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I fail at Zack and Wiki. Please help me!
Tristero \| 11:40 AM on 11.03.2007	25 comments

Since everybody seems to be playing Zack & Wiki, would someone kindly tell me a small hint on how the fuck you beat the ice world boss? Am I just a complete idiot? I've been tearing my hair out for two nights now. I don't want to look it up on Gamefaq's, because that just feels like cheating. I know this is a little old school, but I remember when you had to rely on word of mouth from friends to beat games and I wanted to recreate that feeling. Destructoid has the smartest community of gamers on the planet. I'm just hoping for a small little nudge in the right direction. Dexter? Mxyzptlk? Anyone?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Imaginary comment #0: You suck. Ever heard of google?
Imaginary comment #1: This belongs in the forums.
Imaginary comment #2: Something kind and helpful, but just cloying enough to not give it away.

I love you, imaginary comment #2. I'll make sure they let you into heaven!

Not the level I'm stuck at, but it's pretty.

SPOILER:

I know to grab the ice mirrors from the trays on the side of each room after you piss off the lion. I know that diagonally placed mirrors reflect laterally and vice versa. I just can't seem to get any order that will do me any good. Do I just keep plugging away with the pattern or am I missing a crucial step? What the hell do I do with that big blue mirror I grabbed out of the statue's hands?

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22 comments | showing # 1 to 22

taumpytears

Man, I really wish I could help.

ZekeThePlumber

Make 2 mirrors, one to place in the left mold maker, the other to hold in the light to melt it. I'll let you figure out the rest but you should be able to from there.

ZekeThePlumber

oh shit, wait i still know your answer

ZekeThePlumber

Okay, the best hint I can offer you, is that you can shoot the beam diagonally and it will hit the mirror on the next level and in the direction you shot it. Instead of reflecting everything from 90 degrees perpendicular to the screen go for 45.

Tron Knotts

Huh? What you talking about Zeke? That's not how I did it.

When I beat the boss, it was a simple question of getting the mirrors from the side fountains, placing them in the mirror holders in the right formation, then turning on the laser.

It was super hard, and trial and error didn't work because each time you restart the level, the configuration of the mirror holders changed. But eventually I got it.

Was I doing things the hard way? I know each level has multiple ways to win. If there is an easier method, lay it on me man.

ZekeThePlumber

I don't recall using the mirror from the broken statue by the way. I don't think its reflective anyway but I don't think it has any use other than getting the secret treasures after the game.

ZekeThePlumber

I was talking about placing the mirrors so the reflective side isn't facing the screen. Alot of times the icicle will drop directly in front of the lion so not using that approach isn't possible. I thought it was understood, sorry if I wasn't clear.

Tristero

Thanks for the help guys. Yeah, I'll just keep plugging away. I wanted to make sure I wasn't wasting my time if it wasn't a mirror pattern thing. Much love!

Maurice Tan

txt files!

Maurice Tan

Oops, that was in case you felt like cheating ie: not wanting to wait for a response when you get stuck during night hours) after all I guess :)

Bob Muir

Man, I need to get this game.

Tristero

Okay, so I just beat the level. After dying a hundred times, the random ice generator finally gave me a merciful setup. No joking, the first two days I was stuck on this level it kept giving me three icicles blocking my path in obnoxious places. Then boom, out of the blue, it gave me an easy setup and it took me ten minutes to beat. I like this game for the most part, but that level design just felt botched.

-D-

@Tristero

It took me an hour to beat this boss and basically I died over and over until I got a pretty simple setup. I feel for you, this level was a HUGE pain in the ass.

Aaron Mxy Yost

Yeah, I was stuck on this one for a while. I realized I wasn't anticipating how the beams would angle correctly, once I figured out how they worked I finally got it. Right now I'm stuck on the first level in the lava world with the spiders, I'm about half way done but can't figure out the next step.

king3vbo

I wish I could help you Tristero, but god dammit that game is tough and Im still not that far yet

BenHaskett

Not gonna lie, Tristero, after a day, I looked up the answer on YouTube. I was still confused for a while after that, though, because similar to your experience, the places of the icicles seemed random.

BenHaskett

You know what's really hard? Getting "Unpuzzleable" on Dragon Scales. That will frustrate you.

Darren Nakamura

...Has nobody mentioned the *true* solution to this puzzle? I mean, I thought it was extremely clever once I figured it out. HINT: It involves Captain Rose...

I can go further with blatant walkthroughs, but it seems you already beat the level without it.

Aaron Mxy Yost

@ Dexter345: Do you mean what happens after the Ice Wolf thing takes the second hit? Or something else? Because that was the only way I figured out how to do it.

Darren Nakamura

@Mxy: I'm assuming that nobody had much trouble with the first two hits on the ice lion boss thing. So indeed, I am referring to Captain Rose after the second hit. And indeed, it has to do with *one* of the questions that Tristero asked in his post. And indeed, if you ask me for one I can give you a blatant solution. I wasn't even aware of this other "hope you get lucky" solution before reading these comments.

Aerox

Yea, I solved it the way Dexter solved it. I only got "incredible" though, but I think it's because I had one misfire.

MaxVest

Well? I've been stuck here, waiting for six months, but nobody's posted the answer. Guess I'll just save and quit.

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