Ballies with
BERNARD
BERNARD'S ARCADE
D-PAD scroll
B play
A play
START pause
SELECT back
L + R full screen
Swipe the cabinets · tap the center one to play
Bernard never races you
Hop the streets, yards and creeks. Cars and sprinklers send you back with a boop. When Bernard glows, press A or B and he ferries you across the water.
D-pad hops · A / B rides Bernard · bones and balls are extra points
Simon, but the dog is in charge
Bernard lights up buttons on the SNES pad. Press the same ones back. Each round adds one more. Every fifth round the pad shakes, and beating your best sets the stage off.
D-pad and A, B, X, Y on the pad · arrows and the A, B, X, Y keys on a keyboard · or tap the buttons on the screen. One wrong press and the round is over.
Watch the cups
Bernard drops his red, green and gold balls into the cups, then shuffles them. He names one ball. Pick the cup it hid in. The shuffles get faster every round.
Left and right choose a cup · A, B or a tap lifts it · three misses and he keeps the ball
Three lives. Don't eat the mud.
Red, green and gold balls fall out of the sky. Run Bernard under them and jump for the high ones. Sprinklers knock the balls sideways. Bees sting. Mud breaks the streak.
D-pad runs · A, B or Up jumps · on a phone, drag him and tap the sky
Aliens took Nick and Giulia
Pick your plane, then press Rescue, A, or Start. Shoot UFOs, dodge their plasma, grab a missile. Storms still flash. Break the mothership shield and save his cousins.
D-pad chooses the plane · A / B / Start takes off · special weapons last until you get hit
The rescue
Paused
START resumes · SELECT quits to the arcade
He is a terrible passenger
Paddle out to the boat and collect balls for Bernard along the way. Hit a shark, the kelp or a jellyfish and he goes in the drink — you'll have to drift back and get him.
Press to paddle · up/down to steer · hold left to drift back for Bernard.
Nobody told him he can't
Tap to flap. Thread the gaps in the brick and grab the balls floating in them. No finish line — just beat your own best.
One button, that's it. Gates are worth 10, balls are worth 25 — and the gaps keep tightening.
She hears everything
Grab the toys before Bernard does and stash them in the bin. Bank 500 to save the toy box.
Don't let him chew your Crocs — three and it's over. And stay off the stairs or Tita comes down.
He has never once given it back
Scoop up his balls, get clear, throw them back to Giulia. Bank 600 to beat him.
D-pad runs · hold A or B to wind up, let go in the green to throw · watch out for Laura by the house.
Strategy
- Fill your arms. Three balls thrown together pay +40, and a PERFECT release doubles every ball.
- Chase gold. A gold ball is 75, a green 30, a red only 10. Sprint for the glowing one.
- Get clear first. He steals from your arms up close. Wait for the ring to turn green, then wind up.
- Throw from far out. Bank from beyond the fire pit for a long-ball bonus on every ball.
- Grab the bone. He drops everything to chew it — that's your free volley.
- Save one for last call. The final 15 seconds bank double.