Aqua Aqua puts you in control of an earth-like terrain on a mission to help the Aquas (colorful and strangely familiar water spirits) find balance between dry land and water on "THE PLANET." By creating mountains from land-based pieces called "uppers," you can trap rain and water-based pieces to create lakes.
If the mountains grow too high, a devastating earthquake may occur. If the water flows too freely across the land, you will ultimately flood your terrain and fail. You must balance these forces while dealing with other (sometimes helpful) obstacles such as bombs, fireballs, and ice cubes.
The Aquas protect the land from four evil monsters spanning from the Paleozoic era up to the era of ancient civilization (30,000 B.C.). One of the evil monsters dominates each of the game's four eras. It will attempt to destroy your terrain unless you and the Aquas can earn enough points and establish a proper balance between wet and dry land.
If you can earn enough points, the "SUPREME BEING" will protect you and the Aquas until the next monster confrontation. As the levels progress, the points a player must accumulate in order to earn protection increase exponentially, but if a player can create tiny lakes suitable for "Lake Mates" (which vary from era to era) points are doubled for each one on the screen. Similarly, small items the Aquas collect may help form a "bingo," leading to point and terrain power-ups that last for one minute.
In this update to Wetrix and Wetrix+, AquaAqua features the Story Mode described above and a quick Puzzle Mode wherein the player must simply survive as long as possible until his or her water meter floods. The game also assigns rankings based on the point total. Attaining a "Master" ranking on all four Story Mode levels unlocks a "Hidden Future" level.
Much like the original Wetrix, you must use the many different shaped blocks and build dams around the playing field to trap the water, so it won't flow off. In this version there is a story mode, where you must complete each level under a certain time limit to advance to the next.
The play field has also had some changes, with each part of the playing field represented by a bingo card in the bottom left of the screen. Every time you clear a part of the area, one of the areas on the bingo card is ticked off.
By completing an eight-part training mode you also unlock a two-player Versus Mode. The goals of the two-player mode are to prevent flooding in your terrain and acquire bingo items that can be used as attacks on the other player's screen. When one player's water meter reaches maximum capacity, the other player wins.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Try not to get wet with this irresistible watery puzzle game from 3DO!
AquaAqua is an addictive, fast-action, water-based puzzle game of strategy and control set in a liquid landscape. Trap water by positioning pieces as fast as they fall to form dams and lakes. Watch the weather; if it rains too much your lake will overflow and your valuable water goes down the drain. If you lose too much water it's "game over."
3 addictive modes of play:
- Story Puzzle Mode - Travel through different time periods in the earth's history as you finish each puzzle.
- Quick Puzzle Mode - Free play mode on stages that you clear in Story Mode.
- Vs. Puzzle Mode - Play against a friend and bombard them with garbage, making it difficult for them to clear their screen.
Maneuver Earth-moving Objects!
- Upper Pieces - Position falling pieces to form hills and mountains that hold water or repair holes made by Bombs.
- Downer Pieces - Used to lower hills and mountains when thet get too high.
- Water Pieces - Drop water into the hills and mountains to create lakes of all sizes.
- Fireballs - Use Fireballs to evaporate water and reduce the level of the drain. The more water you evaporate, the more you score.
- Bombs - Watch out! These implements of destruction leave holes through which precious water can escape.
B-I-N-G-O!
Use the Fireballs to evaporate water and earn game enhancing Bingo Effects like a Bigger Drain, a Double Rainbow, Clouds and more!
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- SCIFI & Fantasy themes.
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