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| Wordtris |
| An FAQ |
| By KeyBlade999 |
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| Current Version: Final |
| Previous Update: 12:04 AM 5/10/2012 |
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Section Negative One: Donations **WORDTRIS_-1**
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While I do write all of my guides for free, it does take a lot of time and
effort to put them together. If you're feeling generous and want to show your
appreciation, I am gladly accepting donations. I don't know exactly what the
donations will be used for, but just know that you would definitely be helping
me make more quality FAQs! Even the smallest donation amounts are appreciated,
and are a great way to say how much you appreciate the work I do. If you do
decide you'd like to donate, please send the donations through PayPal at the
e-mail address listed below. Thank you so very much for considering this!!
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By the way, this is also my contact e-mail, so if you want to contribute
something to this or any of my other FAQs, or have a question to ask about one
of them, go ahead and use this e-mail.
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Section Zero: Table of Contents **WORDTRIS_0**
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[Section Title] ............................................. [CTRL+F Tag]
-1. Donations ............................................... **WORDTRIS_-1**
0. Table of Contents ....................................... **WORDTRIS_0**
1. Intro ................................................... **WORDTRIS_1**
2. Version History ......................................... **WORDTRIS_2**
3. Legalities .............................................. **WORDTRIS_3**
4. Start-Up ................................................ **WORDTRIS_4**
5. Basics of the Game ...................................... **WORDTRIS_5**
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Section One: Intro **WORDTRIS_1**
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Welcome to another FAQ of mine. This one covers the GameBoy game Wordtris,
which, as you may be able to guess, is a creative mix of Tetris and words. A
very creative mix at that; this is one of my favorite games, once you take out
that creepy circus theme.
Yeah, I don't have much to say about this. But try to enjoy.
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Section Two: Version History **WORDTRIS_2**
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Final - First and likely only version of this FAQ completed.
12:04 AM 5/10/2012
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Section Three: Legalities **WORDTRIS_3**
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Section Four: Start-Up **WORDTRIS_4**
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Let's begin by finding our dusty ol' GameBoy and inserting the cartridge for
this game. Turn on the GameBoy and we can begin.
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Main Menu
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You soon arrive a menu with a layout similar to the below. Press A or B to be
able to choose different options. Bracketed [] options are defaults.
Game Mode:
-- [Single Player]: A simple one-player mode.
-- Competitive : Play against another player for a high score.
-- Cooperative : Play with another player to work together and get a high
score.
-- Tournament : Allows play with up to four people in a turn-based
competition for the highest score.
Difficulty: Determines how hard the game is by determing how fast the tiles
fall, whether you know the next tile, and minimum/bonus word
length.
-- Children's: Slow speed; 3-letter minimum.
-- [Novice] : Moderate speed; 3-letter minimum.
-- Advanced : Fast speed; 4-letter minimum.
-- Expert : Extremely-high speed; 4-letter minimum.
-- Next Tile:
~ [On]: You can see the next tile that you can place.
~ Off : The next tile is a mystery until it appears.
Level: Which level do you begin on? From easiest to hardest...
-- [A]
-- B
-- C
-- D
-- E
-- F
-- G
-- H
-- I
-- J (#1)
Time Limit: If you fail to complete the level within a certain time, do you get
a Game Over?
-- [Unlimited]: No time limits are placed.
-- 2:00 : Two minutes. (120 seconds.)
-- 5:00 : Five minutes. (300 seconds.)
-- 10:00 : Ten minutes. (600 seconds.)
-- 15:00 : Fifteen minutes. (900 seconds.)
Repeat Words: Determines if the same word can be played twice.
-- [On]: It may be repeated.
-- Off : It may NOT be repeated.
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Pause Menu
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During gameplay, you can also find these options by pressing Start.
-- Resume Game : Continue gameplay.
-- Word List : See all words played thus far.
-- Go to Level __: Go to the next level.
-- Music : Keep the background music on?
-- Sound FX : Keep the sound effects?
-- Next Tile : Shows the next tile if on; doesn't if off.
-- Abort Game : Do you wish to quit the current game?
