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Family Computer Disk System Hao-kun no Fushigi na Tabi Walkthrough
Version 1.2
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   Table of Contents:

   0. Version Info
   1. Introduction;
   2. Items;
   3. Quick Walkthrough Reference;
   4. Complete Walkthrough;
   5. Enemies;
   6. Secrets;
   7. Closure.



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          VERSION INFO:

V1.3
June 13th, 2010
- Did some spellchecking
- Thanks to ReyVGM, Mystery Quest's true ending has been revealed.

V1.2
February 9th, 2009

- Reviewed the whole text
- Updated info on how to get the Moon on 2-T. Thanks to James Tompkins for the

tip!

V1.01
October 19th, 2003
- Small update on "7. Secrets". Added info about the "true ending".
- Small update on "1. Introduction", adding more info on Mystery Quest.

V1.0:
August 31st, 2002
- The complete walkthrough has been done, along with items, enemies and
secrets sections. A "quick walkthrough" was also included, pinpointing only
location 
of items.

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          1. INTRODUCTION:

Hao-kun no Fushigi na Tabi is actually a pretty entertaining FDS
platform/adventure game. It wasn't brought integrally to the West because
of its relative difficulty, but was chopped into an easier version called
"Mystery Quest". The main difference between both versions seems to be the
altered difficulty and the removal, on the US version, of the whole second
underground (3-A to 3-Z) world, along with the last two castles.
So, if you like Mystery Quest, this game's a must.

You control Hao, a little magician apprentice who was sent by his master
to the most important quest in the world: retrieving the Symbols that
represent
 the things every person needs, or something on that line.
Anyway, Hao's pretty useless at the beginning since he can't do a single
thing. You got to collect power-ups along the adventure to increase your
skills.

The game is divided in a main area (the overworld) and castles, where you
collect the Symbols and fight multiple bosses. There are six castles and three
levels on this main area (from 1-A to 1-Z, then down into the underground

from 2-Z to 2-A and finally even lower from 3-A to 3-Z).

I've divided the walkthrough in two parts, one being a quick reference. I
strongly recommend you read it instead of trying to check the full thing,
since most of the walkthrough parts have no really useful info (it is just a
platform game, after all). The only sections I recommend reading fully,

in case you need help, are the castles, which are real mazes.

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          2. ITEMS:

I've divided the items you get in four categories for easy reference:

>>> COMMON:
SIGN: the signs with arrows on the main area are used as checkpoints, and
are worth 100 points as well. In case you're wondering what a checkpoint does,

it brings you back to that place in case you die. If you die in a castle,

though, you'll always be brought to the beginning of it.

STAR: the stars usually appear when you step on a trigger-floor, and are
worth 1,000 points if you shoot at them. But you'll probably prefer grabbing
them so they can fill a little of your energy bar.

HEALING STAR: also heals your energy, but a lot more than ordinary stars.
These can only be found by killing certain enemies at certain parts of the
game.

HEALING MOON: best healing item, completely fills your energy bar.

FLOWER VASE: exist only in castles. Destroy the flowers for 100 points.

>>> POWER UP:
HAO DOLL: this small doll with Hao's face increases the size of your
energy bar, permanently. A must-get.

ROLL OF MAGIC: first weapon. Allows you to destroy enemies and blocks.

STICK OF POWER: second weapon upgrade. Can destroy stronger blocks.

CRYSTAL OF MAGIC: third and most powerful weapon upgrade. Can destroy any
sort 
of block, as long as it's not just scenery.

MAGICAL MEDICINE: arm upgrade. Allows you to push and slide ice blocks.

POWERED BOOTS: leg upgrade. Allows you to break some blocks by jumping
on them.

FASTER BOOTS: second leg upgrade. Allows you to run faster by continuously

pressing the shot button.

POWERED HELMET: head upgrade. Allows you to break some blocks by hitting
them with your head from below.

SUPER MANTLE: Hao always loses energy gradually over time. The mantle cancels

this, forever.

>>> BONUS:
WIZARD HAT: it's worth a whooping 10,000 points bonus.

BROOM: same as the Wizard Hat, it's worth 10,000 points.

DOUBLE SCORE: if you plan to break a record or something, don't miss any
of those. They do exactly what they sound to - double your current score.

MAGIC LAMP: gives you temporary invincibility. Grab and run.

>>> SYMBOLS:
Symbols don't do anything for you, but you just must collect them to exit the
dungeons. The symbols you can get, in order of appearance, are Symbol of
Money, Symbol of Health, Symbol of Knowledge, Symbol of Heart, Symbol of
Family and Symbol of Peace.



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          3. QUICK WALKTHROUGH REFERENCE:

Since this is a sort of 2D platform game, and pretty linear, an FAQ as a
whole may seen unnecessary, since on most parts you won't need any help. As
a quick reference for parts you SHOULD read, I've built this section which
lists where to get the most important items. To go to that part on the full
walkthrough, simply search for the name of the section (i.e. 1-A).

Important Power-Ups:

1-A: Roll of Magic
1-C: Hao Doll
1-D: Hao Doll
Castle I: Powered Boots (item e)
Castle I: Hao Doll (item h)
1-Q: Hao Doll
Castle II: Hao Doll (item e)
Castle II: Powered Helmet (item g)
2-V: Hao Doll
Castle III: Faster Boots (item d)
Castle IV: Magical Medicine (item c)
2-A: Hao Doll
3-F: Hao Doll
Castle V: Hao Doll (item i)
Castle V: Stick of Power (item c)
3-Z: Crystal of Magic
Castle VI: Hao Doll (item a)
Castle VI: Super Mantle (item c)

Important Bonus:

1-C: Wizard Hat
Castle I: Double Score (item i)
1-W: Magic Lamp
1-Y: Wizard Hat
Castle II: Broom (item d)
2-W: Magic Lamp
Castle III: Wizard Hat (item j)
2-K: Double Score
Castle IV: Double Score (item c)
Castle IV: Broom (item d)
3-E: Magic Lamp
3-K: Wizard Hat
Castle V: Wizard Hat (item g)
3-N: Magic Lamp
3-S: Wizard Hat


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   3. COMPLETE WALKTHROUGH:

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1-A:
ENEMIES: None
ITEMS: Roll of Magic
GUIDE:
a) As soon as you start, you will notice a sign behind you. Get the sign for
100 extra points if you care.

b) At the end of the section, there will be a hidden scroll behind the set of
three bushes. Touch it and it should slide to the right, then grab it when it

stops behind the green block. Now you have the Magic Ball and can kill enemies.

1-B:
ENEMIES: Serpent, Bat, Lobster
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Right at the start you'll see a set of trees. Climb them so you can go over
the ground and avoid the annoying Serpent rushing down there. As you are about
to jump off the tree, be careful with the Bat that comes towards you and with
the skull ground, which takes energy from you.

b) Watch out for the hidden Lobster behind the bushes. Your shots won't hit
enemies when they're behind objects so be sure to avoid it as it walks
towards you.

1-C:
ENEMIES: Serpent, Bat, Lobster
ITEMS: Wizard Hat, Hao Doll
GUIDE:
a)Start by going straightforward until you see a small tree. Watch out for the
Lobster near the tree, because they can jump on the small trees (and will) to
get you. Climb to the top of the big tree and you will find the Wizard hat,
an item worth 10,000 points. Touch it and run to the right as it slides to
1-D.

