The third game in this series is never usually talked about. I wish I knew why.
It's time for the third game in the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 trilogy, and in this one, King Drool III has taken part of the moon for himself...again. It's up to Bonk to get it back.
Unlike the first two games, this game has a simultaneous two-player mode, and the Player 2 Bonk is a darker shade to tell both Bonks apart. Both players share lives but have independent score totals.
Round 1-1
Left and Right let you move, Button I lets you jump and Button II lets you attack in form of a tough caveman headbutt. If you headbutt in the air, Bonk will dive head-first into the ground to headbutt enemies from above. If you keep mashing II in mid-air, you can glide.
The butterflies and fruits will give you points, so collect as many as you can. You'll get your first extra life at 20,000 points.
For some reason when you start, the first boss from the first game comes back in a hypnotized state, telling you that something is very wrong very early in the game.
The blue candies will make Bonk large in size, while the red candies will make him small. To return to regular size, just take damage from an enemy. Thankfully, that doesn't take away from your health.
Your health is in the upper-left corner, while your current number of lives and points is in the lower-left corner.
By hitting certain power-up plants, you can get certain pick-ups. The yellow ones act as springboards that can take you places, and if you press the jump button just before you go up, you'll bounce higher. The pink flowers can turn into life-filling fruit or evil flower enemies that leap at you. The orange ones give you meat which act as extra hits that protect your health meter and make you invincible when you eat three piece of meat quickly enough. The blue ones give you cool stuff like extra lives, health extensions and even a full health restore in the form of a big heart. The green ones will have the candies inside of them.
While mad from eating meat, you can shoot stars that stun enemies out of your head in addition to having extra hits, and if you eat three in quick succession, you can become invincible and spit fire instead of headbutting. The levels of meat madness last for a short time or until you get hit by an enemy.
The flowers with the smiley faces take you to bonus areas. There are eight bonus area in the game. "Catch The Butterflies" has you grabbing as many butterflies as you can, and the more you get, the more smileys and points you get.
The seed with the face gives you a flower that allows you to fly. Just hold Up on the D-Pad to keep flying. You can sometimes find cool things this way, such as extra lives! If you get hit or fall into the
There are guys with egg helmets sleeping around here, and you can headbutt them in mid-air to kill them.
The rock floors can be destroyed with mid-air headbutts.
Watch out on the bridge near the end, the parts of the bridge will tip downwards and drop you. Headbutt the piranhas so they don't bite you and sap away at your health. If they do, mash the D-Pad and buttons until you get free.
Sometimes, you can latch onto a wall with Bonk's teeth. If that happens, you can keep pressing the jump button to keep climbing upwards. You'll jump back up eventually, but you can re-connect to the wall and keep climbing until you reach the top. If you do nothing for a while, you'll drop back down.
Round 1-2
Watch out for the lava! The bone platforms will sink into it if you stand on them long enough.
Be sure to explore all of the level that you can.
The green flowers contain the candies. You won't know which one you'll get until you jump on one.
Pressing Up and Jump while jumping in front of a waterfall to latch on, then keep jumping to climb up the waterfall. Stop climbing at anytime to slide and eventually drop off.
If you get caught on the spider web, keep mashing Button 2 to break free. The web will sap your health away if you don't get out of it.
If you get crushed, Bonk will turn into a crab. Pressing Button I allows you to attack upwards at a short range. If you get hit, you won't lose health, but you will return to your regular form.
The red candies can let you go through narrow passages you could not normally enter.
"Smash The Building" has you destroying a building fully before time runs out. If you can do that, you'll get 10,000 points and ten smilies. You'll need the smilies to play the bonus games after completing a round.
The gray square blocks will split when you stand on them.
You can latch on the palm tree platforms from underneath. Hold Up and jump to vault yourself upwards. You can also latch onto some from the side. Left and Right let you switch sides, while Up and Down let you climb. You can jump off with the jump button.
If a pink flower is not moving, it's an enemy.
The big meat will give you invincibility immediately, while a big heart will refill quite a bit of life.
Round 1-3
The guys on scooters take one hit to kill, as do the seagulls.
The fishing enemies make for a fun way to get out of the water, but you'll have to jump off and hit the guy once you reach the top.
The schools of fish give you points if you grab them.
When underwater, watch out for jellyfish and crab arms. The crab arms shoot bubbles at you, and the bubbles will home in on you.
The "Springy Flower" area is a good place to get smilies and health-replenishing food if you know how to jump off the moving flowers and glide through the air to get everything.
Eventually, you'll have to get into the ship by turning small or into a crab with the crusher as far down and to the left as you can. As you go through the ship, you can break the crates with your attacks. Watch out for water droplets, as they will hurt to the touch.
You'll eventually find an elevator that leads to the first boss. Wait to the left at the start, then let the boss crush you so you turn into a crab. Get under the boss' mouth and keep attacking. Just stay on the move so you don't get stomped on, and you'll take out the boss in no time.
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