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Life was an adventure for Ecco, the young dolphin. The Ocean
seemed endless, with rolling breakers to race through! At high
speed, Ecco could burst through the waves, leaping through the air
---- almost flying! Then with a deep gulp of breath, Ecco would
plunge down into the blue depths, where shelled ones hid in the
coral crannies on the ocean floor.
Ecco knew that dolphins couldn't breath underwater. Fish and coral stayed below the waves. But Ecco's kind needed air. This was a puzzle, and Ecco wanted to learn the answer. The ocean was full of songs. There were easy ones that came to Ecco naturally. These were the songs for calling dolphins and other singers of the watery world. There were new songs that took time to learn. These songs could open the Shelled Ones and scare off Hungry Ones who roamed near the dolphins' home. And then there were songs about just being alive and free! The dolphins also had sad songs about stinging jellyfish, swift currents and rocky walls that trapped singers deep under- water. But the best ones were the proud, powerful songs about teeming schools of fish that filled the oceans and were good to eat, and about submerged, air-filled caves where a smart dolphin could breath. Five bright marks shone on Ecco's sleek head. No other dolphin had these silvery spots. When the air was dark, the family sing that Ecco's markings matched five shining points far up in the sky. The song said that Ecco was special, a favorite of the ocean. Or maybe it went on, the markings were just for looks, the way some fish had spots. But the broad sky of the dryside also held a hidden terror. One day it attacked, without warning ---- a huge gust of swirling wind like a churning whirlpool of air and water. It tore all life from Ecco's Home Bay. Singers and shelled ones and even the small fish were ripped, helpless, twisting in fright, into the high nothingness beyond. And then they vanished! Only Ecco remained. In the flash of one leap, Ecco's safe home, full of life and song, had become strange and silent. Everything had changed. Now Ecco must fight to stay alive. Deadly hazards fill the wide oceans outside, but Ecco must find the lost dolphin pod. From the rip tides of the southern gulfs to the frozen chill of northern seas, Ecco must search through sunken worlds where razor teeth and poison stingers lurk in the dark depths. Ecco, all alone, faces a treacherous quest to save the family. Only by fighting to survive can Ecco rescue the singers of the sea, and end a disaster that threatens the entire world. |
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| Home Bay : Messages | |
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The marks on your head look like stars in the sky.
Ecco, if we breathe air why do we live beneath the waves? Sing to the shelled ones and they will heal your wounds. How high in the sky can you fly? |
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| Bay of Medusa : Swarms of jelly fish live and breed in the warm waters. Songs of an orca are heard from the small maze of caverns. | |
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Something terrible has happened... ...something very powerful.
...Suddenly great winds of water... Winds of water pulled me here. I know not what has happened to your pod. Prehaps the Big Blue will help you. You must travel past The Undercaves to find him... I am sad for you I know not of your pod. |
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| The Undercaves : A deep maze of caverns with no surface to the dry side. Songs of the sea sing of great danger in this place. | |
| Swim slowly past eight arms. | |
| The Vents : Giant cracks in the ocean floor have strong upward currents of warm water. After the storm, songs of three trapped dolphins are heard here... | |
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Wild Currents Trapped my pod below... Please save them... I am too weak from the storm.
Help me, Ecco! Swim closely in front of me and I will follow... Thank you, Ecco. Sing this song when you charge your enemies... |
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| The Lagoon : The songs of the sea sing of the stone eating stars that live in this place. A dolphin sings for her trappen pod. | |
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Help me, Ecco! Swim closely in front of me and I will follow...
I do not know about your family but I have lost mine. You saved my family the deepest seas will echo our thanks friend singer. Sing this song and it will confuse the hungry ones. Ancient songs of wisdom are songs of the big blue. The Big Blue swims north to die... Swim fast young singer. |
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