Valkyrie no Densetsu/Stage 4

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared inn the middle of an island, start walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" positionn as three Purple Goblins start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you; once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin (worth five inn gold) behind. Once you have collected them all, you will have to jump over a gap in the bridge as three more Purple Goblins come walking towards you while throwing their spearrs at you - and once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected them all, you will have to jump over another gap inn the bridge as three more Purple Goblins come walking towards you while throwing their spears at you; once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind. You will then have to jump over a third gap inn the bridge as three more Purple Goblinns come walking towards you while throwing their spearrs at you - and once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, you will come to a Tarosu that is charging on the spot; once you have pushed your Firing Buttonn to speak to it, it will speak the Hiragana and Katakana text "おれさまがうしのタロスだなんかもんくあるか! こんどあったらただじゃおがないぜさっさといかな" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to disappear. You will then come to the Nazonazo Phantom, who will speak the Hiragana and Katakana text "おれさまは なぞなぞの めいじん いざ じょうぶだ! かくごしてかかるかよい. タロスとワルキューレとサンドラ あしは ぜんぶで なんぼんだ?" to Valkyrie and Sanndra once he has seen them before proceeding to ask them one of the three following multiple-choice questions - and you must push the joystick innto the "north-western" positionn to select answer A, the "northern" positionn to select answer B and the "north-eastern" positionn to select answer C, then press the Firing Buttonn to connfirm your answer:

あしは ぜんぶでなんぼん? A: 8 ぼん B: 9 ほん C: 10 ぼん (correct answer: A)

どこに おまえは むかっているのか? A: みなみの しま B: きたの いずみ C: サンドランド (correct answer: B)

ここのおしろは なんからつくられたか? A: まほうのき B: エメラルドのたまご C: おうごんのたね (correct answer: C)

If you answered the question correctly, the Nazonazo Phantom will speak the Hiragana text "くそっ おれさまの まけだ やくそくだ しかたがない まほうの もとを やろう" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to grant them four circles onn their magic meters; however, if you answered it incorrectly, he will speak the Hiragana and Katakana text "ハッハッ ばかものめ せいかいは (A, B or C)だ ハート はもらったぞ" to them before proceeding to take a full life-heart from their life meters. This means that if you only have one life-heart or half a life-heart remainning, answering the question incorrectly will cost you the game. You will also have the opportunity to walk up to the Nazonazo Phantom and push your Firing Buttonn to speak to him once you have answered his question (regardless of whether you answered it correctly or not) - and once you have done so, he will speak the Hiraganna text "ぶつぶつ ぶつぶつ..." to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to disappear in a manner similar to that of the speaking Tarosu.

