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LOCOROCO - HALLOWEEN DEMO
FAQ/Walkthrough
By Alex "Lleonard Pler" Oliveres (lleonardpler@yahoo.es)
Version 1.15

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INDEX

00. Versions History [VER01]
01. Introduction [INT01]
02. Gameplay [GAM01]
03. Gameplay tips [GAM02]
04. Fast walkthrough [WAL01]
05. 100% walkthrough [WAL02]
06. Locations of the secrets [WAL03]
07. Legal Stuff [COP01]



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00. VERSIONS HISTORY

Version 0.60 (26/10/2006): Started writing this FAQ/Walkthrough. Finished the
"Fast walkthrough". But "100% walkthrough" and "Locations of the secrets"
sections are still incomplete.

Version 1.00 (01/11/2006): The "100% Walkthrough" and the "Locations of the
secrets" are finished, although one Berry is still missing.

Version 1.15 (01/11/2006): Thanks to Thomas, I finally found the missing Berry
(#14) and some new Pickories. The guide is now 100% completed.

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01. INTRODUCTION

LocoRoco Halloween Demo was released on 26/10/2006. It requires firmware 2.82
to run properly. It consists in an all-new, exclusive level, with a unique
Halloween setting, full of pumkins, bats, ghosts, haunted houses, tombs... It
also features new types of puzzles and elements, not present in the main game.

Those familiar with the original game or with the previous demo, shouldn't have
too much problems getting through this level. It has a medium difficulty,
although as usual in LocoRoco, there are some Berries and MuiMuis difficult to
locate.

This guide will try to help both those interested in getting through the level
and those interested in finding all the secrets.



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02. GAMEPLAY

These are the basic controls for the demo:

L: Tilt the level to the left
R: Tilt the level to the right
L+R: Jump
O: Divide the LocoRoco into various small LocoRocos
O (long time): Call back all the LocoRocos
START: Pause / Menu

Your target is to reach the end of the level while getting as many Berries,
MuiMuis and Pickories as you find along. You will need to face some enemies,
and also solve some puzzles and other situations. LocoRoco is a nice mixture
of platforms and puzzle.

Each Berry will make your LocoRoco grow (giving you one extra small LocoRoco
when you divide them). If you are hurt, you will lose one LocoRoco. If you are
hurt when having just one LocoRoco, you will die, so it's always good to have
some LocoRocos stocked (although having too many of them will slow you down).

Finding MuiMuis and Pickories will not affect your game, except for letting
you obtain a higher Score when you finish the level. (However, in the full
game, finding a MuiMui will give you a new piece to use in other mini-games;
and the Pickories work as coins to pay for the mini-games.)



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03. GAMEPLAY TIPS

You will advance faster if, while tilting into your desired direction, you
press the other tilt button repeatedly, for a quick series of jumps. This
method is sometimes necessary to reach some areas with a pronounced ramp, or to
avoid falling from certain slopes.

Explore every corner of the level to discover new secret areas where you will
probably find new Berries, MuiMuis and Pickories.

To kill the enemies, just jump into them with enough power. Don't let them eat
you or you will lose one LocoRoco (you can gain it back if you hit the enemy
soon enough). Be careful, because spiked enemies are invulnerable and hitting
them will hurt you.

When there seems to be no exit, try hitting the walls to break them or use
something in the environment which can help you to advance.



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04. FAST WALKTHROUGH

This walkthrough is meant to help you cross the level in a fast and easy way,
without worrying about secrets. For a more detailed guide, chec the next
section of this FAQ.

As soon as you begin, tilt to the right and jump to the next ledge. The Pumpkin
there will run away. Keep tilting to the right. Jump, tilt to the right again,
and jump again. The Pumpkin will then press a switch, making you fall into a
pit. You will get into a series of ramps with Pickories. You can speed up your
Locoroco by tilting left and right, but it's not necessary. Tilt to left and
you will get onto a swinging platform. Tilt to the right, so you fall onto the
next platform. Grab the berry there if you want. In any case, you can leave
the LocoRoco in the left edge of the platform, and it will automatically go
down from one to another, as they will swing thanks to the LocoRoco weight. (Of
course, you can also tilt with L/R. Just be careful not to go too much right or
too much left, where there are Spikes waiting for you). Ignore the platform
that moves from one side to another. When arriving to the floor, just go left.
Get the Pickories if you want. Jump left so you can enter the corridor. You
will automatically get through it, entering into the next room.

