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Introduction

If you're anything like me, you prefer to think rather than do. If you can't beat the Pant Devil for the first Defenders of Neopia trophy then do not fear! You can train to be a defender without any physical skill whatsoever. All you need is cat-like reflexes, a vast knowledge of Neopia and the IQ to match.

Controls & Instructions

You will be presented pets, petpets, items or a combination of all three on a 2x2 grid for easy, 2x3 grid for medium or a 3x3 grid for hard. You have to "shoot" the pictures of what comes up using your mouse and the left mouse button to fire.

Tips & Strategies

For those who haven't played the game before, here's a little overview of the screen:

The aim of the game (no pun intended) is to shoot the target which corresponds to what the box at the bottom says. In the case above, you should shoot the Blumaroo in the bottom right square. These questions can also ask anagrams of names, what has a certain amount of letters or what does NOT begin with a certain letter. You have to pay attention, after the first couple of rounds, to see what question they are asking. They can ask what pet isn't a certain thing in any round at any time, so be careful.

They can have silhouettes of the picture come up. It doesn't really make it much harder, you just have to think a little more. It becomes harder with the items when they are silhouetted as the fruits look very similar (the Zeenana looks similar to the Purplum, in my opinion.

They can also randomly shrink the targets. Although you can still shoot the square, it's hard to tell what it is if you play in small mode, low quality or have a high monitor resolution. So, try to play in normal mode, high quality and/or on a lower monitor resolution if possible.

On occasion, they do swap around. The Babaa square can swap with the Drackonack square, for example. There isn't anything you can do about this, and it's very frustrating when it happens right before you click. But, if you do it really fast, it won't have a chance to swap around. Simple, huh?

A final tip for graphics tablet owners. If you play Defender Trainer full screen, you can just tap your graphics tablet in the right place to quickly choose a square. This could save you a second each turn, so 10 seconds each round. That's another 20NP you couldn't have got without it. Great! You could cut out squares out of paper to mark on your tablet where you need to hit each turn if you can't remember by yourself.

Feeling edgy? This will give you an advantage in this game! You will be more alert and therefore notice what comes up quicker.

Extra Stuff

If you use the cross hair on the start screen of Defender Trainer, clicking makes a gun firing sound. By clicking Judge Jog's left pupil, that sound is replaced with the infamous laugh of The Phantom Orange Shirt Guy!

Conclusion

The game may not prepare you to face the Battledome, but it's a good place for those lacking any Battledome ability to still make Judge Hog and the rest of the Defenders of Neopia team proud. Go ahead, go shoot the Meepit target repeatedly. You know you want to!

This Neopets help article was written for The Daily Neopets by staff member Matt.
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