Big Bungee Piranha's Lair

Big Bungee Piranha's Lair is the eighth level of World 2 in Yoshi's Island DS. It is the game's second Scary Castle and a Blue Yoshi takes control in this level. The level primarily takes place in sewer networks which consist of small mazes. The first network is a cave consisting of several tunnels where a few enemies can be found, the second network has palace-like walls, is filled with winding paths, and many Piranha Plants populate the place. There are also two aboveground sections which take place at a deep pool on the island at night with a nice view of the sea. The boss of this level is the Big Bungee Piranha, a Bungee Piranha enlarged by Kamek's magic and the overall boss of World 2.
==Walkthrough==
Starting off the level, advance to the right and slurp up the Shy Guys that emerge from the Pipes (if you have any Red Eggs on you, this is a great place to farm Stars as it is a small space for enemies to go amidst eachother and when two enemies amidst eachother are hit, the Stars released are multiplied (meaning you can get 8 Stars here), you can also ricochet eggs off the walls to earn Red Eggs here), after this, enter the Pipe sticking out of the water to enter the sewer network.
Upon entering the sewers, advance to the right and hit the red Arrow Block to flip the Pipe Section correctly to advance, from here, do the same with the next Arrow Block, flip the Pipe Section so it's facing upward and hop on the left block of the Pipe Section to reach the upper ledge where a stash of Coins can be found, three of these are Red Coins. Once they're collected, return to the main path and follow the new path set by the Pipe Section you just fixed to the right, here, you will see two Arrow Blocks (one red and one green), flip the red one horizontally and the green one so it connects to the red's path but points downward. You will need to do this to obtain the Coins and two Red Coins down below. Once these are collected, flip the path so it directs upward and enter through the tunnel to the right.
In the next section, you will come across a Stork Stop, switch to whichever baby you feel is best, beat the Cloud Drops here, and progress onward. There is an Egg Block here, use this to stock up your eggs (this is also a good place to farm Red Eggs due to way the ceiling is aligned). Grab the Coins and advance to the right, hit the Arrow Block to make the Pipe Section horizontal, from here, advance to the right and hit the green Arrow Block to point the green Pipe Section upward, from here, watch out for Crabbles and Cloud Drops (Crabbles take three eggs to beat) and walk through the horizontal Pipe Section and grab the Smiley Flower in this niche (but watch out for the Dizzy Dandy next to it). Once collected, return through the Pipe Section and hop to the upper ledge and collect the Coins above (three of them are Red Coins so collect these too), beat the Cloud Drops and drop down through the side. Next, advance to the left and hit the red Arrow Block to make the Pipe Section vertical, from here, hit the green Arrow Block to the right to point the Pipe Section downward. Drop down and watch out for the Dizzy Dandy in the niche above, follow the path downward and swim across the water avoiding the attacks from the Wall Lakitus, beat the Wild Ptooie Piranha blocking your way and wait for the gushing water to recede before continuing, launch an egg at the Smiley Flower above to collect it (the egg goes through the Pipe Section when tossed so you will have to make sure it is vertical before tossing your egg). After this, head to the right and back up the main path, fro here, hop to the upper platforms and watch out for the Piranha Plant as well as the Wild Ptooie Piranha and the Wall Lakitus, toss an egg at the Arrow Block to face the green Pipe Section to the right and bob the red Arrow Block below to fit the red one with the green one. From here, jump through the fitted Pipe Sections and exit the sewer network.
Upon returning aboveground, advance to the right (there is a ledge above with three hidden Winged Clouds, more on this later), and drop down below into the water, from here, jump to end up below the water and swim below the rock block to end up underneath the bridge and grab the Coin and Red Coin (just be careful of the Tube Guys here), after this jump again to bob below the water and swim below the rock block to end up back on the main path, from here, jump across the water collecting Coins and slurp up Shy Guys that pop out of the Pipes, from here, jump on the next stone block and use an egg to hit the soft stone, once done, the large stone slab it was holding up will slowly start falling, jump in the water and let it push you down low enough (not all the way because you will be crushed once you hit the bottom), just low enough to be underneath the stone block once moving from beneath the falling slab, once done, jump to the ledge, collect the Coins and the Red Coin. Hit the Winged Cloud here for a 1-Up. Once done, the rock platforms the slab was blocking are now reachable. Jump to them, collect the Coins long them and from here, slurp up a Shy Guy or a Tube Guy in the area, place it on the grassy stone block at the top and bounce off it's head to propel yourself into the air and from here, flutter to the left to reach the ledge above the Pipe you exited from. There are three hidden Winged Clouds here, the first two contain 1-Ups while the third contains Stars. Once these are collected, return back to the main path and jump to the bridge to the right, the Pipe on the upper ledge can be tricky to reach, there are three methods to reaching it, the first is by using the Shy Guy method mentioned earlier (but this time, fluttering to the Pipe), the second is bouncing off the rolling Dizzy Dandy's head to reach the ledge with the Pipe, the third method involves jumping on the edge of the Chomp Rock in the corner to roll it out and from here, use the Chomp Rock as a platform to reach the ledge and enter the Pipe.
