PrinceWatercress plays Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (SMS) - Part 2 of 4

Now that we've gotten the Practice Mode out of the way, it's time to take on the game for real!

Normal Mode

This time around, you're finally looking for all seven rainbow gems, and you will be facing bosses.

Forest

This time around, the stage is a little more complex, as you will be going underground to get through the level. Be sure to butt bounce around as you explore the top to find some things. Do this in the underground maze, as you can find a lot of big coins as well as an extra life.

Small coins are worth 100 points, while big ones are worth 1,000. 10,000 points will net you an extra life.

The underground area is a bit of a maze, but thankfully it is nothing too difficult.

The spiders will drop down when you are directly under them, and you can but bounce from there. The pillbugs are fairly slow and can be defeated easily. The butterflies will camouflage themselves on the walls, and you will have to wait for them to reveal themselves before you can butt bounce on them to defeat them.

The bats can be used as platforms to get over bottomless pit. All you have to do is butt bounce off them.

A whole cake will restore two units of Power.

The bees will fly towards you, while the worms will ride the leaf platforms. The leaf platforms feel somewhat sticky, and you seem to stick to them when you get onto them or come close to doing so. This makes platforming on the leaf platforms a little tricky. For the second worm platform, you will want to grab the apple and throw it at the worm in order to safely jump onto the moving platform.

The boss here is a tree. Avoid the leaves that it shoots at you and butt bounce dead center on the top of its head. When it turns into a tornado, jump clear over it, then avoid the leaves and butt bounce it again once it stops moving. When the leaves start moving to the left, that is your cue to jump and butt bounce. After four hits, you will get the Red Gem.

Toy Land

The start of this area is just like in Practice Mode. However, this is a ladder to the far left, and you will have to deal with toy planes. Butt bouncing the planes will just stun them; you will need to grab the remote in the room and throw it to the ground to get rid of all the toy planes. If you can make it to the top, you will be able to get a flashing star which will add one hit to your maximum Power. Now you can ride the steam that comes from the toy train.

Instead of a chest with a cake, there will be another barrel. Toss it at the chess knight to go up, then take care of the next chess knight and place the next barrel you see on the nearby button to keep the door open.

The barrel here can be used to keep the bubbles that come out of the pipes in the steps from hitting you. Grab that barrel, take it up the stairs, then throw it to the wall. Jump on the barrel, get over the wall, get the cake if you need it, and throw the blue ball at the clown that is making balls rain down. There will be another clown after this; go in deep and butt bounce him before he can attack.

Go down the ladder. Go to the right first to get a coin and full health. Go left on the slope and jump early if you need a coin, then take the low road. The first two blocks are solid; jump over the next two to the ladder or else you will be falling into a nearby area that will force you to climb up and start the process of getting to the ladder all over again. This part is easy if you know what to do.

When you make it to the ladder, go down, grab the ball and throw it at the monkey. Go down the next ladder. The two green guys floating up and down can be butt bounced and used as platforms. Take the right path first and use the barrel to get an extra life and a big coin, then go left with the two green guys. Destroy the clown, then destroy the ball on the box. This activates a spring board. Press and hold the jump button as the platform goes up to get the maximum distance and grab a ladder. Grab the ladder on the right.

Go up, take out the remote to kill the toy car, go up again, grab the key after getting rid of the blue balls, then drop down and take it to the door with the keyhole. It's boss time.

The boss here is a toy monkey. Do not get too close or else you will take damage. When it lands, butt bounce on the head and avoid the balls that drop down. After four hits, you'll get the Yellow Gem.