V-tech V.Smile: Shrek User manual

Animation L.L.C.

Dear Parent,

At VTech

, we know that every year, children are asking to play video games

at younger and younger ages. At the same time, we understand the hesitation

of most parents to expose their children to the inappropriate content of many

popular video games. How can you feel condent in allowing your children

to play these games, and still educate and entertain them in a healthy, age-

appropriate manner?

Our solution to this on-going debate is the V.SmileTM Learning System – a unique

video game system created especially for children aged 3 to 8. The V.SmileTM

Learning System combines a kid-friendly design, age-appropriate curriculum,

entertaining graphics, and fun game play into a unique experience that your

child will love and you can support. The V.SmileTM Learning System engages

your child with two modes of play: the Learning Adventure – an exciting

exploratory journey in which learning concepts are seamlessly integrated, and

the Learning Zone – a series of games designed to focus on specic school

skills in a fun, engaging way. Both of these educational modes offer your child

hours of learning fun.

As part of the V.SmileTM Learning System, VTech

offers a library of game

SmartridgesTM based on popular children’s characters that engage and

encourage your child to play while learning. The library is organized into

three levels of educational play – Early Learners (ages 3-5), Junior Thinkers

(ages 4-6) and Master Minds (ages 6-8) – so that the educational content of

the system grows with your child.

At VTech

we are proud to provide you with a much-needed solution to the

video game dilemma, as well as another innovative way for your child to learn

while having fun. We thank you for trusting VTech

with the important job of

helping your child explore a new world of learning!

Sincerely,

Your Friends at VTech

To learn more about the V.SmileTM Learning System and other VTech

toys,

visit www.vtechkids.com

INTRODUCTION

Dragon’s got a nasty cold, and it’s up to Shrek and the gang to ﬁnd a potion for her!

Come along on a fun-ﬁlled journey through haunted forests, scary castles, and hidden

laboratories while using math, spelling and logic skills to get the magic potion!

GETTING STARTED

STEP 1: Choose Your Play Mode

Move the joystick up or down to choose the play mode you want. Press the ENTER

button when you are ﬁnished.

1. Learning Adventure

In this play mode, you can travel with Shrek, Fiona and Donkey through seven exciting

games while searching for a medicine that will cure Dragon.

You can choose Continue to resume your last quest, choose New Adventure to start a

new one, or play any of the Learning Adventure games individually by choosing Quick

Play. On this screen you can also choose the Level of Difﬁculty for the games.

Continue - Start the adventure from the last

place you played before exiting the game.

New Adventure - Start the adventure

from the beginning.

Quick Play - Play the adventure game of your

choice without having to follow the story.

Level - Change the Learning Adventure game

level between Easy and Difﬁcult.

INTRODUCTION / GETTING STARTED

Learning Adventure

Learning Zone

Options

Continue

When you turn the unit OFF, V.Smile®remembers your place in the Learning Adventure

game. To continue your adventure, simply turn the unit back ON and select “Continue”

under the Learning Adventure menu.

Please note that you can only do this if “Shrek - Dragon’s Tale” has not been removed

from the unit.

New Adventure

Play the game with a storyline from the beginning.

Quick Play

In the Quick Play menu, choose any game you like.

Use the joystick to highlight a game, and press ENTER

to begin play.

Note: For the details of all Learning Adventure games,

please refer to the “Activities - Learning Adventure”

section.

2. Learning Zone

Level - Change the Learning Zone

game level between Easy and Difﬁcult.

Player - Change the Learning Zone number

of players between One Player and Two

Players.

In the Learning Zone menu, choose any of the Learning Zone games you like. To

change the game level between Easy and Difﬁcult, move left or right to the one-star

icon or the two-star icon. Use the joystick to move the cursor to the game you want

and press ENTER to play.

Note: For the details of all Learning Zone games, please refer to the “Activities

- Learning Zone” section.

3. Options

Move the joystick up and down to move the cursor between Music and Energy.

GETTING STARTED

Music On/Off Selection - To turn the

background music On or Off, move the joystick

left or right to highlight “ ” (On) or “ ” (Off).

Energy Normal/Unlimited Selection - To choose

between Normal and Unlimited Energy modes,

move the joystick left or right to highlight

“ ” (Normal) or “ ” (Unlimited).

Step 2: Choose Your Game Settings

If you are satisﬁed with the default settings, press the ENTER button. To change the

settings, use your joystick to select a setting and press ENTER. Use the joystick to

move the cursor to the “OK” and press ENTER when you are done.

Step 3: Start Your Game

For Learning Adventure, please go to the “Activities-Learning Adventure” section.

For Learning Zone, please go to the “Activities-Learning Zone” section.

FEATURES

HELP Button

When you press the HELP button in the Learning Adventure

activities, a Mission menu comes up and shows you what

you should do next. When you press the HELP button in the

Learning Zone, activity instructions will be repeated.

EXIT Button

When you press the EXIT button, the game will pause. An “Exit?” icon will pop up to

make sure you want to quit.

Move the joystick left to “YES” to leave the game or right to “NO” to cancel the exit

screen and keep playing. Press ENTER to make your choice.

The EXIT button also allows you to get back to the previous menu.

LEARNING ZONE Button

The LEARNING ZONE button is a shortcut that takes you to the LEARNING ZONE game

selection screen. When you press the LEARNING ZONE button, the game will pause.

An “Exit” icon will pop up to make sure you want to quit.

Move the joystick left to “YES” to go to the LEARNING ZONE or right to “NO” to cancel

the screen and keep playing. Press ENTER to choose.

