King boo is a boss located in serena beach. To
beat this guy easily first butt slam on the 3
purple squares. dont worry about the little boos
that he lets out, if you spray king boo all the
little ones go away. Then king boo will lick the
3 wheels, if you get a "???" there will be 3
different enemies that pop out, these are all
simple to beat, but if one does get you stuck,
dont worry, they disapair soon. If you get 3 gold
coin signs, you get alot of coins. but when you
get the 3 fruit symbols, out pops all kinds of
fruit and 2 hot peppers. First take a hot pepper
and throw it at king boo, then while king boo is
trying to put out the flame on his tounge, throw
any other fruit at him and he will turn purple.
Do not throw another hot pepper at him, this will
be unaffective. Do this 2 more times and the
shine is yours!
Submitted by: eskimo bob
14 Sep 2002
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There are a couple of good strategies for beating
the manta. The first is good for when you have
just started splitting up the manta, which you do
by just spraying it with water. Switch to your
hover nozzle and hover above the mini-mantas. If
you go in circles, the streams will shoot out to
the sides and you can kill a wide range of
mantas. Don't wait for your hover time to run
out, however; make sure there's a clear landing
spot--which shouldn't be too hard since the
mantas can't tell where you are since you're in
the air and they won't try to attack you, they
just want to get away from the water--and land.
Once you land, though, make sure you're quick in
getting back in the air, because the mantas will
be ready to leap on the first thing that moves.
The second strategy is particularly useful when
you've split up most of the giant manta and now
you've got a bunch of hyperactive ultra-mini-
mantas running around trying to kill you. Not
good. But, have no fear. Just do a spin jump
while spraying. To spin jump, rotate the control
stick once really quickly as you push (A). If
you hold down (R), Mario will spray water like a
sort of levitated sprinkler. I call this the
Levitated Spin 'n' Spray, but some refer to it
simply as the Spin Jump That You Happen To Be
Able To Spray Water At The Same Time. If you
don't want to jump, you can just spin 'n' spray
while on the ground; don't try this until you get
really good at the spin 'n' spray--it's kind of
difficult to master, and if you screw it up in
the air, you always have the chance to switch
quickly to your hover nozzle and clear a landing
spot, but if you're on the ground when you screw
it up, well, you've got a bunch of annoying
little mantas that have been closing in on you.
You can also cover more ground in the air--simple
physics. The water will go farther when you're
in the air than when you're on the ground. And
don't stick to just one strategy. Mix and
match. Not that the computer will figure out
what you're doing; it just gets a little boring
to be spin 'n' spraying all the time. Oh, and
when you're trying to beat the dude, stay on the
beach right where the water breaks. This is good
for a few reasons: one, the mantas won't go into
the water so they will all be in front of you;
two, you will always have a clear landing spot
because you are standing in the water and the
mantas don't want to go there; and three, if you
run out of water you're right there and don't
need to waste precious time and/or lives rushing
down to the water, filling up, and rushing back
again. Finally, clear off as much of the beach
as you can before you go and talk to the hotel
manager. It will make your life a WHOLE lot
easier. Trust me. ^__^
Submitted by: Dragonyte
07 May 2003
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In Gelato Beach, there are 3 ways to bust cataquackers (the little fat ducks with no eyes):
Submitted by: cool8888
14 Jun 2003
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