Wow. Um. Oh, boy. I really messed up the volume mixing on this one. Whoops. Nothing I can do about it now.
Stage-3
Gator Alley
You're totally shrewd, dude.Now that you're on a roll, let's rally in Gator Alley. We've gotta get a grip on some hip handlebars.
You'll see that stupid dog wearing a duck hat swimming to the left shortly after the beginning. You're not fooling anybody, buddy.
The snails go down in one hit, but the green worms with the mohawks are indestructible. Sure, you can jump on them to slow them down, but just like the Dry Bones from the Mario games, it's not for long.
The ants with the balloons and crossbows will swoop down at you, but if you avoid them and jump on the balloon, you'll take them out and get the opportunity to recover two hits for your health bar.
The gators that point their nose upwards and chomp are platforms, but they are very, very touchy to land on. If you're not dead center on the nose, you will either take a hit from the gator's teeth or fall into the water near their eyes.
After the third gator, a hip-hop hippo will pop out of the water and serve as your ride across the water. You'll deal with two of those balloon ants, but the main enemy here is the guitar. If you grab it, you'll be dunked in the water sent back to the third gator, and there's nothing you can do about it. Wait until the guitar is directly over the hippo's head and is approaching his left hand, then jump over it. You'll be able to leap to the hippo's right hand and avoid the guitar altogether.
After some isolated planks on the piers you're walking on (which look a lot like prunes lined up on a slingshot), you'll see the sunglasses. This is the only way to get the skateboard for the bonus level, and this is how you get it: crawl underneath the sunglasses by going diagonal on the D-Pad, then go through the level as normal. Take out the two balloon ants, because this will make it much easier. Be careful with the logs, as they sink into the water and send you back to the left where the logs begin. Once you've taken the ants out, go back to the left and get the sunglasses. Time your jumps and get to the pier on the right in time and you'll be able to get the skateboard. You will have to jump off the right edge of the fourth and last log to get to the pier, as the game will not let you land on the very edge of that pier.
No sooner do you get past the log platforms does that stupid dog shoot bombs at you from a submarine. Move past him, keep going to the right, and you'll reach another pier after another set of logs. You'll see Eugene and the dog on a motorboat, followed by an empty boat that awaits you. Jump onto the boat. If you walk onto it, you'll end up going into the water for no reason.
Avoid the logs and pay close attention to the bottom of the screen. It's the only way to keep from being confused as all hell from the parallax scrolling here, which just makes everything a visual mess at this point. Collect as many coins as you can, too. When you see the handlebars, grab them. You'll be invincible when you get them, and you'll clear the stage...all without having to deal without Mean Eugene, his dog, and those bombs.
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