In this entry, we have our first boss battle...and boss battles go a little differently in this game.
When you enter the cave west of Edo City, you'll enter a side-scrolling action scene. Here, you will have to bounce off log platforms to avoid the lava. Make sure you are as far to the right as possible when you do this,
The skull platforms will sink when you stand on them. You'll also see Charon riding his boat on the lava before you leave the first section. You can use that boat as a platform.
For the second section, keep running by double-tapping the direction on the Control Pad you want to go to to avoid the falling spikes. For the last set of ceiling spikes, however, you want to stop just before each pair of spikes so they drop down in front of you. From here, the Spider Shoes will let you move to the third sections. You can play Concentration here if you want to.
The multiplying flying "bomb" enemies are back. Wait for them to disappear before crossing lava and pits in certain spots.
For the part with the broken platforms at the end, just keep holding Right on the Control Pad and you will make it to the exit.
If you beat up any enemies at any point from the beginning to the end of this area, you will get the experience and money you would usually get from them when you reach the end.
When you're back on the world map, you'll be on the other end of the mountain range that you could not walk to. Head to the east and enter Mt. Wasabi.
Mt. Wasabi
At this point, you should definitely have a sword equipped when you go to battle. The sword swing is slightly delayed, but it's much more powerful than your fists.
I found out here in a practice run that you can equip the sword, jump into the thief enemy to stun him, then smack him repeatedly with the sword in order to get rid of him far more easily than I used to.
If you go all the way to the south when you go as far east as you can go on the first screen, you'll reach a dead end. Go north instead. From there, you can go south, blow up a wall with a Boo Bomb and open a chest that contains Bonzebot. Bonzebot can revive your character in two-player mode, which is pretty neat. Just remember it costs as much money as it usually would in a Convenience Store. If you're playing one-player mode, he's rather useless.
If you go north at the beginning, you'll find another path. This will lead you straight to Bongoman, your first boss battle. You'll have to fight him to free the samurai from his furious electric sound and stop their cursed idleness.
Unlike the other battles we've seen throughout the game, the boss battles are done in an RPG format, which means that the game is an RPG, a platformer and a beat-'em-up all at once.
"Fight" lets you attack the enemy, "Item" lets you use an item, "Magic" lets you cast magic at the cost of M icons (the number of which this game does not let you see, but still uses nonetheless), and "Run" lets you run away from the battle (or at least try to).
To the right of the command menu is the message board describing what is currently going on, and below that is your current stats. In case you are playing a one-player game, Ryu is computer-controlled.
Bongoman's Sonic Drum and Sting Boomerang attacks hit both characters, with the Stick Boomerang doing more damage.
If your characters have a shocked look on their face during an enemy's attack, they're taking damage. If they duck, then the enemy's attack missed.
Your regular punch is pretty weak, but you can use the Shogun Sword or your T-Star magic to do slightly more damage.
Bongoman has a special Thunder Rock Music attack that has a chance to petrify both of your characters and do a good amount of damage the longer a character is paralyzed. This is where the Cupsules come into play, as they can be used to cure status ailments.
If you need to heal both characters, use Vitalizer. This will recover a lot of HP for both characters.
When you beat Bongoman, you will get a red Auraball. Bongoman's magic will also have worn off, and Edo City will be back to normal.
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