Friday, August 13, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge - Part 11 of 16


In this entry, we enter the Renaissance era and meet Leonardo. Unfortunately, Zoda has gotten here first.

Chapter 6


This time, you'll end up in Renaissance era Italy, where everyone apparently speaks like Charles Martinet voicing Mario.

One guy will sell you a map to the artists' homes - Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello - but if you say yes, he will tell you that he is out and that he sold the last map to some "big weird guy."

Also, Caesar's Hut is still around in the Renaissance era. Good to know that Caesar's Hut is still making it great with better ingredients and a better pizza more than a dozen or so centuries later.

Another NPC will tell you that an old scientist lives in a villa, and if he cannot help you, no one can. Another will tell you that the scientist is very inventive and has a cellar full of inventions.

Another NPC will give you a big plate of pasta, and if you talk to them with less than full health, you'll get it refilled.


You'll eventually an artist's studio, but there will be some blue paint spilled on the floor and some alien-looking footprints leading out the door. The artist will be encased in stone and unable to move. The stairs leading down takes you to a dungeon...


At the beginning, watch out for the balls that are moving around in circles. Walk under the hammers after they go up. Jump over the spikes when the wooden platforms you have to cross. Remember that you still have to jump in the direction you want to go when jumping off the wooden platforms.

For the black marbles, hit them with the Super Psychic Wave so that they fall into the hole. They will only bounce off the walls either vertically or horizontally, so if you can line yourself up, getting the marbles into the hole is a snap. Remember that the marbles will change direction on how you hit them, so if you hit them from the west side, they will start moving horizontally. Also, they will move towards you if you hit them, so be careful.


You'll soon end up in the back room of Leonardo's studio. There are two items to pick up, the hammer and the chisel. Take them, and Mike will automatically free Leonardo. You'll see him with a bandage on his forehead as well as the Mona Lisa as he tells you that he was putting the finishing touches on his painting when Zoda hit him with liquid plaster. Mike will automatically deduce that Sherlock Holmes was right and that there is indeed a Zoda-Y. Leonardo will also tell you that Zoda-Y also asked him about an artifact he saw while in an old castle to the east. Mike will ask Leonardo for help getting there, and Leonardo does it in exchange for critique on the Mona Lisa (which is the easiest way to create a time paradox). You'll get an invention that will take you to the old castle the Katana from Marco Polo's journeys to the east, which replaces the dagger, and Leonardo will warn you not to let Zoda-Y breathe on you or else you will turn to stone.

Mike will soon fly on a wooden flying machine, and somehow, it is able to fly. Mike then gets a telepathic message from Micah, who tells you that aliens have come to C-Island, hypnotized Dr. J and found out about the Tetrads, and now they are going after the Tetrads and possibly setting up a trap for Mike. Micah asks Mike to be careful, then disconnects just before Mike lands.


It does not seem like there is anything on this island, but if you go clockwise around the island and walk into the wall, you'll find a Big Heart. Be sure to take it; this can be very easy to miss. From here, walk back into the flying machine.


You'll land on another island, and this time, you'll find the castle that Leonardo was talking about.

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