Not often you see The Pink Panther in his own video game.
At the beginning of the game, we find out that The Pink Panther's Uncle Pink has passed away and that he has inherited his mansion as well as his treasure. In order to get the treasure, though, you'll have to go through the various rooms of the mansion that contains Uncle Pink's various exploits during his life and pick up the keys in each of them.
Left and Right on the D-Pad let you move left and right, while X lets you jump. If you need to read a sign again, stand in front of it and press L1.
To the left of where you start is the gallery. To unlock the picture, you'll have to get the various pink coins that are scattered through the game's levels. You'll need a total of 7,800 coins to fully unlock the art gallery.
When you approach a door, you'll be told how many keys you need to open it as well as the best time for each level. You start out with one key, and you'll get more as you progress through the game. As for the best time, there's no real reason to beat that time (and then beat the time that you made over and over again) except to get 200 coins for unlocking stuff in the art gallery.
At the start, you can only enter the ground floor of the house and take on either the S.S. Luxitania or the skating level next to it. We're entering the S.S. Luxitania.
S.S. Luxitania
The loading screens are pretty neat, because when you're halfway through them, you'll get a brief pictorial description of all the things you have to do to complete the level.
You'll start out in the cargo hold. You'll need to jump your way out. Double-tapping and holding X will allow you to slowly glide downward.
Square will let you attack enemies. You can also attack enemies that run back and forth by jumping on them. Enemies usually take two hits to defeat,
If you approach a hiding spot, the game will tell you to press Triangle at that location. If you do, you'll hide there. Hold the Triangle button to keep hiding.
The first thing you need to do is find the bananas and give them to the monkey blocking your path. When you find then, grab them with the Circle button, then get to the monkey. The bananas will be above the exit from the cargo hold. Thankfully, there are signs throughout the level that will give you a general direction as to where to go to reach which item or obstacle. Once you get the bananas, keep going to the right and take the stairs every time you see them. You'll find the monkey. Move towards the monkey with the bananas in your hand to get the monkey out of you way.
Past the monkey is a bomb. When you pick the bomb up, a timer starts. If it blows up in your hand, it will kill you and you'll have to try again. Thankfully, you have infinite lives in this game. Go back to the left and keep going down the stairs, and you can place the bomb near the crate with the Circle button. If you need it to blow up before the timer expires, press R1.
From here, feel free to explore the area for coins and power-ups. The hearts will replenish one heart from your health. You start out with four hearts, but you can lose half a heart, which means you actually have eight hit points to work with. Once again, if you lose all your health, you'll die and get sent back a bit, but you do have infinite lives.
Past the bomb, up and to the left, is the turkey. When you grab the turkey, however, the waitperson will chase after you. If he catches up to you, he will take the turkey and you'll have to get to him and take it back with Circle. He will return it to where you found it if you don't. You'll need to take the turkey back down to the lowest level of the ship, then take it to the right to the other waitperson blocking the door. If you need to, hold Triangle to hide between the life preservers until the guy chasing you goes off-screen.
Once you deliver the turkey, use Triangle to enter the doors. One of them will take you to the key, and you'll need to take the key and get it to the exit. Before you do that, keep going right, grab the bomb, then go back left and go up the stairs to get rid of the crate in your path. You can then get the key, go to the right, and make your way up to the pink door that serves as the exit. If you need to, you can use the lounge chair to bounce up to a higher area. Also, watch out for wet floors, as they are slippery. When you make it to the pink door with the key, you'll complete the level, get another key, get a chance to save your game and unlock more of the game.
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