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Wire Sponge
The green robots that fly around here drop bombs that turn into path-blocking cacti you have to shoot out of existence when they hit the ground and also try to fly into you. Some of them also shoot out blue bombs that turn into dragonflies that fly at you.
Wire Sponge will try to jump and swing around the room, but if you have the Sonic Slicer, you can put an end to any of his attacks immediately. The best thing about the Sonic Slicer is that it can bounce off walls, so if you miss, it can keep going up to the ceiling as it bounces off the walls. You can tag Wire Sponge from behind with it!
Wire Sponge can shoot seeds that turn into plants that can block your path. He can also launch himself into the wall at you with his Strike Chains, and he can power up and shoot bolts of lightning around him. Keep away from him and keep hitting him in the head with the Sonic Slicer as necessary and you should be fine.
If you finish off Wire Sponge with the Sonic Slicer, he gets sliced in half as he explodes.
Beating Wire Sponge gives you the Strike Chain. It lets you grab onto walls much like Wire Sponge's version can.
Flame Stag
Copying and pasting here, since I do explain some stuff again here as I've gotten the collectibles here.
To take care of that stag beetle robot, just have it plow into the wall where you're supposed to go. This wall will block the path to the rest of the level. If you can lure it upwards, though, you'll be able to access a 1-Up as well as a Sub-Tank. To do that, lure the stag beetle robot to the right, then stand on the flat part of its head. It will take you up to some platforms that you couldn't normally access. There you go. If you go low, however, the stag beetle robot will break the wall when lined up to it, then explode.
You'll then be in a race against the lava in an upward climb. If you're quick, you can get rid of the wall robot that blocks your path and get the Heart Tank behind it.
Once you make it away from that volcanic eruption waiting to happen, you'll be able to continue to the right. If you even do so much as do a wall kick on the column-like platforms, you'll cause them to sink into the lava with a mighty quake.
The vertical shaft with the pipes with the pink stripes in the walls may seem harmless at first, but the lizards that walk down the walls and glide their way down turn the fumes into the flames if they're not trying to hit you with three-way shots.
If you're wondering why the area where you fight Flame Stag is huge, well, that's because Flame Stag will wall jump to you until he hits you. You're going to be moving around quite a bit as you fight him.
Do you have the Bubble Splash? If you do, just shoot him with it and jump over the fireball he throws before shooting him again. It won't take long at all to get him in a loop like this and get rid of him very, very easily.
Beating Flame Stag will give you the Speed Burner - a much larger version of Flame Stag's fireball that quickly travels across the screen. Powering it up lets you rocket forward, much like on Flame Stag's regular attacks.
Bubble Crab
You will need the X-Buster upgrade for these.
Make your way through the stage until you start seeing the columns that make up the undersea colonies in the background. When you do that, charge up Bubble Splash and release the Y button. Bubbles will rotate around you, allowing you to jump even higher in the water. From there, you'll want to get to the surface and keep jumping, so you can double jump on the water. Once you get the hang of it, you'll be able to get the Sub-Tank from this level.
For the Heart Tank, you'll want to head back to the open area where the fish submarine sinks back into door in the ground. Head to the right and charge up Bubble Splash, then use the bubbles to dash to the left and leap to some columns that will act as platforms. From there, it's an easy route to the Heart Tank.
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