You may notice that each corner of this room has two switches (one green, one
blue). Pressing one of them will rotate the room into a different direction:
the green ones rotate it to the left, the blue ones do it to the right. So you
can undo the rotation by pressing the switch of the opposite color. The target
is to get the Berry in the middle of the room. It's easier than you may think.
Press one of the blue switches (although the one to your right is recommended).
After the room rotates, press another blue switch (right one recommended).
Press a blue switch for the third time (again, right one is recommended). Now
you are close to the Berry. Just press the only blue switch you can reach (the
one you just pressed, after ir pops out again). Tilt right, then you can get
the Berry. A passage will be opened below. From this position, you can't reach
any switch. You need to tilt to the left for a while, then slightly right and
jump to the ledge above the Berry alcobe. Drop down by tilting right, then
tilt left and you will fall into the opened passage.

Don't let the pumpkin floor scare you. Sometimes, in this type of ground one of
the pumpkins will move when you touch it, revealing some pickories. But don't
worry about that now, just keep going to the right, collecting some Pickories
along your way. Kill or avoid the two Mojas there. Jump to the right, standing
in between the two rocks. You can break the floor there by jumping and falling
onto it three times. This will cast a current of ghosts which will take you to
a new section of the level.

Before your landing, you will hit the bell, and a Berry will pop out. Get it
if you want. Call back your LocoRocos. Jump to the right, then tilt to the
right, collecting the Pickories until you get to the pumpkin ball. Standing on
it will make it fall and clear the passage. Drop down, following the ball. Now
keep tilting and jumping to the left, until the ball reaches the end of the
corridor. Eventually the ground beneath the ball will break because of its
weight. Now tilt to the right, until the ball reaches the end. Once again, wait
for the ground below to break, and drop down following the ball.

Various bats will be flying around the right section of the room (one of them
will have a Berry), but you can ignore them, as they will not hurt you. You
need to bring the ball to the left section. So go to the right of the ball and
push it left by tilting and jumping. Once you are done, the ball will be almost
locked onto the floor. Jump onto it and use it to reach the left ledge, from
where you need to tilt to the left and drop down. The slope will take you to
some mysterious blocks that will soon be revealed as part of a skull's mouth.
It will divide your LocoRocos, taking them to the next section.

To the left there are some Pickories and a Spike, but instead you should tilt
to the right, drop down, and then tilt to the left, getting Pickories all along
your way down. Now go to the right again and drop down to the next section.
Some weird windmills will transport you to the right. Call back your LocoRocos
and then head to the right. Be quick jumping above the two Spikes waiting
there, so you can leave them behind before they even start moving around. Keep
going right. There are some giant sleeping pumpkins there, but in order to
waking them up, you need to have 15 LocoRocos. If you have followed this fast
walkthrough, you are unlikely to have so many. So ignore them and keep going
right.

The ramp ahead will mostly take you into the right section, moving a wall that
lets you reach a new section of the level. But it's easier and faster to go to
the left and drop down the pit. You will land onto a floor that will move down
because of your weight. Drop into the clear space, and you will eventually get
to a room with a Broom sweeping the ground. Ignore it by tilting to the left.
Then jump to the left to reach a corridor that will automatically take you to a
room with four Mojas. Kill them if you want (doing so will make a Berry grow).
In any case, jump to the left to reach yet another corridor that will take you
to the end of the level. Tilt to the right until you reach the plant surrounded
by berries. Divide the LocoRocos so they can sing to make their house grow.
You're done with the level.

Congratulations and... Happy Halloween!



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05. 100% WALKTHROUGH

This walkthrough is meant to help you cross the level getting every Berry and
every Pickorie. For a more simple guide, check the previous section of this
FAQ.

