Polarium - Strategy Guide (Page 01)
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Polarium for the Nintendo DS - FAQ / Walkthrough
Version 0.60
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By Chris Poskitt (lufiaguy)
lufia@planetnintendo.com
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Contents:
1. Updates
2. Game Data
3. Game Description
4. Controls
5. Key to this Guide
6. Challenge Mode
7. Puzzle Mode
8. Wireless Link
9. Versus Mode
10. Thanks, and Legal
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1. Updates
30/03/2005
Thanks to James Drake for sending in the solutions to puzzles 51 - 60.
You've really helped speed the process of finishing this guide for me!
As before, I'm hoping to get most if not all of the puzzles solved before
Polarium hits the US. :)
24/03/2005
First 31 puzzles are now solved (version 0.31).
22/03/2005
Five more puzzle solutions (version 0.25).
20/03/2005
The first 20 puzzles have been solved - I'm hoping to have most of
them (if not all) solved by the US release. Tomorrow I will add
the solutions to some of the blocks of tiles which fall in challenge mode,
and will add the solutions for the next five or ten puzzles.
19/03/2005
The framework of the guide is done. Over the next few days I will be
adding Stock Puzzle Solutions by the bucket load! After that, I will
focus on Challenge Mode tips. If you have any tips you'd like to be
included, or any custom puzzle passwords, please send me an e-mail:
lufia@planetnintendo.com
18/03/2005
Started work on the guide today. I've got a long way to go.
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2. Game Data
Title: Polarium
Also Known As: One-Line Puzzle, Hito Fude, Chokkan Hitofude (Japan)
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: Mitchell
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Dates:
March 11th, 2005 - Europe
April 18th, 2005 - United States
December 2nd, 2004 - Japan
ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
Multiplayer: 1-2 players single AND multi-card
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3. Game Description
Polarium is a unique, addictive puzzle game designed to be played entirely
with the touch screen and stylus of the Nintendo DS.
Black and white tiles are arranged in a grid, surrounded by a grey border.
By moving the stylus over tiles, they flip over. Black tiles flip over to
become white tiles; white tiles flip over to become black tiles. The grey
tiles are your friends - they don't flip over, so that you can get to the
other end of the grid easily.
The object of the game is to make all the tiles in horizontal rows (not
counting the grey border) either black or white, in one stroke of the
stylus. In this strokeyou cannot go over the same tile more than once, and
you cannot jump across tiles. i.e. The next tile you go to must be directly
next to the tile your stylus is currently pointing at (you can't go
diagonally).
Sounds a little complicated in writing, but all becomes clear in the game's
tutorial (the tutorial is offered to you as soon as you boot up the game).
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4. Controls
This may be the easiest controls section anyone has ever written! The entire
game is operated with the stylus - I haven't pressed a button or the d-pad
yet in Polarium.
- Navigate the menus by touching the text and icons.
- To draw a path in puzzle or challenge mode, touch the tile where you wish
for the path to start at, then move the stylus in the direction the path
should go. Do not lift up the stylus when drawing a path! Once the path is
drawn, lift up the stylus then touch the red box which appears on the tile
your path ends on.
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5. Game Modes
When you first load up Polarium, you're asked if you wish to try out the
tutorial. If you have never played it before, then the tutorial is a must!
After completing (or skipping) the tutorial, you appear at the menus.
- Challenge
--- Challenge (Clear out horizontal rows whilst more tiles fall from the top
screen.)
--- Practice (Practice Challenge - do the challenge without worrying about
getting a game over!)
--- High Scores (View the high scores in Challenge mode. It displays grades,
raw scores, and total lines.)
- Puzzles
--- Puzzles (Try completing a range of set puzzles in your own time, or try
your hand at some custom puzzles.)
--- Edit (Create custom puzzles which you can send to other players.)
- Versus
--- Versus (Play Polarium against a friend. Set the number of games and / or
the overall time.)
- Lounge
--- Tutorial (Access the tutorial again from here.)
--- Wireless Link (Send a demo of Polarium to a friend, or trade custom
puzzles.)
