GenericDude1 plays Kirby's Dream Land 2 - Part 9 of 20

In this episode, the difficulty decides to even out for us and lead into a false sense of security. Just wait until next episode, though. Just wait.

Level 5: Red Canyon

(continued)

Level 5-3

You'll see three doors at the beginning. "But Prince, which one am I supposed to go to?" That depends on which animal friend you want. The one on the left is in the water, so (logically) it would take you to Kine. The one in the center is in the sky and gives you Coo. The one on the right is in the "grass" and takes you to Rick. Regardless of which animal friend you want, you'll fight a mini-boss, and the one you fight depends on which door you open. Thankfully, the guys in these doors aren't very hard.

When you get the animal buddy and make it out of the room, you'll be back where you started minus the three doors. There's no turning back at this point. You can also go further to the right. Make your way to the right to the door. Just some more standard platforming.

The second section has some more pipe eels and some strong currents. If you have Kine, you can get to the hidden door past the third set of current pipes. Go in, and if you swallow the Sparky and get his Spark ability, using it will reveal a hidden door. When you defeat all three enemies in this room, don't enter the right one. Instead, go through the hidden one on the left. Instead of a few stars, you'll get a few 1-ups.

The third section is all vertical. Thankfully, it doesn't autoscroll...but in another level, it will. From here, it's just some jumping (and avoiding a rotor thing) upwards towards the goal.

Level 5-4

There's a star below the very beginning of the level. Just watch out for that rotor thing. Avoid the Bronto Burt onslaught as you fly around and use horizontally-cut watermelons on straightened bead necklaces as platforms. (Hey, I tried to be AVGN.)

New mini-boss here: some guy with spikes over his body. He'll move towards you, then he'll try to rocket himself into you. When he hits the wall, his spikes will come out. Inhale those and send them back into him while he's defrocked. When you beat him, you can swallow him for the Needle ability. You'll also get Rick.

The second section has the wind pushing you to the right. You'll see a star block covering another white space after the first bottomless pit. Enter the door behind this star block and you'll find two stars. Grab one and get out of there quickly, then repeat with the other star.


The third section is just a short climb to the top. Remember, if there aren't any air bubbles coming out of a pipe, there's an eel inside. Finally, somebody expects the eel.