A Tiny Problem
From Roa’s place, follow the floating mallet to the emperor’s quarters. When asked if you want to be shrunk down (do they even have to ask) press “Bring it!”
So now you are tiny. You know that because grass is bigger than you. Then we get to see Issun eye to eye. When you see him up close he is named Wandering Artist Issun (x1000). Don’t ask me what the 1000 is for but lots of things are get weird in this level
Walk right by the Blocking Spider (x1000). Issun says “it may let you go some times and hold you back others” – it is like Steve Rubell at Studio 54. Continue past the foot and to the giant stepping stones. We see a jail cell with someone crying inside. Although I can’t see her, she is skinny which means Issun will get all crush-y on her. Continue past the stones.
You are attacked by a giant POG. But, instead of the face of Alf there is the face of a Kabuki actor . He is fast so avoid his circular dashes. Basic brush slashes and beads seem to work well. When it is knocked over and dizzy, draw a cherry bomb on him.
After beating the POG, enter the next clearing. There are several large figures waiting around to smash you. One of them is sweeping so diligently that he will not let you pass. Ignore the sweeper for now and run along the east wall. One of the figure’s feet will try to stomp you. Try to lure his foot close to the waterfall on the east wall. When he stomps close enough to it, jump onto his foot. Then, double jump off it to reach the high waterfall. Bite the key and head back to the stepping stones.
When you pass the imprisoned, crying girl she will ask if you are the mallet bearers because she knows that those who are shrunk must have used it. She was arrested because she was selling bamboo wares for her father. She turns around and turns out to be hot. So hot in fact that she wears a glass bubble over her face just to keep guys (and even some women) from making out with her. Her name is Moonlight Beauty Kaguya (x1000). I think she is a lead singer for a shoegazer band because she says “I don’t even know who I really am or where I originally came from.”
Cross the stones again, and head back to the first room. Open the lockjaw-ed door. Once inside, bomb the glowing crack on the floor. The room is filled with platform spiders; but, do not do anything with them yet. Instead, jump down to the bottom floor and bomb the wall. You have found where Emperor keeps his precious chachkis. The only thing worth while is the huge hanging gourd flask. Use the slash technique to cut it down. Then, jump inside it.
In the next scene, read what Issun says and you can replace every occurrence of the word “mist” with the word “Ganjah”
Explore the interior of the “pot”. You need to get the contents out. Do this with the wind brush technique. By getting the “mist” out, Okami released the god Kasugami. The god is a lamb with a huge sheep’s bladder filled with some type of intoxicant. Kasugami stumbles around, takes a few hits of the sauce, and then takes a few hits from some lutes. One of them hits him right in the (lamb) chops. The new “mist” miracle allows Okami to slow things down – just like the real-life “mist”. Test it out on the spider. Just outside the room is another one of those POGs, but it is much easier now that you can give him a hit of the “mist.”
Dude! That was totally the Emperors “mist” stash. If you looked hard enough you could probably also find some old Playboys that he hid from his mom.
In the large room outside of the secret stash room is a whole mess of platform spiders. There is nothing necessary in this room other than three or four praise clovers in the very highest platforms. But, if you are someone who has to get 100% completion (have mercy on your time drenched soul) you should climb the spiders because there will never be another opportunity to get those clovers.
Exit the room and cross the stepping stones and the imprisoned girl to the room with the sweeper. Get the broom totally “misted” and continue past it. Do the same for the second broom behind it.
A dank river and some deer scares fill the next room. Draw a water spout to the first bamboo to lower it. Then, proceed quickly along the length of each one. At the end, jump up onto the red capped spider to ascend to the window sill.
Cinematic: The emperor is in his bed expelling some pretty wicked green mist. I bet he wishes he could access his stash now. Jump down into his room and kill the POG monsters that are rolling around. Once cleared, jump on the red spider that is located at the foot of the Emperor’s bed. Follow the line of the spiders using the mist as required. Jump on to the shelf and pass through the golden save gate.
Follow the ramp up to a maze made of the rafter’s beams. Using the L2 map helps big time in this next part. I will give you the direct path, feel free to explore for treasure. At the first junction take a left and jump across the platform spiders. Next, head West and run through the three spiders. Draw the mist symbol in the middle of all three of them to get them all totally baked. The end of the board hangs directly over the Emperor’s mouth. Jump off the edge to clear out his smoking problem from the inside.
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