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This time we'll be taking a look at a boss battle secret in Yoshi's Island for the Super
Nintendo
Now as you may already know, the bosses in Yoshi's Island can be pretty daunting and
Naval Piranha in level 3-8 is no exception.
Although she starts off small and helpless...that won't be the case for long.
And that's because Kamek will soon fly in and sput off some words before crop-dusting
the area with magic, giving the tiny piranha plant a massive growth spurt.
Pretty threatening looking, right?
Now in order to take her down, you'll have to target her navel by making some tricky
rochoet shots and skimming the eggs along the water.
And you'll have to do this 3 times to finish the fight.
Or do you? Do you remember when we said she starts off small and helpless. Well, we meant
it
To see what we mean, make sure you enter the Boss's lair with at least one egg--though
you may want to have a few extras as spares
Now when you reach the actual boss chamber--slow down, because if you move more than just a
short ways into the room, you'll trigger the battle.
Instead, either remain in the water on the left side, or jump to the very first section
of the platform--but no farther.
Now try firing an egg off at the undeveloped plant and see what happens
Yup, you just totally destroyed a boss--before it even became a boss. How often does that
happen? Look, you even caught Kamek by surprise!
And we think this well-hidden trick is one of the coolest things we've seen in a platforming
game. It's a neat reward for those who take the time to wonder What If before marching
into battle
And that wraps up this episode of Cool Bits for Yoshi's Island.
Now let us know if you have any Cool Bits of your own and we may feature it in a future
episode.
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