The game saves one of its most creative levels for last here.
Shifting Sands
We need to get something big and bouncy and get a flappy thing to complete the level. In other words, we need to get a kangaroo and a vulture...again. Unlike the other levels, however, this level is a bit...peculiar. The level is very small, and is probably even smaller than Smashing Start, but it has a unique gimmick to it and I commend how it was programmed and handled.
You start off as the desert fox. Go back up the steps near the beginning to get a Power Cell that is easy to miss, then start jumping from platform to platform and from crate to crate at the river. Try to land in the water as little as possible as you do this. On the crate that moves, be ready to jump for another Power Cell at the beginning, as you only have one shot at it. You'll soon have to go down the waterfall, which is not far from here. This is where the fun begins.
Step on the platforms in the sand near the center to make some of the columns smaller, then go into the nearby tent. When you do, the screen rumbles, the camera zooms in extremely on your character, and you won't be able to leave until the quaking movement stops. When it does, the area will be a little different than when you entered. Sand will have been blown around, and you'll be able to get to other areas.
When you enter the tent the first time, there will be a pit with a cloud of sand popping out of it. Stand in the could and another one will appear. Keep standing in each cloud of sand, and after standing in all three, you'll get the trophy. You'll also be able to stand on one of the columns you shrunk down earlier, and standing on it causes it to sink into the ground while another column in the center rises.
Head back into the tent and let the level change again. This time, you'll be able to stand on the other column you shrunk, making it sink so another column in the center rises. You can now jump from one platform to another in the center of the area, and this time, there will be sand that allows you to get the Power Cell on the way. On the other side of these platforms are two kangaroos...on pogo sticks! Spin into them repeatedly as the desert fox, and stay close to them without getting jumped on. They have a boomerang attack that travels counter-clockwise in addition to a pogo jump, so be careful.
As the pogo kangaroo, you can bounce pretty high. If you stand still long enough, the next few jumps you make while holding the A button will be even higher, and you'll be able to reach stuff that you probably thought you couldn't. As a matter of fact, you have to hold the A button in order to get around as the pogo kangaroo, anyway. You'll have to jump into the tent with the kangaroo in tow in order to get one more sandstorm, then get back to the desert fox and take a path that only the desert fox can go through due to its size to reach the vulture. Jump up to hit the vulture when it is at its lowest point. If it falls into the sand below, it will stop moving and you can just go on and destroy it with ease.
Take control of the vulture and take the desert fox with you past where you faced the vulture. You'll find the goal. You'll need to take both the vulture and the desert fox to the exit teleporter, then enter the exit teleporter as the desert fox to complete the level.
Pogo Kangaroo
Type: Pogo Kangaroo
Environment: Desert
Skill A: Jump
Skill B: Boomerang
Water Resistance: OK
Mass: Heavy
Armour: Light
Strength: Medium
Traction: Good
Fall Distance: Medium
Production: Long
Engine: Spring
Intelligence: Medium
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