CLIMB TO THE TOP OF EVERY ISLAND!
FOR YEARS, the meanest pirate on the seven seas, THE CAPTAIN, sailed with a crew of scallywags. The youngest crewmate of all was a boy in a striped bandana.
Then one day, far out on the open water, the Captain kicked the boy clean over the rail. SPLASH! The ship sailed on without him.
Soaked to the bone, the boy washed up on the sand of BEACH ISLAND... and he got back up. Now the boy everyone calls CLIMBER BOY must climb every cliff, raise every flag, and cross island after island to reach the pirate ship and settle the score with the Captain himself!
| D-PAD LEFT / RIGHT | Run left and right along the sand and planks. |
| A BUTTON | Jump! Leap up through one-way planks to climb higher. |
| DOWN + A | Drop down through a plank you are standing on. |
| D-PAD UP / DOWN | Climb ladders bolted to the cliff face. |
| B BUTTON | Swing the Sword — once you have won it! (See page 4.) |
Iron hooks hang in the open sky. HOLD JUMP as you sail past one and Climber Boy grabs on — and hangs there as long as you keep JUMP held.
Let go and he launches into a fresh, full-strength jump right off the hook. Chain hook to hook to cross the widest skies!
MOVING HOOKS sit parked on a track. They only move while Climber Boy is holding on: grab one and it carries him to the far end, waits a moment, then loops back. Let go anywhere and the hook slides home to its parking spot.
Defeat THE CAPTAIN and his treasure chest holds more than coins — the first time he falls, it holds his SWORD. Win it once and it is yours forever.
Press B for a quick slash at whichever way you're facing. Regular monsters fall to a single swing — and the Sword is the ONLY thing in the world that can bring down SKLY, worth a fat 200 points.
You can't swing while climbing a ladder or hanging from a hook — a climber needs his hands!
A scuttling red crab with one big eye and one little one. He patrols the sand and planks, snapping at ankles. First monster you'll ever meet — and first one you'll ever stomp.
1 STOMP
A navy octopus who sits on ledges and spits purple cannonballs straight across the sky when you're at his level. Duck the balls, then bop his head.
1 STOMP
The white bird who owns the open air. He patrols back and forth through the sky — and there is NO safe way to touch him. Only one thing in the whole world can bring Skly down... the Captain's sword.
CAN'T STOMP!
The slowest walker on the islands. One stomp tucks him safely into his shell — but wait too long and he pops back out! Stomp the shell to finish the job.
2 STOMPS
The spiky terror of PUFFER REEF bounces across his arena in giant arcs. Touch the spikes and it hurts! Wait for him to run out of puff and deflate — then stomp.
The ancient squid of the ANCIENT RUINS drifts overhead, raining ink blobs three at a time. When he sinks to the floor, tired and droopy — that's your moment!
The big bad himself, waiting on THE PIRATE SHIP. He roars, charges across the deck, and hurls snipping crab claws. Jump the charge, dodge the claws, and stomp that fancy hat — seven times!
They say a PALE SUN hides in the sky of Tall Timber, so shy it tucks itself behind the cliff...
They say a jump into that sun carries you somewhere GREEN and DARK, where something enormous sleeps with one eye open...
BUT THOSE ARE JUST STORIES. AREN'T THEY?
