PrinceWatercress plays Batman: Return of the Joker - Stage 3 of 7

This is where the difficulty in the game picks up, due to the odd ice physics and everything falling out of the sky. You'll want to be careful here.

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Stage 3-1

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Go slow as you progress through this stage, as small pink missiles will fall out of the sky from out of nowhere. Also, enemies will pop up out of nowhere as soon as you make it over a pit. You may have to charge your weapon up before leaping over a pit if you know an enemy is going to be there (which is something I forgot you can do).

Remember to jump over the gaps in the wooden bridges, as the snow is there for show and show only.

The green kimono guys that throw tornadoes can be picked off from far away. Also, their tornadoes will arc upward shortly after being thrown.

You can walk on the frozen waterfalls, believe it or not. You might want to jump before moving so that you can actually move. Otherwise, you'll move in place for a step before Batman gets going.

Stage 3-2

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Besides the obvious revolving blades, you'll also have rocks that will fall down from the ceiling when you get close enough as well as men that throw explosive barrels at you. The barrel throwers have a predictable pattern, but the explosion has some good coverage. You'll want to get back a bit before hitting them if you can.

When you get on the first moving platform, jump straight up so the guy on the other side doesn't hit you with a knife. As for the guy behind the crate, destroy the crate, jump back to the left to off-screen the power-up and make it disappear, then jump back to the right and destroy him.

For the second section, move slowly and duck whenever the spikes come down. Duck down so you can shoot the spiders. Make short hops across the pits.

The boss here - some flying robot called the Minedroid - is really easy. Wait for it to fly around, and stay next to the edge to the right near the lowest part of the ground. He will land to the right of you. Back up, then hit him. When he flies left, go all the way left. Jump over him when he lands, then shoot at him. If you get hit, especially with the lasers it fires after touching the ground again, get behind it and shoot.