--- Setttings (Set the music and sound volume, erase data, and alter the
backlight.)
--- Credits (Find out who made your favourite puzzle game! This is not
available right at the beginning.)
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5. Key to this Guide
When I display puzzles in this guide, I will stick to this key:
W - white tile
B - black tile
G - grey tile
IMPORTANT NOTE!!
- In puzzles the positions of the black and white tiles are sometimes
reversed. In these cases assume W to be black and B to be white. You will
get used to this, honest! :D
Underneath each puzzle, I will display the grid again in numbers. The zeros
will represent a tile you should not put your path on. Natural numbers from
one will represent the order in which your path should be created.
For example, in the puzzle:
G G G G G
G W W B G
G W W B G
G W W B G
G G G G G
You will want to draw a line straight down the blacks, so that path diagram
will look like this:
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 2 0
0 0 0 3 0
0 0 0 0 0
I'm hoping this system will be fairly easy to follow.
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6. Challenge Mode
In challenge mode, there is an 11x11 grid on the touch screen (including
grey tiles), and a further grid on the top screen. As you clear horizontal
rows, more tiles "fall down" from the top screen. If you're too slow in
clearing rows, the total number of tiles will pile up and cross the red line
on the top screen... which means game over for you!
Challenge mode goes by its name - it is very difficult. Over the next week
or so I'm going to gather some tips together to help you get your E- grade
just a little higher!
~~~~~ Challenge Mode Tips to Come ~~~~
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7. Puzzle Mode
IMPORTANT NOTE (incase you missed it last time)!!
- In puzzles the positions of the black and white tiles are sometimes
reversed. In these cases assume W to be black and B to be white. You will
get used to this, honest! :D
Here you will find solutions to Polarium's "Stock Puzzles" (found in Puzzle
mode). You will notice that in many puzzles there is more than one way to
complete it. If I take a ridiculously long path to complete a puzzle, and
you know how to do it in half the steps, then please send me an e-mail!
STOCK PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
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PUZZLE 1
G G G G G G G
G W B W B W G
G W B W B W G
G W B W B W G
G W B W B W G
G W B W B W G
G G G G G G G
This is a very easy puzzle, a nice U shape should clear it (or a sideways
"S" if you're the difficult type!)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 13 0 0
0 0 2 0 12 0 0
0 0 3 0 11 0 0
0 0 4 0 10 0 0
0 0 5 0 9 0 0
0 0 6 7 8 0 0
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PUZZLE 2
G G G G G G G
G W W B W W G
G W W B W W G
G W W B W W G
G W W B W W G
G W B B B W G
G W B W B W G
G W B B B W G
G G G G G G G
Again, a very easy puzzle.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 3 0 0 0
0 0 0 4 0 0 0
0 0 6 5 12 0 0
0 0 7 0 11 0 0
0 0 8 9 10 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 3
G G G G G G G
G W W B W W G
G W W B W W G
G W W B W W G
G W W B W W G
G W B B B W G
G W B W B W G
G W B W B W G
G G G G G G G
This is almost the same as PUZZLE 2 - just start at a different point. :)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 14 0 0 0
0 0 0 13 0 0 0
0 0 0 12 0 0 0
0 0 0 11 0 0 0
0 0 9 10 1 0 0
0 0 8 0 2 0 0
0 0 7 0 3 0 0
0 0 6 5 4 0 0
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PUZZLE 4
G G G G G G G
G W B B B W G
G W B W B W G
G W B W B W G
G W B W B W G
G W B B B W G
G W W W B W G
G W W B B W G
G W W B B W G
G G G G G G G
Slightly harder... you don't need the grey tiles this time however.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 12 13 14 0 0
0 0 11 0 15 0 0
0 0 10 0 16 0 0
0 0 9 0 17 0 0
0 0 8 7 6 0 0
0 0 0 0 5 0 0
0 0 0 1 4 0 0
0 0 0 2 3 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 5
G G G G G G G G G
G B W W W B B B G
G B W W W W W B G
G B W W W B W B G
G B W W W W W B G
G B W W W B B B G
G G G G G G G G G
The solution...