1-D:
ENEMIES: Lobster
ITEMS: Hao Doll, Star
GUIDE:
a) Watch out for the first Lobster right after you grab the hat. Now you can
see a Hao Doll. Go there and jump fast through the water so you don't lose
much HP. Grab the doll and, when you go back, a Lobster may fall from the
upper floor. You may "ride" on it and walk along to cross the pool of water
safely on your way back.

b) Now that you have the doll, climb the first small tree right after that to
activate a Star. Grab it for a little energy.

c) Just keep going right, jump on the spring before the wall and watch out for
the Lobster up there.

1-E:
ENEMIES: Bat, Serpent
ITEMS: Star (2)
GUIDE:
a) Climb the first set of trees to get a Healing Star on the taller one. When
you jump to the bridge watch out for a Bat and a Serpent that will attack you.

b) After you avoid the bats, you'll get to a part with two hills, a cloud and
skull traps on the floor. Guess you've figured out you need to ride the cloud
to make it through over the traps. However riding the cloud may get a little
tricky. It gives a big boost to you in the direction it's moving. When the
cloud moves right, if you jump you'll be boosted right. However if it turns
around in the middle of your jump, you strangely will be boosted left (!) all
of a sudden. So when you jump be sure the cloud won't be turning around before
you start falling. I suggest you dominate the cloud-riding technique ( :P )
here since there will be way harder parts like this later on.
Notice if you manage to get proper boost, you may end up on the top of the
right hill, and there will be a healing star there.

1-F:
ENEMIES: Dragonfly, Lobster
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Just go right and watch out for the dragonflies. At the end of the 1F part
there will be a set of three trees, the first one has a Star.

1-G:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Porcupine
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Climb the set of trees that starts on the 1F section and go up to the leaf
platform. Kill the Lobster there and stand right above the middle log. Hold
Down and you will fall on that log, just to find out a healing Star.

b) You'll find a hole with two spring pillars. This is a practice area for
using spring-pillars, I suggest you practice here until you've mastered it.

When you jump towards a spring wall, you can jump again on it and
gain extra boost. Watch out for the porcupines right after.

1-H:
ENEMIES: Lobster
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Just go right and jump over the water pit to 1-I. If you fall, you'll die.
Take care with the Lobster right after the pit; if it hits you, you may be
thrown back and fall.

1-I:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Wasp
ITEMS: Star (2)
GUIDE:
a)The first short log you see will have a Star, so jump on it.

b) Watch out for a porcupine after the sign. When you get to the set of trees,
climb them, grab the star on the middle one, and wait on the taller tree.

You'll want to go to the block platform below, but a porcupine will come

running from the upper one. You must do a trigger fake jump to the right,

attract the enemy and fall back on the tree. He will fall, now you jump right

and reach the platform.

1-J:
ENEMIES: Porcupine, Serpent, Lobster
ITEMS: Healing Moon
GUIDE:
a) Keep going to the right until you find a green hole. You can safely fall
there, and you'll be on a 2-J secret passage. Follow it and you'll find a
Healing Moon, which will fill your HP - but watch out for the Serpent and the
Lobster. Now you can go back up.

1-K:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Dragonfly
ITEMS: Star (2)
GUIDE:
a) Right at the beginning you'll see a tall tree. Jump on it, then onto the
smaller one and you'll find a star. The shortest tree to the right also has
a star.

1-L:
ENEMIES: Dragonfly, Lobster
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The first short log has a star.

1-M:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Wasp
ITEMS:
GUIDE:
a) See the pyramid of blocks over the block platform? You may destroy it if
you want, with the Magic Ball. Then kill the Wasps that will come after you.

b) It's the first castle of the game. Now enter it to retrieve the first

of the magic items. (To enter the castle, stay in front of the door and
hold up).

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ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
BOSS: RAT
ITEMS: Healing Moon (4), Powered Boots, Symbol of Money, Hao Doll, Double
Score
BOSS STRATEGY:
It's hard to avoid being hit by the rat's bubbles, but you'll want to assume a
defensive position nonetheless. Keep a good distance from the rat when it

shows up, and keep shooting wildly, so you can destroy his bubbles before they

get to you _and_ hit the rat before he runs back.

GUIDE:
a) Go right and jump to the upper platform to 1-B, then keep going right and
fall to the bottom platform (floor).

b) Follow the arrows to the first door and enter it.

c) Go left and climb the upper platform. Now take a deep breath because you'll
fight the first boss of the game, a giant rat that fires bubbles at you.
After you kill him, grab the Healing Moon and go back to the 1-D using the key
on the door (just enter the door as you'd normally do).

d) Go right but watch out for the Serpent that will fall from the platform

above. Safely hide on the small block pending from the mid-level platform and

shoot the "stairs" in front of you to destroy it and open a passage. Follow the
arrows until you get to another door, and enter. Prepare to face the boss yet
once more.

e) You'll see the Powered Boots right above you when you enter. After you kill
the boss, keep on the bottom floor and shoot the blocks to the right. They
will be destroyed, revealing another Healing Moon. Then you may get the Key the
boss had dropped, the Boots, and get out through the same door you came.

f) Now with those boots you can break some floors. Start by breaking the floor
right below the door (break by jumping on them). Follow the arrows to the
right until you find yet another door.

g) Enter the door, go to the right and kill the rat again. Grab the key, climb
up, and find the Symbol of Money.
If you're wondering how you get that Healing Moon trapped below you, just use
your mighty shoes and break the floor to get to it. Then break the floor once
again to fall over the door and go back through it.

h) Climb the pile of blocks in front of you, and stay on top of it. You should
see two rooms below, one of them with flowers. You need to break the floor

twice to get to the bottom. When you're on the bottom, shoot the wall to the

right to reveal a Hao Doll.
Then go right, follow the arrows and you'll find
another door. Enter it (no bosses this time, don't worry).

i) Now you're on the final part of the dungeon. But this time you will NOT
follow the arrows. Instead, climb the block stairs to the right until you
hit a wall. Destroy this wall to find a secret room with some neat stuff.

Before getting the item on the bottom, shoot all flowers to get the points.
Then go for the Double Score.

j) Go back to the door. Go left, grab the Healing Moon on the top-most floor
and exit through the stone doorway. You're done with this dungeon.

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1-N:
ENEMIES: Serpent, Porcupine, Dragonfly
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Now that you've got the Powered Boots, you can go to the right and break
the two-blocks floor on the huge block structure.

b) After the block-stairs, take the upper platform and watch out for
porcupines. After you go down be very careful with the set of bushes,
since there may be a hidden porcupine behind one of them.

1-O:
ENEMIES: Dragonfly, Serpent
ITEMS: Star (2)
GUIDE:
a) Follow straight ahead until you get to a set of trees. The middle one has a

star, so grab it. Right after you grab the star, keep climbing to the top (leaf
platform), and stand above the first trunk with leafs. Hold down and fall on

it, just to find another Star. Now go to the ground again and keep

following to 1-P.

1-P:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
ITEMS: Star (4)
GUIDE:
a) More health filling here. Keep walking until you find a set of two trunks.

