Minty Fresh Adventure!
Colgate, the fan-named background pony with a passion for fresh breath, takes center stage in this colourful and surprisingly robust platform adventure from Mark Sprague. Dissatisfied with her Cutie Mark and determined to embrace her true love, dentistry, the little blue unicorn sets out to gather an ingredient for a magical potion in the mouth of a dangerous beast deep in the Everfree Forest. Packed with surprises, secrets, and even extra endings, it's a brony dream come true that even non-fans can enjoy as they dispatch numerous foes and challenges with their magical toothbrush!
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Safari also not working...
So how long has jay been a brony?
Hi Jim, I just tested on Safari 5.0.6 and the game loads fine. All our content is hosted on a content delivery network, and it may be having issues in your area. Would you please tell me what datacenter you're hitting when loading this URL in a browser?
The NetDNA Amsterdam Datacenter apparently; do any of the game files get downloaded from anywhere other than jayisgames? I could try deleting my blocked site list (auto-populated by AdAware) - if someone can tell me how!
[Where the files are actually hosted should be completely transparent to you, meaning that your browser believes the files are coming from jayisgames.com even when they're hosted elsewhere on our content delivery network. You shouldn't have to configure anything else. I've got the exceptional support crew at NetDNA looking into it right now. Should be fixed soon! -Jay]
Won't load for me either. I've tried in Firefox and Chrome. My browsers and Flash are up to date, but I can't get anything to load.
I'm getting the Amsterdam datacentre too if that helps.
Sounds like the Amsterdam datacenter is having issues. I'll contact NetDNA and get someone on it ASAP. Check back in a little bit. Sorry for the trouble.
Update: The problem should be resolved now!
Pretty great! I came across a few glitches (like when I bought PNN and the game just froze so I had to restart), but for the most part it's great!
I am getting an advert, then nothing, on all of your games.
Also, your images are not loading on your main page.
I am using Linux Mint and Firefox and am in the UK.
I am in the Amsterdam datacenter too.
The problem should be resolved. Try emptying your browser cache and reload the site. If you still are seeing issues with the site after that, please let me know.
This was amazing, far beyond my expectations. Witty, fun, challenging at times. The combat system was a little shallow and the brush throw was unreliable or sometimes happened when I didn't mean it to, but those are my only complaints. It had so many little extras, so much flavor and atmosphere. So many pony games are being worked on all the time, it's so exciting to have another fully realized. Thank you!
Jay: I cleared my cache, refreshed and just the same. No games or pictures.
[Thanks, I'll have the CDN guys take another look at it. Sorry for the inconvenience. :( -Jay]
[Update: I think we finally solved it now. It wound up being a combination of issues. If you or anyone continues to see any missing images or game files, please let me know. -Jay]
I got past the first area, went in the cave, and it loaded the next area, then I tried to go back through the cave to the first area again. The first area kinda loaded? I saw the pony, and some of those plant things, but that's it, then the pony touched the plant, turned into a tube of toothpaste and "fell downward". At that point, I couldn't see anything, I could jump and move the screen, but couldn't tell if I could move left/right or not.
We know Mark is working on an update to the game, and we'll upload it here when it's ready. Perhaps this glitch you encountered will be fixed in the update. Sorry you had trouble with it. -Jay]
I got ending 2. What's ending 1?
@ganondorfchampion
Well that would depend on what you got as the second ending.. and what you did through the game itself.
I
didn't open the letter
and I
finished the game by beating usra minor and cleaning away the bad teeth in ursa major's jaws
and I was handed the first ending.
I meant what was the bad ending, as I didn't feel like beating the entire game again right now.
OMG Best game EVER XD Really liked the second ending, and got some of the achievement, few bugs though but whatever, game is nice. Haven't seen recently games with such EPIC bosses and nice endings.
New version now up! Changed: added onscreen instructions, as well as (hopefully) finally fixed that infuriating loading bug when exiting the cave.
Just reload the game page to get the new version.
I keep turning into a tube of toothpaste when I touch those blue flowers but I have no idea how to turn back! (which means I can't use any special and only attack by jumping on the enemy)
GOTR44:
While a tube of toothpaste, you can still jump up those platforms. Maybe something at the top can help you?
GOTR44:
Hop back to the witch Zecora, at the far left of the level, and she'll turn you back into a pony.
