Peridot_Weapon wrote:Went through the first stage on Normal and was wondering what all the complaints were that I'd read about - then I got to Stage 2 and realized I'd better sit down and get ready for some old school "remember the path you need to take so you don't get squished by the stage" action.
Stage 2 can certainly be challenging and looking back swapping world 2 and 3 maybe would have made sense. Well it was our first game after all and we learned a lot from it, which we then improved in the sequel.
Stage 4 was also frustrating on my first run-through because I had no less than THREE Secret Keys drift off into the wild blue yonder before I could get close enough to reach them. And since there doesn't seem to be an option to begin back at the stage of your choice, I'll need to do some research on around where they appear if I expect to nab four of them any time soon!
There are a number of YouTube videos that can help, search for "soldner-x secret keys". I'd also suggest that you play on beginner mode while looking for the secret keys.