==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== || Nba Ballers : Phenom || || Sidequest/Mini-game FAQ || || By:spitfox || || Email: michaelboy7772@cox.net || || Version: Final || ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== This guide is for private and personal use only. This guide or part of this guide may not be reproduced in any form whatsoever. This document may not be altered in any way without the permission from its author. www.gamefaqs.com is the only site that is allowed to use/post this document. If there is anything I missed or anything you have a question about feel free to email me. You may also send me your scores for mini-games and the highest persons I will post with there name. Thanks and have fun reading my guide. 0=========================================================0 | Sidequests/Mini-Games | 0=========================================================0 o=============================o | Shopping District Hollywood | 0=============================0 The first day before we enter any tournaments, or even after you do there are shopping districts in Hollywood and in Venice Beach. At these places there are many mini-games and things to do that can gain you credits and other things. When ever you want during the game you can do any of these but I will outline everything here and you can refer to it whenever you choose to do the side missions. 0===========================================================0 | Welcome to the Big City! There's plenty to do and see | | here! | | | | Look for stores, games, and people to interact with. | | You'll find plenty of cool stuff to explore. | | | | Start by looking around, and get your bearings. You'll | | see all sorts of people to talk to, and places to go. | | | | Try bouncing your ball of of different objects, and try | | hoppin bushes, fences and more. You'll be suprised by | | what you find! | | | | Sometimes you will need to get a ticket before you can | | get into the coolest events, so keep playing tournaments | | and exploring to earn enough credits. | 0===========================================================0 One of the first places you need to go is the tickets counter by the stadium. To get there head to the right all the way until you see some cheerleaders holding up carwash signs. Now head to the right and you'll cross and road to a stadium. Head right and you'll see a tickets counter, you will need these tickets to participate in most the ativities around the city. 0------------------------------------------------------0 | Day 1 | | 1,000 : Freestyle Battle Rap Versus Jin : Hollywood | | 1.000 : The Grant Hill NBA Spelling Bee : Hollywood | | : All Star Style Stepping With Jim : Hollywood | | 1,500 : NBA Finals Week Block Party : Hollywood | | 1,750 : Lakergirl Charity Carwash : Hollywood | -------------------------------------------------------- | Day 2 | | 2,000 : Meet & Greet the NBA Mascots : Venice Beach | | : Muscle Beach Volleyball Party : Venice Beach | | : Marina Charity Fundraiser : Venice Beach | | 2,500 : DJ Spin Screach-Off Challenge : Venice Beach | | : Bodybuilding with Kristofel : Venice Beach | -------------------------------------------------------- | Day 3 | | : DTP CD Release Party : LA | | : Ludacris's Crib: Extras Needed: LA | | : Sleep Deprivation with Shekhar: LA | | : CB's Private Tournament : Colorado | | : Freestle Basketball w/ Trikz : LA | -------------------------------------------------------- | Day 4 | | : NBA Legends Golf Pro-Am : Beverly Hills | | : Chingy Backstage Pass : Hollywood | | : NBA Coaching clinic : Hollywood | | : NBA Coaching Clinic : Hollywood | | : NBA Coaching Clinic : Hollywood | 0------------------------------------------------------0 0=================================0 | Diamonds | 0=================================0 There are 22 diamonds here and to get them you have to press circle to bounce your ball off of something. To know when you are near a diamond your ball will begin to glow. 0===========================================================0 | 1. Right in front of you when you enter the level. | | 2. Turn left and bounce your ball of the mailbox. | | 3. Go left all the way until you get to where you see | | Ludacris singing on stage. Hop over the gate and go to | | where the girl is jumping by her self on the stage to | | the right. Throw the ball to hit a light and get the | | diamond. | | 4. Doing this will also cause the guy that was on the | | right where it says VIP Area No Admittance to move so | | you can get the diamond back where he was guarding. | | 5. From the beginning head to the right until you see the | | bathrooms. Walk up the walkway in the middle and throw | | the ball to hit the light and get the diamond. | | 6. Now walk up to the bathrooms and make a right. You'll | | be in a little walkway that like curves around the | | corner and the diamond is in the turn. | | 7. Head forward from where you are and throw your ball at | | the fence on your left. Now head back to the front of | | the bathrooms and head to the left in the narrow gap | | between the bathrooms and the chain fence. Make a | | right and the diamonds sitting there by the two girls. | | 8. Head back to the front of the bathrooms and head right | | to the next screen over. You'll see a sign that says | | carwash, but keep heading right all the way around. | | You'll come to an areana. On the ground close to where | | you are is a big NBA with the logo, stand here and | | throw your ball to get the next diamond. | | 9. Now walk forward to