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WARNING: READ BEFORE USING YOUR PLAYSTATION®2 COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM.
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undetected epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
family, has an epileptic condition, consult your physician prior to playing. If you experience any of the following symptoms while
playing a video game — dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness, disorientation, any involuntary
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USE OF UNAUTHORIZED PRODUCT:

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invalidate your warranty. Only official or licensed peripherals should be used in the controller ports or memory card slots.

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• Be sure to take an occasional rest break during extended play.
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 GETTING STARTED MAIN MENU
Set up your PlayStation®2 computer If you’ re playing for
entertainment system according to the instructions the first time, use the
in its instruction manual. Make sure the MAIN POWER Directional buttons or
switch (located on the back of the console) is left analog stick to
turned on. Press the RESET button. When the power have Parappa walk
indicator lights up, press the open button and the over to Stage 1 and
disc tray will open. Place the Parappa the Rapper®2 press ≈. Select Single
disc on the disc tray with the label side facing up. Play and press ≈ to
Press the open button again and the disc tray will begin. Clear each stage to open other stages.
close. Attach game controllers and other peripherals,
as appropriate. Follow on-screen instructions and refer Once a stage is cleared,
to this manual for information on using the software. you can select the other
available game modes
First the opening movie will appear and then the Start including VS player 2 & VS
screen. Once the Start screen is displayed press the START Computer (see page 4).
button to display the Menu screen. You can also press
the START button to skip the opening movie. Parappa’s Noodle
Syndicate Adventure
L2 button R2 button
When you begin each
L1 button R1 button
stage, you’ll learn more
button and more about Parappa’s
directional button adventure with the
buttons
button Noodle Syndicate.
button You can skip
each movie by
left analog stickŁ right analog stickŁ
(L3 button when pushed down) (R3 button when
pressing the
SELECT button pushed down) START button.
ANALOG mode switch START button

Memory Card slot 2 disc tray RESET button

Memory Card slot 1

Top USB connector OPEN

button
Bottom USB connector
2 S400 i.Link connector controller port 1
controller port 2
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 GAME MODES The rules for VS Play
Single Play Boxy Boy will show every-
Rap along with Parappa as he learns a lesson one a phrase and the two
or two from various rapping masters. participating players will
Keep the rap along. Player 1 will be
rhythm and Parappa and Player 2 will be the
try to follow each teacher or you can select player 2 to
master rapper to be the computer. Each player will receive
clear the stage. Make 500 points at the beginning of the song.
sure you keep your After each round, the better rapper is
rapping status at GOOD, awarded points, which are taken away from
if you don’t you’ ll have the opponent’s points. The winner is the
to play the stage again. player with the highest score at the end of
the song. If either player’s score reaches 0,
Head-to-Head Play the other player receives an automatic win.
Once you’ ve cleared a stage, you can return to rap
Ranking
head-to-head with the computer or a friend. Use
You can check out the ranking of the highest
left and right on the Directional buttons or left
scores from both Single Play and
analog stick to select the game mode and press
VS Computer play. Updated rankings are
≈ to begin.
saved on the memory card (8MB)(for
VS Player 2 PlayStation 2) whenever you choose
Two players can battle against each other. to save your game data (see page 12).
The rapper with the most rhythm and style wins.
Two controllers are needed for this mode.

VS Computer
Rap against the computer in a hip-hop
lyrical face-off. There are four levels for each
computer opponent. You’ l l have to beat the
computer at Level 1 before taking on any of
the other levels.

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 PRACTICE MODE To stop practicing and move on,
press the START button.
Before each stage begins, Boxy Boy will help
you practice on a few rap phrases. Follow
along with Boxy and practice until you are
comfortable and ready to begin the stage.

In practice, just like the game stages, Boxy Boy

will rap a phrase first. This is demonstrated
by a small version of his head moving above
the button icons. When the small version of
Parappa’s head begins to move, it indicates your
turn. Begin pressing the indicated controller
button icons at the same time Parappa’s head
passes over the buttons.

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 HOW TO PLAY Hint: Use the back of this instruction manual
When the as a helpful cheat-sheet while you play.
stages begin, Place the manual in front of your television
keep your so the button/icon reference is facing you.
eye on the Now, instead of looking down at your fingers
Sample Rhythm to see where the controller buttons are
section. There are two parts that you need to located, you can glance at the reference card.
pay attention to. This should help you to concentrate on the
timing of the button presses.
First is the teacher’s rap. Watch and listen
closely as a small version of the teacher’s head
moves over the button icons on the line. As the
miniature head moves over the icons, the teacher
will rap a word or phrase.

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second line. As Parappa’s miniature head moves over
the button icons, you must press the controller
buttons indicated on the rap line. Be sure to press
the correct buttons and press them in rhythm to
the music.

With practice you’ l l be a hip-hop star

just like Parappa.

