Sort of embarrassing question...

[rosehiptea]

Is anyone else not so great at some of the Dream World minigames? I feel stupid admitting it, because they're obviously made to be simple, but sometimes I fail at them. For example tonight it took me three tries to do the Sky Race, and when I did finally reach the goal it was with literally one second remaining. And the other night I failed at

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[underredskies]

The Sky Race I'm actually pretty good at, but I'm so so bad at scooping ice cream. I usually just barely make it to the minimum target line. And the find-the-missing-pokemon one? Well after about 10 failed attempts I've pretty muh given up hope of ever winning it.

[rosehiptea]

I've won the Pokemon finding one a couple of times but I've lost more than I've won. And I've only managed the ice cream once, and that was the first time I did it. I have no idea how to replicate my success. XD

[firebrand164]

There's a video here that looks really helpful for the ice cream one, although I haven't had a chance to play since I found it.

On the find-the-missing-Pokemon one, if you Listen Carefully, it'll give you a message that indicates how close the Pokemon is. I can't remember the messages off-hand, but if it says you can't hear them, then they're 3 or more screens away.

Try clicking Listen Carefully immediately on the first screen, then if it says you can't hear them, go 3 screens in any direction and then listen again, then repeat until you can hear them. Once you hear them, you know they're nearby in a direction that isn't the one you came from.

[eevees]

It took me a couple tries to get the hang of the find-the-missing-Pokemon one down correctly, but I've found a good strategy that works for me.

When you first start the game, just keep moving around the map - don't stop to listen carefully. Eventually you'll find a sparkling spot on your screen, and if you click that you should find a berry.

The berry not only gives you an extra 5000 bonus points at the end of the game, but the Pokemon you are searching for is also always at least 2 squares away from the berry.

Once you find the berry, on the same screen click the "Listen Carefully" button.
If it says "___ is not far from here!" it means the Pokemon is at least 2 screens away.
If it says "___ is near here!" it means the Pokemon is one screen away.

So go in one direction, and if you don't find the Pokemon go back to the screen where the berry was and pick a different direction to the one you chose the first time.

Hope that helps! :D

[rosehiptea]

Ooh, I'm going to try that. I've found the Pokemon a few times but I've never found the Pokemon's missing item.

Thanks!

[reyairia]

In the hide and seek game I think it's easiest if you just move around as fast as you can until you find the pokemon's berry. The pokemon is usually only one or two screens away after that.