DeceasedCrab plays Moon Crystal - Part 4 of 8

We board a pirate ship that will take us to the island, but the crew proves far less than hospitable.

Stage 4: Pirate Ship

After using the cannons to get onto the ship, you're going to have a bit of a rough time.

If the pirates that swing their swords at you aren't bad enough, the seagulls will. Yes, the seagulls are enemies are will hurt you if they run smack into you. Forget the cannon  on the top of the ship that you can destroy. Those seagulls are serious business.

The parts between the gaps of the top of the ship are parts you can stand on. Also, don't be afraid to fall and use your ledge grabbing ability to reach some of the cannons. It works quite well and could save you from one of the seagulls. Those seagulls, man. Even they want you dead.

When you reach the sails, get the dagger upgrade to the right, then climb up the sails. You'll see more sword swinging swashbucklers as well as muscle men who fight with their fists. (Greatest alliteration attempt ever!)

One of the chests on the first sail contains the double jump boots. Get them. Double jumping is always good.

There is an invincibility power-up at the top of the second crow's nest. Take it, because you're going to need it as you effortlessly fall to the right to enter the next section.

Aside from a health extension a little bit to the right (and what looks like a blue man in a skeleton mask with a gun), you'll see stairwells going down towards the hull of the ship. The first gap to the right that you see can be reached with the double jump - and grabbing onto the ledge above - to find a hidden 1-Up.

The boss is the pirate ship's captain. DeceasedCrab just runs up to him and hacks and slashes him as fast as he can. The pirate stands there for about a second before you attack him, and it's basically the only course of action you have. Just make sure you have five hearts for this, and don't die in this stage.

After the boss battle, Rosina shows up and tells Ricky his dad is in the Count's laboratory, while the rest of the village is in the mines. She also reveals that she is Count Crimson's daughter, and that he is going to use the Moon Crystal to commit horrible acts. She then explains that the Moon Crystal amplifies human life energy under a full moon, and that the Crystal's power can temporarily bring the dead back to life.

She then mentions the Lunasystem, which lets Count Crimson make his own undead army anytime he wants. The Lunasystem must be destroyed...