | | | | | | | | | | ------------------- | | 1 2 3 | ----------------------------------------------- Volume Headphone Jack 1) Microphone -The DS microphone is embedded in here. 2) Charging Indicator -If a light appearsd here, it means the battery for your DS is charging. 3) Power Indicator -A green light means your DS has a good amount of power. -An orange light means your DS is getting low on power. Charge it as quickly as possible. -Most of the game is controlled by the Touch Screen, so I won't list the controls. This is just for reference. @@@@@@@@@@@ @Game Flow@ @@@@@@@@@@@ After Logging In, the top screen will turn into the Chat Room, where all your messages appear. It also tell you your Coin count and shows your current avatar. Right now it tells you the date, time and signal strength (in the lower left corner). The bottom screen will have 12 blue boxes and a girl's face with "Tips" above it. If you're new, it's helpful to look at these. Click on one of the boxes, and it will light up. Click on "Create" in the lower right corner, and you will be transported to a chat room. Now the bottom screen shows a keyboard, a box (different designs are avilable for in-game purchase, but it's gray by default), 4 buttons (T, a pencil, a crossword-looking thing, and a camera) and 4 diagonal arrows in the corners. THE BUTTONS -The capital letter "T" is used for typing. Any letter you click on will appear in the box. -The pencil is used for drawing in the box. If you click on it after typing something, the message you typed will be stored and will reappear after clicking on the "T" again. Likewise, anything you draw will be stored if you click on the "T". If you click on the pencil after selecting it, it will turn into an eraser, which allows you to erase anything you have drawn. Clicking the eraser will turn it back to a pencil. -The crossword thing will present you with 6 ways to earn coins, which are used to buy new things in the shop: 5 minigames and the credits. Every time you watch the credits after watching it for the first time will get you 50 coins. The minigames will be explained later. -The camera will take a picture of the chat box, and you can view it at any time. You can store up to 3 of these screenshots. THE DIAGONAL ARROWS -The upper left (blue) arrow will take you to the shop, which allows you to buy not only things to customize your avatar, but also new paper designs, sound effects, and background music. -The upper right (orange) arrow will take you to the customization screen. Here you can customize your avatar with the items you have bought, as well as equip your sound effects, paper, and background music. You have 2 seperate avatars (a boy and a girl), both of which can be equipped with different items. Some items are girl-only, some are boy-only, and some are both. You can also put items you no longer want up for sale. If a friend connects with you, they will be able to buy that item for the normal price. -The lower right (green) arrow will take you to the options menu. This menu lets you choose your text color (14 colors), as well as turn on/off the sound effects, music, and backlight. There is also an option to clear all the data from your game, and basically start a new file. You can also view your 3 screenshots (if any) here. -The lower left (red) arrow will prompt you to save any gameplay you have done, as well as take you back to the chat room selection screen. This is the only way to save the game, so make sure you do it before turning your game off. #################################################################### 5) Minigames #################################################################### --------- |A. Top 10| (single player) --------- *Top 10 presents you with a random category, and you will have to guess 10 answers from that category. You get coins based on each answer, as well as extra coins for guessing all the answers. Category: "Our Solar System" Answers 1. Sun 2. Mercury 3. Venus 4. Earth 5. Mars 6. Jupiter 7. Saturn 8. Uranus 9. Neptune 10. Pluto -------- |B. Hi-Lo| (single player) -------- *Hi-Lo pits you against Snakey. He will ask you to guess a number between 1 and 10, and you will receive/lose coins based on the accuracy of the number. 5 and 6 are generally the best guesses. ----------- |# Off|Prize| -----+----- | 0 | +100| | 1 | +25 | | 2 | +15 | | 3 | +5 | | 4 | ±0 | | 5 | -2 | | 6 | -5 | | 7 | -10 | | 8 | -20 | | 9 | -30 | ----------- ------------ |C. Solo Chat| (single player) ------------ *Solo Chat will let an AI-controlled chatter enter the room. This person will ask you a series of questions, all of which can be answered with a simple Yes or No. You will receive coins based on your answers when the chatter is satisfied with talking to you. Generally, you receive more coins if you make the person happy. --------- |D. Doodle| (multiplayer) --------- *This game is oddly reminiscent of Pictionary. When you enter Doodle, the computer will give a category . Then one person will be given a word, and must draw clues in the box, which will (hopefully) cause the other players to guess the word the person was given. When someone guesses correctly, you go to the next round. There are 5 rounds