Mantine Surf
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Mantine Surf (Japanese: マンタイン サーフ Mantain Surf) is a minigame in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. It is a specific type of Poké Ride where the user rides on the back of a Mantine to surf on the ocean waves. This allows the player to travel between the Surf Spots located at the beaches on each of Alola's islands.
The player first gains access to Mantine Surf after Hau suggests they try it to travel from Big Wave Beach to Heahea Beach.
Gameplay
While riding on Mantine's back, the player surfs on the ocean waves while performing moves to get a high score.
While Mantine moves forward automatically, the player can move it left or right by sliding the Circle Pad in the desired direction. When riding on a wave, the player can slide the Circle Pad left to surf down the wave and increase Mantine's speed. As this happens, an air current will surround Mantine and change color the more its speed increases. At its lowest, the air current will be white, but can be increased to yellow and then orange. Once the desired speed has been reached, the player can launch themselves into the air by sliding the Circle Pad right while riding a wave. The faster Mantine is going will determine how far it will fly.
While the player is surfing, several wild Pokémon will appear on the overworld to serve as obstacles. Coming into contact with these will cause the player to spin out and lose speed.
Once a Course has been completed, the player will receive Beach Points (Japanese: ビーチポイント Beach Points) depending on how well they did. Although they have different names, Beach Points merely another way to earn Battle Points.
Moves
While in the air, the player can slide the Circle Pad in any direction to have Mantine spin and twist to earn points. Sliding the Circle Pad up, down, left, and right will allow the player to perform a Front Flip, Backflip, Left Roll, and Right Roll, respectively.
By chaining several moves together, Mantine will perform a specific bold move, earning even more points than usual. Initially, the player only has access to three specific moves, but more can be obtained by coming in first on each course.
- Huntail Spiral (Japanese: スクリューハンテール Screw Huntail) - Available from the start. This move can be performed by doing three Right Rolls in a row.
- Gorebyss Spiral (Japanese: スクリューサクラビス Screw Sakurabyss) — Available from the start. This move can be performed by doing three Left Rolls in a row.
- Lanturn 360 (Japanese: ランターン360 Lantern 360) — Learned after becoming No. 1 on one course. This move can be performed by doing a Front Flip, Backflip, and a Front Flip in succession.
- Performing this move when the waves are high earns the player more points than usual.
- Primarina Twist (Japanese: アシレーヌフリップ Ashirene Flip) — Learned after becoming No. 1 on two courses. This move can be performed by doing three Backflips in a row.
- Performing this move when the waves are low earns the player more points than usual.
- Starmie 720 (Japanese: スターミートルネード Starmie Tornado) — Learned after becoming No. 1 on three courses. This move can be performed by doing a Right Roll, Left Roll, Right Roll, and a Front Flip in succession.
- This move earns the player a large number of points regardless of the size of the wave it was performed on.
- Over-the-Gyarados (Japanese: オーバーザギャラドス Over-the-Gyarados) — Learned after becoming No. 1 on all courses and then talking to the Boss of the Surf Association. This move can be performed by spinning in all four directions in turn.
- Performing this move once earns the player a large number of points, but doing it multiple times in a row will cause them to lose points.
- Magikarp Splash (Japanese: コイキングスペシャル Koiking Special) — Available from the start. This move can be performed by failing to complete each of the other moves.
- Performing this move only once earns the player a large number of points.
Trivia
- Mantine is the only Ride Pokémon that cannot be registered on the Ride Pager.
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