The music here does not fit very well, but I still like it.
Stage 3
The red slimes shoot spikes out of their bodies, and they are invulnerable when the spikes are out. The spikes will eventually disappear, and you can hit them.
Be ready to jump on platforms that fall down after you land on then. If you see a series of platforms, be ready to jump from one platform to another quickly or else you're going back and doing that platforming again.
The blue orbs move around the platforms, and are dangerous to the touch.
The first mini-boss you'll meet here is a giant skull surrounded by a floating ring of smaller skulls. While you can hit the big skull with your sword, you can also use the grenade it make it easier to hit. The mini-boss can turn into a big skull and try to crush you, and it can also send the ring of skulls at you whenever it stops. Thankfully, the ring of skulls turn red before they come at you. There are platforms in the room where you fight this mini-boss, but if you know what you're doing, you won't be using them very much.
Once you beat the skull mini-boss, there are plenty of routes you can take. The door up and to the right takes you to a statue head, but the door to the far left takes you to another mini-boss: a rock with a big eye. Attack the corners so that the boss can't shoot projectiles at you, then stay away from the boss and strike it in the eye whenever possible while avoiding the big teardrops that come out of the eye.
After you beat this mini-boss, go to the left and enter the first door you see. The mummies have a long range shove attack, but if you duck, they can't hit you. Thankfully, you can duck, crawl and attack while ducking and crawling to beat them. They can double back if you get behind them, though. You'll also find the Freeze magic, which allows you to freeze fire with a three-way snowflake projectile and destroy it with the sword. Pressing Select also casts a full-screen freeze attack that freezes all enemies, but it costs a lot of stars.
The brown guys with the bones can breathe fire. Duck down to hit them, or hit them from below.
The statues that shoot projectiles can be hit three times, but you will push them back every time you hit them.
Before you leave the mountainous area that leads to the second mini-boss and the freeze magic, you'll want to open the chest that contains the heart. You're going to need all the health you can get in this game.
Eventually, you'll have to go through the temple area with the fire that gets in your way as soon as you arrive. You'll soon start seeing all the hazards you've seen in the stage so far, including the spiked ball and chain that swings back and forth. There is also a new hazard: a face statue on the wall that spits projectiles. While you can jump over the projectiles, you can also throw the freeze projectile that you have at it, and you can also destroy projectiles from wall faces with your sword. Keep this in mind for later levels.
The freeze magic can be used to freeze columns of fire that come out of the lava, which thankfully doesn't kill you instantly. You can use the newly-created ice columns to gather stars if you need to.
If you go left before going towards the boss, you'll find a room with three chests where you can refill on stars and health.
The boss here is a giant statue with a head that removes itself from the statue to attack you. Each face on the head has its own attack, but as you destroy the faces, you'll whittle down the head's offense. You can use the sword, but the laser and the grenades can also help if you want to fight from a distance. Believe it or not, you can hit enemies with the grappling hooks, and it also works well against some bosses, especially this one. The statue can shoot down lasers, spits fireballs at you, and even drop bombs. The face will also move around and bounce off the sides of the screen, but you can crawl underneath it on the ground as you keep away from it. If you have trouble getting to the statue, you can stand on the other parts of the statue such as the shoulders, hands and arms. Eventually, you'll destroy all the faces and go on to Stage 4.
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