total. Coins are given based on how fast the correct guesds was made. (Note: I'm doing this from memory, so it may not be entirely correct.) ------------- |E. Hot Potato| (multiplayer) ------------- *A virtual "bomb" is transferred to a random player, and that player must pass the bomb to another player by typing "pass". It will transfer to another person, and the process continues. After a certain amount of time, the bomb "explodes", and the person who has it loses coins. (Note: I'm doing this from memory, so it may not be entirely correct.) #################################################################### 6) Money Words #################################################################### -Money Words are just phrases that, when sent, give you a certain amount of coins, depending on their "rarity". Money Words can only be used once, and can anywhere from 10-1000 coins (as far as I know). ------------ -------- |Money Word | Reward | ------------+-------- |Amplitude | | |Antiquing | | |Baklava | | |Blatherskite| | |Bombardment | | |Bombastic | | |Cabbage |1000 | |Cantankerous| | |Caravan |25 | |Coin | | |Comatose | | |Defunct |1000 | |Doddering | | |Dragon | | |Dressage | | |Emu | | |English |10 | |Epoch | | |Equinox | | |Fiddlesticks| | |Fisticuffs | | |Fortuitous |1000 | |Genie | | |Goldilocks | | |Gorgon | | |History |10 | |Isthmus | | |Jab | | |Larval | | |Luck |25 | |Magenta | | |Math |10 | |Money |10 | |Oxymoron | | |Planetarium | | |Pompous |100 | |Rhapsody |100 | |Rich |10 | |Saber |100 | |Science |10 | |Skullduggery| | |Stenographer| | |Stingray | | |Undulate | | |United |25 | |Vegan | | |Wayforward |100 | |Wisenheimer | | ------------ -------- *This table is incomplete. #################################################################### 7) Items #################################################################### --------------- |Male Head Items| --------------- -Bad Buzz Price: 50 Description: It gives your avatar short black hair, with a patch missing on the left side. -Blondie Price: 90 Description: Smooth, bright blonde hair, with a long, thin ponytail going down the right side of the body. -Blue Zowie Price: 150 Description: Huge blue hair (think DBZ) with 2 small strands coming down near the ears. -Golf Cap Price: 140 Description: A brown gold cap with light brown circles on it. -Masterful Price: 300 Description: Long, shiny black hair with a silver crown. -Pill Boy Price: 135 Description: A white, shower cap-like hat with flowers on the rim. -Purple Chunk Price: 125 Description: Light purple hair that spikes out everywhere. -Receeding Price: 80 Description: Bald on top, black hair coming out the sides. -Red Band Price: 120 Description: A red headband with a yellow emblem in the middle holding up long, black hair. -Santa Cap Price: 300 Description: A pale red Santa cap that comes down to the right. -Sly Hat Price: 130 Description: Short black hair covered by a dark gray, detective-ish hat. -Wave HAir Price: 50 Description: A brown comb-over. Pointy at the right end. ----------------- |Female Head Items| ----------------- -Bean Town Price: 190 Description: Long, wavy black hair with a yellow and red hat. -Bowl Cut Price: 50 Description: Short, round, shiny black hair. -Bratty Pig Price: 100 Description: Bright pink hair spiked out at the sides. -Fan Girl Price: 200 Description: Long, light brown hair with a black baseball cap twisted towards the left side. -Fancy Blue Price: 210 Description: Short blue hair with a tiara thing on top. -Merry Cap Price: 10 Description: A brighter, shorter verson of the male "Santa Cap". -Mod Cut Price: 115 Description: Round, almost circular, shiny, black hair. Has 2 hair clips right above the ears. -Pink Cap Price: 50 Description: A pink-rimmed cap, striped white and pink on top. -Punk Rock Price: 30 Description: Large green hair, with yellow streaks on the bottom strands. -Racer Helm Price: 300 Description: A white and silver racing helmet, with some light blue hair coming out the bottom. -Red Streak Price: 90 Description: Black hair, spiked at the sides, with a huge red streak near the left. Very Gothic looking. -Side Toss Price: Semi-long brown hair, roughly held up at the right side by a white thing. -Sooty Hat Price: 200 Description: A black top hat covering bright red hair. -Spoiled Do Price: 99 Description: Bright orange hair with a white hairband. -Star Band Price: 50 Description: Very short pink hair covered by a white hairband. The hairband has 2 stars on poles coming out of the top. --------------- |Male Body Items| --------------- -Argyle Price: 200 Description: A light brown coat covering a white shirt that has a red, diamondish design in the middle. -Fur Collar Price: 240 Description: A heavy, green coat with orange fur on the shoulders. -Hi Collar Price: 180 Description: A blue, yellow-trimmed coat over a red, Spider Man-like shirt. -Mime Cloth Price: 110 Description: Red and white striped shirt with black straps, like mimes wear. -Missionary Price: 180 Description: A white polo shirt with a blue tie. -Prince Top Price: 400 Description: A green tunic with a huge black collar and puffy shoulders. -Sniper Arm Price: 1200 Description: A white, Storm Trooper-like