where it says tickets and throw | | your ball at it to make a diamond come out at the back | | right, in-between the last two trees. | | 10. Head back to the car wash place and to the left, go | | in between the car was building and the brick wall. | | right when you get past the building make a right and | | its in the back right corner which is impossible to | | see it, but its there. | | 11. Now head back to the front of the carwash place and | | next to the girl holding the sign is a huge thing of | | cement holding a pole up, hit the pole with the ball | | to make the diamond come down. | | 12. To the right of that is some trees, hit the second | | one past it right next to the gray car to knock done | | the diamond. | | | | Now when you head all the way right from where you were | | you'll eventually come to a security guard blocking the | | way, hit the white car right next to him with the ball to | | make him move. | | | | 13. Now head all the way right until you get to the | | Hollywood Metro Academy sign, the next diamond is | | right behind it. | | 14. Right behind the sign there is a wall that is | | sticking out a bit with four cones next to it, hit | | the wall with the ball and the diamond will pop out. | | 15. Now head left a bit where you see a table and some | | VIP Area No Admittance signs, on the right will be | | a little are where theres no wall, hit it with the | | ball to get the next diamond. | | | | Make sure you have bought all the tickets so you can get | | into the party to get the rest of the diamonds | | | | 16. From where you start in the level head left past the | | food place to where you see balloons and a guy | | standing there, walk up to him and give him your | | ticket. Once you're in and past the two cones on each | | side go left to the little basket thing. Throw your | | ball at it to get a diamond. | | 17. Now head back to where the balloons and pathway are | | and go right, you'll see three girls dancing. Right | | below them against the bushes is the next diamond. | | 18. Now head over to the pourtipotties and jump over the | | gate lower than it on the screen. Head down past the | | dumpster and get the diamond. | | 19. Now throw your ball at the dumpster your next to to | | get the next diamond. | | 20. Head forward and jump back over the gate, now head | | straight where you see the strong man competition and | | a car. Walk up by the car and throw your ball at it, | | the diamond will appear behind you by the trash cans. | | 21. From the strong man competition head right until you | | come to two basketball machines in a row, throw your | | ball at the one on the left to get the next diamond. | | 22. Keep heading right to where the spelling bee is and | | throw your ball at the light to get the diamond. | 0===========================================================0 0====================0 | Posters | 0====================0 To find the guy to accept this mission head right from where you start all the way until you see the cheerleader car wash and make a right to cross the street. Talk to the guy by the pole with the ! above his head to accept the mission. 0===========================================================0 | Find locations such as walls or objects to paste the | | posters on. Each shopping district contains nine | | locations that can have promotional posters posted on | | them. If you put them all up, something cool will happen. | 0===========================================================0 0===========================================================0 | 1. Where you start go left alittle and go through the | | fence and right to your left is the first spot to put | | a poster. | | 2. Head left right past the food stand on the wall is the | | next poster. | | 3. Keep going left past where the balloon area is to go | | to the party and up to where the gate begins. Right | | to the left of where the opening to the gate is is the | | next poster spot. | | 4. Head back to where the balloons are and head into the | | party area. Go left all the way and inbetween the | | the bushes is a poster area. | | 5. Now head right to the pourtipotties and head up to | | where the strong man competition is. Go left all the | | way to where the spelling bee is and on the top of the | | screen is the next poster area. | | 6. From where you start go right this time past the | | bathrooms but right before the cheerleader area on the | | wall between the two areas is the poster spot. | | 7. Now head to where the cheerleader is and go right | | across the street to the arena. Head right and go to | | the ticket place. To the left of the ticket place is | | the poster spot in between two little trees. | | 8. Head back to the cheerleader again and head to the | | right side of the carwash building. On the right side | | of the building is the poster spot. | | 9. Keep heading right all the way to where the high | | school is. By the guy with the ! over his head on the | | small wall is the last poster spot in this city. | 0===========================================================0 0====================0 | Mascot Locations | 0====================0 There are three mascot tokens that will unlock mascot players that you can play with in other game modes. 