Set-up
1. Turn OFF the power switch on your Nintendo® Game Boy® Advance. Never insert or remove a Game Pak when the power is on.
2. Insert the Game Pak of Rugrats™ I Gotta Go Party into the slot on the Game Boy® Advance. To lock the Game Pak in place, press firmly.
3. Turn ON the POWER switch. The logo screens will appear (if you don't see them, begin again at step 1).
4. When the title screen appears, press START to proceed to the Main Menu.
Getting Started
Hi! Are you ready to play? Well, we've got a couple of questions for you first! Use the Control Pad Up/Down to move between your choices and the A Button to choose that option.
The first thing we need to know is if you want a Single Player Game or a Multi-player game (for more info about Multi-player Games, see page 6).
The next thing we've got to ask is if you want to Start a New Game or enter a Password. You get passwords when you win some of the games. These passwords will let you jump to that part of the game so you don't have to play everything all over again.
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Tip: The B Button will take you back if you want to change your options.
The last thing we need to know is if you want to play Story Mode, Quick Play, or Free Play.
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Story Mode: This lets you play the whole game. You need to go through the house to find all the babies and play all the games, too!
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Quick Play: Not enough time to play the Story Mode? That's okay! Quick Play gives you ten random games to play. The list of games changes every time you use it!
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Free Play: This lets you play with any of the games that you've unlocked in Story Mode. Want to feed Spike again? Or make some more mud pies with Phil? Free Play is the way to go!
Multi-player Games
When you choose a Multi-player game, you can select from a Single-Pak or Multi-Pak Game Boy® Advance Game Link® cable option. The Single-Pak option lets two or more players link Game Boy® Advance systems together with just one Rugrats™ I Gotta Go Party Game Pak.
The Multi-Pak option allows two or more people to play if they each have their own Game Boy® Advance system and copy of Rugrats™ I Gotta Go Party Game Pak.
Once you've figured out which kind of Game Link cable option you want to use, the first player will choose how many games all of you are going to play - one, three, five, seven, or nine games. After this, you can either choose the specific games you want to play from a list or let your Game Boy® Advance system choose randomly.
After each game is finished, the players will see their ratings so they'll know how well they did against the other players.
Mini-Games
It's Raining Worms: Lil's gone worm-crazy and she's digging up worms so fast they're flying up in the air! Help Phil get into a good place to catch the worms in his pail before the worms fall back to the ground. Better be careful of the rocks, though - Lil's dug up a lot of them looking for worms!
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Controls: Use the Control Pad to move Phil into a good spot for catching worms.
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Tip: Watch out for those rocks, 'cause they'll knock a worm out of your pail every time you catch one!
Reptar Racing: Yeah! It's time for Reptar Racing! Get your Reptar Wagon ready and race around the track as fast as you can!
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Controls: The Control Pad controls how the Reptar wagon moves. The A Button makes the wagon go faster. The B Button gets the Reptar wagon to stop.
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Tip: Hitting those speed arrows makes you go super fast, but hitting puddles only slows you down.
Breaking Blocks: There's a big block mess on the floor and you need to get rid of them fast! To do this, you need to highlight the block and then hit the A Button to remove it. But wait! There's a catch! You can only get rid of a block if it has an identical block touching it. So when you hit the A Button, only all of the blocks that look the same and are connected together will vanish. Good luck!
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Controls: Move the highlighter over the blocks using the Control Pad. Once you've done that, hit the A Button to remove the blocks.
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Tip: The more blocks you link together, the more blocks you can clear off the board
Which Piece Fits: It's time to solve a jigsaw puzzle! Pick up a piece and move it to the proper spot on the board. You might have to rotate a couple of pieces so they fit into the puzzle properly.
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Controls: Use the Control Pad to scroll through your choice of puzzle pieces and the A Button to select the piece you want. After that, use the Control Pad to move the puzzle piece around the board. The B Button will drop the piece. The R Button and the L Button will rotate the puzzle piece.
Flip n' Twist: You gotta un-confuse the picture 'cause it's all really confused! Flip the pieces around so the picture looks normal again. You gotta remember what pieces went where though, or you'll never get finished in time!
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Controls: Press the A Button to flip the piece. Keep moving the cursor and pressing the A Button to flip the pieces into the right place.