PrinceWatercress plays Sumo Fighter - Part 4 of 15

Stage 4 has the hardest boss out of the entire game...and some of the most challenge that the game has to offer, too.

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Easy - Stage 4

Stage 4-1

The platforms in this area are perhaps the hardest obstacle in this stage. You'll want to be careful when jumping from one to the next, as the jumping guys will either knock you off a platform into a bottomless pit or out of the air and into a pit. If they land inside the platform, they will attack again. It's best just to let the jumping guys pass by and fall into a pit. Also, some enemies will drop straight out of the sky, so be caution when progressing here.

You'll need to be at full strength to get to the bonus area.

Stage 4-2

This place is full of parasol yokai. Let them come to you, and if they get close, palm strike and throw them. If you see a destructible plant pot near a pit, scroll the screen to the right as much as you comfortably can to reveal enemies when necessary, then making a running jump off the pot to ensure that you clear the pit that is in front of you. This will definitely come in handy in the later difficulty levels.

The bonus area is next to a pot.

The thumb wrestling mini-game plays differently compared to the other mini-games. You have a cursor, but so does the computer, who has one underneath the bar.

If the computer stops its cursor before you do, your thumb will be pinned down. You will have to keep stopping your cursor at the middle between the two hands to free yourself.

If you stop your cursor first, you'll pin the opponent down instead.

As a result, you must stop your cursor in the dark rectangles near the center as quickly as possible, so you can pin down the computer. If whoever is pinned down cannot free themselves by getting their cursor to the center within three seconds, they lose.

For some reason, I could never figure this out. Still can't!

Stage 4-3

Be ready to make some running jumps over the pits. If you need to, use the rocks to give yourself some extra height and length from the get-go. One of the last jumps has ninjas approaching on the other side, so be ready for them when you land.

The bonus area is up and to the right of the first set of mid-air platforms.

To beat the boss, get up to him and hit him. Avoid the rocks that he throws when he jumps into the air and buries himself in the ground. Wait for the dust to kick up under your feet. This will be where he will pop out. Move slightly to the side and hit him so you can do damage when he comes up, then stand still to avoid the first rock and jump up to avoid the second, and land where the boss is burying himself. It will take some practice to get the timing down, but if you can get it down, it makes beating this boss much easier. You'll have to keep doing this until he dies.

Near the end of the boss battle when you have the boss down to about one or two units left, you'll stun the boss instead. Keep palm striking him and he will be done.