Climb them to reach the leaf platform above you. On this platform there will
be a hidden "conveyor belt". It will boost your jumps to the left. What you

got to do here is to go down to all trunks holding the platform, and the

other one to the left, grabbing all the stars they hold. Star bonanza.

b) Go left and, after the pool of water, when you find another log, jump on it

and grab yet another star.

1-Q:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
ITEMS: Hao Doll
GUIDE:
a) After you grab that last star on 1-P, jump over the water and follow the
bottom path, then climb the next trunk. Go to the upper right and jump the set
of three block pillars to make it to other side.
b) After you climb the "stairs", go over the bridge (watch out for lobsters),
and notice that cloud under it. Apparently there's nothing on the other side
of the big pool of water, but take a ride on the cloud, go there and destroy
the blocks with your Magic Ball and find a Hao Doll. Then go right for 1-R.

1-R:
ENEMIES: Bat, Mole
ITEMS: Star (3)
GUIDE:
a) See the candle up there? Climb up to it and destroy the candle, it's worth

one star. The shortest trunk also has a star.

b) Following to the right, you'll see two hills. Watch out, for a mole will
keep trying to hit you from underground, around the spot between the hills.

Jump over the "valley" and climb the set of trees - the second one has a star.

1-S:
ENEMIES: Bat, Lobster, Serpent, Porcupine
ITEMS: Star (3)
GUIDE:
a) Climb the trees to reach the leaf platform. One of the first trees holding
the platform, and the last, will have a star for you. After you grab those, go
back and stand above the smallest trunk under the "forest". Hold down, you'll
fall on it and find another star. Now follow to the right.

1-T:
ENEMIES: Lobster
ITEMS: none
GUIDE:
a) Just go right to 1-U.

1-U:
ENEMIES: Dragonfly, Lobster
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) On the set of trunks, the middle one has a star.

1-V:
ENEMIES: Mole
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) After the pool of water and the hill, watch out for a mole on the ground.
Next, you'll need to double jump on the spring wall to make it through.

1-W:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Dragonfly
ITEMS: Magic Lamp
GUIDE:
a) After the block "maze" full of lobsters, you shall see a three-block-tall
set of stairs. Destroy it to find a Magic Lamp inside. Before you get it and
start running, read this if you need a healing star:
After you get the lamp, notice there will be three lobsters ahead of you.
You can only see the first when you get the lamp. Kill all three of them and
the third one will produce a sliding (healing) star. If you kill him walking
from left to right, the star will slide to nowhere and vanish. If you want
to grab it, kill the last lobster walking from right to left instead, so you
follow the star and are able to get it before it vanishes. I just wrote this
for the sake of completeness, since I warn you NOT to worry about the star.
The section that comes ahead now is very, very hard, you must make full use
of your Magic Lamp and run as fast as you can to the right.

1-X:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Run!

1-Y:
ENEMIES: Serpent, Bat
ITEMS: Star, Wizard Hat
GUIDE:
a) Keep running some more. When you find a set of trunks, climb to the taller

one and grab a star. Your invincibility should be over by now, so just take

your time and destroy the block-stairs after the water pools to find a wizard
hat.

1-Z:
ENEMIES: Dragonfly
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Congratulations, you've found the second castle. Before you enter it, grab

the star on the small trunk just a little to the right of the castle.

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ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
BOSS: BEETLE
ITEMS: Healing Moon (4), Broom, Hao Doll, Powered Helmet, Symbol of Health
BOSS STRATEGY:
The giant beetle moves just like the rat. The strategy itself remains the
same, defensive. The difference now is that the beetle's shots aren't bubbles,
but homing spark missiles. After they're "fired", they run in circles around

you until they hit you. If you keep a good distance and keep shooting wildly

at the beetle, you should be able to destroy most of the sparks. If any spark

remains chasing you after the beetle is dead, destroy it so it doesn't end up

hitting you.

GUIDE:
a) Follow the arrows for starters, until you find two doors, one beside  the

other. Keep shooting all the way through and you'll find some useless
shortcuts on the block-maze.

b) The second door just has three flowers (300 points). You should take
the first door to go on.

Door 1
c) Here you follow to the right, on the upper platform, until you find the
boss, a giant beetle. Kill it, and go all the way around to the bottom
platform, then go all way left until you see a locked door protected by
block-stairs. Go the way around the blocks and reach that door, but before you
enter destroy the blocks to the right of it and grab a more than welcome
healing moon.

d) Go right, and when you see a room with some flowers in it, destroy the right

wall there to go inside a secret room for points.
Shoot the flowers, descend
that structure and notice the "=>" sign on the upper
 level. Before you follow
it, keep on the bottom level, go over the pile of
 blocks and destroy the right
side of it to find a broom for 10,000 points. Now 
it's your choice to go to the
right through the upper level or the bottom one. 
The bottom has stake traps, very
harmful, but some flowers. The top platform is
a free path with a couple lobsters.
Any way you choose, you should find two
more doors at the end of it.

Door 2
e) The first door is completely useless so go for the second one. Go around
the block maze to reach the top platform after it. Don't bother destroying
blocks for now. Keep going to the right on the top level and you'll find the
beetle again. Kill it for the key, and go back. On the screen where you see a
flower vase trapped in the bottom, there's a pyramid-like structure on the
top. Destroy the right side of it to grab a Healing Moon. Now go all the way to

the right, until it's not possible to walk no more. There should be a water

pool beneath you. Keep jumping over it (a little to the left) and you'll find
some floor which may be destroyed with your boots. Go down and, behind the

pillar, you'll find a hidden Hao Doll. It will slide when you touch it, so make

sure you DON'T make it slide into the water, but to the left. Now destroy the

left wall and keep going left through the central level, you'll find a locked

door. Enter it.

f) Going to the right, once again you'll find trapped flowers. Destroy the
right wall to get them. Then it will appear you have only one choice,
following the top arrow (the central path is a dead-end). But there's an arrow
on the bottom too, so jump to break the floor over that bottom arrow and
fall there to follow a safe, spikes-free path to the third door.

Door 3
g) Not much to do, grab the key and enter the door. Then you'll be back in the
main area, on the same room as the Powered Helmet. Take it. Now you're
able to break some blocks with your head too. Start breaking ceilings above
the flower vase to the right, to get to the door up there. Enter it.

h) Fall from where you are and hit the bottom. Go right until you find a
locked door and two pyramid-like structures. Stay on the top of the second one
and be ready to fight the beetle again. After you get the key, double-jump to
reach the top platform and go to the end of it. Keep shooting fast and
you'll destroy a wall, uncovering a Healing Moon. Now go all way back to the
place you first jumped from. You will see a pool of water. Double jump over
it and destroy the wall to the left so you'll open a shortcut to the exit. Now,
if you want yet another Healing Moon, jump to the mid-level platform, go a

little way left and destroy a wall.

Anyway, you should follow through the bottom level to the left until you find
a locked door. Open it, grab the Symbol of Health and go back, entering the
same door you came from. Now you can get out of this place. Just go a little
way left and you'll find the stone doorway. Leave!

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1-Z:
ENEMIES: Lobster
ITEMS: Star, Healing Moon
GUIDE:
a) Head right and jump on the trunk for a star. Now that you've got the helmet,
you can hit the ceiling of the huge block structure to open a passage.
You're going underground. You may fall on the big hole on the ground, so
you'll be on 2-Z. But before proceeding onto the subterranean tunnels, climb

back up to 1-Z, and find a Healing Moon on the right side of the screen.