suit of armor, with a rifle in the left hand and an ammo belt coming out of the rifle. -Star Blazer Price: 1440 Description: A simple white shirt, with black, red-streaked shoulder pads. -Striiipes Price: 40 Description: A long-sleeved, orange and yellow striped shirt. -War Duds Price: 400 Description: A heavy camo jacket. -XL Slicker Price: 420 Description: A green aviator suit, with orange things on the chest and black straps around the arms. -Yellow Top Price: 90 Description: A simple yellow and white striped T-shirt. ----------------- |Female Body Items| ----------------- -Cookie Shirt Price: 190 Description: A white T-shirt with a black vest. -Fun Time Price: 310 Description: A green, short-sleeved jacket with a pinkish-white undershirt. -Housework Price: 110 Description: A red and green apron over a white sweatshirt. -Ice Queen Price: 600 Description: A birght blue shirt with white fur going from the left arm to the right shoulder. -Moon Parka Price: 500 Description: A heavy, white coat, pink and green scarf, and gold fur around the neck. -Overalls Price: 200 Description: A white undershirt beneath some blue overalls. -Polar Class Price: 320 Description: A white, long-sleeved shirt with a pink scarf. -Star Halter Price: 310 Description: A red, low-cut, long-sleeved shirt with a white star on the chest. -Sweater Wrap Price: 190 Description: A large green scarf over a white coat. -Tally Ho Price: 160 Description: A bright green coat, white undershirt, and orange ribbon tied around the neck. -------------- |Male Eye Items| -------------- -Eye Sore Price: 20 Description: A square, white eye-patch. -Fun Shades Price: 100 Description: Thick black glasses with a huge nose in the middle. --------------- |Male Face Items| --------------- -Bandito Price: 45 Description: A red scarf covering the mouth. -Forkin' Price: 60 Description: A small fork as an earring. -Gas Mask Price: 240 Description: A black gas mask that covers the mouth. -HOHO Beard Price: 50 Description: A small, white beard. -Moon Ring Price: 25 Description: A small, blue, moon-shaped earring. Goes on the right ear. -Party Time Price: 35 Description: Puts a yellow and blue party blowy thing (forgot what they're called) in your male avatar's mouth. -Red Cheeks Price: 15 Description: Makes your male avatar's cheeks red. -Tongue Tie Price: 50 Description: Makes your male avatar stick his tongue out, with 2 teeth visible at the top. ---------------- |Female Eye Items| ---------------- -Cool Shade Price: 40 Description: Round, black sunglasses. -Eyeglasses Price: 140 Description: A small pair of blue, square glasses. -Eyeliner Price: 10 Description: Removes your female avatar's eyebrows, and makes her eyes pale green. -Fab Specs Price: 30 Description: Large yellow eye things that have 3 antler-like things. -Goggles Price: 140 Description: Red skiing goggles with an orange lens. -Nerd Specs Price: 160 Description: A pair of normal, black glasses. -Scuba Mask Price: 60 Description: A light blue swimming mask. ----------------- |Female Face Items| ----------------- -Beauty Mark Price: 200 Description: Gives your female avatar red lipstick and a small mole to the up and right of the mouth. -Cheeky Price: 35 Description: Makes your female avatar's cheeks red. -Clown Nose Price: 140 Description: A red clown nose. -Party Favor Price: 85 Description: Puts a yellow and blue party blowy thing (forgot what they're called) in your female avatar's mouth. -Pink Studs Price: 30 Description: A pair of large, pink, circular earrings. ------------- |Sound Effects| ------------- Coming soon... ----- |Music| ----- Coming soon... ------------- |Paper Designs| ------------- 1. Pointy Paper Price: 600 Description: Dark red paper with a light red triangle border. --------------------- |Character Backgrounds| --------------------- Coming soon... ********************** * My Current Avatars * ********************** ---- |Male| ---- Head: Red Band Body: Sniper Arm Face: Gas Mask ------ |Female| ------ Head: Bratty Pig Body: Ice Queen Face: Pink Studs #################################################################### 8) Credits #################################################################### Me -For taking the time to write this FAQ. Nintendo -For making the DS, an awesome handheld. THQ and WayForward -For making the game. No matter how much they messed up a good idea, I still feel compelled to acknowledge them. Tony2Timez -For submitting a few ultra-rare Money Words Dabomb3092 -For submitting about 25 money words If you would like to submit something to the FAQ, e-mail me at ElCid828@AOL.com with "Ping Pals FAQ" as the subject. Please include what who would like to be credited as. #################################################################### 9) Legal Crap #################################################################### This is my FAQ. It is, for the most part, solely my work and effort. It took a while to do this, so don't put this FAQ on your site without my permission. I don't care if you save it, print it out, or edit it, as long as you give all the credit to me. ############### ##@@@@@@@@@@@@@## #@@-----------@@# #@|End of FAQ.|@# #@@-----------@@# ##@@@@@@@@@@@@@## ###############