To hurt him, you have to butt-bounce the top of him. For the first part, dodge his
attacks and wait for him to stop attacking. Also watch out for the geysers coming out
of the ground. He will now come low to the ground near one of the outer islands. Rev
roll to where he is using the ledges as ramps and quickly butt-bounce on him. Repeat
and you will face his second form. To dodge, rev roll to a different island than the
one he is attacking. After two assaults he hovers around the center. Wait for him to
stop moving and butt-bounce. Repeat and you will now face his third form. This form
is just like the first form, only it shoots faster and more. Do the same thing as you
did to defeat the first form. His fourth form is like the third form, only it shoots even
more. The best way to avoid this is to rev roll across the gaps back and forth until he
stops. He will hover near the center island in this form. When you hit him once, he
starts shooting three shots. If you manage to stay alive for this, he will hover again.
Let him have it. You will now face his final form. He is the same as always, only now
it is a lot more selective about where you bounce. You have to bounce directly on
Clyde, the ghost piloting the thing. After you hit him once, he will do the fire move
from his second form; rev roll out of there. Once more and he will be defeated and
you will receive the "Golden Pear".

Blade Mountain: Lives and tokens:
There are a total of eleven extra lives and 8 tokens in the level. The lives are usually
located in the flying boxes above the ramps. Do a Flip-Kick to reach them. Some
contain tokens and others have lives.

Blade Mountain: Unlimited lives:
When you get to the checkpoint of the tunnel with the gorilla face, continue down the
tunnel. Pick up the two extra lives then dive into the first frozen water hole. Repeat
this process as many times as desired to get one extra life each time; or go on down
the tunnel pick up the third one to get two each time (just takes a little longer).