Then go back down.

2-Z:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Go left avoiding the lobsters and through the pillar "maze", using the
springs. On the final part of this spring thing, watch out for a Serpent that
will come fast from the left; wait for it to fall, then jump.

2-Y:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Mole
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Now on the underground there aren't trees anymore. Now you need to jump on

some sort of pipe for finding stars. The first one you see here on 2-Y has a

star, so jump on it. Go to the upper platform and you'll see a candle, which

also holds a star. Now there's a trick here. If you want to grab the stars

from candles in the underground, you must hit them from the bottom (stay under

it, hold up and shoot), so that the stars don't appear ABOVE the ceiling.
Every candle contains a star.

2-X:
ENEMIES: Lobster
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Go left, keeping yourself on the floor level, and climb the pillar under the

block platform for a star.

2-W:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Porcupine, Mole
ITEMS: Magic Lamp (get later)
GUIDE:
a) Follow to the left and watch out for the first Lobster. When you try to
jump on the spring, a Porcupine will fall over your head also. When you are
on the top of the high block "building", be careful when you fall since
another porcupine will be running towards you down there. So slowly go to
the tip of the "building" and only fall when the porcupine is heading the
other way. When you see a crossway, take the top path, the one with a

Porcupine. There's a Mole down there.

2-V:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
ITEMS: Hao-Kun Doll
GUIDE:
a) As soon as you get to this part, fall to the left where you can see a
spring. There's a long stair-like structure, stay in front of it and start
shooting until you destroy everything you can. Now count five steps from the
spring and jump on the floor to reveal a hidden Hao-Kun Doll. Now that
you have it go back to the Mole on 2-W and go left through the floor level.
At the dead-end destroy the wall to find a Magic Lamp. Get it and now run
through the rest of the floor while it lasts. (Note: if for some reason you
can't get invincible to pass through the water trap running, there's a
breakable floor right before it).

2-U:
ENEMIES: Lobsters, Serpent
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The first pillar has a star. After you get it, you should reach some
platforms over the water. On this part be very careful before jumping: watch
out for the Lobsters or they'll hit you and throw you on the water.

2-T:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The second pillar has a star. Just go straight left to 2-S and ignore the
Healing Moon down there, you can't have it now, only much later when you're on

3-S. Anyway, be careful with the bats.

2-S:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Bat
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Right at the start jump-kill both Serpents on the double pillars and fall
on those for a star. Next there's a trick. There'll be a U-shaped corridor,
but instead of falling, jump towards the wall and shoot it to make a passage
through it, so you don't need to worry about the nasty spring and Lobster.

2-R:
ENEMIES: Serpent, Bat, Porcupine
ITEMS:
GUIDE:
a) The only thing I can say is, be very careful to not get hit by Serpents or
Bats. And memorize this trick, you'll only have one chance of performing it
and save energy: when you see water and three hanging platforms (4 blocks, 1
block, 1 block), slowly walk over the 4-block one and wait for the bat to pass
under you. After he's gone jump to the first 1-block and keep crouched, so the
Serpent will run over you.
After you've escaped from both the Bat and Serpent, go left and when you fall
avoid the porcupine.	Now on this part I couldn't make up a plan in order to
not lose energy. When you go left two porcupines will fall from the ceiling,
and if you go back a Serpent will fall from the right. So my best advice is
for you to go all way left, being hit by the porcupines, but don't go back.
After they pass by you, kill them (without going back), and use the spring
with your highest jump (3rd) to go to the top-left.
If you have problems getting boosted by the springs, you may want to try
destroying the blocks to the right of them to make a platform. Watch out for
the porcupine up there.

2-Q:
ENEMIES: Lobster
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The first pillar contains a star. Watch out for the Bat on the spring
pillars, and train your spring-jumping here if you need to. In the next part

you may go either down or up, but I'd rather avoid water.

2-P:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Mole
ITEMS: Star (2), Healing Star
GUIDE:
a) The first pillar has a star. Easy one, you can't avoid falling on the
pillar. The next pillar you see will also contain a star. When you reach the
top structure close to the ceiling, kill the Lobsters, one of them may have a
Healing Star for you.

2-O:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Just go left. When you see three pillars, the middle one has a star.

2-N:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Dragonfly
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) When you see a three way split right after the pillars take the central
one, and wait on the left tip of it while a Lobster falls. Then climb the
structure and keep going.
b) Destroy the candle for an easy star, but be careful with the water.
c) Always destroy the dragonflies over the water from a distance before
proceeding or they'll throw you in the water. Go left and enter castle three.

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ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
BOSS: MANTIS
ITEMS: Healing Moon (4), Faster Boots, Wizard Hat, Symbol of Knowledge
BOSS STRATEGY: If you don't wan to lose energy, maybe the best strategy is
shooting and running. Hit it a very few times and then run away dodging his
shots. I think the best way to defeat him, though, is a suicide attack: run
towards him and shoot as fast as you can until he dies. Every Mantis will have

a Healing Moon nearby, anyway.

GUIDE:
a) Go right all the way until you hit a dead-end, where you can jump on a

platform to follow to the left. It's full of spikes up there, so destroy the
first block with your boots (before the trap) and go below them.
Destroy the left "stairs" for exiting and climb to the left. Enter the door.

Door 1
b) Destroy the left wall and go left to fight the boss. After you've killed
him, go back right to the place where the three paths (up, mid, low) start
and destroy (shot) the bottom structure for a Healing Moon.

c) Go all the way left through the upper path to the locked door. In order to
not get hurt on the spikes, try high-jumping over them. Enter the door.

d) Now that you're back on the other level go a little way right to grab the
incredible Faster Boots. Now you can run if you keep shooting fast. Enter the
unlocked door.

Door 2:
e) Start by going right and knock the ceiling, where the key is, with your

Powered Helmet. It will break and the key should fall down.

Enter the locked door to the left.

f) Go all the way right, watching out for the water and enemies, until you can
go back through the top-most path. Do so, and use your Faster Boots to jump
over the hole without falling on the water down there. Enter the
third door by following the U-shaped path.

Door 3:
g) Go right to get the upper path. Follow through there and destroy the Mantis
a second time. Now before you proceed, grab another nearby Healing Moon.
Check the upper path you're in, see the spot between the sign and the luster?
Jump-break it to fall to the bottom and carefully jump over the water to the
left (if you're not confident about this, don't try it). Destroy all the wall
blocks to the left to find the Healing Moon. Keep destroying the wall and

going left to get to the door.

h) Just follow the signs on the wall and destroy the wall on the right-end to
go back through the upper path. Notice you can go either through the central
(spikes) or bottom (water) path, by destroying walls. I'd rather follow the mid
one, since water means instant-kill (and, if you run the spikes won't hit you).

Door 4:
i) Go left to the bottom path and prepare to kill the Mantis. After you've
obtained the key, go all the way left destroying the walls on your way and,
before entering the door, destroy the blocks to the left of it for another
Healing Moon.

j) Jump to the mid-level. Here you may want to use the Lobster as a jump-boost
to reach the top-level and make a shortcut, instead of doing the annoying

U-shaped circuit, going all the way right then all the way left. But before
you do so, you may want to go a little way right, jump over the first hole, and
destroy the stair of blocks between three signs and two water pools for a
Wizard Hat. You'll have to jump over a water pool then. Anyway, go to the door
on the left of upper-level when you're done.

