Ecco the Dolphin - Perils of the Coral Reef
- April 30, 2003 15:19 PM PST
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= Vigor power-up
= Sonar power-up
Vitalits
- You'll receive this one as a prize if you win the race with the dolphins.
- This one is on the ocean floor in the pool where the dolphin looking for his younger brother is swimming.
- After learning the Song of the Fish, get some glow fish to follow you into the cave. The vitalit is floating inside.
- You can find this one in a crevasse behind the entrance to the Great White pool.
- You can leap for this one after you defeat the Great White.
Objectives: Learn Song of the Fish, Song of the Turtle, Song of the Shark, and obtain Power of Vigor.
You won't get off easy in this level. Here, things already begin to get tricky. The pools in this level are separated by land, and connected by tunnels. You must also learn the Song of Fish to access some of the areas.
Song of the Fish
Use your sonar to talk to the dolphin chasing the crazy fish. Catch the fish and talk to the dolphin again and he will teach you the Song of the Fish.
Song of the Turtle
To learn this song, you must jump to the pool adjacent to the one where the dolphin looking for his younger brother is swimming, kill the sharks and then talk to the little dolphin.
Song of the Shark
Jump back to the other pool and talk to the brother. He will ask you to lead him to where his brother is. He will follow you when you jump back to the other pool, then teach you the Song of the Shark.
Great White
To reach the Great White pool, you'll have to go through a tunnel (check map). Which tunnel you choose doesn't really matter, but each will require a different strategy. For one you'll need to get the glow fish to light the way, the other you'll need the help of the spike fish to keep the piranhas away.
The trick to obtain the Power of Vigor is to get the shark to follow you through the hole in the big rock in the middle of the pool, where it will become stuck. Position Ecco between the rock and the Great White (it's easier if all three appear on the screen at once) and use your sonar to get the shark's attention. Quickly dash into one of the holes in the rock (the bottom one is the easiest). You will hear an angry roar if the move worked and the shark has become stuck. Quickly turn around and touch the glyph in its mouth to learn Power of Vigor. Immediately dash to a shallow end (the Great White will become unstuck as soon as you learn Power of Vigor). All you have to do now is use the Vigor power-up that sits on top of the rock formation and hit the big guy six times. Don't worry about hitting the shark six times in one run; you can retreat after a successful attack and keep using the power-up.
Perils of the Reef (revisited)
Power of Sonar
Learn the Power of Sonar by swimming into the glyph, and then break the rocks to the left of the tangled weeds. Now you must exit this level the same way you did before.