Upon entering the Pipe, you will end up in a cave-like room with an Egg Plant constantly spewing out eggs, to the right is a Pipe but it is blocked by a Gobblin. To enter the Pipe, feed your eggs to the Gobblin, upon eating six eggs, the Gobblin will explode thus allowing you to enter the Pipe taking you to the Piranha Plant's domain.
Upon entering this larger sewer network, tag the Middle Ring and press on. Follow the path upward and hit the Egg Block to fill your egg supply, hop onto the Egg Block to reach the upper ledge, follow the path upward and collect the Coins down this path (beat the Crabbles here as well) the two Coins at the end are Red Coins, from here, return back to the main path and jump into the nook to the left, beat the Wild Ptooie Piranha and grab the Coins and Red Coin here, after this, get back on the main path, enter to the next nook below the platform as one of the Coins on the Ferris Wheel here is a Red Coin, after this, continue down the path, kill the Bungee Piranha above and jump to the ledge, grab the Coins and Red Coin on the upper ledge and from here, return to the aforementioned ledge and advance to the left and beat the Wild Ptooie Piranhas and grab the Coins and two Red Coins in this nook, there is also a Smiley Flower above so grab this too. Once done, return to the main path and follow the path down, from here, kill the Piranha Plants, Wild Ptooie Piranha and Bungee Piranha in the area, grab the Smiley Flower and tag the Stork Stop, switch to Baby Mario (if you're not using him), hit the Egg Block for more eggs, and drop down and advance to the left, kill the Crabbles in the small tunnel here and hit the M Block at the end to make a Sunflower bloom, climb the Sunflower to reach the ledge with the Baby Coin. Once done, return back to the main path and advance to the right, use the Spray Fish's water spray to propel yourself to the upper ledge where the Smiley Flower awaits. Beat the the Nipper Plants, Piranha Plants, Wild Ptooie Piranha, and Bungee Piranha in this area, tag the Middle Ring, switch to whichever baby best suits you, and enter the Red Door.
===BOSS: Big Bungee Piranha===
Upon entering the room, you will see a Bungee Piranha who Kamek enlarges transforming it into a colossal giant, the Big Bungee Piranha. The Big Bungee Piranha starts the battle by spewing out Nipper Spores (which can be swallowed, you can also wait for them to hit the ground and become Nipper Plants to swallow them and earn more eggs but they can become troublesome so this may be a last resort). After spewing out the Nipper Spores, the Big Bungee Piranha will start munching, during this time, his Bungee Buds will make attempts to hit you so avoid these as they're your biggest problem during this fight. After this, he start moving and when you're under him, he will try and target you and after a few second, will reach down for a snack (as he is targeting, move out of the way (his target doesn't move so once it's locked, it's locked) and move the Chomp Rock into the target's radius (a good strategy is to stand on the Chomp Rock as he is moving so you won't have to move it. When he lunges down steer clear of him and when he bites down on the Chomp Rock, he will injure his teeth leaving him vulnerable. Hit him with an egg to score a hit (if he swallows you, he will keep you in his mouth for a few seconds before spitting you out, the Bungee Buds will grab hold of the baby during this time making retrieving the baby rather challenging as they sometimes hold the baby out of reach). The Big Bungee Piranha will repeat the process from before, avoid his attacks and lure him to bite down on the Chomp Rock during his targeting stage to score a second hit. After this, the Big Bungee Piranha will get much faster and spit the Nipper Spores even quicker, during his targeting stage, he will lunge down literally a second after targeting so be sure you're near the Chomp Rock during this stage. When he hits his teeth on the Chomp Rock again, pelt him with one more egg to finish him and his Bungee Buds off. After their defeat, they start to turn brown wither, and disappear into dust. And from there, World 2 is completed.
==Story==
After Big Bungee Piranha's defeat, Yoshi is seen trying to carry all three babies (Baby Mario, Baby Peach, and Baby DK) out of the sewer lair, due to the weight of three babies, Yoshi collapses and the Stork flies by retrieving Baby Peach and Baby DK leaving Yoshi with Baby Mario, Yoshi realizes he cannot carry three babies at once and that one baby is much easier for him, upon this realization, Yoshi rejoices and exits the cave with Baby Mario leaving the Stork (who is carrying Baby Peach and Baby DK) confused.
==Baby Coin Location==
Upon reaching the end of the first path in the second sewer network, you will end up in a large area with several Piranha Plants, switch to Baby Mario and drop down, take the left tunnel and kill the Crabbles in your way, once they're out of your hair, hit the M Block at the path's end to make a Flower Plant grow, climb it to reach the ledge with the Baby Coin.
==Enemies Encountered==
*Shy Guys
*Cloud Drops
*Crabbles
*Dizzy Dandies
*Needlenoses
*Wall Lakitus
*Wild Ptooie Piranhas
*Tube Guys
*Gobblins
*Bungee Piranhas
*Spray Fish
*Nipper Plants
*Nipper Spores
*Bungee Buds
*Big Bungee Piranha (BOSS)
==Trivia==
*This is the only Scary Castle in the game to take place in a lair that isn't an actual Castle.
*This level is similar to Naval Piranha's Castle from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 as both levels take place in sewer-like locations filled with Piranha Plants and both levels have a giant Piranha Plant boss assisted by Piranha Buds.
*This is the only Castle-level in the game to not have the Castle/Warehouse theme in any area.
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