Door 5:
k) Go left through the bottom-way and destroy the Mantis for getting a key. As
usual, you'll also find a Healing Moon nearby. Go all way left and destroy
the stairs to the right of the last pillar, before the locked door, for
getting it. Then enter the door (do a running jump to go over the hole).

l) Just get the Symbol of Knowledge and enter the unlocked door.

Door 6:
m) Although you can destroy the right-wall and even jump over the water,
don't bother. There's nothing on the other side but some flower vases. Go left

and exit the castle.

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2-N Revisited:
ENEMIES: None
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Now that you have the Faster Boots, you may run fast and jump over the
pillar that was blocking your path to the left.

2-M:
ENEMIES: Serpent
ITEMS: Healing Moon
GUIDE:
a) When you climb to the left be aware of the Serpent. The central pillar on
the stairs of small blocks contains a Healing Moon instead of a star!

2-L:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Porcupine
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Go left. None of the three pillars you'll see have a star, but the last

small one, on the floor level, has.

2-K:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Porcupine
ITEMS: Double Score
GUIDE:
a) Go left and beware the many porcupines. On the small maze right at the
start, go to the dead-end on the bottom-right section of it to destroy the wall
and find a Double Score.

2-J:
ENEMIES: Lobster
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Just go left and watch out for enemies hidden behind the giant mushrooms.
Don't run shooting, so you don't make Lobsters jump toward you.
The lonely pillar before the water has a star. Time well your jumps to
avoid water. Don't forget clouds will either thrust or hinder your jumps.

2-I:
ENEMIES: Dragonfly
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The first pillar contains a star, but kill the dragonfly from a distance
before proceeding.

2-H:
ENEMIES: Mole, Bat, Serpent
ITEMS: Star (2)
GUIDE:
a) This section is dangerous; you have to jump on the small blocks above the
water and avoid falling. Don't bother with the pillar, it has no item.
After you've went past the water, jump on the first and third pillars for a
star.

2-G:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
ITEMS:
GUIDE:
a) When you go left, avoid the lobster and Serpent that come from opposite
directions by jumping on the lobster.
b) You'll get to a very dangerous spring-jump. Time very well your jumping
to not hit your head on the blocks and fall on the water. Just keep holding
the D-pad to the right as soon as you jump.

2-F:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Bat
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) On the three-pillar section, the taller one has a star. Wait for the cloud
to reach the top and jump so you land right over it when still going down.

2-E:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Bat, Porcupine
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The first pillar has a star.

2-D:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat, Porcupine
ITEMS:
GUIDE:
a) As you climb the high set of stairs to the left be careful as a porcupine
will come running from up there.
b) When you reach the watery section, time very well your jumps. Here comes a
hard part, a floating spring. I hope you trained well your spring-wall-jumping
so you won't lose energy on the water. If you fall, quickly run back to the
right. The trick is jumping towards the spring-wall on your second jump, to
gain more height.

2-C:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The first pillar has a star.

2-B:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat, Porcupine
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The first pillar has a star, again. About the big arrow structures: destroy

them with your shots to go left.

2-A:
ENEMIES:
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The pillar right before the castle also has a star.

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ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
BOSS: SQUID
ITEMS: Double Score, Healing Moon (4), Broom, Symbol of Heart, Magical
Medicine
BOSS STRATEGY: Man the Squid is hard. His rays are fast, and he can move
between floors quickly. Since it's almost impossible to avoid his quick shots,
I recommend you stay always on a different level than his. And the best option
is fighting BENEATH him. So when you fight a Squid always stay at the lower
level possible. When he's on the level above you, you calmly wait for him to
go to the same level, but wait as close to him as possible (but not close

enough so that he falls on you). As soon as he gets to your level, shoot

him fast and he will run to another level before even touching you. Repeat

this boring and dangerous process until you have killed him, hopefully losing

way less energy than you would by trying to face him directly.

GUIDE
a) Go into the door above you first, by proceeding to the left.
You'll end up on 2-P. Then destroy the wall to the left to find a key.

Now that you got the key, you may go back to the start to grab a Healing Moon

if you want, so you won't fight the Squid there. I don't think it's necessary

though, since there'll be another moon nearby. Anyway, if you want to get that

moon, read (b), but be sure you have some energy to lose since you'll have to

walk on spikes to get it.

b) After you have the key from 2-P, go back to 1-A and head to 2-C, entering
the door. You'll be on 2-N. Go left and notice the structure over the
spikes on 2-M/2-N. The moon is hidden deep inside that trap. What you got to do
is destroy as many blocks as you can before stepping on the trap, then
running fast to destroy the last ones, grab the moon and go back. Jump a lot,
since you aren't hit when jumping. Then go back to 2-P.

c) Now you're on 2-P. Don't destroy the left wall aimlessly. Destroy the
top-most blocks of it only, then the first two of the middle. Climb on what
is left, and destroy the ceiling. Go up there, and to the right. Before
entering the door, get the Double Score hidden behind the pillar. Then enter
the door and you'll find the Magical Medicine. Now go back to the 2-P door and
destroy the left wall.
Go left to fall to the bottom level, go right to 2-A and destroy the wall
blocking your way, then switch to the central level. There'll be a
zigzag-like maze here; on the last block of the maze, hit the ceiling with
your helmet to find a destructible spot. Go up there. Behind the first pillar
there'll be a hidden Healing Moon. When you touch it it will start sliding
until it hits something, so touch it and run fast. When you finally grab it,

go back to the central level. If the spot you had broken happens to be
closed again, go all the way to the left and there'll breakable floor just

below the luster. Go all the way right to 2-D on the mid-level and destroy the

floor between the pillar and the flower vases (just above the sign) to access

the locked door. Enter it.

d) Now you're on 1-M. Your first impulse will be to run right and jump the pool
but DON'T. A lobster is coming the other way; if you do so the lobster will
push you into the water. Calmly go right, wait for the lobster to kill itself
and then you jump safely. You can't run so do a normal jump at the tip of the
trap. Go up one level and destroy the ceiling right above the vase. Use the
structure around the vase to climb up there (you can climb on the "tunnels"
with red borders). Now from the upper level go right to the hole on 1-K. The
door down there is the one you should take to follow on. If you do not
care for getting a Broom (worth 10,000 points), skip to (f). Notice it will be

a long detour for that Broom, a detour with a Squid and a Healing Moon.

e) The Broom: from where you are on 1-K, you got to jump to the other side of
the hole. Get a good distance, run the faster you can and jump from the tip,
you'll do it. On 1-I, use the salient block on the mid-level as a jump-boost
to either left or right (when you're coming back). Then go all way right to
the Door 2, on 1-G. Fall down there, and enter the door. You're on 2-J now.
Go right and destroy the Squid to get a new key. After you've killed
it, go all the way left and you'll find a locked door. But before you enter
it, go to the upper level and keep running fast to the right.
You'll eventually hit a Healing Moon behind a pillar and it will slide to
the right, stopping on a nearby block. Get it, then you can go back to the
locked door. You'll be back on 1-G, but now inside a weird block-structure.
Destroy all the blocks on the mid-level and you'll find the Broom. To escape
this place, destroy the blocks on the right-most part of the ceiling, and
then go all the way back to door 3 on 1-K. Before you enter it, be sure you
ALREADY HAVE the Magical Medicine from (b), or else you'll have to die.

