PrinceWatercress plays Kid Icarus - Part 7 of 15

Needless to say, I am not a fan of the third labyrinth.

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World 3-3

Map (by Rick Bruns)

Being able to destroy the Octos with your shield and get a ton of Hearts is fun. At this point in the game, I do a little better at using the rotating shield as a weapon.

The door to the left of the exit is the last regular shop in the game before the ones in the final dungeon.

World 3-4

Map (by Rick Bruns)

If you go down at the start, be careful! There are Eggplant Wizards in the room below that are waiting to turn you into an eggplant on your way down. If that happens, you'll have to go two screens down, one screen right, one screen up and two screens right to the nearest hospital.

The things that look like spinning shurikens are the enemies here that fly around in random patterns, and are known as Tros. They're worth shooting down for the points and the hearts. The guys with the beards (Uranos) just walk back and forth.

If you can quickly get to the top row of rooms in the dungeon, you can just keep going right to face the boss. The last room before the boss will be a store, so refill your health.

Near the end, there will be another room full of Eggplant Wizards, and you won't be able to avoid it. Believe it or not, the Eggplant Wizards have two kinds of throws - low and high - and you can tell the difference between them if you keep leaving and re-entering this room. You'll want the Eggplant Wizards on the left side of the room to throw high so you can immediately brute force your way to the right without stopping and shoot down Eggplant Wizards on the way to the door on the other side. I don't figure this out until my second loop through the game. Needless to say, I'm not a fan of this labyrinth, and I'm not a fan of the Eggplant Wizard placement here.

The boss here is Pandora. There will be two orbs moving in the room along with Pandora, and when Pandora turns black, he will be harder to see. Take your time, avoid the orbs and get a shot in when you're able.

When you beat the first three stages, Pit will equip himself with the three sacred treasures, then the game goes into horizontal shmup mode.