General:
I usually skip this on Normal Mode by using a warp on E42, and there is
a
good reason for doing
that. E43 is considered one of the harder levels on Expert, and few
people
like it. One reason is
that the camera screws you up sometimes, which can be very annoying. I
used
to have this
record for ages, until one day FerretDruid came along with one of his
trademark Ferret-strats.
Luckily, reverse-engineeering works well on this level (few bananas),
and so
I studied the
movement of the platforms and found out quickly what he was doing. That
is,
I though I knew it,
I actually improved slightly on his strat and beat him again. I know
the WR
strategy for this level
is causing some confusion, so I will try my best to put an end to that.
I want a consistent finish!
Basically, do not get onto the first platform the "normal way," instead
go
forward and drop off on
the left side. This is much easier, you have more space to brake (the
whole
width of the
platform, as you get onto it from the side), and it�s consistent. At
about
51.00, jump down to
the (stationary) middle platform. Wait a bit, get onto the plaform that
is
coming down. Now the
platform you�re on will move up, and at about 41.50 jump down and land
on
the moving plaform
below. Wait until this platform brings you to the goal, and roll in at
about
36 I think.
I want a good score!
Anything above 10000 is good, and if you complete the WR strat you�re
likely
to have over
10500. Follow the WR strat.
I want the record!
Notation: Right at the start, a bit right and ahead of you, there is a
corner. Note this corner, it
will be important. Also note the two sets of moving platforms. On each
of
the two, the two
platforms are connected by a wooden (well, it�s brown) stick. This is
important too.
Hold back-left at the beginning, let go after a split-second. The ball
will
roll back, change direction
because it (slowly) hits two rails, and it should stop about 2 tiles
away
from the back-left corner
of the starting platform. You should face the right set of moving
platforms.
If necessary, adjust
you monkey so you are looking in the right direction. At low 56, hold
forward, swirl to the right,
jump over the rail on the right about 1-2 tiles before the corner I
mentioned previously, pull over
to the left, make it back onto the platform about 4 (not sure how many
exactly) tiles after the
corner. For the record, you must keep holding up-left, you are not
allowed
to make any
corrections.
If done properly (and this is fairly consistent), you will jump over
the
left side of the starting
platform, bounce once on the moving platform, pick up the banana and
hit the
left edge of the
wooden stick at high speed. Note: You should hit the stick most of the
time.
The hard and rather
random part is after hitting the stick. Often, you will get hit over to
the
left at high speed, but far
away from any platform. What you want to do is land on the middle
platform.
The important
thing for the WR strat is that you don�t want to land on the front of
the
middle platform, roll
along and bounce up from the back rail, instead you want to land
directly on
the back rail.
Straighten out, and the jump up from the back rail of the middle
platform
should be high enough
to get you onto the moving platform (which is pretty high up), then get
the
banana and head
into the goal. The real problem with this strat is that you are too
high and
you will just hit the
party ball often. Alternatively, your bounce from the middle platform
will
be a bit too low, you�ll
bounce against the front edge of the moving plaform and then slowly
into the
goal. You will still
get over 10500 though.
Well yeah, what was FerretDruid doing then? In fact, the only other vid
of
E43 I have seen is by
sdkess, and he did it Ferret-style too. After hitting the stick and
bouncing
onto the middle
platfrom (apparently you don�t need to land at the back rail), they
don�t
straighten out, but
instead they go over to the left and bounce off the wooden stick of the
second set of platforms.
It seems hard to get the second banana and it looks terribly hard from
the
vid, so you should try
yourself to see what is easier for you.
Current Record: 10692
Finish: 52.46
Bananas: 2
Difficulty rating for 10000:
3.5/5
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