f) Assuming you have the Magical Medicine, enter door 3, you'll be on 2-G. Go
right and kill the Squid for a key. Then you must go left to 2-E to the locked
door. But wait, there'll be some water pools on your way. If you're not
confident on your jumping, you may want to go all the way right, climb to the
upper level, then all the way left to 2-D, and you may then fall to the locked
door. Before you enter it, destroy the left wall and grab a Healing Moon.

g) Entering the door will lead you to 1-L. Now be very careful, this part
might be a tad hard. As you walk left, you'll see a lobster coming towards you.
Don't kill it. Instead, keep jumping in order to search for breakable ceiling

between the pool and the heart. When you break the ceiling, use the lobster

as a platform to jump to the mid-level and get the heart. If you accidentally

kill the lobster or for some reason don't find it, follow step (g.2) OR go

back through the door, kill the Squid again and re-enter the door.

g.2) Destroy the ceiling anyway and jump over the pool. What you got to do now:
first of all, get a distance from the pool (keep close to the stairs) and face
right. Do your higher jump (third one), but not to the right. Keep jumping
high, don't stop, and slowly approach the water pool. You'll notice a lobster
will come from up there. While still jumping, you got to shot the lobster one
time, right before it falls, so that it jumps and doesn't kill itself on the
pool. The lobster will then come to you. Jump over the lobster, and it will

serve as a platform for you. As the lobster walks to the pool, triple-jump over

it, then before it falls use it as a boost to finally jump to the mid-level and
grab the heart. Now go back the door you came by falling on the hole
you should have made. If you didn't make a hole, be careful when jumping over
the pool again: do a small jump so you don't hit the ceiling, and wait for the
lobster to die.

h) Now that you have the Symbol of Heart, go all the way back to the Door 3,
on 1-K. Use the Magical Medicine to slide the ice block and use the spring to
go back up. If you don't have the Magical Medicine, you must kill yourself to
go back and get it. Anyway, go all the way right to 1-P (through the top
level), and you'll see a spring on the ground level. The ceiling on levels 2
and 3 over the spring are breakable; the point here is making a path this way
so you can use the spring to jump left, and finally find the exit.

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2-A:
ENEMIES: Serpent
ITEMS: Star, Healing Moon (2-Z).
GUIDE:
a) Now that you're out the castle, go a little way left and jump on the pillar
for a star. Then go left and, with the Magical Potion, slide the ice block
until you trap the Serpent and can pass. Now DON'T fall in the first hole. If

you do, you'll be on a trap with various enemies and will have to make your way
back to 1-A alive if you can (run all way right and jump when you see an
opening on the ceiling). Instead, jump over the first hole, and fall on the

second one. You'll go even deeper now. Level 3 is hard as hell as there
are LOTS of enemies to hit you. Hope you have plenty of Hao Dolls. Before you
go on, keep at the top of the first, tall structure, and jump back to 1-A, but
to the left. You'll come to a small pool. Destroy the left wall for a Healing
Moon, take it and fall again. (Did you notice the moon is on 2-Z? It seems

you've just made a trip around the world.)

3-A:
ENEMIES: Porcupine, Bat
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The first pillar contains a star.

3-B:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat, Serpent
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) When you come to a structure with three pillars inside, destroy the right

wall of it to go in there and get a star from the central one, if you think

it's worth it. Kill the enemies on the part where the Serpent
falls since one of them will have a Healing Star (usually the first one you
kill). Perform your higher jump (3rd) to pass over the spring-pillars.

3-C:
ENEMIES: Bat, Lobster, Serpent
ITEMS:
GUIDE:
a) Be VERY careful with your jumping. Don't use the springs on the floor for

thrust; jump with your own strength or else you'll risk falling.
b) When you reach the end of a section with a low ceiling and lobsters, be

careful. Walk slowly so you have time to see the Serpents coming and kill them

(shoot very fast)
.
c) To not lose energy on the skull trap, break the floor just before it to go
through the path below.

3-D:
ENEMIES:
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) When you see the two ice blocks, push the first one and it will stop by the
other. Then break the block just above them to pass.

3-E:
ENEMIES: Serpent, Porcupine
ITEMS: Star, Magic Lamp
GUIDE:
a) The first lonely pillar contains a star. When you reach a fork in the
path, where you can choose going up or down, go down but not too far.
First destroy the blocks to your left to find a Magic Lamp. Now run! But stop
after the pool on 3-F and go back through the bottom path for a Hao Doll.

3-F:
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
ITEMS: Hao Doll, Healing Moon
GUIDE:
a) After the pool of water, go back through the bottom path and destroy the
floor on the dead-end for a buried Hao Doll.
b) Go on to the right, onto the spring-pillar. Don't use the springs for a

boost; instead use the lobsters as stairs to climb up.
c) When you're up there, notice the trapped lobster with a pillar between
springs. Break the floor and fall on the pillar for a Healing Moon. Then, to</pre><pre id="faqspan-2">
go back up, shoot to the right of the pillar to materialize a block. Jump on it
and break the block above.

3-G
ENEMIES: Bat, Lobster
ITEMS:
GUIDE:
a) Just go right until you can climb a cloud on to 3-H.

3-H
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Porcupine, Bat
ITEMS:
GUIDE:
a) Don't jump off the cloud you should be riding. Stay still on it while you
face right and destroy the wall you see. Destroying the bottom blocks is easy,
but time well your jumps to destroy at least one block from the level above,
so you make a way and can jump to the right.
b) On the end of the narrow corridor watch out for a falling porcupine; get
some distance from the spring and shoot it quickly. Then use the spring to
climb.

3-I
ENEMIES: Bat, Lobster
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Go through the bottom path and destroy the blocks to the right to proceed.
The first and third pillars after the tunnel have a star.

3-J
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
ITEMS:
GUIDE:
a) Be aware of the Serpent when you approach the narrow tunnel. You don't need

to jump on the cloud; just fall on it, and then from it.

3-K
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat, Porcupine
ITEMS: Wizard Hat
GUIDE:
a) When you reach a part with a kind of block-maze and porcupines, fast-jump
on the 3-block stairs and from there to the left so you escape the porcupine
from the right. Before going on, drop back in the spot behind the 3-block
stair and break the floor for a Wizard Hat.

3-L
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Bat
ITEMS: Healing Moon
GUIDE:
a) When you get to the part with a cloud over the water, ride it and go left
for an obvious hidden item. Destroy the blocks left for a Healing Moon.
Destroy all blocks to the left and go back up so you can get a Star later on
(you don't need it while on full health, but at least shoot it for points).

Always stay on the top-most platforms.

3-M
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat
ITEMS: Star (2)
GUIDE:
a) If you're on the top platforms, you can jump onto the first tall pillar for
a Star. Go all the way right to the castle, but before entering it go even
further right to get a star on another pillar.