FEATURES

ACTIVITIES

Educational Curriculum

Learning Adventure

Adventure Game 1 Forest Search Directions/Spelling

Mini Game 1 Catch that Cat! Multiples

Adventure Game 2 Castle Sneak Missing Letters

Mini Game 2 Get the Potion Spatial Sense

Adventure Game 3 Lost in the Haunted Forest Mathematics

Adventure Game 4 Dragon’s Castle Showdown Logic & Games

Mini Game 3 Cure the Dragon Parts of Speech

Learning Zone

Zone 1 Magic Potion Mixer Fractions

Zone 2 Are We There Yet? Telling Time

Zone 3 Fairy Tale Book Verb Tenses

Zone 4 Pinocchio’s Mission Science: Animals

Learning Adventure

BASIC OPERATION

Joystick Move the character on screen

Red button Use Shrek’s or Fiona’s special abilities (in certain situations)

Yellow button Open the Status and Item Menu

Green button Switch between Shrek and Fiona

Color buttons Select an answer (in certain situations)

Enter button Action button (Open, Talk, Collect)

ACTIVITIES

Shrek / Fiona

Health Points

Tools Mini-map

Action

Shrek / Fiona Current character and level

Health Points Current health points

Tools Tools depend on each area:

Compass (LA1)

Clock (LA3)

Mini-map Area map

Action Current action function of Enter button

STATUS MENU

Experience Points you’ve earned

Level Up Bar Shows progress toward leveling up

Shrek’s Abilities Shrek’s abilities: Include “Yell”, “Pick Up” and “Throw potion”

Fiona’s Abilities Fiona’sabilities: Include“Quick run”,“Turnkick”and“Throwpotion”

Health Points Current health points

ITEMS MENU

Items menu shows objects that you have collected.

ACTIVITIES

Experience

Level Up Bar

Shrek’s Abilities

Health Points

Fiona’s Abilities

PIGEON POTION

After a player collects the “Pigeon Potion,” Shrek and Fiona

will have the ability to throw a magic potion.

This is a one directional “attack.” Shrek and Fiona need

to be facing a bad guy when they throw the potion. If

successful, the bad guy will turn into a pigeon.

SHREK’S YELL

Shrek has the ability to yell in different situations.

This is an area “attack.” When Shrek shouts, the

surrounding bad guys will get scared and “freeze” or

fall down.

This ability becomes more powerful as Shrek reaches a

higher level.

FIONA’S KICK

Fiona has the ability to turn kick in certain situations.

This is an area “attack.” When Fiona does a turn-kick,

the surrounding enemies will get scared and “freeze”

or fall down.

This ability becomes more powerful as Fiona reaches a

higher level.

MAGIC HELMET

Along the way you will ﬁnd a magic helmet which, when

collected, gives Shrek extra strength.

Shrek can use this power to lift up heavy objects.

MAGIC SHOES

Along the way you will also ﬁnd magic shoes which, when

collected, give Fiona faster running ability.

Fiona can use this power to move faster in certain

situations.

ACTIVITIES

For all Learning Adventure areas - Treasure Boxes

When the main character opens a treasure box, a math

equation will pop up. Answer correctly to collect the secret

items. There are 4 choices and the player must press the

corresponding color button that answers the question.

Curriculum: Mathematics

Easy Level: Addition and subtraction

Difﬁcult Level: Addition, subtraction and multiplication

For all Learning Adventure areas - Bubbles

A spelling game will pop up when a bubble is found,

revealing an object. Select the letter that correctly

completes the word. There are 4 choices and the player

must press the corresponding color button that answers

the question.

Curriculum: Missing Letters

Easy Level: Shorter path and smaller map area

Difﬁcult Level: Longer path and larger map area

Adventure Game 1 - Forest Search

Game Play

There’s a magic potion somewhere in the forest that’s

needed for Dragon’s medicine, but where is it? Find the

Fairy Tale friends and they’ll ask you for a favor. Bring

them what they need and they just might lead you to the

magic potion!

Curriculum: Directions and Spelling

Easy Level: Shorter words with missing letters

Difﬁcult Level: Longer words with missing letters

Mini Game 1 - Catch that Cat!

Puss in Boots is hiding in the trees that are marked by the

multiples of a given number (eg. 2,4,6 and 8.) Use Shrek’s

or Fiona’s special ability near the correct trees in order to

shake Puss loose and catch him.

ACTIVITIES

Curriculum: Multiples

Easy Level: multiples of 2, 3 and 5

Difﬁcult Level: multiples of 4,6,7,8 and 9

Adventure Game 2 - Castle Sneak

Shrek and Donkey need to get to the laboratory in the

castle, but guards are watching the place with ﬂashlights.

Time your moves carefully, and if the alarm gets triggered,

hurry to a safe place!

Curriculum: Problem solving and spelling

Easy Level: Fewer soldiers on guard duty

Difﬁcult Level: More soldiers on guard duty, walking faster

Mini Game 2 - Get the Potion

Donkey asks Puss to ﬁnd potions on the potion shelves.

The player needs to guide Puss to get the correct potions

and avoid being hit by the rolling bottles.

Curriculum: Spatial Sense, Directions

Easy Level: Fewer rolling bottles

Difﬁcult Level: More rolling bottles, faster speed

Adventure Game 3 - Lost in the Haunted Forest

Time has been frozen in the haunted forest. Find all six

hour glasses to unfreeze time and guide the gang out

of the scary forest. Look out for the trees-- they don’t like

visitors very much.

Curriculum: Time, Spelling

Easy Level: Fewer tree monsters

Difﬁcult Level: More tree monsters

ACTIVITIES

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