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Today’s Blog Post
Hints and Helps for Wii Kids Adventure – Sky Captain
(WARNING – if you don’t play Wii or have the game – no need to read further!!!)
Emma and I love the flying games. She particularly loves the Wii Resort and the flying involved there. Now I have to admit that I love it too… and play it more than the grandkids – when I have a free time or so… okay… okay… lots of free time.
Well here is the problem with Kids Adventure – Sky Captain… it is new to Wii from what I have found out and was announced not long ago that it was to arrive this summer (2010)… which is now.
If you are reading this in 2011 or beyond – it will be old news. I am writing this short Hint and Help article for the 2010 people… and other grandpas later on that want to look like heroes to their grandkids!
As there is not a lot of Hints and Helps yet for this game produced I intend to publish some of my own discoveries here… and will do so in days to come… as we play more and more of the game.
Most things published simply state that it is a good game… not only for kids but adults too. It is also like “other” games. But if you have not played the “other” game and are more like me… DUH… what do you do next?
Here is what I didn’t know and know now…
20 Hints and Helps for Kid’s Adventure Sky Captain
1. Closter Island is your starting point – once you accomplish all that is required at this level a new one will open up.
2. The first level for me unlocked three planes for a total of four – a low wing (starter), a biplane, a tri-plane and a flying boat.
3. Accomplishing the different tasks and earning more points give you more Skins and also a higher level.
4. The problem I had was trying to figure out how to know the Tasks and find out what the Tasks were.
5. By pushing the “–” button you are able to pause the game and also see where you are on a Map.
6. By pushing the “+” button you are able to see the menu – that allows you access to the lists of things – missions – that you need to accomplish.
7. There are 100 Red Rings all over the island and objects such as boats and mountains. Some are easy to get – some are hard and some are difficult to find. I had problems with the one on top of sail boat and also finding the one on a mountain.
8. The Rolling maneuver is accomplished by holding the “B” button(trigger underneath the controlled) and turning left or right. It appears that you are getting points each time you do it – wahoo – but it is only ONE point for each Roll… and you will need to do 300 before you leave this level. Best to do a roll each time you have an opportunity when flying anywhere.. that way they get done early.
9. Fly Through all the Barns and Sheds. The ones near the freighter and also near the farm will have to be tackled with a Fly Through… carefully lining up at one end and then flying all the way through. Why – would you want to do that? There are Red Rings inside some of them and also you get points to move on by doing so.
10. Fly through the Train tunnels and the Highway tunnels. Try to do this in one sequence. Lots of fun. Some airplanes will do this easier than others… but by pushing the “1” button you can cut the speed down to turn in the tunnel… and “2” speeds up… just before you crash inside.
11. Flying under All the Bridges is required too… same idea slow to do some of them fast for others.
The Ranching thing is herding sheep with an airplane… this one is a little stupid for me… but you may love it.
The Water Balloon bombs are a ball… for putting out fires and also blasting obstructions that appear at the entrance to train tunnels.
12. The Speed Trials are great fun and will be the first that you will need to master. That is the Golden Ring.
13. Every once in a while a Gold Star floats across your flight path… you can chase it by increasing your speed using “+” – but in doing so you will have to go off course the Speed Trails.
14. The Camera tasks are fairly easy – good for kids – boring for Grandpas… but hey it is a Kid’s Adventure!!!
15. One of the hardest tasks is the Rival Race against a nasty Red Barron type plane… and pilot. He will always be ahead of you… until you learn that the “+” key will make it possible for you to out fly him… pass him and beat him. I have found that flying a Tri-plane just like his red one will keep up and pass him easily.
16. The Rival Race will possibly involve the two planes locking up into each other… in other words the wings will entangle with each other. Doing a Roll Over will dump him off but also likely throw you off course.
17. There are two Rival Races that are necessary at the first level.
18. The Balloon Busting is neat practice.. but you do not need to follow their suggested route… do your own thing is sometimes faster as you approach the balloons.
19. The Hermits Supply is a little difficult for the kids… as the supplies fall off if you turn too sharply.
The language spoken by the “person advising” you is not anything understandable… so the child and grandpa must be able to read what is written on the screen.
20. Turning on the Ferris Wheel is the harder task. Something like the Wind Mills and flying between their Blades. You have to turn on each section of the Ferris Wheel lights by flying through that section. So back and forth, etc… and lots of crashes.
I hope that helps a little. I needed all that… but couldn’t find it. Now grandpa looks like he knows everything!
Wahoo! On to the next level sometime soon – with more reports to follow!
~ Murray Lincoln ~
http://www.murraylincoln.com/
3 comments:
thanks for your post on kid adventure sky captain. my husband and i got the game this past weekend and can't find the last ring in level one. your hints are helpful; keep playing and posting ;)
Nice review! My wife and I love this game. We have found all the red rings on all of the islands, and are now stuck with two cows left to find. One place to check for rings in Captain's Cove is in a little hole by the native village. It's a little hidden by the jungle, but there's a hole leading down and there's one ring there. That was the last one we found.
How do you wager the wind mills?
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