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ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
BOSS: DRAGON
ITEMS:  Stick of Power, Healing Moon (3), SOS Raft, Wizard Hat, Hao Doll,
Symbol of Family
BOSS STRATEGY:  There's really no possible strategy to beat the Dragon. His
shots are circular, wide and powerful, and go in all directions. Your better
choice of not getting hit is shooting a few times at him and running away,
while trying to dodge his breath, what seems very hard if you're not far
enough. So you have two options, either do a suicide attack if you feel good
on energy (you should have a big energy bar by now if you've gotten all the Hao
Dolls), shooting wildly at him, or try to shot from a good distance, the
farther you can, so you have a chance of dodging his attacks. The last one
requires extreme reflex so use whatever tactics you see fit.

GUIDE
a) At the beginning, just go all the way right to 1-D, climb up (you can
destroy the mid-level stairs) and go back to 1-B to find the first door.
Enter it.

b) On 2-O go left to fight the first Dragon. After you get the key enter the

door on 2-P, to your right.

c) Now you're back on 1-A, floor 2. DON'T destroy the wall to the left yet.
Before that, destroy the ceiling to the right of the door, and you'll notice
a single block will remain between the just-opened hole and the big wall to
the left. Destroy this single block and the ones behind it with your shots,
and avoid destroying the bottom of the wall. This way you can make a platform
to jump to the top and grab the Stick of Power.

d) Now that you have the stick, destroy the wall to the right and enter the
unlocked door. You'll be back in 2-O, but now you can break the wall on the
mid-level to the left. Now it's a dangerous part, since you have to kill the
dragon yet again, with the same energy. Best of luck on that matter, as there's

no real advice I can think of. When you succeed killing it again, break the

wall to the right and follow on to 2-M. On 2-M you can use the springs to
destroy the structure hanging from the ceiling and grab a much needed Healing

Moon. Then enter the door on 2-L.

e) Go right through 1-G, bottom level, ignoring the spring, until you come to
a dead-end (run-jump over the water). Destroy the wall for a SOS Raft. You
may not need it now, but you will later. Now go back to the first spring.
The point here is making a little run from the right, jumping on it and getting

a boost all the way up to the place where you see a "2" sign. When you manage
to get up there, enter the door.

f) You should be on 2-L. Go left and destroy another Dragon, grabbing the key.
On the spring on 2-J the point is the same as the last spring, making a
little run from the right to get a longer boost left. If you want the Healing
Moon on 2-I, do the same trick. Enter the door on 2-H.

g) You're now on 1-I. The left wall is breakable, and I believe there's
another SOS Raft in there (if you still have your raft, other rafts won't
appear where they should anymore). Anyway go right, and to avoid wasting your
SOS Raft here, don't use the first spring, but jump fast and far to the 2nd
one, and from it boost yourself to the rest-spot between two springs. From

there, jump to the left and use the spring to land safely on dry ground. Go up

and all the way left over the "T" blocks. If you accidentally fall, try to use
the lobsters that will fall as platforms. You may want to fall anyway since the
right-bottom wall keeps a hidden Wizard Hat. When you reach the top-level go
all way left to the door on I-1.

h) Now on 2-H go a little way right and take the top path. Kill the Dragon,
get the key and run fast to jump to the other side; keep on the top floor. Run

and jump yet another time to reach a breakable wall. There you'll find a

Healing Moon. Fall on the block between the springs and water, and
jump to the middle floor. Break this floor below the luster and enter the
door on 2-D.

i) On 1-M go right and stop on the spring. You must break the stones blocking

your way; but destroy just the top two rows so you can build a platform. Also,

this way the Hao Doll hidden in the first one won't fall in the water. On the

second platform you build  you may want to break the ceiling for a shortcut.

Go left and take the door on 1-M, mid-level.

j) If you're following my walkthrough now you should still have one key with
you, so you won't need to fight the Dragon here. There's a tricky point at
the left-most part though. Go all the way left. When you can see a trapped
Symbol, go to the top-level, close to the wall behind it, and break the floor.
Now instead of entering the door (you'd have to fight a dragon), use your magic
shots to destroy the floor below the Symbol of Family, and it will fall to
the same level you are. Now break the floor after the locked door on the

mid-level as well to reach the low-level to get to the bottom, and finally exit

the castle.

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3-N
ENEMIES: Porcupine
ITEMS: Magic Lamp
GUIDE:
a) Now that you have a powerful weapon, you can go right and destroy the two
blocks that are on your way. Watch out for the falling porcupines. Before
going ahead, destroy the right side of the great structure you just passed

under, until you find a Magic Lamp in the center of it. Now run quickly to the
right, taking the middle platform and jumping at the end of it.

3-O
ENEMIES: Porcupine
ITEMS: Star, SOS Raft
GUIDE:
a) The third pillar from a set you'll see has a star. When you reach the
part with a cloud, go a little way left and destroy the wall for a SOS Raft,
in case you lost the previous one. Climb the cloud, jump to the next cloud
and you'll be on 3-P.

3-P
ENEMIES: Lobster
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Now that you're riding a cloud, just carefully destroy the blocks to your
right to build a platform. Be sure to jump when the cloud is changing direction

so you won't be boosted into the water.

3-Q
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Nothing in particular.

3-R
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Bat
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Nothing in particular.

3-S
ENEMIES: Lobster, Bat
ITEMS: Star, Wizard Hat
GUIDE:
a) The second pillar has a star.
b) To avoid the part with skulls on the floor, use the spring before the trap
to jump and destroy the blocks above the skulls, unveiling a tunnel. Next,
when you climb up the high structure, you will see a Wizard Hat above the
ceiling. Break the ceiling with your head to make it fall
.
c) Once you've got the hat, jump onto where it was and you'll be back on 2-T,

where you can finally grab the Healing Moon you had left behind. Also, for a

hidden Broom, destroy the blocks to your right. (Thanks to James Tompkins for

this info!)

3-T
ENEMIES: Lobster
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) This is a VERY dangerous part. First of all, stay on the top of the first
spring-pillar to jump over the cloud above water. Then you must be very
careful and make sure in only one jump you can use the next springs to go
beyond the water, since you won't have where to fall but the cloud, in case
you fail. The best way to do this is use the boost of the cloud when it's going

right for a more powerful jump.
b) When you escape that section, destroy the blocks to proceed right.

3-U
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Bat
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) On the tunnel, you should run fast to the right while shooting wildly, so
that you can kill the enemies before they fall on the holes and get the chance

to hit you. The pillar after the tunnel has a star. Don't stop on the pillar

before the water, but consecutively jump from one platform to another up to the

top.
b) Next, wait for all Lobsters to fall and jump onto the top platform. When you
reach the part with a huge wall, you must carefully fall on the spring close
to the water to keep jumping high and destroy the blocks near the ceiling,
making a tunnel. Be sure to stabilize yourself first before start shooting.

3-V
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Dragonfly
ITEMS: Healing Star
GUIDE:
a) One of the first enemies here might contain a Healing Star, so take your
time and kill them.
b) On the water/spring part, the point is not to jump from spring to spring,
but to shoot the air on the top and between each spring to materialize a
single block, which should be used as platform.  Watch out for the Dragonfly
at the end.

3-W
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Bat
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) Grab a Star on the first pillar.

3-X
ENEMIES: Bat
ITEMS: Star
GUIDE:
a) The first pillar has a star.