As soon as you begin, tilt to the left. You will notice a plant with two scary
pumpkins. Jump to hit the right one to reveal three pickories. Once you get
them, tilt to the right and jump to the next ledge. The Pumpkin there will run
away. Keep tilting to the right. Jump, tilt to the right again, and jump again.
The Pumpkin will then press a switch, making you fall into a pit. You will get
into a series of ramps with Pickories. You can speed up your Locoroco by
tilting left and right, but it's not necessary. Tilt to left and you will get
onto a swinging platform. Tilt to the right, so you fall onto the next
platform. Grab the Berry there (#1). Now tilt to the left, dropping into the
next platform (get the Pickorie it's holding) and from there, go left again to
the other platform. Grab the Berry (#2). Now you need to tilt slightly left,
so the swinging platform you are on rises its right part. Quickly tilt and jump
to the right, reaching the previous platform. From there, tilt to the right,
making into the next plaftorm. Be quick tilting to the right and get into a
wall that will start swinging down. You need to perform a quick series of jumps
while tilting to the right so you don't fall. You will reach a secret area. Two
Mojas and two Birds are waiting here. Kill them so you can safely obtain the
Pickories and the Berry (#3) to the right. Now return to the main area. From
the swinging ramp, drop to the platform below. Wait in it (trying to balance it
so you don't fall) until the platform that moves from side to side comes by,
then jump onto it (it's easier if you rise a little the left edge of the
plaftorm you're standing on before jumping). You'll be using it to collect a
whole row of Pickories. But you also need to jump from it when it's close to
the right wall, so you make grow the Berry (#4) below the ramp. Remember that
if you fall from here, you can always get back to the moving platform by
jumping to the right ramp, then to the platform at your left, and wait for it
to arrive again. Once you get the fourth Berry, use the moving platform to
reach the left wall and jump against it, revealing a new area.

There are two Mojas here. Kill them. Then get the Berry (#5). Also note that
there is a pumpkin, to the right of the Berry, that can be slighlty moved when
touching it to reveal a Pickorie. Tilt to the right, and use the more prominent
pumpkin (the one which seems to have three triangular eyes) to jump to the high
ramp above the entrance, thus making a Berry (#6) grow. Now go to the left of
the fifth Berry, past the giant pumpkin. There is another pumpkin near the left
wall that can be moved to reveal a Pickorie. Then use the giant pumpkin to
perform a big jump into the bouncers around. This is quite a tricky section
because it's very difficult to be precise when going from one bouncer to the
other. You must use the right bouncer in the third row to reach the rooftop of
the hut. Get the Pickories and tilt right, performing a quick series of jumps
to access a secret area containing a MuiMui (#1). Now return to the bouncers
area, and use the left one in the third row to get to the left ramp and collect
all the Pickories. Then use the most top bouncer to jump high and access the
area to the right, past the pumpkin post. It's full of Pickories and there is
also another Berry (#7). Tilt to the right to return to the ramps from the
beginning of the level. Drop down all the way through the swinging platforms,
until you get to the ground. Grab the four Pickories, tilt left until you get
into the corridor that will automatically take you to a new area.

You may notice that each corner of this room has two switches (one green, one
blue). Pressing one of them will rotate the room into a different direction:
the green ones rotate it to the left, the blue ones do it to the right. So you
can undo the rotation by pressing the switch of the opposite color. The target
is to get the Berry in the middle of the room. It's easier than you may think.
Press one of the blue switches (although the one to your right is recommended).
After the room rotates, press another blue switch (right one recommended).
Press a blue switch for the third time (again, right one is recommended). Now
you are close to the Berry. Just press the only blue switch you can reach (the
one you just pressed, after ir pops out again). Tilt right, then you can get
the Berry (#8). A passage will be opened below. From this position, you can't
reach any switch. You need to tilt to the left for a while, then slightly right
and jump to the ledge above the Berry alcobe. Drop down by tilting right, then
tilt left and you will fall into the opened passage.

Get all the Pickories. Be careful with the two Mojas there. If you jump into
the hanging pumpkin, it will reveal 5 Pickories. Before breaking the floor, go
to the right wall to access a secret area, with some Pickories and another
Berry (#9). When you break the floor, a current of ghosts will make you fly to
another zone.

