Well, that was quick. But as you'll see, this is the harder half of the game.
Stage 4-1
The gray guys with the guns duck down to shoot their projectiles like mortar shots. Thankfully, the shots are easier to avoid on their way down than the way up.
To defeat the turrets, remember that they shoot two shots and alternate between cannons. Also, the lights on the top can hurt you, as well as the explosions caused by their bullets.
The gray guy with the blue pants will somersault back and forth three times before making a slightly shorter hop, and after that, they will leave themselves vulnerable to attack. The shurikens and the kisarigama make this guy a lot easier to take down.
Stage 4-2
You'll have conveyor belts now, as well as spinning yellow circular blades that rotate around big blue spheres. Watch where you're going on the belts and see which direction the little rectangles spin to see which direction they take you, and stay away from the blades.
The orange ninjas will slowly walk towards you before turning into a tornado and quickly moving back and forth. Even in tornado form, they can still be hit.
The orange robots that shoot in two directions and follow the wall take a lot of hits, but they are easily beatable. They also make the section with all the orange platforms harder.
The orange platforms loop when they reach the top or bottom of the screen. You can grab onto the bottom of them and get up on them from there. The blue ones are like the orange ones, but they go down if you stand on them. If you hold Down on the Control Pad while standing on them however, they'll suddenly start going up. Interesting.
After a ride up on a big orange elevator, you'll be at Stage 4-3.
Stage 4-3
You'll fight a rather trendy-looking guy (for a 1990's vision of 2029 in this game, anyway) who jumps around and has a hawk flying overhead. Hit him a few times and back away a little bit so he doesn't either jump at you or kick at you. He can also send the hawk at you, too, and you'll have to avoid the hawk when that happens. When you damage him enough times, the hawk will fuse with him and turn him into a hawkman.
Keep a good distance away so you don't get divebombed, and move to avoid the lasers the hawkman fires downwards soon after it goes back up into the air. From here, you'll have to stay on the move and watch the hawkman to avoid being divebombed. If the hawkman goes to the corner and does not flap his wings, that is when he will fire the lasers. You'll have an easier time avoiding the divebomb if the hawkman is to the side rather than in the center.
Stage 5-1
Duck down and stay close to slice and dice the spider robots and avoid all the fireballs they shoot upwards.
The purple things with the flashing yellow lights are bombs. Get close to make the lights flash faster, then get away to avoid the explosion.
The walls with the wide slots on them shoot out projectiles. Thankfully, there are some safe spots where you can avoid them at.
The red robots that shot their rocket fists out will stand in place. The orange guys with the guns shoot rings that come at you like boomerangs, but you can stand in a certain spot where the rings circle around to save yourself from being hit.
Stage 5-2
The purple ninjas will either just crouch down and stab at you repeatedly, or they will throw spears. The former can be hit easily and will continue to stand in place. If they block, stop attacking them for a little while, then strike when they strike. The guys with the spears are deadeyes and will track where you are as they throw spears at you.
At the vertical auto-scrolling section, the box on the right at the beginning contains the kisarigama.
The rolling ball is slow and indestructible; just jump over it.
Near the end, the box on the left gives you an temporary invincibility shield, while the box on the right gives you full health. I'd rather take full health, honestly.
You'll finally face Emperor Garuda at the end. You'll need the kisarigama for this; it will make the battle a little easier. Stay near him for a few hits, then get to the far right side. He will run at you and slash at you, but he will only go a short distance. Hit him a few more times. When he jumps, go under him and avoid the shurikens he throws downwards and the energy waves that are created when the shurikens hit the ground. He will also fire an energy blast forward; be on the center platform and ducking down to avoid that. Get just right of center and duck down, then go left after the energy waves are gone and hit him. Go just left of center and attack. When he runs at you, move right to avoid getting slashed at, then hit him a few times. Get right next to the edge of the right-hand platform and duck down, then run to the left and be right of the center of the screen to avoid his shurikens and energy waves, and duck down to avoid the energy blast. He will jump again to the left with his usual attacks; watch the shurikens, duck the energy blast, then go left to attack him a few times with the kisarigama. You'll have him in a loop, and all that's left is memorizing by trial and error where to stand when and remembering to duck to avoid the energy blasts that are shot forward.
Also, if you climb down the ladders, the game punishes you for it by having the dragon statues near the top of the screen spit projectiles at you that you can't avoid...so don't even try it.
When the boss turns red, he will become a lot faster, and whenever he leaps from the ground after the running slash, he will leave that energy wave in his wake. You will want to strike once and immediately run away during that rushing attack, and getting the timing down will take some practice. If you can keep up with him and get in damage where you can, you'll beat Emperor Garuda and free America! You've won!
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