Wasabi's Game ~ SHURIKEN MASTER

In Wasabi's game, Shuriken Master, you start with 55 shuriken (a.k.a. ninja throwing star) and you need to use as few as possible to hit your marks. You will try to hit each of these numbers 3 times each; 20, 19, 18,17, 16,15, and Bullseye.

Use your mouse to click a total of 4 times for each throw. Your first click will start the target aimer rotating around the board. The next click is to stop it on the number you want to aim for, then click again to stop the target where you want to aim on the board. The last click selects the power level of the throw, and your shuriken will be released.

High Scores: {We need to hear from you Shuriken Masters about your high scores! Please post either in the comment section, or on the Funkey Fan Forum, or send us an email!}

One Funkey Fan Forum member's daughter won a pachinko machine (arcade type game) by finishing the game with 41 left! Way to go!

Zone: Magma Gorge

Color of portal and gem shard: Red

Length of play: 55 shuriken

Funkey BIO:
Naturally stealthy and skilled in the ancient art of Funk-Fu the Wasabi are extremely secretive and rarely speak. Always appearing silent and composed, their aloofness is often misunderstood and sometimes feared by their fellow Funkeys.
The Wasabi do nothing to dispel this image. Preferring to keep to themselves, they are in perfect harmony of mind and body. Honesty, self discipline and respectful behavior are their core values. They are often deep in meditation, studying ancient scrolls, painting and sculpting or engaged in rigorous exercises to hone their fighting skills.
Wasabi physical feats are those of legend including stories of walking up walls and on water, and extended levitation. No one has ever challenged a Wasabi and lived to tell the tale.

Sol's game - Sunshine Links

Sol's game is a game of mini-golf on the beach. There are 18 holes. If you don't get the ball in after 10 tries, you're moved along to the next hole because "there are other Funkeys waiting to play"

A high score that earned a trophy was 126, which was also 54 shots to get through the 18 holes.

{thank you to "wisteriatayu" for contributing the high scores}

U.B. Funkey, U.B Funkeys, ub funkies, Funkiki Island, Sol's game

More greetings from Funkiki Island

It's almost like a whole new game after the new portal for Funkiki Island was loaded. The first thing that happened was the kooties are making our Funkies dirty, but that's their way of showing affection. So I guess it's all good! First it was a bit annoying, now it's cute. There are washing stations all over Terrapinia now, so that's one of the major things making it different. It can take 5 washes to get all clean. First the mud comes off, then the flies, then the "smell", then the dusty dirt flying around (like "pigpen" of the Peanuts), then the dirty footprints.

There are no henchmen on Funkiki Island, but instead you have natives coming to take your coins or leave a coconut. I like this better. You at least have a better chance to keep the native from taking your coins. You have 3 tries to click on a spear that rotates around.

The maps have improved with the updates. I am not sure if this might have been an earlier update & we just weren't getting them due to our Vista problem, or maybe it is an update that came with the Funkiki Island updates. The map now clearly marks the location of the games, portals, washing stations, and stores.

Another cool thing is that each of the 4 Funkeys on Funkiki Island (Sol, Webley, Flurry and Nibble) can win something that will help them go somewhere they can't go now (like cross over the broken bridges, go over the lava, or piranha, or through the cave)

Everytime you pass a coconut tree, shake it to collect coconuts. You'll need them later in the game to use at the coconut store. First you'll need to get all 4 orbs (you'll get one for each special item you win from each game). If you want to know more after this, check out UB Funkey Facts or Funkey Fan Forum.


I've posted another postcard above that is one of the 4 you can send from the game, but your recipient won't know who sent it. You might want to follow it up with an email from yourself so they know it's okay to open!


If anyone would like us to send you a postcard from the game, you can send us an email at ubfunkeysarefun@gmail.com.



[Here's an unofficial tip if you are running Windows Vista, or having an error loading the first time, you might want to back up your game file before you run the updates if you can.]


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I earned "Great Mom" points!

