Finding Nemo - Strategy Guide (Page 02)

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Let the current carry you and you will come upon 2 more Crabs.  Destroy them.
Have Nemo sit right at the edge of the grate.  Your target is a grate above,
but you have strong currents to fight through.  Be quick.  Move into the
currents and Dart.  Hopefully, you'll make it through the next grate.  If you
are swept upwards, let the current carry you back.  If you are knocked
downwards, a long Hermit Crab will be waiting for you at the bottom.  Beat it
and follow the currents back.

For the next grate, you will do the same, but this time you're aiming for a 
grate below.  Missing it will send you back to the first one.

Get through it and you will be in a new area.  Move down and be wary of 2 
Crabs.  Hit the switches for these "wheels".  Then head down.  Wait for the
gas pipes to pause and proceed.  Dodge 2 Snapping Eels, go up, then down past
more gas pipes.  Activate 2 switches.

Try swimming in the middle for rings and to avoid the fan blades.  Defeat the
crab.  Follow the water level to the top and get over the grate.  Repeat twice.
A Hermit Crab is eagerly awaiting you at the bottom of the 3rd grate. Go right,
get past the gas pipes, and between the blades.  Travel up a pipe.  Another
blade is here.  The exit is at the TOP.  This current moves right.  Drop in
between the metal to grab some goodies.  Drop down the 4th or last one and
head to a small grate and Nemo will swim to another area.

This part needs some steady fingers.  DO NOT touch the surfaces of the giant
moving structures; they're spiked.  The yellow dust only obscures the spikes
from view.  Go through the first 2 structures.  On the 3rd structure, make
sure to go upwards (you'll see green rings), or else you will hit a deadend.
However this deadend contains lots of KRILL.

Head through the rings and Nemo will be swept down a pipe.  Let it carry you to
the top half.  Find the exit there.  Then go through a tunnel and you'll be in
the harbour.

BONUS: Here's a troublesome spot.  There are 10 rings here.  When the round
begins, the Luxoball is already falling.  Try to bring it back up to collect
the 6 rings above.  For the lower rings.  The current will always be squishing
the ball against the walls of the pipe.  Try to position Nemo between the pipe
and the ball.  Have him bump it a bit and it should just be enough to get it
through the rings.


LEVEL 18 -- "Fishing Net Rescue"

This is it!  The Final level.  Compared to everything you've had to face, this
should be a cinch.  Dory and the other fish are trapped in the net.  Only Nemo
can help them.  You have about a minute to "tag" Dory 10 times.  She's inside
the net.  If you're in front of her, hit the Action button.  She and Nemo
will convince the other fish to swim down.  While swimming around the net,
be extra careful not to touch the falling debris.  This will knock Nemo out
instantly.  

I find that Dory's first location is close to Marlin, which is a bit to the
right from the starting point.  I zig-zag a lot instead of swimming around
and around the net.  Do whatever you want.

BONUS: This is the first and last bonus level involving teamwork between all 
3 fish.  Begin with Marlin to open the first barrel.  Then use Dory to knock
the big rock aside, revealing a small passageway.  Have Marlin go through it
and hit the latch at the lower end of the first barrel.  Swim ahead to unlock
the third barrel.  Return to Dory.  Make her swim all the way through the
tunnel and come up in the third barrel.  Dart at it to open it.  Swim left and
knock down the rock on the second barrel.  Go back to the tunnel and retrieve
the blue pebble.  Leave it beside the open lid of the last barrel.  Now get
Marlin to open the second barrel.  Return.  At last, it's Nemo's turn!  Enter
the first barrel, grab the red pebble, swim through the small opening, and
use the pebble on the platform in the second barrel.  Take the green pebble
and bring it to alcove at the far right of the level.  Go back and grab the
blue pebble.  Squeeze beneath the lid and set it on the last platform. Done!


When you're all done.  Sit back and watch the ending.  Congratulations!  You
have finished FINDING NEMO!!

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: How do I sort shells?
A: You must bounce on all 16 shells in one pass.  There is no room for error
here.  Starting from one end and moving to the other end helps.  Because of 
the controls, Nemo takes a while to turn around, so you need to pre-plan your
route and have a quick thumb.

There is a level similar to this involving the turtles...

Q: What are the PEBBLES for?
A: The tri-coloured pebbles come in three colours: red, blue, and green.  You 
set them on coloured platforms of their respective colour.  Do it for all three 
in a level, and your reward is a STARFISH.

Q: What are STARFISH for?
A: There is a total of 60 STARFISH in the game.  Get all of them, and you will
unlock a special level.  Getting all the STARFISH for a Level unlocks artwork
for that particular Level.
STARFISH are awarded by:
-placing 1st in a race
-defeating enemies
-swimming through Bubble Rings
-Bouncing
-placing Pebbles 
-beating Bonus Levels

You'll know what the task is by looking at the corresponding picture next to
the STARFISH on the Level Select screen.  By Pausing the game, your uncompleted
tasks will scroll by onscreen.

Q: What are SHELLS for?
A: These rainbow-coloured things seem to only give you points...

Q: How do Bonus Levels work?
A: Bonuses are opened by getting at least ONE STARFISH for that Level.
Completing Bonus Levels awards you with another STARFISH.

Q: What are those character icons on the screen?
A: These icons will light up once you locate or complete a certain task.  Most
of these involve finding certain fish.  Have them all lit up to pass the level.

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FISHY FACTS

Did you know...

-Marlin and Nemo are Clownfish
-Dory is a Blue Surgeon Fish
-Ted is a Forceps Fish
-Bloat is a Blowfish/Pufferfish
-Bubbles is a Yellow Tang
-Gill is a Moorish Fish
-a diverse range of marine animals exist east of Australia in the Great Barrier
Reef, which can actually be seen from space
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ABOUT THE DVD

As you know, I got the DVD version.  Both discs have extra items on them, such
as trailers and behind-the-scenes items.  I won't spoil too much...  But as the
creators have said, there are easter eggs.  For those who aren't familiar with
the term, these are basically some odd secrets.  So far... I have found 3 
easter eggs on each disc.  All I will say is... find the fishy icon in the
menus.  And I don't mean the icon for the Virtual Aquariums.

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COPYRIGHTS

Version 0.85 of this walkthrough may only be posted on:

No part of this walkthrough may be reproduced in any shape or form in any place 
or site without my permission.

Copyright Leona (P. Chin)
Email: leona_1513@hotmail.com
Version 0.85
Update made November 11, 2003
Original version published August 23, 2003.
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