The Pairtate Junior comes with three fun games: Group Line, Group Side, and Group Pair.
Overview of the Games:
This game has nine circles, each with four shapes inside the circle: a yellow circle, a cyan square, a red oval, and a blue triangle.
Objective: link all of the circles to each other. Two circles are linked together when the adjoining shapes match. To win, each circle must be linked to all of the circles surrounding it. For example, the circle at the center of the screen must be linked to all four circles surrounding it.
Rotation groups:
Let's assign a number to each of these nine circles. The three circles of the first row from left to right are 1, 2, and 3. The three circles of the second row from left to right are 4, 5, and 6. The three circles of the third row from left to right are 7, 8, and 9.
There are four rotation groups in the Group Line game. The group 1 contains circles 1, 5, and 9. The group 2 contains circles 2, 5, and 8. The group 3 contains circles 3, 5, and 7. The group 4 contains circles 4, 5, and 6.
There are five rotation groups in the Group Side game. The group 1 contains circles 1, 2, and 3. The group 2 contains circles 3, 6, and 9. The group 3 contains circles 7, 8, and 9. The group 4 contains circles 1, 4, and 7. The group 5 contains circle 5.
There are nine rotation groups in the Group Pair game. The group 1 contains circles 1 and 2. The group 2 contains circles 2 and 3. The group 3 contains circles 3 and 6. The group 4 contains circles 6 and 9. The group 5 contains circles 8 and 9. The group 6 contains circles 7 and 8. The group 7 contains circles 4 and 7. The group 8 contains circles 1 and 4. The group 9 contains circle 5.
Selecting a Game:
How to Play:
Obtaining Show Pairs/Hide Pairs:
To start a new game, select "Group Line", "Group Side", or "Group Pair" from the menu.
To view the more looptate games, select the "View Other Games" button from the menu.
Step 1: Select one pre-defined group to rotate the shapes in these selected circles (green circles). The circles are grouped by the diagonal lines and middle lines.
Repeat step 1 until all the pairs of the adjoining shapes match.
Step 1: Select one pre-defined group to rotate the shapes in these selected circles (green circles). The circles are grouped by the four sides.
Repeat step 1 until all the pairs of the adjoining shapes match.
Step 1: Select one pre-defined group to rotate the shapes in these selected circles (green circles). All pairs of two neighbor circles in all four sides are grouped together.
Repeat step 1 until all the pairs of the adjoining shapes match.
To obtain help inside the game, press the ? button. The ? button also provides a way to show the player the matched pairs and unmatched pairs in the game by pressing the Show pairs button.
The Show pairs button will show the player the already matched pairs with blue arrows and unmatched pairs with red arrows.
The player can press the Hide pairs button to hide the blue/red arrows.
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