-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ripple Island FAQ/Walkthrough NES 1988 Version: 1.0 released on the 3rd of April 2007 Author: odino http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/47976.html This guide is EXCLUSIVELY available at GameFAQs. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TABLE OF CONTENTS =============================================================================== 01.) Introduction | G0100 | 02.) Overview & Controls | G0200 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03.) Walkthrough | G0300 | Area 1 | G0310 | Area 2 | G0320 | Area 3 | G0330 | Area 4 | G0340 | Area 5 | G0350 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YY.) Mini-Review | GYY00 | ZZ.) Credits & Thanks | GZZ00 | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =============================================================================== 01.) INTRODUCTION G0100 =============================================================================== Welcome to 'Ripple Island' for the NES, released by Sunsoft in 1988. It was only released in Japan. You may see this listed as "Lipple Island" somewhere, because L and R are both pronounced L in Japanese the writing does not matter too much. It should, however, be written with 'R' seeing that it's an attempt to sound English. The guide uses Shift-JIS to display Japanese characters in .txt form. If you cannot see them automatically and just see some garbled font, set your browser encoding or file viewer manually. This game is a text adventure. To play you need to have extensive knowledge of the Japanese language. Thus this walkthrough is intended for players who are able to read and understand the story. You can still try to match the actions to the displayed characters, but if you do not understand the storyline then there is little point in playing the game. Should there ever be a fan translation I will try to get a good guide in English to match it. This game is hardly known outside of Japan, and with text-heavy adventure games it is very unlikely somebody will take the long time and effort to make a fan translation. Suggestions, comments or errors - tell me about it. Enjoy! =============================================================================== 02.) OVERVIEW & CONTROLS G0200 =============================================================================== The game is split into five areas. Each area has puzzles to solve by itself and items do not need to carry over. There are also several different endings you can achieve, but only one that is the real ending. The display is also quite basic. The top half of the screen is the current location. Each area has around 20-30 locations and they might change over the course of the story. The center has the actions icons that are used to play the game. Underneath is the text area, usually reserved for story text but it also displays your inventory when selected. The actions icons have more than one meaning: Move - Look - Talk - Take - Inventory - Enter - Pull - Push - Password Give Knock Use =============================================================================== 03.) WALKTHROUGH G0300 =============================================================================== oooooooooo o Area 1 o G0310 oooooooooo MOVE: < ^ ^ < ^ ^ > v TAKE a strawberry from the right side. MOVE: ^ < v v > KNOCK at the door of the left house. ENTER the door of the left house. LOOK at the girl in bed. TALK GIVE the Strawberry (イチゴ) to the girl in blue. MOVE: v < ENTER the door. TALK MOVE: v ^ GIVE the Roll (マキモノ) to the Beaver. MOVE: ^ ^ ^ TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK MOVE: v v v > v v > v TAKE a fruit from the bush on the right. MOVE: ^ ^ ^ v TALK MOVE: v < TALK TALK MOVE: < TAKE a flower from the left side. MOVE: > > ^ ^ GIVE the fruit (キノミ)to the animal. GIVE the flower (シビレバナ) to the animal. MOVE: ^ ^ oooooooooo o Area 2 o G0320 oooooooooo MOVE ^ TALK MOVE < < ^ TAKE a flower. MOVE v > > ^ < LOOK at the bush on the left. TAKE the red fruit. MOVE > v GIVE red fruit (あかいミ) to the squirrel. MOVE ^ < LOOK at the bush on the left. USE the flower (しろぃはな) on the fruit. LOOK at the bush on the left. TAKE the red fruit. MOVE > > > v TAKE a brown fruit MOVE ^ ^ ^ PULL the tree on the far right. TAKE the walnut that fell down. MOVE < ^ GIVE the brown fruit (コクのミ)to the owl. GIVE the walnut (クルミ) to the owl. GIVE the acorn (どんぐり) to the owl. GIVE the red fruit (あかいミ) to the owl. TALK MOVE v < v v < ^ ENTER the waterfall. TALK GIVE him the red flower (あかいはな). MOVE v > > TALK MOVE < ^ ^ ^ KNOCK at the hole in the tree. oooooooooo o Area 3 o G0330 oooooooooo MOVE ^ TAKE one of the grass plants. MOVE ^ < USE the grass plant on the large rock on the left side. MOVE < < > > > ^ > TALK TALK MOVE < v < < < TALK MOVE > > > ^ TALK MOVE v v > TAKE some skin(?) from the sleeping seal. MOVE < ^ ^ GIVE the skin (アザラシのヒゲ) to the weasel. MOVE v < < < GIVE the carrot (ニンジン) to the rabbits so they leave. MOVE > > > ^ > > KNOCK on the tree. The screen will shake and you only have a few seconds to... MOVE < MOVE > ^ MOVE < < ^ ^ oooooooooo o Area 4 o G0340 oooooooooo MOVE ^ ^ TAKE the rope. TAKE the bottle. MOVE > > PULL the hen. TAKE the feather. MOVE < < < < USE feather (とりのハネ) on the upper "rock" in the center. TAKE the item that was uncovered. MOVE > > > Use the rope (ロープ) on the well. ENTER the opening of the well. MOVE ^ ^ ENTER the right tunnel. MOVE ^ ENTER the right tunnel. ENTER the left tunnel. ENTER the right tunnel. USE the bottle (コルクビン) on the green stuff on the right side. USE the cork (コルクせん) on the hole in the boat. SELECT ゲロゲールと たたかう to continue to the story. oooooooooo o Area 5:o G0350 oooooooooo MOVE < TAKE the rock. TAKE the can. TAKE the bag. MOVE > ^ USE the bag (かみぶくろ) on the lizard guard. MOVE ^ PULL the left frog. MOVE ^ ^ ^ USE the can (いし) on the left side of the lizard guard so he goes to check. MOVE v > ^ ^ USE the squid (イカのアシ) on the racoon. MOVE v v v v > ^ USE the key (カギ) in the keyhole. MOVE ^ TAKE the bottle of alcohol on the shelf. MOVE v v v ^ > ^ ^ GIVE the alcohol (さけ) to the racoon. MOVE v > ^ > ^ MOVE v PULL the guy on the floor. MOVE v TALK MOVE v < ^ TAKE the scissors. MOVE v v ^ > ^ ^ TALK MOVE v > ^ ^ USE the spear (やり) on the armadillo. USE the spear (やり) on the armadillo. USE the spear (やり) on the armadillo. USE the scissors (せんたくばさみ) on the tail of the armadillo that popped out. SELECT (ことわる) to get the proper ending. =============================================================================== YY.) MINI-REVIEW GYY00 =============================================================================== This isn't meant to be a full review, just a few notes about the game's pros and cons as well as other things worth mentioning. Gameplay: 5/10 A little too kiddie to my liking, but sweet and short areas that still contain a few good puzzles. The main problem with the puzzles is that a lot is pixel hunting. If you are just missing one item the game cannot progress, and you don't always know what you are missing. One area in particular requires to TAKE the screen pixel by pixel, and there are more than 20 locations to search. Graphics: 7/10 Not too shabby, some blocky characters but the areas have colorful items and detailed at that. So for 1988 this was just about acceptable. Compared to other adventure games on the NES, this actually has moving things instead of the pale and stale screen you interact with. Sound: 6/10 Overall: 6/10 Short but ok adventure game. A little tricky for what looks like a kid's game. =============================================================================== ZZ.) CREDITS & THANKS GZZ00 =============================================================================== GameFAQs for hosting this file. Sunsoft for this game. ｯｯｯｯｯｯｯ All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. This guide may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. 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