There's so many blowing references in the first level, it's unreal. I think I almost laughed.
Volcanic Valley
Blow on the pig enemies that are on fire so you can grab them. They'll be totally invincible to your attacks otherwise.
The fire dragons can easily be blown away.
It should be noted that the sounds the fire dragons make come straight from Panzer Dragoon. It's blatantly obvious, since the sound they make is the same one you hear when you get hit in the other game.
Midway into the level, you'll be dealing with fiery rocks spewing out of the volcano in the background. They cover a wide amount of space, but it's easy to get between two rocks. There's also a little nook in the ground you can hide halfway through this part. You'll eventually find a huge rock that you can pick up. Throw it, and Astal will instantly throw it into the background and plug up the volcano. The goal is at the end of this section.
Guardian of Fire
To beat this boss, you'll have to blow on the dragon to cool its body down. The head will separate and start blowing its fire breath in a spiral around its own face, but it's easy to avoid if you just go straight for the now-skeletal body and toss it into the ground. The head will relight its body up and become one whole dragon again after each hit. This spinning attack also gets faster the more you damage the boss.
The dragon will then fly into the foreground and come at you from there, breathing fire as it flies into the background. Keep an eye on which side of the screen its flies off to, as that's where it will re-appear when its attack pattern repeats.
After the third hit, the body dies and the head just goes crazy. Just use yourbreath attack on the head and it's all over. You can also make it easier on yourself and just use the yellow gem to sic the bird on it.
The boss also makes the same sounds as the Dark Dragon from Panzer Dragoon.
Sea of Clouds
This is probably one of the nastiest levels in the entire game. Even the invincibility cheat that the game has won't be able to send you back up to the platforms. If you fall into the pits, you're going down. It's instant death from there.
You'll start seeing some new enemies here, such as red and yellow variations of the blue flying enemies you've seen all game. These will stop and divebomb straight ahead, much like the bird's dash attack. You'll also see teal, mosquito-like flying enemies that can only be taken down with the breath attack or with the bird attack.
Using the Yellow Gem in certain spots will allow you to send the bird to a platform and have it beat the crap out of it and stop it from moving temporarily. Use this as an opportunity to get free passage onto one of the level's many moving pink crystal platforms that you'll be seeing.
The Behemoth
Grab the boss's head when it rears its horns back and tries to attack you with them. It's pretty easy for all but the last hit. Just wait for it to jump over you at the beginning, then dash towards it and grab him when it rears its horns up to attack. You'll be doing this for the first four hits. You can wait for him to stop doing those last-ditch maneuvers it does and try to attack you before grabbing him, but it's easier to land the coup de grace with the bird. Once you beat him, he'll change into a dark orb and travel straight to Jerado.
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