__ __ _ _ _ / / /\ \ (_) |_( )__ \ \/ \/ / | __|/ __| \ /\ /| | |_ \__ \ \/ \/ |_|\__||___/ Wit's Instruction Manual v1.00 -------------------------------- INTRODUCTION --------------------------------- Wit's is an action game released by Athena for the Famicom game system in 1990. It was never officially translated into English but was translated by Suicidal Translations and released on February 28th, 2003. This file serves as an instruction manual for the translated game. It is not a translation of the original instruction manual but is an original work based on my experiences playing the game. ------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------ I. Introduction II. Table of Contents III. The Story IV. Gameplay V. Distribution Notes VI. Conclusion ---------------------------------- THE STORY ---------------------------------- Joe was hit by a car and transformed into the superhero Naked Man. Dr. Wit's attempted to recruit Naked Man into his evil Joke Army, but Joe refused. Now he must do battle the evil Joke Army in a battle of speed and skill to prevent them from taking over the world. ---------------------------------- GAMEPLAY ----------------------------------- As with most NES action games, gameplay isn't particularly difficult. The initial options should be obvious. You can choose between 1, 2, 3 and 4 player games. After that, it's just run and gun, baby, run and gun. General play control is as such: Left/Right: move left/right Up/Down: move up/down B: jump A: speed up Start: tea & crumpets LEVELS ------ You must do battle with the five members of Dr. Wit's Joke Army in order to save the world. You can choose to fight them in any order, but they are increasingly difficult from left to right. For the purposes of this manual, I will refer to them as levels one through five, with one being on the left and five being on the right. There are five rounds in each battle. The first three are on foot (or wing, or belly, or ice skates, accordingly) and the fourth and fifth levels are on Segways. Level One - Suicide Smurf: Sure, he looks like a man in a blue spandex suit in the portrait, but once you get into the game, you realize he's just a kamikaze smurf with Nikes. Nothing special about this level, just surround him and ram him. Level Two - Herman Birdman: In level two, you take to the skies. The only difference between this level and the last is that Herman can jump multiple times. I don't know why you don't just fly under the wall when it approaches, but I guess maybe Dr. Wit sabotaged your wings or something. Level Three - Jonny Madrox: Level three brings you the cheating motherbitch twin brother of Multiple Man. You don't just have to ram him into the wall, you have to ram all four of him into walls! Level Four - Waterboy: Next up is Aquaman's heterosexual life partner Waterboy. In this level, you swim instead of run or fly. Basically, this means that the game makes different noises when you're moving. There are also walls on the field before you start, which makes it slightly more difficult than the previous levels. Oh, and you get boats instead of motorcyles in this one. Level Five - Tony Harding: Time for the obligatory slippery ice stage. Just like the stage before it except you have to start turning a couple of blocks earlier than normal because you'll slip, slide and crash. I like crashing in rounds four and five because you get to see the dogs from the dogsleds run away. Level Six - Dr. Wit: And now it's time for the final battle. But wait, Dr. Wit isn't a real doctor, he's actually Sully from Monsters Inc.! He's pissed off that you dented the bumper of his car when he ran over you in the intro and is out for revenge! He has the cloning ability of Johnny Madrox, the slippery level of Tony Harding and the gay breast stroke of Waterboy. How can you ever hope to defeat such a menace? Pretty much the same way you beat all the rest of them. ----------------------------- DISTRIBUTION NOTES ------------------------------ This Wit's translation should be distributed in a file named witse100.zip and should contain the following files: witsev100.ips - the translation patch witsev100.txt - this readme file wits-man.txt - a manual for the game These files are (C)opyright 2003 by Suicidal Translations. All rights reserved. You may distribute this translation in any manner you desire as long as the original archive remains intact with no modifications and the archive is distributed free of charge. Wit's is (C)opyright 1990 by Athena Co. LTD. ---------------------------------- CONCLUSION --------------------------------- So there you have it. Not the most complex game of all time but it's quite fun in multi-player mode. So if you ever have 2 friends over and are thinking to yourself that it would be nice to have a 3 player game, here you go! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. The official site of the Wit's translation is at http://www.pigtails.net/ST and you can find the most current contact information there as well. -InVerse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wit's - (C)opyright 2003 InVerse - 02/28/03