For context's sake, if you're not a fan of the show and need to know about the blue flowers:
Those flowers are Poison Joke, a magical plant that likes to play vicious pranks on ponies by changing them into things that are both funny and inconvenient.
To remove their effects:
As in the show, you can either talk to Zecora, who has a brew for you, or venture up to the platforms above the forest and buy some milk that will heal you AND restore your form.
Hi there!
I really love the game, but I encountered three bugs which prevented me from finishing the game.
1) When I bought an item from trixie (it was either the crystal ball or the tooth charm) I pressed c or x while purchasing (a bit too eager to play ^^). Afterwards I couldn't select or buy any item anymore (locking me in the shop), not with the mouse either.
2) When I went into the chasm leading to the boss I didn't jump downwards, I just walked down. The viewport didn't follow me to the bottom and I couldn't do anything anymore (I think I still was able to jump and walk).
3) When I jumped down to the boss I first went to the left until I reached the end (old habit, maybe there are hidden treasures :P ). When I wanted to go right again the viewport didn't follow me anymore, preventing me from going further than barely outside the screen. After I was outside the screen I couldn't go back into the screen either.
Albeit the game was really good this was kinda annoying, especially after giving it two more chances :/ Will try it again after the next update...
I am assuming this is some sort of viral marketing campaign for presidential candidate Vermin Supreme who's campaign platform is mandatory tooth-brushing laws and a free pony for every American. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d_FvgQ1csE
Walkthrough Time!
(Game's got a lot going on so this isn't 100%--but hopefully a good 95% start.)
Game only sometimes works on Chrome for me, but consistent on IE 9. Huh.
Basics, Enemies/Obstacles, Items
BASICS
Health/Mana: To replenish your three hearts (health) and mana bar, eat apples (red = health, green = mana; knock �em out of trees with X).
Colgate's controls: LR arrow keys, Z/C jump, X attack/knock/scrub
Look up/down: Up/down arrow (also useful for swinging the toothbrush around to attack)
Spinhit: Double tap L/R, + X. Good for taking out timberwolves and/or a whole screenfull of enemies, but requires some mana.
Clock Up: X+Z or X+C until mana bar fully charged and flashing, then release. Pauses all enemies while you continue to move, for about 10 sec. (Disappearing platforms pause, too.) Requires full mana bar. You can jump higher and move faster in Clock Up.
Lives: Unlimited. Every death, you regenerate the beginning of level/area (forest, cave, each boss). Money is halved each death; cleaned teeth, purchased/found items/characters are unaffected. (But no save function after you close browser/refresh page.)
ENEMIES/OBSTACLES
Killing enemies brings you points/bits. Killing a lot in one go (ex: using spinhit) gives temporary score multiplier (shows in bubble next to your score).
Poison joke: blue flowers; turns you into tube of toothpaste that can only walk/jump.
Cyclops spider: Shoots fire as you pass under. To kill, three jump-X jabs, or a single, carefully timed directed jump+X (jump + arrow L/R, + X).
Timberwolves: They crouch, then dash at you. 1-2 spin hits, or a lot of jabs. You can jump on them but they don't take damage from this.
Little green dragon: Very fast. Easy kill by jumping on them; otherwise, trickier.
Cockatrice: Don't actually follow you. Can turn you into stone if you're toothpaste.
Skeleton pony: Shoots bones at you. First jump/hit stuns it; you have to keep attacking a few times. (Exception: spinhit does the trick by itself.)
Big green dragon: Slow, good use of a spinhit (attack and run, repeat).
STORE
At the first poison joke field you find, a series of ledges leads up. Hop up, stand on the ledge closest to Trixie, X to talk. Arrows/mouse scrolls purchase options; X to select/buy; select Exit to leave.
Milk: (150) restores full health, undoes Poison Joke. Buying equals using --can't keep it in reserve.
Heart Armour: (12000) halves the damage you take for rest of game, even after you die.
Green Crystal: (5000) slowly regenerates mana without requiring apples.
Magical Tooth: (8000) immunity to Poison Joke.
PNN: (free) hilarious, 2 different �programs.� (Trixie throws her table into jokebushes at end of first�useful.)
