Within some levels there are bonus areas where you can get many extra lives. The accesses to these areas, however, are well hidden and finding them is not easy. Sometimes it is enough to find sparks on the ground, but often it is necessary to identify hidden platforms on the bottom of the precipices, or even repeatedly stomp some element. Below is the complete list of bonus areas in the game.
Level 1-1 - And So the Adventure Begins
In the first area, stomp the second suspended platform three times to access this secret area. Inside you will find four boxes arranged in a square and some crystals. In each box you will find an extra life. Then reach the sparks to return to the main level.
Level 1-3 - Shoutin Lava Lava Lava
In the first area, look behind the boulder on the left. You will find sparks that will lead you to this bonus area. Simply jump from platform to platform, paying attention to worms and burning dantini. You can collect several crystals and two extra lives. Then reach the sparks at the end to return to the main level.
Level 1-B2 - Fight Night with Flibby
Immediately at the beginning, turn around and stomp the grassy rock next to you. Enter the hole with the sparks to reach the bonus area. You will arrive in a cave with five wells in a row, from which huge pink snakes will leap out. Above each well you will find an extra life. To get it, you will have to wait for the snake to withdraw and then jump on the jelly inside the well. Be careful not to get hit by the snakes. At the bottom you will find sparks that will allow you to return to the main level.
Level 2-2 - Be Wheely Careful
In the second area (the one with the rotating gears), as soon as you exit the door, go to the right end of the ice sheet you are on and let yourself fall into the precipice. You will land on a hidden platform, which will lead you to the bonus area. Here you will find yourself on a frozen lake and you will have to move from one islet to another using moving platforms. On the islets you will find some crystals and two extra lives. At the bottom are the sparks that will take you back to the main level.
Level 2-4 - I Snow Him So Well
In the area with three switches on suspended platforms above frozen ponds, immediately turn left and you will find sparks in the corner. In this bonus area there are five pools from which suspended platforms come out intermittently. By climbing these platforms, you can reach five extra lives. The sparks to get out are always close by.
Level 2-6 - License to Chill
In the area where there are rafts moving suspended in the void (the one just after the door on the left, when you start the level), get on a second row raft and stay on it until it disappears. You will land on a platform that will lead you to the bonus area. Here you will simply have to move from one platform to another, using the balloons and along the way you can collect four extra lives. On the last platform there are the sparks to return to the main level.
Level 3-1 - Lights Camel Action
You will come to a point where there is a jelly in front of a pool of quicksand, with three crates suspended above it. Violently stomp the jelly three times to access the bonus area. This bonus area is square. In the corners are four chests, each containing an extra life, while along the sides are crystals. Once you've got it all, jump onto one of the platforms that leap out of the green pools to climb the mound in the center. You will find the sparks to return to the main level.
Level 3-5 - Leap of Faith
At the beginning of the level, turn left, jump on the plunging platform (the one in the middle) and stay on it. You will land on a hidden platform that will lead you to the bonus area. Similar to the previous bonus area; here too there is a square path with four boxes containing extra lives in the middle of the sides. However, you will have to pay attention to the jets of water when you break them. In one corner are the sparks to return to the main level.
Level 4-2 - Hassle in the Castle
In the first area, when you are on the second platform with the red carpet, instead of grabbing the bars on your right, walk all the way down and jump forward. You will land on a hidden platform that will lead you to the bonus area. Here you will have to go up the stairs, collecting the extra lives that are on the side of the path. There are three in all. At the end of the path you will find the sparks.
Level 4-5 - Swipe Swiftly's Wicked Ride
In the second area from the beginning, reach the pillar at the bottom (that is, the immobile one, opposite to the one you are on at the beginning) and stomp it three times to access the bonus area. For a bonus area, this is rather treacherous. In fact, you will have to follow a path consisting of long platforms with a red carpet and carefully jump from one to the other. However, the platforms are some distance apart and in an ascending formation, so you will have to jump very precisely, in order to grab the edge of the next platform, otherwise you will fall into the void and die. You will therefore have to perform seven precise jumps. On the other hand, along the way you can take several crystals and on the last platform there are five extra lives (in addition to the sparks, of course).