Cruise the Clouds
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| Cruise the Clouds | |||
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| Level code | 5-5 | ||
| Game | Yoshi's New Island | ||
| Music track | STAGE_UKLELE | ||
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Cruise the Clouds is the fifth level of World 5 found in Yoshi's New Island. It introduces Bubble Dayzees and Wobble Rocks as stage hazards while introducing Goonies that drop Shy Guys. The level's theme and backgrounds progress from being on the ground, to higher in the sky, to space. The level makes use of jumping on flying enemies to reach collectibles. This level's playable Yoshi is the Purple Yoshi.
Layout[edit]
The first area Purple Yoshi starts in is a sunset area that starts the level in a cloudy area with Goonies and Shy Guys; platforms here consist of mostly small rocks. After the first Smiley Flower, Purple Yoshi encounters Goonies that drop off Shy Guys. Where four Goonies drop off Shy Guys, a Winged Cloud can be hit to collect stars. Bubble Dayzees can then be found on rocks; another Winged Cloud is found which gives the level's second Smiley Flower. After a large Wobble Rock with coins around, a Warp Pipe takes Purple Yoshi to the next area.
This area, now with a higher elevation in the background, starts with a Checkpoint Ring followed by a Bubble Dayzee and multiple small wobble rocks with Fly Guys, some of which act as platforms for Purple Yoshi to jump on to reach collectibles. The pipe before the third area is near a Bubble Dayzee, who is on a bridge.
The last area takes place with an even higher elevation, in space, and another Checkpoint Ring. A Spring Ball propels Purple Yoshi up towards clouds that move left and right. There is a door on the upper left area which can be accessed if Purple Yoshi hits a hidden Winged Cloud near the horizontally moving cloud platforms: the door takes Purple Yoshi to a Super Yoshi course and a door that leads back to the main area and coins that lead Purple Yoshi back to the staircase. Above the moving cloud platforms is a Winged Cloud that spawns a Spring Ball, which falls into a pit if there is no cloud platform below it. Goal Ring. More Bubble Dayzees and Flightless Goonies are encountered and a Winged Cloud spawns stars, though the area above with the level's fifth Smiley Flower has coins that lead back to the ground, ending with the Goal Ring.
Smiley Flowers[edit]
Smiley Flower 1: Found high, this Smiley Flower can be collected by riding a Goonie.
Smiley Flower 2: Inside a Winged Cloud near Bubble Dayzees.
Smiley Flower 3: In the second area where Purple Yoshi must bounce on an enemy to reach it.
Smiley Flower 4: In a room with a door. This room can be accessed when Purple Yoshi hits a hidden Winged Cloud to the left of the topmost cloud platform that horizontally moves left and right; it spawns a staircase that leads to the door. The Smiley Flower is located underneath a circular platform that Super Yoshi can run underneath.
Smiley Flower 5: On top of an area with rows of Fly Guys. Purple Yoshi can use the Spring Ball spawned by a Winged Cloud or other enemies to reach the higher areas, though the Fly Guys need to be used as platforms to reach the Smiley Flower. These Fly Guys respawn if the player retries.
Enemies[edit]
| Image | Name | Count |
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Goonie | 12 |
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Shy Guy | 7 |
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Bubble Dayzee | 9 |
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Fly Guy | 16 |
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Piranha Plant | 4 |
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Flightless Goonie | 6a |
a - Not counting those transformed from Goonies themselves.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | 大空の アスレチック[?] Ōzora no Asurechikku |
Sky Athletics | |
| French | Croisière dans les nuages[?] | Cruise in the Clouds | |
| German | Wolkenkreuzfahrt[?] | Cloud Cruise | |
| Italian | Picchi innuvolati[?] | Clouded peaks | |
| Korean | 하늘 위 구름 여행[?] Haneul Wi Gureum Yeohaeng |
Travel Through the Clouds Above the Sky | |
| Spanish (NOA) | En las nubes...[?] | On the Clouds... | |
| Spanish (NOE) | En las nubes...literalmente[?] | On the Clouds...Literally |
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