Start your adventure by heading along the vine that ascends gradually to the right. At the sign, jump up some leafy ledges. Hop onto the large star (called a Warpstar) to ride to the next sky island.
Proceed to the right and inhale the stationary enemy with B. Press the button again to exhale and break the block. You can inhale similar blocks, as well. There's one just to the right, which you can inhale and then exhale to take out an enemy that swings toward the screen. Past that enemy are two gray blocks preventing you from passing through a low opening. If you try to inhale them, you'll find that you can't, but a sign pops up and encourages you to press Down+A, which allows you to kick through them.
Continue right and perform the same action to blast a bomb and clear a group of blocks. Past that, you can inhale and then swallow (press Down while the foe is in your mouth) an enemy to gain the Sword ability. You can fire a beam with the B button while the ability is active. Continue right and take out enemies along the way, until you find a floating star in the middle of a circle, which in the game is known as a 3D Warpstar. Jump to it to shift into the background.
Head left here to defeat an enemy and jump to a ledge for a 1up. Then go back to the right, taking out weak resistance as you advance. You will find another 3D Warpstar, past a crate you can break open for fruit.
When you return to the foreground, be careful of the enemy to your right. It can spew fire (and of course, you can gulp him down to gain the Fire ability, if you prefer it). Past that guy, you'll find a high wall. Jump into the air and then keep pressing the A button to float upward and snag a red star worth 20 regular ones. Past there, you'll find two enemies that swing toward the screen. Knock them out of your way and grab the rib from below the blocks, if you want, then keep going right to enter a doorway.
Through that door, you'll find a short path right to a floating ledge against the base of a wall. Press Down on the d-pad to drop through that ledge. Then continue to the right. On distant ledges in the background, enemies are perched. They'll fly toward the screen as you advance, so watch for them. Break apart some wavy grass and you'll find another star that you can ride into the background. Do so, long enough to head left and cut down more grass. There are enemies here, but also stars and a random Keychain. Grab that, then head back right and return to the foreground.
Back in the foreground, continue right to find more enemies, including another enemy that yields the Sword ability, in case you've lost it. There's a star, but take a detour to the right before you warp into the background. You'll find a medicine bottle in that direction. Then you can return left. Defeat enemies as you go, and break open a crate so you can stand on the ledge and drop down into a recess for another Keychain. Then continue left and through another door.
Start right and a strange plant grows. You can interact with its Miracle Fruit to gain the Hypernova ability. Continue right and you'll automatically inhale a giant tree that is blocking your path. It leaves behind a floating Sun Stone. A door also appears.
Pass through the door and continue right, continuing to inhale enemy clusters until you see a block overhead with a Sun Stone contained within it. There's an illustration on the back wall depicting what you should do next. Proceed a short distance right, then start sucking at the air with the B button to drag huge blocks toward you. One should drop down, allowing a second one to slide toward you. Keep sucking it left, so that you can jump onto it and then face left, now even with the block to the left that contains the Sun Stone. Inhale now and the block will slide off the ledge and break open, allowing you to grab the loot.
After you have that Sun Stone, head right again and inhale the walking column of enemies. Past that, you'll see a large wrecking ball hanging from an overhead ledge. Suck it toward you and back up the slope as you do, making sure to keep moving. When the ball turns white, it can't be pulled any further left. It will fall back down and swing right, breaking the wall to reveal a new opening. You'll find the Rare Keychain: Star Rod sitting in the recess there, which you can access only if you pulled the ball to the far left before releasing it (if you didn't, the loot will be unreachable and you'll have to repeat the level if you mean to snag it).
To the right from there, you can pass through a doorway to face an angry mole group. After the first one emerges from the ground, a large block will drop into his upheld paws. He'll throw it at you, so be ready to inhale once it does. You'll keep it close to your lips but won't swallow. The mole disappears, but he'll be back soon and you can exhale to damage the mole.
Now the mole's friends will get trickier. After you catch a block, watch carefully. Sometimes, the second mole will put up a wooden sign designed to look like a mole. Sometimes, the actual mole will appear. Ignore the phony one, and only exhale your block when you'll hit the real deal. Finally, a purple mole appears to replace its two red predecessors. It also alternates between wooden cutout and real deal, and the real deal only sticks around for a very short while. Wait for the fake version to come and go, then be ready to exhale immediately to hit the purple mole and finish the job.
After you beat the mole trio, a door appears on a distant ledge. Ride the 3D Warpstar back to the door and then pass through it to complete the level.
NEXT: Fine Fields - Stage 2