Some store items are secret/not yet released. Apparently you can access these by pressing numbers (1-8) on the keypad while at the store. I haven't gotten this to work, but maybe you can.
It's hard to get back to the store without getting joked. To get through, jump from tree stump to Trixie�s table sticking out of the jokebushes.
Simple Walkthrough
There are many paths through life, my little pony; this is just one (straightforward/easier) way.
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Listen to PNN (at least once). Now there's a table in the jokebushes below, so you can come back this way without becoming toothpaste.
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Exit via the red X screen and land to right of jokebushes.
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Getting points quickly: just past the first apple tree after the jokebushes, you�ll see a string of 8 owl bears and two cyclops spiders. Retreat to the right of the apple tree (so you don�t run into the spiders when you jump), and jump on all 8 owlbears in succession. If done right, it�s nearly 20,000 pts. Thank you score multiplier.
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If you get turned into toothpaste, you can:
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Go back to Zecora's for a potion fix,
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Go to Store and buy some milk.
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Note that you can't do anything fancier than jumping while in toothpaste form. (I.e., timberwolves are impossible to kill now--just leap them as best you can.)
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Unless you're a master of the platformer genre, consider also getting Magical Tooth and Heart Armour--useful later on (esp. for bosses).
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If you don't have Magical Tooth, watch the timberwolf in the jokebushes...it crouches, then dashes at you. Jump on its back to get onto the ledges without touching poison joke (the only way).
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If you're not at full health/mana when you enter, you can immediately exit and reenter cave to recharge to full.
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Polish the molar with X (dialogue screen appears when you've polished enough), eat your apples, etc.
Continue right, across platforms. Don't fall here; it's death!-
See the first "staircase" of platforms leading up/left? FYI, that leads back to the cave entrance. Ignore it and keep going right.
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Climb the cave-hill with a skeleton pony on top. From its top, jump right/up platforms, to long flat ledge with a big green dragon. Use your spinhit to vanquish.
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You�ll pass an apple tree on your right on your way up to Molar/Derpy. Detour if you need an apple fix.
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Pass three little green dragons and a peskily placed skeleton pony. Continue down/right, pass two more little green dragons.
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Keep going until you see an impossible-looking jump (a big green dragon up on that ledge you can�t get to).
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To find Stone Molar 5, stand on the middle platform in the impossible jump, use Clock Up, and make the jump! Pass the big dragon and keep going right/up�there's Molar #5.
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Otherwise, try and fail the impossible jump�you fall onto Stone Molar 3. (You can also stand on the middle platform and step off the right.
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If you need apples, go right from Molar #3 (you�ll pass another skeleton pony) until you get to an apple tree.
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When you're done scrubbing the tooth, go right/down onto a platform. Walk off the right side of it--you'll land on another platform.
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If you go to the right, you�ll find Minty�s sock, a scrap of white/green on the ground. (See next section.)
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To the left are the disappearing platforms. You can stop these with a timeshift and easily get across with your souped-up jump. Watch out for cockatrices.
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To find Dr. Whooves, cross the vanishing platforms, continue right, up a big hill, and go left at hilltop, crossing to a flat area. Hey, TARDIS!
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If you go left and down the hill that leads to Dr. Whooves� ledge, and keep going left forever, eventually you�ll arrive at the ascending platforms that lead back up to the Cave Entrance�or you�ll arrive at Molar #1, if you�ve overshot. This is an easier way to get to Dr. Whooves, if you don�t want to deal with the vanishing platforms.
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Beat the guard (easiest way is spinhitting). (Note that you can jump onto the broken pillars, but that he can also (sometimes) reach you up there.)
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Grab the key. When you�re done, you�ll teleport back up to where you found the sock.
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It's mostly transparent: only the eyes, teeth, and claws are solid. Focus on these. The transparent parts won't hurt you. (Also, Clock Up doesn�t help us much here�it resets after every hit.)
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General strategy:
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Jump-X before it starts roaring to bonk it on the nose/eyes (you can also experiment with swinging the tootbrush handle using up/down arrows+X). That makes it rear in pain and back up, revealing its belly (only place that takes damage).
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Spin-attack, or jump forward attacking (jump-X), avoiding claws and teeth. Back up as you hit, because Ursa shuffles forward while standing.