You will hit the bell on your landing, thus making a Berry (#10) grow to your
right. Call back your LocoRocos. Grab the Berry and keep going right. Jump to
the right, then tilt to the right, collecting the Pickories until you get to
the pumpkin ball. Standing on it will make it fall and clear the passage. Drop
down, following the ball. Now keep tilting and jumping to the left, until the
ball reaches the end of the corridor. Eventually the ground beneath the ball
will break because of its weight. Now tilt to the right, until the ball reaches
the end. Once again, wait for the ground below to break, and drop down
following the ball.

Various bats will be flying around the right section of the room (one of them
will have a Berry), but they will not hurt you, and can't be killed. Take the
ball to the right curve of the ground, so the ball gets semi-trapped and you
can use it to wait for the bat with the Berry (#11) to come by, and jump to get
it. Now you need to bring the ball to the left section. So go to the right side
of the ball and push it to the left by tilting and jumping. Once you are done,
the ball will be almost locked onto the floor. Jump onto it, and use it to hit
twice the ceiling above, then a Berry (#12) will grow. Grab it. Then jump to
the corridor to the right, collecting Pickories along the way. The slope will
take you to some mysterious blocks that will soon be revealed as part of a
skull's mouth. It will divide your LocoRocos, taking them to the next section.

From here, tilt slightly to the left, so you can pick the Pickories without
hurting your LocoRocos, and then to the right. Jump when you are in the middle
section of this corridor, because there are some Pickories behind the wall.
When you drop down, tilt to the right again (you can leave the pickories for
now). You will access a secret area. Keep tilting right until you reach the end
and get all the Pickories. Call back your LocoRocos, just for safety. After a
few moments, this portion of the corridor will rise up like an elevator. Tilt
to the left. Then jump to the Berry (#13) and from here to the elevator nearby.
Use it to access a small area with new switches and a puzzle in the middle.

Its pieces are disposed like this:

x12
453
x86
7x9

But to complete it, you need to reunite them like this:

123
456
789

First jump to the piece 7 so it goes up to the place it belongs to. Then press
the blue switch at your right so the room rotates and you can jump to the block
composed of pieces 1&2. They will move up. Press the green switch to rotate
back the room. Then you can move the block of pieces 3&6&9, and the puzzle will
then be complete, revealing a MuiMui (#2). When you get it, a new current of
ghosts will take back to the thin corridor. Tilt to the left, getting all the
Pickories you missed before and sliding down. when getting the last Pickories
from the left, be sure not to touch the spike at the end. Also, while in this
section jump to get the Berry (#14) hidden behind the wall. Call back your
LocoRocos before tilting to the right and dropping down. You will get Pickories
all along the way. Quickly tilt to the left before falling into the weird
lollipops, to access a new area to the left.

Eat the nearby fruits to reveal three Pickories. You may notice five bats
flying around, each one grabbing a fruit (except one, which has some spikes).
Jump to the high platform, and use it to jump to each bat holding a fruit. Just
be careful not to touch the spiked one or you will be hurt. When you collect
their four fruits, a Berry (#15) will grow in the platform and the bats will go
to rest.

Now you can return to the lollipops and let them transport you to the right.
Get any missing pickories. Go to the right and quickly jump over the Spike
before it even wakes up and starts moving around. Repeat with the second Spike.
Keep going right until you arrive to a tribe of sleeping Pumpkins. You need to
have 15 LocoRocos with you (by having collected 14 Berries until now) if you
want to wake them up. Supposing you've been following this guide, you have the
required amount of LocoRocos. So stand above the Pumpkins, and then divide your
LocoRocos. Soon they will start to sing. After waking up, the big Pumpkin will
blow your LocoRocos highg into a new area.

Call back your LocoRocos and go to the right. Use the elevator to reach a room
with yet another green/blue switches puzzle. This is more complex than the two
previous ones. The target is to make the pumpkin trapped inside the labyrinth
touch the red trigger at the end of the path. To do so, you need to press the
switches in this order: green, blue, green, green, blue, green, green. Once the
pumpkin touches the red trigger, the room will rotate automatically, and a new
path will be open, leading you to a MuiMui (#3). After getting it, drop into
the corridor to the right, which will take you back to the sleeping Pumpkins
area.

