It's a shame this one didn't make it to the West. This one's rather nice.
The Magic Gem...It is said that those who possess it will obtain immense magical power...
Because of its incredible power, and to prevent its misuse, it was sealed in To'ahl Castle, in To'ahl Kingdom...
Hundred of years passed, and then there appeared those wishing to awaken that power...
Behold To'ahl, a land where magic flourished...Where people knew nothing but peace...
In the castle dwelt a very energetic princess (voiced by former AV idol and later television presenter Ai Iijima). The princess is being chased by the resident wizard, who wants to teach her magic. The peaceful days left her feeling rather bored.
Eventually, magic class starts, but the princess dozes off. Suddenly, the crystal ball in the middle of the table flashes, and the resident wizard takes this as a bad omen. This doesn't bother the princess, though.
That night, the Demon King and his evil forces look out upon the town from the mountains in an attempt to take the Magic Gem.
Stage 1
At the start of the game, the Demon King's hordes have come down upon the village and the castle. The princess shows up to save the day by firing a giant laser at a wizard before chasing it outside. From here, you have control of the princess.
Left and Right let you move around, Down ducks, and Down-Left and Down-Right let you crawl. B jumps, Y attacks with the sword and A casts magic. Pressing Select will perform a special attack with the currently selected spell. Using magic costs stars, and using the special magic attack costs even more stars, so you'll want to be careful when using the special magic attacks.
With the sword, you can also hold Up and press Y to attack upwards either on the ground or in the air. When in mid-air, you can hold Down and press Y to perform a downward stab. Pressing Y repeatedly while standing still allows you to perform a three-hit combo. Holding Down and pressing B allows you to slide.
The only spell that you have is a laser, which costs two stars. Pressing Select allows you to fire a super laser that uses more stars.
At the top of the screen, you have your current amount of health and lives on the left, your current spells in the center, and the current amount of stars that you have on the right.
The penguins with the swords can defend themselves, but they are no match for a downward stab.
You'll eventually have to jump into the chimney to continue on, then make your down to get out of the building. The bats fly back and forth and can be easily hit.
The tiny blue slimes will move and leap towards you, but you can duck down and hit them.
Sometimes enemies will drop candies and cakes. The candies replenish half a heart, while a cake will refill a whole heart.
Press up in front of a doorway to enter it.
The springs will take you very high, and you don't need to press the jump button at a specific time to make that happen. Just walk onto the spring or jump onto it, and the spring will take care of the rest.
The guys with the spears can be easily defeated with a downward stab.
The dragons in the manholes only come out when you're a specific distance away, and they breathe either a single fireball or a stream of flames. The downward stab works best on them. You'll soon see them outside of their manholes later in the stage.
While there are multiple paths, it is easy to find your way around.
To open doors, walk into them.
The beds act like the springs, but you can hold B to get a higher bounce.
To open chests, attack them with the sword. The heart will fully heal you and add one heart to your maximum health. The golden statue head will give you an extra life if you grab three of them, and the game keeps track of how many you have in the upper-left corner of the screen. You'll usually find at least three in every level, although you can find more than that in one level if you know what you are doing.
The guys that throw stuff can be taken care of from a distance, unless you can run under the stuff they throw and hit them with the sword.
If you need to, you can drop down certain platforms by holding Down and pressing B.
To beat the purple wizard, you'll need to strike them while they are solid and not flashing, and you'll need to move out of the way to avoid being hit by the furniture that the purple wizard telepathically throws at you. Mini-bosses and bosses have their own health bars in the upper-right corner of the screen. When they lose all of their health, they go down.
The guys with the hoods will repeatedly hop away as you approach them; hit them with the laser to get rid of them. If you can leap to the right off the edge near where the penguin soldier with the cannon (and his friend as ammunition) is, you can land on the balcony and get a chest with a birthday cake. The birthday cake will refill all of your health. Thankfully, you can still make your way up to the balcony from the bottom if you can make a wrap-around jump on the left side.
You'll eventually see blocks with what looks like lollipops. You'll have to make your way down and avoid the green plasma balls that bounce around before finding the grenade spell - your first new spell of the game. Press R to switch between spells.
The big blue slimes will split into three smaller ones when struck.
The grenade acts as an explosive you can throw at enemies from distance and costs four stars to throw. Pressing Select with the grenade equipped performs a screen-clearing explosion that defeats all on-screen enemies. With this spell equipped, you can blow up the blocks with the grenade icon on them.
The stars will refill your magic. The big stars will give you twenty stars if you find them and pick them up.
The leap off the crates with the path of stars leading down in the sewer area leads to where you need to go.
To defeat the tanks, destroy the guy on the top of it first, then duck down and keep hitting the front of it to avoid getting shot.
The building to the left near the end is a good place to beat up enemies to farm for health and stars. Sometimes, enemies will also drop stars.
The boss here is some sort of flying demon. Jump up and hit him with the sword when he is not flashing. Pay attention to the flying demon, as he has several attacks. He can divebomb at you - which makes him vulnerable to a downward stab - but he can also drop down and rush across the screen with a spinning drill attack. He can also fire projectiles from above that you'll need to avoid.
Once you beat the boss, you'll be able to leave and complete the stage. You'll get a bunch of stars and all of your health back.
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