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World 5
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Enter the door for World 5, in the bottom-left corner of your room.
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Read the books for some story.
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Then enter the door on your right.
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This is World 5-1, "The Pit".
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Jump down into the pit and grab the puzzle piece.
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Rewind yourself back out of the pit, thus losing the puzzle piece. Your shadow will retrace your steps, jumping back in the pit.
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Your shadow will collect the puzzle piece for you.
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Jump over the pit and go through the door on your right.
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This will take you to World 5-2, "So Distant".
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Go up the ladder and stand in front of the wall on your left for a few seconds.
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Then walk back to the lever you passed. Pull the lever.
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Rewind yourself back to the wall on your left.
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You shadow will pull the lever for you, letting you pass.
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Go up the ladder and grab the puzzle piece.
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Jump on the enemy's head to get up to the switch.
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Wait for a few seconds, then pull the switch.
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Rewind to when the enemy was still alive. Now jump on the enemy's head to get to the left platform, with the movable wall.
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The shadow should pull the switch, letting you through. Go up the lattice and grab the puzzle piece.
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Go through the door in the bottom-right corner.
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This is World 5-3. It has no name for some reason.
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Go up the lattice and head to the right, dropping down and grabbing the key.
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Jump over the spike pit on your left, making it as far over as you can. You'll die, but that's ok.
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Rewind to the other side of the spike pit.
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Your shadow will go pick up the key as you did, and jump into the spike pit.
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If you are close enough to the edge of the spike pit, the shadow should give you the key.
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Go up the lattice and open the door on your left, gaining a puzzle piece.
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Head to the right. Jump over the gap.
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Wait on the right side of this platform for a bit, then head back to the left.
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Drop down in the gap and let the bunny attack you.
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Rewind yourself up to the platform above.
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Drop down to your right. The shadow should get the attention of the rabbit.
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Quickly climb up the ladder before the rabbit comes after you. Grab a puzzle piece here.
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Rewind yourself back to the platform above.
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Platform to the upper-right. Go through the door found here.
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This is World 5-4, "Crossing the Gap".
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Go to the right, up a little ladder.
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Then go up a bigger ladder on your right. Go left at the top of the ladder.
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Go up the next ladder and get to a lever. Pull the lever.
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Jump down and kill the enemy down here.
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Rewind back up to the lever. Your shadow will go down and kill the enemy.
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Made sure you're over to the left, near the cannon. A new enemy will pop out of it. Jump on its head to get to the platform above.
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Jump over and grab the puzzle piece.
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Make sure the platform is to the left.
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Go down and kill the monster.
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Rewind yourself back to the lever.
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Get onto the platform below.
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When the monster drops into the gap, jump and bounce it up to the right. This will kill you, so rewind.
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Then your shadow will bounce the enemy.
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When the enemy is near the rug, bounce on it, landing on the rug.
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Grab the puzzle piece.
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Now get to the right of the far-right ladder.
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When an enemy comes, make it bounce off your head.
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Rewind a bit.
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Climb up the ladder and let your shadow bounce the enemy.
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Jump on the enemy while it's up in the air. If successful, you should land on the platform with a puzzle piece.
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Go back to the lever. You want to get the platform back to the left if it isn't.
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Drop down and kill the enemy.
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Rewind up to the switch.
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Your shadow will kill the enemy.
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Go onto the platform below you. Jump into the bottom of the enemy when it drops into the gap.
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Rewind to the switch.
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Now your shadow should bounce the enemy up to you. Jump into the bottom of the enemy to bounce it again, then rewind and have your shadow do it.
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Continue bouncing the enemy until it hits a platform and turns around.
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Then bounce the enemy to the left.
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Eventually, the goal is to bounce the enemy to the upper-left platform, where there was once a puzzle piece.
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Another enemy will shoot out of the cannon. Jump on it to get up to the other enemy.
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Bounce off the enemy's head. You should land on a hidden platform above.
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Jump up here and grab the hidden star!
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Exit through the door on your lower-right.
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This is World 5-5, "Window of Opportunity".
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Climb up the ladder and head right.
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Jump over the gap to your right.
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Take the key from the enemy.
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Go down the ladder. Head left and unlock the door.
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Rewind back up to the platform where you got the key.
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Jump off to your left and unlock the door.
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Quickly jump onto the other locked door, before your shadow comes and unlocks it.
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Get on the ladder to your left.
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Drop down to the switch and pull it.
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Go to the right and climb up the ladder, then jump over the gap to the left.
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Go down the ladder and get the puzzle piece.
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Climb back up the ladder and head right, jumping over a few gaps until you see another puzzle piece.
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Wait for a few seconds and then pull the lever, then jump on the platform on your right.
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Rewind a little ways before pulling the lever.
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Quickly get down the ladder and over to the right before the floor starts going up.
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Pull the lever on your right after you wait a few seconds.
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Rewind yourself back up to the top.
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Go pull the lever for your shadow below.
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Get on the platform to the right. If all goes well, the floor will rise for your shadow and then he'll pull the lever.
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This will make your platform go up. Jump over to the left and grab the puzzle piece.
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Go through the exit in the bottom-right corner.
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You're now at World 5-6, "Lair".
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Jump over the spike pits to your right.
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Get near the boss to activate him.
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Climb the lattice, up to the chandeliers. Drop a chandelier on the boss' head.
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Rewind so that the chandelier is back in place.
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After you rewind, your shadow will drop the chandelier on the boss' head again.
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Continue, until the boss dies and drops a key.
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Go get the key.
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Take the key to the left, where you find a locked door at the top of some lattice.
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Go over to the lever and wait a good 10 or so seconds.
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Pull the lever and rewind yourself back near the boss (but don't bring him back to life!)
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Open the locked door on the right.
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Go to the movable wall on your right and wait for it to open.
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Your shadow will hopefully open it, letting you grab a puzzle piece.
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Exit through the door here.
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On to World 5-7, "Fragile Companion".
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Climb up the lattice.
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Jump on the enemy and take the key.
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Jump toward the locked door.
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hen you are extremely close to unlocking it, rewind yourself back to the platform. If you accidentally unlock the door, exit the room and come back in.
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Your shadow should make the jump you did.
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The door will actually open for your shadow.
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Now you can use your key to open the second door. Take the puzzle piece.
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Walk to the right of this area to end this world.
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Press B on World 5's puzzle board.
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When you complete it, it should look like this.
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You should now have 5 stars lit in the sky.
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