General:
NOTE: This strategy was written by Patch, so all credit for this goes to him. I added a comment for the WR strat just because I hate this stage so much. Here we go:
Navigating across three consecutive cylinders that roll sideways is a lot
harder than it sounds. If you know the right moment to start rolling, you will
hardly ever die on this level.
I want a consistent finish!
Right from the start, roll forward at a fair pace and simply keep going until
you get to the goal, ignoring the banana bunches. Try not to veer left or
right too much and most importantly do not hesitate. As long as you are
rolling forward at a medium pace without slowing down, you will make it
comfortable with plenty of time left on the clock.
You could also pause the game at times of 25:86, 25:85, 16:86 or 16:85, hold up on the control stick and then press Start to unpause the game. Keep holding up until you reach the goal platform then steer right slightly into the goal.
I want a good score!
For a good score, you need to get all three banana bunches flat out.
Let's say the direction your monkey is facing at the start is north.
At the start, wait until your monkey bounces on the ground for the second time. Immediately after this bounce, hold up-right on the control stick and then
up-left. You want to leave the start platform about a tile south of the
north-east corner. At this point, straighten up for a fraction of a second
then hold up-left. Scrape the first bunch on its extreme left side and keep
holding up-left, making any slight adjustment you see fit. You should pick up
the second bunch easily and then scrape the third on its left side as you curve
left.
Now you just need to get in the goal. This is easily the hardest part of the
strategy thanks to an unforgiving goal platform. Most of the time, you will be
heading for the south-east corner of the platform with the goal directly in
your path. But because the third cylinder is east of the goal at this point,
you are slightly lower than the platform, making it very difficult to hop up
whilst staying on the same course. In fact it's next to impossible.
If you hit left of the south-east corner, you will lose most of your speed, fly
up into the air and lose any chance of a decent score. If you hit right of the
corner, you will usually get deflected to the right of the goal, although very
occasionally you may make it into the goal. The best outcome is to hit the
corner head on and hope for a low bounce directly into the goal though this
hardly ever happens. I have never finished this level without at least a very
small bounce from the corner.
The alternative to this bounce roulette is to get a bounce between the second
and third cylinders. Though this makes it even more difficult to get the third
bunch (you'll be in the air), you can skip over the corner of the goal platform
and head into the goal much more easily.
I want the record!
Finishing with all three bunches is an accomplishment you should be proud of,
but the world record will demand more from you! You also need to get the
single banana beyond the goal. Your angle of approach from getting the third
bunch will mean having to bounce slightly off the inside left goal post to do
this
Cck: This stage is a stupid whore, as in very stupid and very whore. What I do is not to wait at all in the beginning, but rather boost right straight away. I very rarely make it into the goal (almost never really), and I'm quite sure I pick up the last bunch while in mid-air. I have beaten the WR time with all 3 bunches, but of coure I missed the stupid banana behind the goal, which is incredibly hard to get. As Patch said, you really want to use the inside of the goal if you possibly can.
Current record: 8390
Finish: 26.45
Bananas: 31
Difficulty rating for 8280:
3/5