| The Pride Lands |
| The Pride Lands is home to Simba. Like Halloween Town, Atlantica and the Timeless River, the heroes' appearance changes to match the enviroment. This is a Battle Level 26 world, so try to complete this area before revisiting Twilight Town. Besides, helping Simba topple Scar and Pete is bond to be more fun! Rescuing Nala One of the first things you'll notice in the Pride Lands is that the heroes look much different. Sora, Donald, and Goofy change into creatures of the savannah. First, go to the Elephant Graveyard and prepare for a battle. It seems that some dangerous Heartless foes are menacing a young lioness named Nala. It's time to get to work! The Living Bones are interesting foes. As you get close to one, look for the Rodeo Reaction Command to appear. This enables you to jump onto the monster's back and ride it into and over the other monsters in the area. Once you're on a creatures back, look for the Grand Cross Reaction Command to deliver a strong, crushing blow to a foes head. After the battle, she'll bring you to Pride Rock to be shot down by Rafiki of having any chance of becoming king, Helping Simba Regain His Throne After gaining the help of Nala, it is time to hook up again with Simba. Simba now lives in the Oasis in the jungles past the Wastelands. Travel there with Nala, fighting Heartless along the way. Simba has a sudden realization that he must return to the Pride Lands and retake his rightful place as King. After acquiring the Circle of Life Keyblade, it is time to travel back to Pride Rock where the real battles begin, with Simba in your party. Banzai, Shenzi, & Ed HP: 305 Damage Weapons - Normal damage Fire - 1/2 damage Blizzard - 1/2 damage Thunder - 1/2 damage Dark - 1/2 damage Other - 1/2 damage The first battle takes place against the three hyenas Banzai, Shenzi and Ed. You must defeat them while protecting Pumbaa and Timon. The hyenas aren't too difficult to defeatL the tough part is preventing them from causing damage to Pumbaa and Timon. You can use the Call Over Reaction Command to help Pumbaa avoid taking damage. Whenever possible, try to fight them in a group instead of one-on-one. Note that each foe has its own health bar, too. It's best the fight the majority of this battle without locking onto a particular hyena. However, if one of them gets very low on health, focus your attacks on it to deplete the pack. Hang out around Pumbaa and wait for the hyenas to approach. Let the yellow auto-target choose the closest enemy and knock that foe away with a good combo or two. Whenever possible, try to ensure that your attacks cause damage to multiple enemies. You can also you the Magnet magic to draw the enemies together and devastate them with a follow-up combo. At the end of the battle, you receive the following Get Bonuses: Max HP boosts for Sora and Donald and the Lucky Lucky ability for Goofy. Scar HP: 915 Damage Weapons - Normal damage Fire - 1/2 damage Blizzard - 1/2 damage Thunder - 1/2 damage Dark - 1/2 damage Other - 1/2 damage Now it's time to help Simba deal with Scar. Scar is incedibly fast and has some devastating attacks. Hopefully, you've mastered the new Dash ability to adeptly dodge his attacks. Negin the battle by unleashing an all-out offensive onslaught. Goofy is a good companion in this battle, as his attacks keep pressure on Scar. Remember there are no Drive Forms in the Pride Lands, so your choice of a companion doesn't mean much. With that in mind, Simba's Limit attack is an extremely useful attack. Use it often and time its use so that Scar isn't too far away. When used properly, it can seriously drain a good portion of his HP bar! Watch for Scar's big attacks, which are preceeded by a cloud of dark energy or fire that surrounds the beast. The dark energy indicates that he's about to start his fearsome dash attack. The best way to avoid him is to zigzag around the area using the Dash ability. When Scar stops after his dash, rush in to continue the assault. If fire is emerging around Scar, give him a little room and some time to cool down before returning to the fight. Finally, if you get pinned in an area during the battle, use the Counter Reaction Command to push the foe off and escape. At the end of the battle, Sora, Goofy and Simba receive Max HP boosts and Donald learns Fire Boost. The reward for finishing the level is the Fire Element. This causes flames to appear and revolve around you when used, plus it also boosts your Fire spell to Fira! It's now time to revisit Twilight Town. |