Here are a couple things the parents might appreciate.........

While I was playing Webley's game the other night, Liam said to me, "you're a great mom because you like to play Funkeys as much as I do!" Well, then, I guess it was worth all the time spent playing the games with him (and after he goes to bed sometimes!)

One more......as we were driving in the car last week, before we had any of the Funkiki Island Funkeys, Liam asked, "Mom, what's a soul?" It was out of the blue, so I had to think a minute if he was asking me the harder question about an inner soul, or maybe a sole of a shoe? I wasn't sure what he would have heard recently to prompt the question, so I asked a few questions before answering. It turns out he was asking about SOL, the Funkey.

Some U.B. Funkey Facts

I thought I'd list a few quick answers to the questions so many people are asking...........


What is a U.B. Funkey?
U.B. is the hub, and the fun-loving creatures that link up to it are the Funkeys. It is a virtual world (similar to the Webkinz idea) where the Funkeys explore and play mini-games in different zones. They win coins for playing the games, and trophys and other items for high scores. The coins are used for purchasing items to decorate their "cribs". Can more than one user share the U.B. hub? Yes, we know that at least 5 players can create login names, although only one player at time can play.

How do I avoid the henchmen?
A hoodwink will protect your coins from the henchmen. But if you don't have a hoodwink, if you have alot of coins and really need to avoid him, you can quit the game real quick! Or exit to your crib. However, sometimes he's still out there waiting. But I did find one time after I waited a while & came back, the coast was clear. If he does get you, click on the button as fast as you can and you won't loose as many coins. However, if your coins are on the low end, the button pushing doesn't seem to make a difference.

How I do get a hoodwink?
As your Funkey is exploring in one of the zones, you will come across a small spark-looking object. It starts as little bubbles coming out of the ground and then turns to a sparkle. Click on it and you will have a hoodwink.

Which Funkeys are Rare and Very Rare?
There is a book in the Terrapinia library located in Funkeystown that lists all the Funkeys. After you select one, you'll see them pictured in order of normal, rare, and very rare.

Which Funkeys unlock each of the zones?

Magma Gorge: Wasabi, Stitch, Deuce, and Bones

Laputa Station: Vroom, Boggle, Xener, and Fallout

Kelpy Basin: Glub, Sprout, Tiki, and Twinx

Funkiki Island: Nibble, Flurry, Webley, and Sol

Funkeystown mini-games& mart: Lotus and Scratch


UPDATE on 3/22/08: You can find more on the Rare Funkeys on my other blog . And the glitch that is posted in the comment section is now fixed, so unfortunately that trick doesn't work for us anymore.

There's trouble in Funkeystown!

According to the Radica/Mattel support person I spoke to today, Target released the next generation (or Series 2) Funkies earlier than they were supposed to, before the updates were complete. She was right on, that we got our Funkiki Island Funkey at Target. She walked me through a few things to check like the firewall and administrator settings so that we could try to get the update to work. No luck, so she's passing the information to the engineers. It might not be until Tues., though, that they will get back to me. I wonder, has anyone had any success with any of the Funkiki Island Funkeys?

There are now over 50 different Funkeys!

Oh, my. Why do I have a horrible feeling that Liam will want to collect all 50?

Well, we did buy another one tonight. It's our first Funkey to take us to Funkiki Island. There was a $3 off coupon in the Sunday paper a few weeks ago, so it was a great price. And like the Thomas trains that we collected when Liam was 2 - 4 years old, I like them too, so I'm a push-over mom sometimes. So we have added Webley to our collection tonight. But it was very disappointing that we couldn't get it to work. Usually we play without the internet connection, but we had to connect so new files could load from the UB Funkey site in order to add the new portal. After waiting for more than 20 minutes to see if there was "anything new in Terrapinia", and to download from the server, we got an error message that said to call technical support. Since the Radica/Mattel customer support line closed at 7pm, we'll have to wait until the morning to get this one resolved. Liam was very disappointed.

