PLAYING THE GAMES
Now that you’ve got a basic understanding of the different games and how they’re played, it time to pick one and start playing. The initial steps are all the same.
Choosing a Game
When you start the game, you’ll see the logo and title screens (aren’t they cool?). Make sure everyone is comfortable and then hit any button to play.
When the game selection screen comes up, you simply choose the name of the game you want to play and press OK on the handset.
Number of Players
No matter which game you’ve picked, the next screen will ask you to select the number of players. This will always be between 3 and 8, but different games might not allow you to pick certain numbers. If you’re playing Know Your Mate, for example, you have to play in couples so you can only pick 4, 6, or 8 players. Don’t worry; the game won’t let you make an
illegal pick.
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Number Cards
The Perfect Mate includes 8 number cards so each person will be able to remember which number he or she is. Hand these out while you’re entering the number of players into the game. In some games, you’ll want to make sure the badges
are given to specific players. For example, in Know Your Mate players 1 and 2 are assumed to be a couple, as are players 3 and 4, 5 and 6, or 7 and 8.
Question Screens
Each of the games is played by answering a series of questions. There are a few important things you should know about these questions.
•First, The Perfect Mate doesn’t worry about getting the answers right. In fact, there are no right or wrong answers. All of these questions are matters of opinion so you can’t get them wrong! In addition, many of them reflect your mood at the time. Just because you say you’d like Italian food one time doesn’t mean you might not choose Japanese food as your favorite the next time you play.
•Second, some of these questions might not seem to apply to you for various reasons. Maybe it’s a question that’s clearly intended for a member of the opposite sex. Well, that’s just the way life is. Get in touch with your feminine or masculine side and answer the question!
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