0===========================================================0 | 1. By the carwash head to the right to where the stadium | | is. Head over to where it says tickets, and on the | | left in-between the first and second trees is the | | mascot token. | | 2. Where the highschool is, the place you sign up for the | | T-Mobile tournament, it is on the right in the place | | where the wall is missing. | | 3. After you can go into the part head to where the | | muscle competition is and go right to where you see | | the spelling bee. On the right is a guy where you sign | | up and right behind him is the last mascot token. | | | | Unlock: Gorilla | | Boomer | | Benny | 0===========================================================0 0=================0 | KG's Agent | 0=================0 From where you start head over to the right by where the bathrooms are. Go on the left side of the bathrooms between the bathrroms and the fence to the other side. Hop over the bushes and walk up to the guy with the exclamation mark and press X. He'll tell you to keep an I peeled for Kevin Garnetts phone accept it to do the mission. 0===========================================================0 | King Garnett has misplaced his cell phone somewhere | | inside Hollywood and YOU just volunteered to find it. | | Search around the world and see if you can find it. Word | | is that he was last seen over near the concert stage. | 0===========================================================0 Do what it says, head over near the concert stage on the left side of the city. Hop over the fence and on the left side of the area by the bus and corner of the fence is the phone. 0===========================================================0 | Great job finding the phone! KG has sent a pair of his | | signature shoes to your hotel room to show his | | appreciation. | | | | Reward: Adidas Garnett 3 Shoes | | Credit Reward: 100,000 | 0===========================================================0 0============0 | Papparazzi | 0============0 To find the guy to start this mission from where you start head to the right where the bathrooms are. Go forwards to the right of the bathrooms and you'll see two people in the corner. Talk to the guy thats closest to you. 0===========================================================0 | Take funky photos of NBA superstars in compromising | | positions on the court. If you do, I'm sure it will lead | | something good. | 0===========================================================0 To take a photo of someone you will have to wait until you see a photo icon on the ground on the bottom of the court. When you do stand on it and do an act of fool juke on the player to take a picture of them. 0===========================================================0 | There are six players you can take pictures of and you | | only get one chance to do this for each player. | | | | 1. Gilbert Areanas | | 2. Rasheed Wallace | | 3. Steve Nash | | 4. Lebron James | | 5. Vince Carter | | 6. Kobe Bryant | 0===========================================================0 0===========================================================0 | Fun Mini-Games | ------------------------------------------------------------- Jin's Battle Rap ---------------- You can find this mini-game over by Ludacris' stage area, just talk to the guy with the ! above his head there to start the game. The object to the game is to press Left, Right,Up,Down, or X when it is over the speaker to get a perfect. The more perfect you get the better your score. A good or a perfect keep your hit combo going and a miss will end the combo. Perfects- # you get x 1000 Goods - # you get x 400 Misses - # you get x -100 --------- My Best|| --------- Perfects - 132 x 1000 = 132,000 Goods - 8 x 400 = 3,200 Misses - 0 x -100 = 0 Final Score = 135,200 ============================================================= Odom's Car Wash --------------- I'm sure you can find this one, just head to the girl at the carwash to get started. It's just like the last one same rules and everything. Perfects - 104 x 1000 = 104,000 Goods - 17 x 400 = 5,600 Misses - 2 x -100 = -200 Final Score = 109,400 ============================================================= Strong Man ---------- In the area where they are having the party its the place with the big thing and a car behind it, pretty easy to spot. The point of the game is to hit the thing hard enough to ring the bell at the top. Its press easy I just put two of my fingers on Triangle and Square and the other two on circle and x and when it starts I don't click them to fast but at a good speed then with two seconds left I click them as fast as I can. Cost: 500 Credits Strength: DIESEL 50,000 ============================================================= Hill's Spelling Bee ------------------- Go right of the strong man competition and talk to the guy to the right of the stage to enter. The object of it is pretty easy, read the question guess the letters in his name, seem simple? It's pretty hard. You have to spell three right to win. My Best: 369 Credits earned ============================================================= Peja's Hot Hoops ---------------- There are two of these in the city, both are in the party area so they'll be easy to find. The object is to hit the target in the little circle thats green to make it, make as many as you can in a minute. My Best: 14 baskets x 5000 = 70,000 ============================================================= Trivia Kiosk ------------ To find this one is in the party area right next to the Peja's hoop game and the other is by the ticket counter on the other side of the city. The object is to answer as many questions as you can correctly in the shortest amount of time possible. Good Luck! My Best: 785 credits earned (5 questions right) ------------------------------------------------------------- 