Getting Started

To get started playing the U.B. Funkeys game, you’ll need to buy the starter set which includes the hub (U.B.), 2 Funkeys, and the program software. The starter hub can be shared by multiple players. We’re up to 4 now as Liam has his Mom, Dad, and Grammy set up with cribs. You can share all the Funkeys, and each player can still be separate with their own coins saved and separate crib with their own game rooms and trophy rooms. Of course not every kid will want to share these cute little collectible creatures.

Each player starts out with 100 coins and some basic things to get the crib decorating started. The fun part is uniquely decorating your crib and sharing it with your friends. Even though there isn’t any other interaction with others through the game on the internet, you can upload your crib and give your friends your name so they can pull it up.

The Rare and Very Rare Funkeys

There are "rare" and "very rare" versions of the Funkeys that we have not seen in any retail store. We have found them through Amazon.com though. These just have different colors than the regular ones, but they do earn more coins when they play the games. Since Funkeys are generally hard to find and we love them so much, we decided to find a distributor and start selling them ourselves soon. We plan to set up a store on ebay and through Amazon, so stay tuned for that new venture. But until then, you can find some of the rare ones here: UB Funkeys "Sprout" - Very Rare (White). Sprout is one of my favorites. Flurry Rare Green UB Funkeys Funkiki Island by Radica. We don't have Flurry yet, but that will be our next one because we can't wait to have the Fun "key" to unlock Funkiki Island. We haven't been there yet!

Shards, Henchmen, and Hoodwinks, Oh My!

I earned another shard of a gemstone last night. Still not sure if that’s random. It doesn’t seem to come after a high score, but most likely after playing the games for many times in a row. We haven’t been keeping track if we’ve earned them from playing different games. After you win four of the same color, it completes the gemstone. Then the henchmen will disappear from the zone where you earned the different pieces. For example, in Kelpy Basin, the shards are blue. Once the blue gemstone is complete, then the henchmen disappear from Kelpy Basin.

[update on 4/08: For more about the shards, please click here to read about it]

When your Funkey is walking around Funkeystown, watch out for those henchmen who will come and steal your coins! But if you have a hoodwink, that will stop the henchmen from stealing your coins and they’ll take the hoodwink instead. You can get a hoodwink when you find a sparkle anywhere in Funkeystown or another zone when you’re walking around. If you see a small bubble like thing that turns into a sparkle, just click on it.

U.B. Funkeys are fun loving creatures

My 6 year old son, Liam, wanted to write a blog when he can read and write better. But I said, "why not now, and I'll help". He picked the topic, and it's a good one because he knows much about it. He received 2 Funkeys and a hub for his birthday less than a month ago. He has unlocked secrets and figured out so much that we didn't find in any instructions or on the UB Funkey website, so it's a good topic to share!

U.B. Funkeys is a game for your computer. It is a virtual world where you play games to earn coins that you can spend on items to decorate your crib. You also earn trophys for high scores, and other fun items for "insanely high scores" that you can place in your crib. You need to buy the starter hub that comes with 2 Funkeys, but then you can buy the individual Funkeys. Each one unlocks a new game and store, and sometimes a new portal to travel to a new zone.

We now have 7 Funkeys and the hub. Our collection consists of Deuce, Lotus, Sprout, Scratch, Twinx, Xener, Boggle, and U.B. the hub. It has been great fun for both me & my son. I have to admit that even as a 40-something year old mom, I am a bit addicted to playing some of the games and I have a cool crib too! I have about 3 trophys in my "trophy room", and Liam has 5. We both have 6 games so far in our "game rooms". We have both collected a few shards of gemstones. Liam has stumbled upon "hoodwinks". We found a code on the website to unlock more coins, but we still haven't figured out how to unlock the hidden alligator. Under "codes & tips" on the website it says to buy a smelly pet bed. Well, we did, and still not sure. When we figure it out, we'll share that.
{update: we found the answer and posted it here}