Adventure Island/World 4

Stage 1

 * 1) After a few Cobras and a Cavas, this section presents you with a Honey Girl fairy which will allow you to crash through the rest of the enemies in this section.  Don't worry about the fruit as you don't lose vitality while the fairy accompanies you.
 * 2) You will be presented with a series of rocks, fires, and flocks of Cavas birds.  You can't do anything about the fires except jump over them.  You can remove the rocks if you have the fireball.  And the flocks of Cavas are easy enough to deal with as long as you have a weapon.  Don't rush through here.
 * 3) There is a hidden fireball egg right by the totem pole after the fire.  As you climb up the hill here, watch out for the double boulders.  If you don't have the fireball, you are going to have to time your jumps very carefully.  Then avoid the series of Cobras at the top of the hill.
 * 4) There are some tricky jumps in this next section as you must carefully navigate over a few suspended platforms.  You will encounter a set of three rocks grouped together.  You must trip over the far right one to reveal the Bonus Pot.  Beyond that is a spring board jump that you must have sufficient speed to clear.  Watch out for the frogs towards the end.  The stage ends after two floating platforms.

Stage 2

 * 1) The stage starts out with a long section where you must generally climb up a series of steps.  A flower can be found in an egg early on.  Pay special attention to the boulders and the frogs.  Take your time proceeding through the stage, but don't idle too much as your vitality meter will still deplete.
 * 2) The next section is much like the previous section.  A hidden fireball egg can be found directly between two fires.  Just beyond that is a single rock at the top of the "mountain."  Trip over it to reveal the Bonus Pot.
 * 3) With so little fruit appearing, you may be running low on vitality.  Fortunately, the first egg you come to in this section will be a bottle of milk.  Don't delay and pick it up before you lose a life.  You'll need a good running start to clear the fire that is positioned on the left side of a high ledge.
 * 4) As you make your way down the other side of the mountain, you must be on the look out for enemies like Cavas, and even Basser bats which are unusual to find outdoors.  A few skulls line the ending of the stage.

Stage 3

 * 1) You will find a flower early on in the first egg that you come to.  Make your way carefully along the ice as you dodge icicles that fall from the ceiling, and shoot or jump over the skulls that line the floor.
 * 2) Jump carefully over the fire.  Don't let your momentum carry you into the second fire as you slide on the floor.  Also take care when jumping over the gap beyond that so that the icicle doesn't hit you.  After you collect the bottle of milk in the next egg, jump very quickly up to the next ledge before the icicle falls on you when you hit the wall and stop.  You can run straight across the single block gaps that lead to the platforms beyond.
 * 3) After climbing up a series of steps, trip over the first rock that you come to to reveal the hidden Bonus Pot.  Jump across the platforms, including the moving one, and slow down to prepare for another icicle hanging over a ledge.  Beyond this, there are a few small ledges with gaps between them.  There is a key in a hidden egg on the left edge of the third ledge.  Pick it up and reach the next platform to be taken to a bonus stage.
 * 4) The final section presents a series of steps occupied by skulls.  You will be surprised to find Zigmo spiders in this ice cave as well.  The last portion of this stage contains three lateral moving ice platforms that can be particularly difficult to stop sliding on and time your jumps appropriately.  Reach the other side to exit the stage.

Stage 4

 * 1) Like most first sections of Stage 4, this is a flat run through a series of enemies, primarily spiders and crows.  There is a flower in the egg near the end of the section.
 * 2) Prepare for the Coyote attack at the start of this section.  Then carefully deal with the set of frogs who wait for you to approach.  There is a hidden fireball egg just before the  first springboard.  The Bonus Pot is visible beyond the second springboard between two fires.  Use the springboard to collect the Pot, and aim to land between the fires, or you'll shoot over the pot.
 * 3) This section provides you with a Honey Girl fairy to blast through your enemies with.  Be sure to collect this by running into the egg and pushing it as far to the left as you can before the fairy appears.  If you do this right and run constantly, you should be able to use the fairy all the way through the three frogs and single fire at the end of the section.  You will still have to deal with the Coyote that attacks from behind.
 * 4) As usual, watch out for the boulders and deal with the fires and Cobras found at the top of the slopes.  The first platform on the way to the boss hideout will fall away.  This boss is just like all the others, only he approaches you a little bit faster than the previous ones.  He will take fourteen hits to the head before he goes down.