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 13 12 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 14 11 2 3 4 0 0
0 0 15 10 9 0 5 0 0
0 0 16 17 8 7 6 0 0
0 0 19 18 23 0 0 0 0
0 0 20 21 22 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 6
G G G G G G
G W W B B G
G W W B B G
G B B W W G
G B B W W G
G G G G G G
Nice and easy - just take advantage of the grey tiles.
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 14 15 0
0 0 0 13 12 11
0 2 1 0 0 10
0 3 4 0 0 9
0 0 5 6 7 8
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PUZZLE 7
G G G G G G G G
G W W B B W W G
G W W B B B W G
G W W B W B W G
G W W B W W W G
G W B B W W W G
G W B B W W W G
G G G G G G G G
Still fairly simple... the solution...
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 8 9 0 0 0
0 0 0 7 10 11 0 0
0 0 0 6 0 12 0 0
0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 8
G G G G G G G G G
G B B W W W W B G
G B B W B B W B G
G B B W B B W B G
G B W W B W W B G
G B W W B W W B G
G G G G G G G G G
You could actually draw the path over the blacks if you start in the middle
of the puzzle. The easiest path can be drawn on the white tiles however.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 7 8 9 10 0 0
0 0 0 6 0 0 11 0 0
0 0 0 5 0 0 12 0 0
0 0 1 4 0 16 13 0 0
0 0 2 3 0 15 14 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 9
G G G G G G G G G
G W W W B W W W G
G W W B B B W W G
G W B B B B B W G
G G G G G G G G G
I completed this puzzle by taking advantage of the grey tiles, and cleared
the colours to the far left and the far right (in my diagram white, but
remember that the colours sometimes reverse to make the FAQ writer's life
more difficult. In such cases, just assume the white in my diagram to be
black and vice versa.)
0 0 0 10 11 12 0 0 0
6 7 8 9 0 13 14 21 20
5 2 1 0 0 0 15 16 19
4 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 18
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 10
G G G G G G G G
G B W W W W B G
G B W W W W B G
G W B W W B W G
G W B B B B W G
G G G G G G G G
The easiest way to solve this puzzle is by making the top half black, and
the bottom half white, like this:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 14 13 2 1 0 0
0 0 11 12 3 4 0 0
0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0
0 0 9 8 7 6 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 11
G G G G G G
G W B B W G
G B W W B G
G B W W B G
G W B B W G
G G G G G G
This is a fairly simple - a "U"-shaped path will work just fine. :)
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 12 0
0 2 0 0 11 0
0 3 0 0 10 0
0 4 0 0 9 0
0 5 6 7 8 0
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PUZZLE 12
G G G G G G G G G
G W B B B B B W G
G W B W B W B W G
G W B W B W B W G
G W B B B B B W G
G G G G G G G G G
The solution to PUZZLE 12...
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 5 4 3 16 15 0 0
0 0 6 0 2 0 14 0 0
0 0 7 0 1 0 13 0 0
0 0 8 9 10 11 12 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 13
G G G G G G G G
G B W B W B W G
G B W B W B W G
G W B W B W B G
G W B W B W B G
G B W B W B W G
G B W B W B W G
G G G G G G G G
An "S" on its side will do the trick for you here.
0 0 0 16 17 18 0 0
0 1 0 15 0 19 0 0
0 2 0 14 0 20 0 0
0 3 0 13 0 21 0 0
0 4 0 12 0 22 0 0
0 5 0 11 0 23 0 0
0 6 0 10 0 24 0 0
0 7 8 9 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 14
G G G G G G G
G W B B B W G
G B B W B B G
G W B B B W G
G G G G G G G
And the solution...