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Section Five: Basics of the Game **WORDTRIS_5**
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When you have selected all of your main menu settings, press Start to begin.
In this game, your goal is to make words by moving around the tiles that fall
down. You do so by using the D-Pad: Left/Right moves the tile that way, and
Down causes it to fall faster.
To create a word, you must have the tiles laid horizontally or vertically, but
NOT diagonally or backwards, and not a combination of both. For example...
T Y E N G Here, I can make the word (3+ letter) YEN horizontally. I can
R E R O N make TRY, YEAR, and GNAT vertically. However, I cannot make
Y A C N A COG by going diagonally, just like I cannot make CARROT or ANON.
O R R Q T Okay so far?
T G X U G
Additionally, you can make several words at the same time. For example...
[G] Assume the G is going down, but is not yet placed. It will
T R Y I N E knock down the E and N to make TRYING and SHE.
Z Q X S H N
That brings me to my next point. When moving a letter on top of another letter,
for the first four letters placed, they will go into the light-brown zone.
However, if you place a fifth one on there, you will make the stack simply
become taller.
When you make a word, the tiles will move up or down, depending on the number
in the stack. For example, if there are four in the stack, and one is removed,
the ones below it go up. However, if there are six, and one is removed, those
above it move down. Take this into consideration when making "chain plays" -
moves that, after making a word, causes another word to be made. Here is an
example:
Z S T A Y Once the word STAY leaves, the three letters below each of the
Q A W Q X letters in STAY rises, creating a new word, QUITE. After it
V U I T E leaves, you then get the word VIEW.
O I E W E
Additionally, when you make a word, you will obtain some points. The factors
that determine such are unbeknownst to me, although word length and the rarity
of the composing letters' rarity to be factors, like with Scrabble scoring.
You'll also find a word at the top of the screen, below the level name. If you
make this word, I believe you get some form of bonus points, which is quite
good.
In the top-left corner of the screen, you'll find some boxes. The top-leftmost
one is P1's score; the one to its right is P2's. The boxes directly below these
show the number of words made, with the level name between them. You'll find
the bonus word below that. The next tile displays are below that, with the game
board and timer following it. On the right is some of the most recently played
words: five of the recent plays, and the last repeat.
Anyhow, I think you understand it so far, correct? After making enough words,
you pass the level. You will receive some bonus points if you made extra-long
words (ie. six-letter words), then a prompt to press Start to go to the next
level. This next level will be slightly faster, and consequentially harder. The
levels range from A to J - after J, it is all J.
To get a Game Over, you will need to keep stacking up the tiles in the column
of their drop/spawn point until it touches the roof. You are awarded bonus
points for long words within the round, and you may be able to record a high
score.
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Notes Based On Mode
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-- Single Player is one-player only.
-- Competitive and Cooperative are two-player and require the use of two
GameBoys, two Wordtris cartridges, and a GameBoy Link Cable.
-- Tournament allows one to four players and merely needs one console.
-- Any mode in which two players play simultaneously is a mode in which player
number two has GREEN tiles, not purplish.
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Section Six: Some Other Notes **WORDTRIS_6**
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-- High scores are based on mode, and can be recorded for all four modes.
-- Not all words you THINK are legal because of Scrabble or something are not
necessarily legal. For example, BOT.
-- Remember about prefixes and suffixes. Here are some examples:
~ Prefixes: "re-" "un-" "de-" "in-" "pre-"
~ Suffixes: "-ly" "-er" "-or" "-ed" "-ing" "-est" "-s"
-- Throughout the game, you may find bombs and dynamite. Bombs will destroy
the tile it lands on. Dynamite destroys two tiles below it, then the one to
left and the one to the right of the one it lands on.
-- ? tiles produce random letters. Odds are, if you're focusing on a specific
word, you shouldn't put it there.
-- You'll often run low on vowels (excluding "y"). Try to focus on "y"-vowel
words; for example, GYM, TRY, DRY, PLY, PRY, FRY, FLY.
-- As of 1989, there were over 600,000 formal words in the English language;
counting slang and such, there's over 1,000,000. Of course, don't expect ALL
of them to be available in such an old game.
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| Wordtris. |
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