6. Bosses
BOSS 1 - Garish Gears
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Pick up the barrel to the left, and carry it to the right. If a bomb comes to
you, throw the barrel up with the A button, press B to shoot the bomb with
your fists, and stay still to catch the barrel. Once you're at the edge of the
platform, throw it at the gears to knock one off. Repeat twice.
BOSS 2 - Jano's Nest
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Helicopter on a ledge to the right to meet with Jano, a cyclopse in a top
hat. :P Shoot over the two horizontal fireballs he sends at you. Then he'll
send out a skull towards you. Shoot it and step on it. Repeat the process
until you reach a stone platform.
Then, he'll start sending out diagonal attacks. They could be harder to jump
over than the horizontal fireballs, but it's still possible to avoid them - by
either ducking or jumping - without taking damage. He'll then shoot skulls in
a diagonal direction too, so jump up and shoot them before stepping on them.
Repeat before reaching the second stone platform.
There, he will not only perform the attacks in phase 2, but he will go behind
you and shoot from there too! After that, he will send a skull in the air.
Jump up and shoot at it, then ride on it to the third and final stone
platform. Be sure to avoid the fireball shower on the way there! Once you're
on there, the boss is defeated!
BOSS 3 - Den of Rocky
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This boss starts with sending his fists down to the ground and allowing fire
to shoot up underneath you. Take a look at where the smoke rises from the
ground when he hits it - that tells you to stay well clear from it if you want
to avoid taking any damage. After a few pounds, a blue lum should show up, so
get it and fly up so that you're level with his head, and shoot it. He will
then charge along the ground, so duck under him.
The second phase is the same as the previous one, but two fire sprouts are
launched simultaneously upon every pound. After that's done, get the blue lum
and hit him on the head. He will then rush among the ground three times - duck
the first time, jump over him second, and duck again for the third and final
rush.
The third phase is much harder - three fire sprouts are sent in unison as he
pounds down! Then, get the blue lum that shows up and hit him on the head
again to defeat him!
BOSS 4 - Scaleman's Keep
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This boss has more hitpoints than any other in the game, but don't let that
scare you. He starts by rolling towards you, so jump over him when he comes
near you. When he shows himself back up to his normal form, hit him to make
him shrink. That causes him to run across the arena, so jump over him and send
your body onto him to make him lose a hit point and get back to his normal
height.
He then curls up again and bounces across the arena. So run under him when he
comes near you. Punch him to shrink him again, and jump and send your body
onto him before he grows back to normal size.
He rolls up again and takes to the air before heading down to wherever you're
standing, so run from his shadow. After three attempts, he will show himself
again. So shrink him and send your body on him.
He will send a red lum above him before rolling back on the ground faster than
in phase one. Jump over him, get the red lum if you need it and wait for him
to show his normal size. Hit him and send your body on him. Word of caution -
he starts running faster, so be quick!
He then curls up and bounces around the arena. This phase isn't that much
different from phase two. Then when he shows himself again, hit him and send
your body on him. Five hits down, one to go.
He does the same sky bomb attack in phase 3, but this time, he starts coming
down faster. Again, dodge his shadow. Then he'll show himself again. Hit him
and send your body on him to defeat the boss!
BOSS 5 - Heart of the Ancients
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{Part 1}
You read it right - it's a two part boss! Razorbeard is seen inside his robot,
ready to duel against you! Robot... isn't that the Grolgoth from Rayman 2?
Answers on a postcard, please. :P
The first phase shows the robot giving off some low and high shots. Jump over
the low ones and duck under the highs. Then it'll open a hatch on its stomach
and you simply punch the golden mine he sends out back at him. One hit point
gone already. He'll jump up in the air, and some mines will fall to the
ground. It helps to find a gap within them to dodge them. Go to the right of
the screen and the robot will re-appear on the left.
The second phase is similar to last time, but he also sends out missiles -
jump over them! The bomb it launches is higher in the air this time, so jump
and hit it. Again, more bombs fall, so find a gap in them. However, there's
more of them this time so it can be a bit harder. Then, make your way to the
left of the screen for the bot to reappear on the right.
The third phase has more of the missile attacks than the shots, and the bomb
to hit is even higher. After another hit is taken, he'll go back up and a bomb
will reach you from the right. This time it's increasing in size, so chase it
off by charging your fist at it. Then go to the right of the screen and the
robot will be back on the left.
More shots and missiles to dodge, similar to phase three, and then he sends
out the same bomb that attacked you inbetween its previous two attacks. Charge
your fist at it to send it back to it. Then he'll go back up. Two of the same
kind of bombs come to you, one from either side - charge your fist at them one
by one, then wait at the left until the robot comes back on the right.
A similar attack to phase four comes here, before he launches another of those
mines to charge your fist into. The first part is clear!
{Part 2}
This is a trickier part of the boss - you're on a flying shell, and you use
this to move around with. One scratch of damage and you're dead. Darn.
This boss sends missiles out towards you. Let them chase you, and when they
start beeping at their finest, move up and out of the way, allowing it to slam
into the robot instead. It'll fall into the water, and leave the scene. Go
through the three fireballs coming from the left, and then the robot should
reappear on the left. The same phase occurs in phase two, but with the attacks
of the robot from the left, the storm of fireballs from the right and the
reappearing of the robot on the right too.
Another missile is sent, and you lure it to the robot. Then, it'll go down.
This time you face fireballs from both directions - go through them all and be
ready for phase four.
Send the missile to it again, and here comes the tricky part - going through
the mines that fall from the sky. Which can be harder because the flying
missile has no brakes. :|
The final hit to inflict is also a toughie - two missiles are sent out at
once! Be sure to send one of them to the robot. Then, the battle's over and
the war has won! Now, sit back, relax and enjoy the ending. |