0 0 10 11 12 0 0
0 0 9 8 13 0 0
0 0 0 7 0 0 0
0 0 5 6 1 0 0
0 0 4 3 2 0 0
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PUZZLE 15
G G G G G G G
G B W W W B G
G W B B B W G
G W B W B W G
G W B B B W G
G B W W W B G
G G G G G G G
This is a cool puzzle -- I solved it like this:
0 0 10 9 8 0 0
0 0 11 12 7 0 0
0 0 14 13 6 0 0
0 0 15 0 5 0 0
0 0 16 17 4 0 0
0 0 1 2 3 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 16
G G G G G G G
G B B B B W G
G W W W W B G
G W B B B W G
G W W W W B G
G B B B B W G
G G G G G G G
Be sure to use the grey tiles in this puzzle:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 15 0
0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2 1 0 0 0 13 0
3 0 0 0 0 12 0
4 0 0 0 0 11 0
5 6 7 8 9 10 0
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PUZZLE 17
G G G G G G G
G B B W B B G
G W B W B W G
G B W B W B G
G W B W B W G
G B B W B B G
G G G G G G G
I solved it like this:
18 17 16 15 0 0 0
19 0 0 14 0 0 0
20 21 0 13 0 1 0
0 22 0 12 0 2 0
0 23 0 11 0 3 4
0 0 0 10 0 0 5
0 0 0 9 8 7 6
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PUZZLE 18
G G G G G G G G G
G W W B B B W W G
G W B B W B B W G
G W W B B B W W G
G G G G G G G G G
Here's how I solved it:
0 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0
0 4 3 0 0 0 13 12 0
0 0 2 1 0 15 14 0 0
0 0 0 18 17 16 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 19
G G G G G
G W B W G
G B W B G
G B B W G
G W B B G
G B W B G
G W B W G
G G G G G
My solution:
0 10 9 8 0
0 11 0 7 0
0 12 0 6 0
0 0 0 5 0
0 0 3 4 0
0 0 2 0 0
0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 20
G G G G G G
G W W B B G
G W B W B G
G B W B W G
G B B W W G
G G G G G G
Not too bad... I solved it like this:
0 7 8 9 10 11
0 6 5 0 0 12
0 0 4 0 14 13
0 0 3 0 15 0
0 1 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 21
G G G G G G G G G G
G W W W B B B W W G
G W W B B B B B W G
G W B B B B B B B G
G W B B B B B B B G
G W W W W B W W W G
G W W W W B W W W G
G W W B W B W W W G
G W W B B B W W W G
G G G G G G G G G G
What's this? An umbrella? Key? Who knows? The solution isn't too bad though:
0 0 0 0 27 28 29 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 26 25 30 0 0 0
0 0 0 22 23 24 31 32 0 0
0 0 20 21 16 15 14 13 12 0
0 0 19 18 17 8 9 10 11 0
0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 22
G G G G G G G G G
G B B W W W W W G
G B W W W B B W G
G B W W W B B B G
G B B B B B W W G
G B B B B B W W G
G B W W W B W W G
G B B W W B B W G
G G G G G G G G G
Use the grey tiles to your advantage and you will solve this one:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 29 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 28 0 0 0 4 3 0 0
0 27 0 0 0 5 2 1 0
0 26 25 24 23 6 0 0 0
0 19 20 21 22 7 0 0 0
0 18 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
0 17 16 0 0 9 10 0 0
0 0 15 14 13 12 11 0 0
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PUZZLE 23
G G G G G G G G G G
G W W B B W W W W G
G W B B B B W W W G
G B B W B B W W W G
G B B B B B W W W G
G W W W B B W W W G
G W W B B W W B B G
G W B B W W B B B G
G W B B B B B B B G
G G G G G G G G G G
I'm pretty sure this is snake... but it's easy to solve anyway:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 28 29 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 26 27 30 31 0 0 0 0
0 24 25 0 33 32 0 0 0 0
0 23 22 21 20 19 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 17 18 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 15 16 0 0 5 4 0
0 0 13 14 0 0 7 6 3 0
0 0 12 11 10 9 8 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PUZZLE 24
G G G G G G G G G G
G B B B B W W W B G
G B B B B W B W B G
G W B B B W W W W G
G W W W B B W B B G
G W W W W W W B B G
G B W W W W B B B G
G B B W B B B B B G
G B B W W B B B B G
G G G G G G G G G G
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