We go through an amusement park and destroy every last creep. Hold on for the ride, because the graphics and music here are awesome.
Stage 3
First Section
Amusement Park 1
Nothing much here. Just a bunch of street punks and their sprite recolor friends hanging around and sleeping on benches. Destroy them all.
Second Section
Arcade
When I first played this game back in the seventh grade, I freaked out upon seeing this stage. "I get to beat people down in an arcade OMG OMG OMG!"
No, you're not seeing things. The arcade machines actually say "Bare Knuckle."
The arcade machines can be punched out to get some power-ups. (Good lord, the heroes have gotten stronger since last game. Seriously, they're destroying arcade machines in one hit?)
Third Section
Path to Pirates 1
Just some more bad guys. Nothing much else here.
Fourth Section
Path to Pirates 2
More bad guys, plus another martial arts guy at the end.
Fifth Section
Pirate Ship
Oh, boy. This is where things get interesting. After you fight a couple more enemies, you get to fight ninjas for the first time in the game. These guys are pretty fast and can run circles around you. They also have somersault jumps, jumping palm strikes, throw attacks, an aerial shuriken toss, the ability to use swords and kunai, and a weird standing movement where they do some ninja hand signal and warp their way around you, kinda like some Akuma-style teleport move you can't hit them out of. These guys can be tough, especially on the harder difficulties and later levels, where they can be out in force.
By the way, they say "nippo kagebushin" when they do that teleport thing. Just thought you'd like to know.
Sixth Section
Amusement Park 2
More enemies, plus another knife guy and another dominatrix. Hitting as many people as you can at one time definitely works here.
Seventh Section
Alien House
There are enemies hiding around here, so keep an eye out. When you punch the eggs to get power-ups, stay away from them for a second to keep from being damaged by the explosion.
Vehelits is a pretty weird mini-boss. It's nothing more than an alien head, and it can damage you as it moves across the screen, especially if you jump kick it. It's not very tough, though.
If you stand in the center of the area where you fight Vehelitz, move all the way down and press B to find a hidden 1-Up. Yeah, that helps.
The boss is Zamza. Unlike the claw guy from the last time, which looked somewhat like Freddy Krueger, this one looks a lot better...and he fights like Blanka! He'll somersault all over the screen, run towards you, suplex you, slide kick, uppercut you, scratch you with his claws...he's much more interesting compared to the first game.
If he ever runs towards you, using your Down+B attack in mid-air can stop him in his tracks, giving you an opportunity to grab him and do what you need to do.
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