...and this is where the conveyor belt jumping starts ramping up.
Stage 3-1
The paper clip is pretty interesting if it's powered-up...it'll shoot in three directions instead of one if it is! It also has a much longer range than the match regardless of whether you've powered it up or not...perfect for fighting something on the other side of a long pit.
Yes, that is a hand popping out of the ground. Thankfully, it stays in one place as it pops in and out. It shoots projectiles, so be careful when you're getting close enough to hit it.
You'll also start seeing maces spinning around in a complete circle from a post on the ground throughout the third level. Thankfully, the radius they cover isn't very wide, but they can be annoying if you're not careful.
After that bottomless pit with a tricky moving platform-to-moving platform jump, keep going up and you'll find Master Wing's shop yet again.
Go left, and you'll see a bottomless pit with bits of floor with weird spiked things on them. Attack them from a distance whenever possible, they will run into you like the motion sensor bombs from Level 2.
Past the camera after that obstacle course of spikes and pits is a change in the floor tiles. Looks like the set of a cooking show...how anyone's supposed to reach it by normal means is beyond me. The first enemy you'll see in this area will appear before you jump the pit...it's a mutated plant Gremlin that throws exploding pineapples at you. The quicker you can beat it, the better.
After this, you'll enter another area with a different look. This time, it's the set of a horror movie. Why everything from the cameras to the lights to the coffin to the fake graves is moving like there's either an earthquake in the area or everything is having muscle spasms is totally beyond me.
You'll face two large bats (the bat Gremlin?) that'll shoot tornadoes at you if you don't kill them immediately.
Keep going up, jump over the pits one more time, and you've reached the end!
Stage 3-2
Conveyor belts, spikes and electric barriers? How horribly built could this building be?
The pits get a little crazy this time around, as you have to cross conveyor belts that move you to the side and into the pit below if you stand around for even a second. You'll have to hop your away across these kinds of platforms, being careful to maneuver your jumps to stay centered at all times.
After this, the floors are now surrounded by lava. It's finally official...Clamp has flipped his lid and Master Wing is rolling around in his grave.
After a couple of these platforms, more lava and bottomless pits, you'll find a moving platform and an electric barrier blocking your path to the other side. You'll have to time it so that you jump over the barrier and land back on the moving platform.
After this, it's a bunch of spikes and more lava floors, then you'll find Master Wing's shop again. The Gremlins that walk around a couple steps before stopping and walking again aren't that hard.
After more lava and conveyor belts from Hell, you'll see a giant desk with a built-in paper shredder...and one of the bottomless pits you just traveled over is on the other side of it. Who built this building?
As you leap over the lava on the conveyor belts floors again, notice how well-animated those TV screens are. Amazing how Sunsoft got everything to the little things down quite well, even if the level design is challenging enough to keep you on your toes as you try to question it (or keep yourself from doing so altogether).
Keep going right, and the level ends.
Stage 3-3
The boss this time is the electric Gremlin...the same one that killed Dr. Catheter.
He throws sparks on the floor, which burst into four smaller ones that are difficult to dodge because of how they move around. Keep jumping and throwing paper clips, making sure he doesn't touch you, and he'll go down. If your weapon is powered up, this battle will end in seconds.
When he leaves the screen, you'll get the bow and arrow that shoots pencils.
You'll get another cutscene. Just like in the movie, Billy captures the electric Gremlin in the telephone. Yes!
Also, the Billy in the game looks so much like the Billy in the movie it's scary. Just thought I'd mention that.
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