Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Castle

***Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Castle*** (ワイワイワールド2: SOS!! パセリ城, *Wai Wai Wārudo Tsū: Esuōesu!! Paseri Jō*?) is a Konami mascot 2D platform game released for the Famicom game system in 1991. It is a sequel to *Konami Wai Wai World* and stars various Konami characters.

## Plot

Peaceful times were reigning in Wai Wai World, when suddenly a great wizard by the name of Warūmon emerged from the darkness and swiftly conquered the land. In response, Dr. Cinnamon, who escaped the attack for being away on a sightseeing trip, created a super robot named "Rickle" by using his secretly developed "Konami Hero Transformation Circuit" and sent him forth to defeat Warūmon.

When Warūmon learned of Cinnamon's plan, he kidnapped Wai Wai World's Herb Princess and took her away to his base in outer space, known as "Parsley Castle". There, he revived villains that had been previously defeated by former Konami heroes and sent them over to stop Rickle.

## Gameplay

The player begins the game by choosing one of four character groups, each consisting of three different Konami characters. Most of the levels are spoofs of various different levels from Konami games. In these levels, the player starts off with the main character, Rickle, who by collecting special power-ups can transform temporarily into one of the three different characters chosen at the beginning of the game.

Getsu Fuma is one of the playable characters Rickle can transform into.

There are also space shooter, driving and puzzle levels. After certain levels, the player can choose different paths which consist of different stages.

## Characters

### Playable characters

* **Rickle** (リックル *Rikkuru*?): The game's main protagonist, who is also a robot created by Dr. Cinnamon. He can transform himself into other Konami heroes.
* **Goemon**: This chivalrous thief from the *Ganbare Goemon* series returns from *Wai Wai World*. He throws his *kiseru* like a boomerang, which he uses as a weapon.
* **Simon**: Armed with his whip, the vampire hunter from the *Castlevania* series.
* **Fūma**: He is from the Famicom game, *GetsuFumaDen*. Armed with a sword, he also returns from the first *Wai Wai World*.
* **Upa**: The baby hero who uses a rattle as a weapon. He is from *Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa*.
* **Bill**: The Rambo-style hero from the *Contra* series. He uses a spreader gun that can shoot in multiple directions.
* **Vic Viper** and **Metalion**: The spaceships from the *Gradius* series, which the player can only use for the *Gradius*-style shooter stages.
* **TwinBee** and **WinBee**: The robot-ships from the *TwinBee* series, which the player can only use in the *TwinBee*-style shooter stages.

### Other characters

* **Dr. Cinnamon** (シナモン博士, *Shinamon Hakase*?): Scientist from the *TwinBee* series. Helps the characters throughout the game.
* **Princess Herb** (ハーブ姫, *Hābu Hime*?): Wai Wai World's princess, who was kidnapped by Warūmon.
* **Warūmon** (ワルーモン?): The game's main villain. A great wizard who wants to conquer Wai Wai World.

### Enemies

* Flame Soul
* Bone Fish
* Jumping Head
* Bonehead
* Kid Oni
* Muscle Ryukotsuki

## Gallery

Artwork of Rickle transformed as Fūma from the instruction booklet.Rickle transformed as Getsu Fuma making his way through the Hell stage.Rickle transformed as Simon Belmont fighting against Kinniku Ryukotsuki.

## Related products

* *Konami Famicom Music Memorial Best Vol. 3* — Contains the soundtrack for this game, including one *Castlevania* related song.
* *Konami Wai Wai World* — The previous game in the series.
* *Wai Wai World 1 & 2 Sound Collection* — Official soundtrack.
* *Wai Wai World 1+2 Vinyl Soundtrack* — Vinyl version of the soundtrack.

## External links

* Instruction booklet at Video Game Den (PDF)
* Konami Wii U product page (archived: November 4, 2015)
* *Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Jō* at Wikipedia