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 • Evaluation Meters — You can earn these
GAMEPLAY meters by progressing through the early
• Sample Rhythm Section — All rap phrases
stages. Each meter evaluates you on your
will be displayed in this area.
rapping abilities.
• Rating Meter — This meter will show
Blue — The “Imitation Meter” measures how
you an evaluation of your rapping skills.
accurate you imitate the teacher’s phrase.
There are four rankings:
COOL Orange — The “Free-style Meter” measures
GOOD how good your free-style skills are.
BAD
AWFUL Purple — The “Funky Flow Meter” measures
your rappin’ funkiness.
As your status changes, the sights and sounds
of the stage also change. What’s the key to rapping cool?
In order to get COOL, you have to ignore the
• Subtitles — Subtitles of the lyrics appear here.
teacher’s phrases and simply follow your own beat.
You can go to City Hall (page 16) and change the
Random button presses won’ t do it either. Here’s a
options so that the subtitles appear in another
hint: Keep a close eye on the Orange and Purple
language or so no subtitles appear at all.
Evaluation Meters as you begin to free-style.
• Score Meter — This meter keeps track of your
score for the current stage. With each completed
phrase your score will change depending on
how well you rapped.

Sample Rhythm Section

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 TRY AGAIN Name Entry
If you rap so bad that your Condition Meter When saving new game data or a
falls below “AWFUL” new replay, you’ ll have to select
the stage will end NEW DATA. To name your data, use left or right
and you’ l l receive on the Directional buttons or left analog stick
the “TRY AGAIN” to move the cursor and the up and down buttons
screen. “TRY AGAIN” to scroll through the letters. When you’ re
as much as you want finished, move the cursor right to “OK” and
until you complete press ≈. To clear all the letters, press √.
the stage. You can also press the SELECT button to toggle
between upper case and lower case letters.

SAVES
Once you clear a stage, you’ll
be asked if you want to save.

Select “Save System File”

to save your
progress.

Select “Save Replay File” to

save your last rap
session for future viewing.

To exit to the Main Menu

simply press Ω.

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 BONUS STAGE Be careful not to hit any Little Onions
when they are not ready or you’ ll knock
The Bonus Stage will appear after you’ve
them down.
completed certain stages.
Points earned in a Bonus Stage are added to
Chop Chop Master
the total score of the previous stage.
Onion’s students, the
Little Onions, will hold
up bricks and other items
for you to break. Each
of the Little Onions are
standing over an icon
representing a button on
the controller, so press the
correct buttons to break the bricks.

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 CITY HALL (OPTIONS) Option
City Hall In the Options menu, you can change several
Inside, retired pilot, Captain Fussenpepper settings in the game.
has a new job as the City Hall
• Language — Switch this setting to change
receptionist. Use the
subtitle language between English and
right and left Directional
Japanese.
buttons or left analog
stick to toggle between • Subtitle — This turns the subtitles on or off.
the various options.
• Vibration — Enables you to change the
controller vibration setting to on or off.

• Easy Mode — Toggles the Easy Mode on or off.

When Easy Mode is on all of the rap phrases
are simplified.

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 Load Save Replay
On the Load Save If you’ ve saved
screen, use the left a replay after
and right Directional completing a
buttons or left analog stage (see page
stick to toggle between 12), you can
the Load and Save watch the replay
functions. Once you’ ve here. Use the
selected a function, up and down
use the up and down Directional buttons
Directional buttons to select different files. or left analog stick to
select the file and press
Load ≈ to view the replay.
Highlight the file you Once the replay begins,
wish to load off of you can press the START
your memory card and button to exit out.
press ≈ to load.

Save
To create a new file,
highlight “NEW DATA”
and press ≈ to save. To
save over an existing
file, use the up and down Directional buttons or
left analog stick to select the file and press ≈
to overwrite.

Note: Parappa the Rapper 2 will only read from

MEMORY CARD slot 1.

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MUSIC
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ARTIST MANAGEMENT
MASATOSHI KIKUCHI (AMA)
SONY COMPUTER A.K.A. DRED FOXX YOSHIHISA SUZUKI MIYAKO OHWADA (AMA)
ENTERTAINMENT (AS PARAPPA) NAOTO SUGAI YAZ NOYA (AMA/US)
INC. (JAPAN)/ ARMSTEAD CHRISTIAN
RYO WATANABE
TALENT COORDINATION
RODNEY/ (AS PARAPPA PAPA AND PJ BERRI) DJ’S CHRIS PARKS
NANAON-SHA
JOHN JAMES JEFFREY MAINER
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
PRODUCER (AS GENERAL POTTER)
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MASAYA MATSUURA
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
VISUAL DESIGN (AS SUNNY FUNNY) AKIKO NAKAMURA
TAKAFUMI FUJISAWA (SCEI)
RODNEY A. GREENBLAT
SARA RAMIREZ SOUND PRODUCTION
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
WORDS & BICULTURAL (AS LAMMY) MASATO OHMORI (SCEI)
DIRECTION TOMIKAZU KIRITA (SCEI)
SHANNON WHITE HIDETO OHNISHI
RYU AKIRA SATO (SCEI)
(AS KATY KAT)
YUSUKE SHIBUYA
STORY & EDIT NAOKI MATSUYA OVERSEAS COORDINATION
ETHAN ENBANKS
GABIN ITO MASAAKI DOI
(AS BEARD BURGER MASTER) IN GAME SONGS:

PROGRAM SAY “I GOTTA BELIEVE!” RECORDED AT SUPERDUPERSOUND

RYU (BROOKLYN) AND NANAON-SHA
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(AS CHOP CHOP MASTER ONION, STUDIO (TOKYO)
SHINICHI YAMASHITA FEATURING DOUBLE
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DEAN BOWMAN
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FEATURING LEA ALOMAR
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 Need help gettin’ the funky flow?
Place this reference sheet by the TV while you play.