We're getting closer to the final battles of the game. This time around, I find more of the secret areas that I didn't find the first time through.
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It's swimming time again. Be careful on the corridors; there are spikes on the floors and ceilings. As for the trilobite enemies, either take them out if they're at your level or avoid them altogether.
The crocodiles are back, but it's easy to fight them from underneath if you can.
There is a hidden room in the wall to the right at the moment you're able to go up and to the left. There's also another bonus area in the wall shortly after you go up and left. I failed to even notice it on commentary the first time around, but I didn't miss it. As a matter of fact, there's two of them, and I failed to mention either of them. You can tell they're there by the blue and orange. Guess what? I found both of them.
The skull elevator takes you up to an area with moving statues. Wait for them to move forward before headbutting them; the rewards from getting them can be great. Don't let them touch you, though, as they take off an entire heart's worth of health if they do. Some of them fly up and down before moving at you entirely. If you can get them caught in a gap containing the green health-sapping slime, you can get a free hit on them without having to worry about getting hit yourself. Do not rush through this area; taking on four statues at once is strongly not advised.
The seed shooting weeds show up near the end of the stage. Take them out when you see them. Also, if the statues are on a stair step above you at the staircase near the end, stay down and keep headbutting.
Another skull elevator will take your further up where you will face lizard skeletons that shoot bubbles. You can headbutt the bubbles, but they don't give you points. The lizard skeletons take a lot of damage before they go down. Being below them on the "staircases" where you meet them helps to keep them at bay.
The lava pits shoot out volcanic rocks, so be careful when jumping over them.
The purple-robed dinosaurs spit fireballs at you and also teleport much like the Magikoopas in Super Mario World. Also, most of the pink flowers where you meet them do not drop power-ups; they are enemies.
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The blocks here split in two to drop you downwards if you stand on them for too long. You'll have to be careful as you go up, as you have not only those blocks to contend with, but also wall-crawling egg enemies and the "T-Rex" statues we just saw earlier. Thankfully, the statues are not in the numbers that you saw them in earlier in the stage.
It should be mentioned that Bonk's jumps to the left or right require you to move in the direction you want to go for a little bit before you can finally jump in that direction.
In the area with the bone platforms, there is a room with an extra life, a big heart and a big meat slab, so if you need health and an extra life, you'll find them here. The skull elevator takes you to the boss rush.
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Here, you'll pass by the rooms with statues of all the people you met at the end of every stage. Guess what? You're going to be doing a boss rush soon. In the narrow passages, you can jump into the bricks on the ceilings to break them with your head. Keep this in mind for later.
Take the skull elevator up to the waterfall, which you'll have to climb up to reach the top of the tower. If you see any floors where the waterfalls stop at, stand on them and press Up to find food rooms. You'll also be able to find a hidden 1-Up in the form of a small flower if you go left off the beaten path. You'll find another skull elevator at the top.
Here, you'll meet King Drool, who drops four eggs downwards. Before going anywhere, go up the waterfalls and into the doors at the top. You'll find some much-needed health and lives here. After that, climb up to the cave at the top and go into the door.
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