Go right, collecting every Pickorie you find. Keep tilting right as much as
possible, you gain momentum and the slope takes you into a new area, crossing
three walls and getting many Pickories in your way. Drop down to the next ramp,
you will collect more Pickories. Now go left, but not too fast or you may miss
the Berry (#16) nearby the Pickories. Go left and a part of the ground will
lower, letting you access a new room. There is a giant Broom weeping the floor
there. Keep tilting to the right even when the Broom passes above you, and you
will eventually be able to reach the Berry on the right wall (#17). Now go left
and jump onto the corridor.

After a long way, you will arrive to a room with four Mojas. Kill them to make
a Berry (#18) grow. Drop into the corridor to the left. You will obtain more
Pickories and also arrive to the last area. Ignore for now the plants, and go
right. Hit the hanging Pumpkin, thus revealing many Pickories. Get all of them
to make a Berry (#19) grow. Now you can return to the plants, and divide your
LocoRocos to make their house grow.

Congratulations! You've beaten the level!

LocoRocos: 20/20
Pickories: 273/273
MuiMuis: 3/3



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06. LOCATIONS OF THE SECRETS

This section is meant for those who want to know where to find the Berries and
MuiMuis, but don't need a walkthrough for the whole level. Remember that there
are 19 Berries spread throughout the level, thus making a total of 20 LocoRocos
(including the one you start with), and also there are 3 MuiMuis.

BERRY #1: In one of the swinging platforms soon after the Pumpkin presses the
switch to make you fall.

BERRY #2: In one of the swinging platforms, near Berry #1.

BERRY #3: In a secret area to the right of Berries #1 & #2.

BERRY #4: Get onto the platform moving from side to side and hit the ceiling to
the right to make it grow.

BERRY #5: In a secret area to the left of the swinging platforms room. You will
reach it by getting onto the platform moving from side to side. The Berry is
waiting to the right of the giant Pumpkin.

BERRY #6: In the same area, in the rooftop above the entrance. You need to jump
from the Pumpkin that has three triangular eyes to reach it. The Berry will
grow when you are on the rooftop.

MUIMUI #1: In the same area, inside a secret room in the rooftop that you will
reach by jumping to the right from the right bouncer of the third row.

BERRY #7: In the same area, in the highest platform that you will reach by
jumping to the right from the top bouncer.

BERRY #8: In the middle of the first green/blue switches puzzle. You must grab
it to go further in the level.

BERRY #9: Before you break the floor to make a current of ghosts appear, go to
the right to access a secret and small room. The Berry is there.

BERRY #10: After you hit the giant bell on your landing, it will automatically
grow.

BERRY #11: In the ball area, one of the bats will be grabbing it. Jump from the
ball to get it.

BERRY #12: In the ball area, when it's locked to the left, jump twice to the
ceiling above it to make it grow.

BERRY #13: In the thin corridors area, tilt to the right instead of going left
to access a new area. Use the elevator to the right to get to the Berry room.

MUIMUI #14: After solving the puzzle in the room above Berry #13.

BERRY #14: Behind the wall next to some Spikes at the left end of the corridor.
Jump to get it.

BERRY #15: After grabbing all fruits from the bats, in the secret area to the
left of the lollipops.

MUIMUI #3: After solving the puzzle in the secret area that you will find when
you bring 15 Locorocos to the sleeping Pumpkins.

BERRY #16: In a secret area that you reach by jump from the ramp to the right
of the sleeping Pumpkins.

BERRY #17: In the wall to the right of the Broom.

BERRY #18: After killing the 4 Mojas before the last corridor.

BERRY #19: To the right of the Loco House, after picking the pickories from the
hanging Pumpkin.



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07. LEGAL STUFF

Game, music, rights, and other things related to this demo are copyright
reserved by Sony.

I typed this FAQ / Walkthrough myself from my own experience with the demo. Feel
free to use it for your personal use but don't take any of it, publish it or
share it at any place without asking me first at my e-mail address:
lleonardpler@yahoo.es. Thanks in advance for your consideration.

I would like to thank Thomas for helping me to find the 14th Berry.

Only these websites have permission to feature my FAQ/Walkthrough:
Gamefaqs.com, Neoseeker.com, 1Up.com, Cheatcc.com, Supercheats.com and
Gamer-world.org.

Thank you for reading. Enjoy the demo.

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