Getting Started
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Turn OFF the power switch on your Nintendo Game Boy® Advance. Never insert or remove a Game Pak when the power is ON.
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Insert the SSX 3 Game Pak into the slot on the Game Boy® Advance. To lock the Game Pak in place, press firmly.
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Turn ON the power switch. The Game Boy® Advance screen appears.
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When the Title screen appears, press START to advance to the Main menu.
Introduction
Smash all boundaries as you explore and compete on two expansive mountain peaks, striving to become master of the mountain. Crash the free-roaming slopes while hammering out sick new ÜBERS, wicked rail slides, and mad tricks.
Game Features
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Open Mountain Environment: Discover the mountain's secrets in a variety of areas designed for freeriding, tricks, and racing. Enter competitions and take on BIG Challenges.
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More Tricks Than Ever: The tricks in SSX 3 are completely blown out. Fly high with sick combos, nasty ÜBERS, and SUPER ÜBERS.
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Take on Your Friends: Connect with another Game Boy® Advance and challenge your friends to head-to-head competitions. Compete in Race, Slopestyle, Big Air, and Super Pipe events.
Quick Play
Practice your moves in Quick Play before taking on the mountain.
1. From the Main menu, highlight QUICK PLAY and press the A Button. The Select Character screen appears.
2. Press the Control Pad ↔ to select a character and press the A Button. The Setup Character screen appears.
3. You may choose to customize your character further, then press the Control Pad ↑↓ to highlight CONTINUE and press the A Button. The Select Track screen appears.
4. Press the Control Pad ↔ to choose the peak of your choice, then press the Control Pad ↑↓ and press the A Button to select a track. The chosen track loads.
NOTE: Peak 2 and some Peak 1 tracks may not be available until you unlock them in Conquer the Mountain mode.
Adrenaline Bar (Boost)
All tricks increase Adrenaline Bar, then use your adrenaline later when you need some extra speed. (Keep in mind that you receive higher points as the difficulty level rises.)
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To get an adrenaline boost, press the B Button while on the ground or on a rail/log.
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Adrenaline decreases when you fall.
Tricks: Grabs
Grab your board in funky ways while flying high.
1. Press and hold the A Button to crouch as you approach a jump. Just before the end of the jump, release the A Button to take off.
2. While in the air, press the A Button, B Button, L Button, or the R Button to perform a grabbed air trick.
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Show off wilder grabs by pressing two or more of the above buttons at the same time (while pressing the +Control Pad).
Conquer the Mountain
Annihilate the competition and own the mountain. Participate in Slopestyle, Super Pipe, Race, Backcountry, Big Air events, and BIG Challenges. Success in all areas advances you to the summit peaks where the final showdowns take place.
NOTE: Playing in Conquer the Mountain mode is the only way to unlock tracks and acquire the cash needed to advance your characters.
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Event Mode: Take on the field in race mode and compete for points in Super Pipe, Slopestyle, and Big Air. Placing in the top three rewards you with a medal and cash.
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BIG Challenge: Take on a series of BIG Challenges as you ride the track. Collect BIG icons and complete the challenge to earn cash.
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Both Event and BIG Challenge modes are played separate from one another. However, if you earn enough cash in one mode, it is unlocked for all modes in Conquer the Mountain.
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You can complete some BIG Challenges and some Events in combination to unlock tracks.
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All cash earned from Events and BIG Challenges can be spent on attributes, outfits (have bonus attributes), and boards (have bonus attributes).
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Career earnings add up and unlock tracks. Career earnings never deplete.
Challenges (Rival)
Earn enough cash in Conquer the Mountain mode and unlock the peak summit-Backcountry track. After choosing Rival Challenge mode, you are challenged to a head-to-head race against your rival rider. Beat him/her to the bottom and earn big cash and access to the next peak.
Event Types
All events have three heats. Races have a Qualifying round, Semifinal round, and a Final round. Slopestyle, Super Pipe, and Big Air events have two Qualifying rounds and a Final round.
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Slopestyle: A freestyle event in which you are judged on the tricks and maneuvers you pull off during a run. Slopestyle courses are about finding your own line and rhythm. Find the best line with the biggest air and the multipliers. Two Qualifier rounds combined score must be in the top three riders to advance to the final round.
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Super Pipe: A ramp shaped like the bottom half of a tube. Ride the Super Pipe to catch air and perform ÜBER tricks by traveling back and forth from wall to wall while moving down the fall line. Pull off tricks and grab the trick collectables for higher score. The combined score of two Qualifying rounds must be in the top three riders to advance to the final round.
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Big Air: Massive kickers present the rider with huge air opportunities for sick tricks and monster points in a short run. Two