Game Page	12595
Set Difficulty	7
Approximate time to master	2 Hours*
Minimum numbers of playthroughs needed	Not applicable
Number of missable achievements	0
Does difficulty affect achievements?	Not applicable
Hardest achievement of the set	Perfecto Miserable or A Real Man's Mode

*Note: Approximate time to master will vary between players due to skill level. Most achievements have negligible difficulty and involve bowling a single strike under different circumstances. The real time sink is getting perfect games in the Bowl and Challenge modes.

This guide is written more as an achievement guide. This is a game of skill and no real techniques on how to play can be given well through text.

There are three elements to your bowling attempt that are within your control.

First is position. Using the left and right d-pad buttons, you can move Nester or Hester left and right respectively. While you do this, a meter will be set up on the lane with a bar bouncing back and forth. This is the spin gauge and it determines the spin of your ball, meaning how much the ball deviates left or right after throwing. It is NOT a meter for where you with to aim and will deviate the ball from the line in front of your character. Hitting A will then bring up the power gauge, which will fill completely then empty. If you have not pressed the A button before the gauge empties, your character will throw the ball at minimum power.

Scoring is the same as normal bowling. Each pin knocked down in a frame is worth 1 point. A Strike is earned when the player clears all pins in a frame with a single ball and is worth 10 points plus the value of the next ball thrown - a maximum of 30 in the case of three Strikes in a row. A Spare is picked up when the player takes two balls to clear all the pins in the frame and is worth 10 points plus the value of the next ball thrown - a maximum of 20 points if a Strike is bowled immediately after.

Several achievements are based upon scoring a strike under various circumstances, based upon your character settings at the beginning of the game. By default, you will be in the "Enter Your Name" box. By pressing R, you can cycle to character selection, handedness/ball weight, and back to name entry.

When character is selected, use left/right to choose your character. When the ball is selected, use left/right to choose your handedness and up/down to choose ball weight from 8 to 16 pounds.

By default, the player is set up to play as Nester, right-handed, with a 12-pound ball. Should you need to play with the same settings again, the game will remember your settings until the game is turned off.

It's in the Name (2)
Get a strike playing as Nester in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

Hester's Funky Bowling (2)
Get a strike playing as Hester in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

Lefty Loosey (2)
Get a strike with the left-handed setting in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

Righty Tighty (2)
_Get a strike with the right-handed setting in a 1-Player Bowl Game. _

This Feel a Bit Light to You? (2)
Score a strike with an 8 pound ball in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

Yeah, I Work Out (2)
Score a strike with a 16 pound ball in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

These achievements are just raw play type achievements. Nothing special here. Just get a bunch of strikes. These will take practice, though. Lock in and the perfect game achievement can be yours.

We Ain't Talking Tires (2)
Score a spare in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

Get Used to This (2)
Score a strike in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

Double Trouble (5)
Score two strikes in a row in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

Thanksgiving Already? (5)
Score three strikes in a row in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

Perfecto Miserable (10)
Complete a perfect 1-Player Bowl Game.

When starting the game, you are given the option to turn on Automatic Pause, a feature that was included in all Virtual Boy games due to eye strain and headache concerns. To get the "Why Not Take a Break? Achievement, you must turn this on and complete a 1-Player Bowl game. The Automatic Pause does not need to activate to earn this achievement.

Why Not Take a Break? (5)
Play a 1-Player Bowl Game with Automatic Pause activated.

For the "I Can Only Hear the Sound of Victory" Achievement, a 1-Player Bowl game must be player with the music of, which is set on the Mode/Game/Music screen before entering the player name and attributes.

I Can Only Hear the Sound of Victory (2)
Get a strike with Music deactivated in a 1-Player Bowl Game.

Challenge Mode is the only real unique mode this game has to offer. It in, you are put up again ten Spare pick-up situations. The pin setups are randomized each time, so practice and memorization of similar setups are useful tools in this mode. The only frame that is always the same is Frame 10, which contains the infamous 7-10 Split. An example of a game of Challenge Mode's pin setups are seen below:

Frame 1	Frame 2	Frame 3	Frame 4	Frame 5
Frame 6	Frame 7	Frame 8	Frame 9	Frame 10

If you manage to clear Challenge Mode perfectly, you will earn the "A Real Man's Mode" Achievement.

A Real Man's Mode (25)
Complete a perfect 1-Player Challenge Game.