0===========================================================0 o================================o | Shopping District Venice Beach | 0================================0 You can head to Venice Beach after the first day. 0=================================0 | Diamonds | 0=================================0=========================0 | 1. Right when you start throw the ball at the popcorn | | vender thing to get the first diamond. | | 2. Head left from the start all the way until you see | | some people in a line. Go left of them to where you | | see a blue over hang and throw your ball to get the | | next diamond. | | 3. From the line head right this time until your about to | | the columns and throw the ball at the wall to get the | | next diamond. | | 4. From the beginning head left and walk up to the Peja's | | hot hoops mini-game, press r1+O to bounce it off of it | | and get the diamond. | | 5. From the start of the level head to the pourtipotties | | in front of you. Throw the ball at the third from the | | left to get the diamond. | | 6. Now head to the right of the pourtipotties and you'll | | see two stores right next to eachother with a gate in | | the middle of them. Jump over the gate and in the back | | corner of this area, by the mascot is the diamond. | | 7. From the beginning of the level head right until you | | see a hotdog stand. Right behind it is a little gap in | | the buildings which has a diamond in it. | | 8. Throw your ball at the hotdog stand you are right next | | to to get the next diamond. | | 9. Head right from where you are and you'll see a mailbox | | next to a tree. Hit the mailbox to get the diamond. | | 10 Where the last diamond was behind the mailbox is a | | store with fire flames on it. To the right of that is | | a sunglasses store. Go through the gap inbetween these | | two buildings to get the next diamond. | | 11. From where your standing throw the ball and it will | | hit something on the right. Now head out of here and | | down the screen following the road. It makes a turn | | to the right. You'll see a trivia thing on the wall | | and to the right of it go through the alley. Make | | your first right and back into the corner to get the | | diamond. | | 12. Keep heading down the alley and make a left, throw | | the ball by the T-Mobile place to get the diamond. | | 13. Now head to the right, there will be two tables below | | you with a little walk way. Down alittle more are a | | bunch of people jumping and dancing. In the corner | | by all the people are two trashcans, throw the ball | | at the trashcans to get the diamond. | | 14. Head out of the alley area and go right. You'll see | | a giant poster of Ben Wallace just alittle ways down. | | Throw the ball at it to get the next diamond. | | 15. Right to the right of this is a spelling bee stage, | | throw your ball at the lights above it to get the | | diamond. | | 16. Go back in the alley you were just in and go about | | half way down, throw your ball at the wall on the | | left to knock a diamond down on the other side. To | | get it leave the alley head left and follow the road | | around the turn. Now head up to where the building | | with the flames are and you should be able to see it. | | 17. From the beginning of the level head straight towards | | the pourtipotties and go right, now go up the screen | | towards the dock, bridge type thing. Head across it | | to get to the party. Head right until you come to the | | main area, throw the ball at the stage lights to get | | the next diamond. | | 18. Head right behind the DJ on stage to get the next | | diamond. | | 19. Keep heading right and you'll come to a big circular | | area of grass. Head up the screen to where you see a | | guard in a yellow shirt. Enter the area behind him to | | get the next diamond. | | 20. Head out of where you just were and there will be a | | store to your right with jerseys. To the right of | | this is a table, throw your ball at the table to get | | the next diamond. | | 21. Now head down to the bottom of the grass area throw | | the ball at the other round table down here to get | | another diamond. | | 22. Head to the right and by the basketball court will be | | a light pole with a basket of flowers hanging from it | | throw your ball at it to knock down the diamond. | | | | After you have gotten all of the diamonds, from where you | | start the level head into the first shop you come to on | | the right side called Jason of Beverly Hills. | 0===========================================================0 0====================0 | Posters | 0====================0======================================0 | 1. From the beginning head left, right past the peja's | | hoops game is the next poster. | | 2. Alittle to the left of the first one. | | 3. Head left even more until you see the people in a line | | to the right of the line on the wall is the next | | poster. | | 4. From the beginning of the level head to the bathrooms | | in front of you. Make a right and on the little bit | | of wall next to the store on the left is the poster. | | 5. Head right from the beginning and you'll come to a | | hotdog stand. There will be a gap in the buildings | | right behind it. The blue building on the right that | | is split has the poster on the front of it. You can | | see it from standing on the street. | | 6. Head right of where you are until you see a mailbox. | | Behind the mailbox is a store with fire flames on it. | | To the right of that is a sunglasses store. Go