3-Y
ENEMIES: Lobster, Serpent, Bat, Dragonfly
ITEMS: None
GUIDE:
a) Don't jump on the cloud over the water, just fall on it, and be sure to
destroy blocks to your right to open a secret path that will save you from a
Serpent.

3-Z
ENEMIES: Dragonfly
ITEMS: Star (4), Crystal of Magic
GUIDE:
a) ALL pillars contain a star. Watch out for dragonflies.
b) IMPORTANT: before you enter the castle, you should grab the last upgrade
for your weapon. Go beyond the castle on to a huge wall. Start shooting the

middle of it, and open a tunnel that will go up, then down and even back. Keep

destroying blocks with your shots, helmet and bots and you'll eventually find
the mighty Crystal of Magic.

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ENEMIES: Lobster
BOSS: DEVIL
ITEMS: Hao Doll, Healing Moon (4), Super Mantle, Symbol of Peace
BOSS STRATEGY:  Surprisingly, the Devil is easier than the previous bosses. It
surely moves a lot, but his shots are destructible (if you got the Crystal of
Magic) and not that hard to avoid. The key to victory is simply to shoot really
fast; with the Crystal of Magic he will be history in no time.
Remember to also destroy any of his projectiles that may be chasing you.

GUIDE
a) Start by going right and you'll spot a pretty obvious Hao Doll on 1-B. Jump
on your third level from the block on the left of the doll to get to it. Then

jump to the top path for a shortcut to door number 1.

b) If you've been following my walkthrough, you should still have a key from
the last castle, so you may skip the boss for now. Go all the way right to 2-P,

then switch to the mid-level and go back left. There's a Healing Moon in the
bottom path, but I'd advise avoiding it due to the spike traps. In case you

fall, quickly make your way to the right destroying the blocks.

c) On 2-L you should stay on the pillar next to the spring and do your highest

jump to break the ceiling above it. This way you can make a passage to jump

with the spring and grab the Super Mantle. But it's very tricky to use the

spring to go up there. You must jump on it at its right tip, so you can make a

left jump without being blocked by the wall/ceiling. With a little practice you

should be able to do it. If this gets really annoying, and you have a SOS Raft,

you can fall in the water to the left and it will boost you to a safe spot

(if you keep holding left). After you get the Mantle enter the locked door.

d) You should be on 1-E. Go right and take the top-most path by climbing the
stairs. After you run-jump the first set of spikes, fall to the middle path,

stop above the spring you'll see on the lower level and destroy the ground.

Then either use the spring or just go right through the bottom to avoid the

spikes. On the next spring switch to the middle platform, and enter the Door 2

on 1-I.

e) You're on 2-H, and this time you can't avoid the boss. Destroy the left wall

for a Healing Moon. Go right to fight the Devil. After you've beaten him, grab

the key and go down. Quickly jump over the spikes consecutively, to reach the

locked door on 2-H. You unfortunately will have to waste a lot of vitality on

this part.

f) Go right and, once you're between the vase in front of the hole and the
sign, break the ceiling and go to the end of the mid-level platform full of
spikes. Keep jumping quickly but high and destroy the top-right platform, which
holds a Healing Moon. The moon will fall to the bottom level, so go there and

grab it. Take any path on your right (preferably the top one, using the spring)

to reach Door 3 on 1-M.

g) Go a long way to the right and kill the boss. Then proceed through the

bottom level. To get the Healing Moon on 2-G, break the floor before the room

with the moon, and you'll fall to the room beside it. Now shoot the ceiling

that covers the moon to your left and you'll destroy it. Then go left, jumping

on the platforms, and enter the locked door on 2-D.

h) You're on 1-M. Follow the arrows and enter the FIRST door you see. Now
you'll enter a sort of complicated maze that blocks your way to the last
Symbol and the Exit. Go down one level and enter the only door you can.

Go right, jump over the water and enter the only door. You'll be on 2-B.
Before proceeding, go left, and break the ceiling to get the key. There's a
set of three locked doors on the 2-A/B mid-level, enter the last one
(left-most). On 1-P, break the ceiling above the flower vase and enter the
door on the top. On 2-A break the floor above the key, grab it, break the
ceiling to the left of the key, then finish opening a passage back to top by
destroying the ceiling with your shots. Enter the locked door way above the

exit, then go left and break the floor next to the wall. Just grab the Symbol

of Peace, enter the door and finish the game!!!

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   5. ENEMIES:

For information and strategies on defeating castle bosses, refer to that

castle's walkthrough. The enemies are listed in order of appearance.

>>> ENEMIES:
SERPENT: Always comes rushing fast towards you, but is fairly weak. It's
the only enemy you can kill by jumping on its head.

BAT: Comes fast from the sky in a zigzag pattern. One shot will do it,
but they're hard to aim.

LOBSTER: Slow but resistant. When you shoot a Lobster, it will jump
towards you so be very careful not to shoot while jumping too. They can chase
you wherever you go, and even jump on low platforms.

DRAGONFLY: Flies in a fixed, 8-shaped pattern. Hard to aim, but most of times
you'll have to kill them from a distance, since they use to block platforms far

away.

PORCUPINE: Runs fast like the Serpents and also has great resistance.
Although they're full of needles, you can oddly use them as platforms just as

the Lobsters.

WASP: Very annoying. They're slow but chase you wherever you go, so be
sure to get rid of them.

MOLE: Moles come from the ground from time to time, trying to hit you, then
bury themselves again. Don't bother with them, just jump over.


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   6. SECRETS:

1) Start a Game with Items:
Start a new game and enter your name as "ONSEN" with one space at the end;
make sure to enter the characters in the quickest manner possible. You'll then
be asked for another name. This time enter "HAHI" with two spaces at the end.
Before starting the game, you'll come to a room where you can choose which
items you'll start with.

2) Warp Trick on Castle V:
On Castle V, due to a bug I believe, it's possible to warp all around the
castle. To perform this trick, stand by the first pillar on the castle, so
that Hao gets hidden behind it. Press down and he should fall into the floor.

Then go a little to the right so you can see a bit of him, press down again and
you'll be warped to the next pillar. You can repeat this process as much as
you want on any of the pillars. I don't know what good would this do, though,
because if you never passed the castle before you'll probably only get lost.

3) The "True" Ending:
It seems there's a secret on the US/NTSC version of the game (the tuned-down
game called Mystery Quest), where you're required to finish the game four
times in order to get the real ending. ReyVGM has confirmed this information,
and revealed to me that the "true ending" consists of a hidden message saying
[SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS]
"Congratulation. You have over come your greatest challenge. Now you are
powerful wizard." (sic)

I'm not sure if the Japanese version, Hao-kun no Fushigi na Tabi, has the same
hidden ending, or any different ending at all, but I'd assume it to be
likewise, as generally they only removed stuff for the English version,
not bothering to add anything. Moreover, the true ending message is in Engrish
to begin with, so obviously it was something present in the Japanese version.

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   7. CLOSURE:

This FAQ shall be found on GameFAQ's only. If you see it elsewhere, please

tell me so I can take proper action.

Here ends yet another walkthrough for an unknown game. Hope you've enjoyed
it.

I'd like to thank Nori and Taka2 for developing the Famtasia emulator, which

plays Famicom Disk System so well.

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