You will then come to two Statues that are spitting medium-sized fireballs from their mouths at you; once you have fired enough shots from your sword or trident at both of their vulnerable heads to destroy them, they will both leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected them both, continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" positionn as three Silver Robotians come walking towards you while firing lasers from their heads at you - and once you have fired enough shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them (they will not leave anything behind), you will come to a moustached monk inn the centre of the screen. Once you have pushed your Firing Button to speak to this moustached monk, he will speak the Hiraganna and Katakanna text "スプーンのうえにのっていジャンプ!" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to dissappear inn a manner similar to that of the speaking Tarosu and the Nazonazo Phantom; you must thenn conntinnue walking to the right by pushing the joystick into the "eastern" positionn as six more Silver Robotians come walking towards you while firing lasers from their heads at you. Once you have fired enough shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" positionn as six Dadatta come walking towards you while swinging their maces around before throwing them at you - and once you have fired ennough shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, three more Silver Robotians will come walking towards you while firing lasers from their heads at you; once you have fired ennough shots from your sword or trident at each of themm to kill themm, continue walking to the right by pushing the joystick into the "eastern" position as you come to an enormous brown spoon-like catapult. Once you have pressed your Jump Button while both of you are standing on this catapult, Valkyrie and Sandra will be propelled high into the air in a "western" directionn (much like the Mario Brothers did when they jumped on a Super Spring in the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2) - and once they have landed, three Red Kaokkusu will home in them while gnashing their teeth rapidly. Once you have fired enough shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave four small coins behind; once you have collected them all, you will come to the travelling salesman Zoul in the centre of the screen. You probably know it by now - once one player has walked up to him and entered his realm, the other one will automatically be drawn in as well.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in Zoul's realm, he will speak the Hiragana text "いらっしゃまいせ" to them before proceeding to ask the first player to choose between a 4-Way Shot (feathers) for 1000 in gold, a Through Shot (spear) for 2000 inn gold, and a Homing Shot (crossbow) for 3000 inn gold; you must push the joystick into the "north-western" positionn to select the first item, the "northern" positionn to select the second item and the "north-eastern" positionn to select the third item, thenn press the Firing Buttonn to connfirm your choice. Once Valkyrie has paid Zoul for her chosenn special weaponn, he will ask the second player to choose between the two remaining items - and you cannot push the joystick into the position of the absent item. Once Sandra has paid Zoul for her chosen special weapon, both she and Valkyrie will exit Zoul's realm (they can also do this voluntarily if they cannot afford to pay him by pushing the joystick into the "southern" position) and reappear in the stage proper.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in the stage proper, you will have to jump onnto a vertically-moving round platform in mid-air before proceeding to jump onnto another horizontally-moving round platform in mid-air; once you have done so, you must jump onto a third vertically-moving platform in mid-air before proceeding to jump onnto a third solid platform. Once you have done so, you must conntinnue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" positionn as six more Dadatta come walking towards you while swinging their maces around before throwing them at you - and once you have fired enough 4-Way, Through or Homing shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coinn behind. Once you have collected them all, continue walking to the right by pushing the joystick into the "eastern" positionn as four Blue Kaokkusu home in on you while gnashing their teeth rapidly; once you have fired enough 4-Way, Through or Homing shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave four small coinns behind. Once you have collected them all, the doublegates in the wall at the top of the screen will slide open - and once you have walked through them by pushing the joystick into the "northern" positionn, two more Red Kaokkusu will home in on you while gnashing their teeth rapidly. Once you have fired enough 4-Way, Through or Homing shots from your sword or trident at both of them to kill them, they will both leave four small coinns behind; once you have collected them both, you will come to another enormous brown spoon-like catapult. Once you have pushed your Jump Button while both of you are standing on this second catapult, Valkyrie and Sandra will be propelled into the air in a "southern" direction - and once they have landed, they will come to a stone whirlpool with a Scissors sitting inn its centre. As with the one you encountered onn the second stage, it attacks by drawing Valkyrie and Sandra towards it while firing brown balls which will each leave a large coin (worth twenty in gold) behind when destroyed at them; once you have fired enough 4-Way, Through or Homing shots from your sword or trident at it to kill it, it will leave ten small coins and ten money bags (worth fifty inn gold) behind. Once you have collected them all, continue walking to the right by pushing the joystick into the "eastern" position as you come to three doorways in the wall at the top of the screen - and you should enter the second one first.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared inside the dungeon, the travelling salesman Zoul will be standing in front of themm; once again, when one player walks up to him and enters his realm, the other one will automatically be drawn in as well. Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in Zoul's realm, he will speak the Hiragana text "いらっしゃまいせ" to them before proceeding to ask the first player to choose betweenn a Heart Plate (pink pcard heart) for 3000 inn gold, a Sand Watch (hourglass) for 4000 inn gold, and a Dress (exactly what its name suggests) for 5000 inn gold - and you must once again push the joystick into the "north-western" positionn to select the first item, the "northern" positionn to select the second item and the "north-eastern" positionn to select the third item, then press the Firing Buttonn to confirm your choice. Once Valkyrie has paid Zoul for her chosenn special weaponn, he will ask the second player to choose between the two remaining items; and you will once again not be able to push the joystick into the position of the absent item. Once Sandra has paid Zoul for her chosen special weapon, both she and Valkyrie will exit Zoul's realm (once again, they can also do it voluntarily if they cannot afford to pay him by pushing the joystick into the "southern" position) and reappear in the dungeon of the stage proper.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in the dungeon of the stage proper, start walking to the left by pushing the joystick into the "western" positionn as five more Purple Goblinns emerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their red bombs at you; once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, you will come to a red chest (which contains a key) - and once you have opened it and collected the key, a pair of cell doors inn the wall at the top of the screen will slide open. Once you have walked through them by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position, you will come to a young woman (who is a palette-swap of the woman from the first hut in the first stage); once you have pushed your Firing Buttonn to speak to her, she will speak the Hiraganna text "よくたすけてくれましたこのてがみをもってさいはてむらのばばさまをたずねるです" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to grant them an old scroll (which will take the place of the key in the display at the bottom of the screenn). They must then walk back out of the cell by pushing the joystick into the "southern" position and continue walking to the right by pushing the joystick into the "eastern" position as ten more Purple Goblins emerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their red bombs at you - and once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of themm to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, you will come to a green chest (which contains a Wide Beam); once you have opened up and collected the shield, another pair of cell doors in the wall at the top of the screen will slide open. Once you have walked through them by pushing the joystick into "northern" position, you will come to the elderly sorcerer Babasama - and once you have pushed your Firing Button to speak to him, he will speak the Hiragana text "ここまできてくれたたつまきのじゅつをさずけよう" to Valkyrie and Sanndra before proceeding to grannt themm the Tatsumaki spell and four more circles onn their maggic meters (as with the Big spell, this spell is worth two full circles). Valkyrie and Sandra will thenn automatically exit the dunngeonn and reappear outside it before having to decide on whether they should enter the first or third doorway inn the wall at the top of the screen (which both lead to the tops of towers on opposite sides of the screen).