through | | the gap inbetween these two buildings to get the | | poster. | | 7. Head out of here and down the screen following the | | road. It makes a turn to the right. You'll see a | | trivia thing on the wall and to the right of it go | | through the alley. Make your first right and back into | | the corner to get the poster. | | 8. Keep heading down the alley and the poster is right in | | front of you. | | 9. Now head right and into this area. Below you will be | | some tables with a little walk way in between them and | | then a bunch of people jumping and dancing. In the | | bottom of the area by the guy with the green shirt is | | the last poster area. | | | | Hey player, great job! Thanks for helping us promote the | | label, looks like you made the DTP Street Team! | | | | Reward : Brown Leather Jacket | | Credit Reward : 100,000 | 0===========================================================0 0====================0 | Mascot Locations | 0====================0======================================0 | 1. From the beginning head forward to the pourtipotties | | and make a right. Now jump over the gate that is in | | between the two stores that are there. In this area | | you should see a girl and a mascot, right behind the | | store on the right you should find the mascot token. | | 2. From the beginning head to the right all the way until | | the road makes a turn, follow it downwards and it will | | make another turn to the right. Right after this turn | | there will be a gap in the buildings. Go through this | | all the way to the end of the alley and make a left. | | In the back corner of this area is the next mascot | | token. | | 3. From the beginning of the level head straight towards | | the pourtipotties and go right, now go up the screen | | towards the dock, bridge type thing. Head across it | | to get to the party. Head right until you come to a | | big grassy area. In the top of this area will be a | | store that sells jerseys and stuff. Right behind it | | is the last mascot token of the game. | | | | Unlock: Rocky | | Raptor | | Squatch | 0===========================================================0 0===========0 | Bad Hair! | 0===========0 On the right side of the city there is a big poster of Ben Wallace, it's impossible to miss. Out it front is a barber that wants you to help him find four people that have really bad hair cuts and send them to him. 0===========================================================0 | 1. Head to the right of where you area and all the way | | down to where the beach is. There are cones going all | | the way around to a fence surrounding a basketball | | court. In the corner where the cones and basketball | | court fence meet is your first guy. | | 2. Now head back to the Ben Wallace poster and go left | | until you come to the alley, go all the way down the | | alley and turn left. Next to the dumpster is the | | second guy with bad hair. | | 3. Go to where you start the level, there is alittle area | | with a stage to your left. In this area a guy is | | walking around with a blue shirt and black shorts that | | have fire flames on them, this is your third guy you | | need to talk to. | | 4. Now head past the pourtipotties to where the dock/ | | bridge is and go to the other side where the party is. | | Now head all the way right, to where the basketball | | court is and there will be a guy in a blue shirt and | | jeans this is your final guy to talk to. | | | | Reward : Classic Pistons jersey | | Credit Reward : 100,000 | 0===========================================================0 0===========================================================0 | Fun Mini-Games | ------------------------------------------------------------- Roots Spin-Off -------------- This is found all the way to the left side next to the line, talk to the guard standing there to go in a play. It is just like all of the other little mini-games from hollywood press the buttons when there over the speaker things. My Best: Perfects: 157 x 1000 = 157,000 Goods : 21 x 400 = 8,400 Misses : 0 x -100 = 0 Final Score = 165,100 ============================================================= NBA Mascot Hand Shake --------------------- This is right next to where you start on the left. It's the big stage thats there just talk to the guy on the left to start. It's another click the buttons at the right time game. My Best: Perfects: 131 x 1000 = 131,000 Goods : 21 x 400 = 8,400 Misses : 2 x -100 = -200 Final Score = 139,200 ============================================================= Hills Spelling Bee ------------------ It is located on the right side of the city by the big poster of Ben Wallace. Same as before try to fill in the missing letters as fast as possible. My Best: 387 ============================================================= Peja's Hot Hoops ---------------- Alittle to the left of where you start, same as before. ============================================================= Trivia Kiosk ------------ One of them is to your right when you start behind the hotdog stand, and the other one is if you keep going right, by the building with the flames and around the next turn it is right next to the alleyway. Same as before but the questions seem alittle bit harder. ------------------------------------------------------------- 0===========================================================0 0-------------------0 | Credits | 0===================0 Thanks to everyone reading this and hopefully it will help you out. Thanks to gamefaqs for hosting this guide.