Monday, October 25, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays Franklin's Great Adventures - Part 2 of 6


In this entry, we have some summer fun with Beaver looking for branches, then Bear makes a return appearance as we pick some flowers on the hill for Badger.


To the southwest of Mr. Badger is Beaver. She is going to the forest to look for wood. This causes a big red number three to pop up. It's time for the third level of the game.

Level 3

Go to the dead tree to help Beaver pick up wood. You have 110 fruits to pick up.

Beaver's special abilities are the ability to swim in the water and grab blocks of wood to pull across the water like a raft for Franklin. You can use the Control Pad to swim while in water, and if you jump at the surface of the water, you can jump back out and lead Beaver to dry land. Watch out for fish and other aquatic enemies! As for the stacks of wood that act as raft, go up to them with Beaver and press B. Beaver will grab it with one of her hands. Use Left or Right on the Control Pad to pull the raft in the direction you want to take it. The rafts will help Franklin get over the water; all he has to do is jump onto the raft and Beaver will be able to do the rest once you switch to her.

While you're in the water with Beaver, explore where you are as much as you can. You'll be able to find buttons that you can press with B to activate some bridges and get rid of some walls. This will come into play later in the game.

Near the end is a crawlspace you'll have to go down with Franklin. Avoid the spiders on the way to the other side, then press B on the button to the left to open a bridge for Beaver.

Pick Up The Branches!

Use Franklin's cart to pick up the branches that fall from the tree! Move the cart under the branches with the Control Pad.

For this one, you'll just be moving the cart around with Left and Right. If a falling branch lands in the cart, you'll get it. This mini-game should not take you long.

Afterwards, you'll fill up Beaver's friendship gauge, then Beaver will tell you that Badger is waiting for you at the village square. Head west to the village square; you'll find Badger. Badger will ask you to head to the hill and pick some flowers for her. Head to the east and you'll find Bear. Bear will offer to help when you talk to him, then you'll unlock Level 4 behind Bear. Let's head to Level 4.

Level 4

Go to the hill with Bear and find some nice flowers for Badger. You'll also have 90 fruits to look for and 10 flowers to collect.

It should be noted that in case you miss stuff - which you can do, as there is a point or two that you can't go back to once you reach a certain point in the level - you can always come back and look for what you missed.

Bear can climb the rope ladders like he can other ladders. Keep that in mind.

Shortly after the start, there will be an area with two buttons near each other. If you stand on one of them, you'll notice that the B button does not show up on the screen. This is because you'll need one character on one button and the other character on the other. When you do this, you'll cause something to happen, such as making a platform show up where you are or breaking a wall that is in your path. 

Green buttons need someone or something kept on them in order to stay activated. These buttons can be used to move platforms from one place to another. Thankfully, there is a log you can push with Bear to keep weight on it.

The brambles are like spikes. Don't touch them.

Near the end, you'll have to use the blue button to get both characters on the other side. Bear will be used to push a log around to help Franklin get to places he currently normally go, while Franklin will be doing the exploration for fruits and flowers. Bear will have to stay where the button is to climb rope ladders while Franklin will use the ball on the other side to get to the top. There will be another two-button puzzle that you'll have to do to get rid of a rock ceiling and reunite Bear and Franklin.

Downhill on Skateboard

Go down the hill without hitting the obstacles. If you drop the flowers, you'll have to start again. Press the A button to jump and Down on the Control Pad to duck.

The grass will just slow you down if you move over it. Meanwhile, the rocks and bees will hurt you and cause you to lose one of your ten flowers. As long as you have one flower, you'll be able to complete it. You'll slow down a little bit when you're ducking, so keep this in mind.

As long as you're paying attention, you should be able to complete this mini-game without much of a problem.

Afterwards, Bear will mention Goose's sand castle, which will be to the northeast. Before you head over there, go back to Badger at the village square. Talk to her to play a paper airplane mini-game.

The Paper Airplane

Control the altitude of the paper airplane until you get to the end. You will lose time if you go outside the red zone. Press the A button very quickly to straighten the plane.

Be ready to press the A button quickly to keep the plane as straight as you can. If the time in the upper-right corner flashes, you're outside of the red zone and you'll start losing time twice as fast until you get back in. Once you get back in the red zone, the flashing stops. As long as you can keep the plan as straight as you can, this shouldn't be much of a problem. Just be prepared to mash the A button a lot.

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