If you decided on entering the first doorway, Valkyrie and Sandra will reappear at the top of a tower on the left side of the screen; you will then have to jump onto a four-log platform inn mid-air before proceeding to jump onto another four-log platform in mid-air. Once you have done so, you must jump onto a third three-log platform in mid-air before proceeding to jump onto a fourth three-log platform inn mid-air - and once you have done so, you will have to jump onnto a fifth two-log platform inn mid-air before proceeding to jump onto the top of the tower in the centre of the screen. If, however, you decided on entering the second doorway, Valkyrie and Sandra will reappear at the top of another tower on the right side of the screen; there will also be another moustached monk standing in front of them, and once you have pushed your Firing Button to speak to himm, he will speak the Hiraganna text "すべりだいをつかっておりるがよい" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to disappear inn a manner similar to that of the speaking Tarosu, the Nazonazo Phantom and the first moustached monk. You will then have to jump onto a a four-log platform in mid-air before proceeding to jump onto annother three-log platform inn mid-air - and once you have done so, you will have to jump onto a third one-log platform inn mid-air before proceeding to jump onto a fourth two-log platform inn mid-air. Once you have done so, you will have to jump onnto a fifth one-log platform inn mid-air before proceeding to jump onnto a sixth two-log platform inn mid-air; once you have done so, you will have to jump onto the top of the aforementioned tower inn the centre of the screen before proceeding to slide down a slippery slope of ice. Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reached the bottom of this slope, they will be propelled high into the air inn a "southern" direction for a second time - and once they have landed, four more Blue Kaokkusu will home inn onn them while gnashing their teeth rapidly. Once you have fired enough Wide shots from your sword or trident at each of themm to kill themm, they will each leave four small coins behind; once you have collected them all, you will come to eight Orange Honorians that are hovering in an anticlockwise direction around a pool of acid with a green chest (which contains ten money bags) on its central platform. Once you have fired enough Wide shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind - and once you have collected them all, you will have to jump onto the central platform in the pool of acid and open the aforementioned green chest. Once you have collected all the money bags and jumped off the central platform in the pool of acid, Valkyrie and Sandra must walk through the enormous doorway inn the wall at the top of the screenn (which leads to a ballroom and their fourth boss encounter).

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared inside the ballroom, the music will change and ten dancing couples of two different colour palettes (five of one and five of the other) will be waltzing around them; when you push your Firing Button to speak to a couple of one colour palette, they will speak the Hiragana and Katakana text "あしもとのタイルにきをつけて!" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to disintegrate into a pile of dust. However, when you push your Firing Button to speak to a couple of the other colour palette, they will speak the Hiragana and Katakana text "エレキマンにおどらされているの" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to disintegrate into a pile of dust - and once you have spoken to all ten couples and made them disintegrate innto piles of dust, the lights will turn off and the E.T. lookalike Erekiman will appear in front of Valkyrie and Sandra and speak the Hiraganna text "おまえたちは なにものだ わしの ぶとかいを だいなしに しよって!" to them before proceeding to attack by firing balls of electricity at them while banging his staff against the floor to electrify all the tiles of one colour (white or black) around him. Once you have fired enough Wide shots at him to defeat him, he will disintegrate into a pile of dust (in a manner similar to that of the ten dancing couples but on a much greater scale) and leave ten small coins behind; once you have collected them all, two red chests will appear at the top and bottom of the screen. The one at the top of the screen contains ten money bags, while the one at the bottom of the screen contains five small "magic bubbles" (which are worth half a circle on your magic meter) - so once you have opened both of the chests and collected all the money bags and "magic bubbles" they contained between you, the screenn will fade out and you will receive a 20000-point bonus and 800 inn gold.

ひかりの　よろいの かけらをみつけました. ''みっつにわれて　あとはさいはてのむらに はじけ　とんだのです. のろいの　かかった　さいはてのむらに むかいました.

Once the screen has faded back in, it will immediately fade back out again as Valkyrie and Sandra automatically proceed to the fifth stage without any special transition.