Time for two more levels of the Yellow Country and...OH GOD WHY DOES THIS MINI-GAME EXIST
Maize Meadow
Not only does this level play host to pumpkins on springs, corn stalks on unicycle that toss corn grenades, mice that violate the laws of perspective by hitting you even though the fence they walk on is part of the background, crows that dive down at you, but it also has the worst mini-game in the entire game.
That mini-game is the Lemon Drop Elimination mini-game. You jump on the Trouble-style dice popper to roll the dice, and you have to push off the lemon drops that have the same numbers as the dice, or the sum of both numbers together. The numbers are between 1 and 12. Let's say you roll an 11. You can knock off 5 and 6, or you can knock off 11. The choice is yours, but choose very, very wisely.
This mini-game isn't so bad until you figure out that this mini-game HEAVILY RELIES ON RNG (random number generation). GREAT JOB, DEVELOPERS. Not going to lie, I actually used ZSNES' recording feature and abuse of rewinds to get this thing done, because FUCK DOING THIS LEGIT, THAT'S WHY. Good luck getting double 1's for 2 and double 6's for 12, BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO WIN THE LOTTERY THAN BEATING THIS CRAP!
The ticket for this is mercifully where you pop back up in the level. Good riddance.
Also, try not to lose all your health. If you do, you lose all of your throwing items. Another smashing job from the developers. The star let you shoot in a straight line, but good luck finding stars because you won't see them often.
The boss is a giant crow in a vest which jumps forward and sometimes kicks at you. Let it move to the left a little bit, then keep kicking the crap out of it. You'll be able to free The Scarecrow and unlock him as a playable character, and you'll also see him at the end of every stage from now on. You'll also get a password for making it this far. Write it down.
Saffron Fields
To switch characters, press Select. You'll be able to select between Dorothy and The Scarecrow. The Scarecrow is signified by the pink graduation cap that signifies his wish for a brain. Pressing A with The Scarecrow allows you to attack with the pitchfork. X does nothing. It should be noted that The Scarecrow is the slowest of the four characters, so you don't want him to be surrounded by enemies.
All the characters have their own health bars. If you're nearly out of health with one character, you can switch to another.
This time around, you'll be jumping up hugh cornstalks to find some enemies. This is where the winged slippers will come into play.
Inside the mill, you'll be able to find a yellow Ticket and an extra life for Dorothy at the top. Use the winged slippers to get both. You can kick the big buzzsaws, but they take a lot of abuse before they are destroyed.
Some of the spiked plants in the backgroudn will spring to live and spring into the air. Be ready to kick them.
There is a small storage shed one of the leaves of the giant stalks. You'll find a few yellow bricks here.
The barn is just after the storage shed. There is a 1-up, it is really hard to get a hold of. When you enter, you're damaged by a mouse, and when you come out, you get hit by a corn stalk on a unicycle.
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