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After it takes enough damage, Ursa rolls onto its back. You can't do damage now. Just watch out for its claws--when it comes back down on all fours, try to jump to avoid being smashed by its claws/teeth.
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One possible rhythm: immediately run toward Ursa, bonk its eyes, run forward as it rears up and hit its belly then quickly start backing up, still hitting. When it rolls onto its back, aim to stand just a hair outside of its rear haunch, so when it gets up you don�t get smashed under its feet. (This takes some tweaking.) Jump toward its belly as it gets back up; then repeat (bonk eyes, etc.).
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Watch out for those claws.
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Camera pans backward. Ignore it. You need to start running to the right as soon as you can, jumping up onto the stones and ledges before Ursa Major sweeps them away with a single swipe.
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Stay ahead of her, get high enough to reach/leap into her mouth. This is a good thing!
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Once you're in the mouth, use X to attack/scrub the rotten molars at either end before the mouth closes. (Finally, a use for the up-arrow!)
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Spin-attack isn't the most helpful here, it�s too slow.
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Poke the uvula to keep the mouth open longer if you need to.
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Start charging your clock up as soon as you can as you walk into the cave. (Walk no further than the intro animation forces you to.) Let it go about half a second after you reach full. You won�t see the cockatrices at this point; they�re offscreen to your right.
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Go right and try to jump up the cockatrices to the ledge. Adjust timing as needed. Sooner or later you'll figure it out...
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Once you get to the ledge, keep platforming up until you see it (can't miss). X to interact with the shrine. Hello, superfast mana recharge! (Goodbye, green apples. :( )
Part I: Forest
Find Shop. Go right to moving platform; ascend to Shop.
Grinding for Items (optional). Continue right, fighting enemies/eating apples, until you see poison joke field with ledges rising from it. Turn back for now, keep grinding until you have enough.
When you have at least 5000 pts, return to store; buy Green Crystal to get regenerating mana.
Find Cave. Go right, back to the field of poison joke. Cave entrance is on the other side.
Part II: Cave
Stone Molar 1. Go right from entrance, fall into first gap. You're at stone molar (#1) and a tree.
Stone Molar 2 & Derpy. Continue right; follow next clump of ascending ledges up. At the very top, go left and you�ll find stone molar #2, and also Derpy Hooves (grey flying pony). Clean those teeth! Talk to Derpy if you like.
Stone Molar 3. From Molar #2, go back to the right, up/across/down the ledges. At the apple tree you passed on your way up, leave the platforms and head right.
Stone Molar 4, Minty�s Sock, Disappearing Platforms, & Dr. Whooves. From Molar 3, go left (glimpse a ledge to left/down). At a flat spot (big and little dragons to the right), keep going left off he edge. Continue left and down (have faith), dropping onto one ledge, then another to find Molar #4.
Saving Minty. From Minty�s sock, fall into the gap directly to the right of the sock. You�ve found Minty!
Boss Hill. From Minty�s sock, continue right until you get to another big hill. Climb it�there will be three total skeleton ponies stationed up there. Keep going up. At the top, a flat ledge and a little green dragon. Go right. At the far end: sign says "Boss". Jump in. At the bottom, go right into another cave entrance.
Boss 1
Boss 1 is Ursa Minor.
Boss 2
Boss 2 is Ursa Major. (Twilight Sparkle moment, anyone?)
Ta-da!
Extras
Ancient Shrine/Mana boost. To get to the shrine, you need to freeze the flock of cockatrices flying toward you to form a stair to a ledge high on your right.
Annoy Zecora. Unless you're toothpaste, just standing outside Zecora's door doesn't do anything. But if you jump-X to knock, she'll answer. Keep bugging her�it goes on for a while�until she realizes that nothing rhymes with �orange.�
Toothpaste warrior. If you haven't bought the Magical Tooth amulet, you can find some poison joke, turn into toothpaste, and complete extra-minty versions of the missions (save Minty, talk to Derpy, talk to Dr. Whooves). Dr. Whooves and Minty will each turn you back to normal pony.
Turning into stone. If you're toothpaste and you touch a cockatrice, you turn to stone. Shake it off by jumping/X.
Jet pack. I am told that if you press numerals 1-8 at Trixie's store, you can bring up items that you can't otherwise scroll to, like Jet Pack (#5). Haven't been able to get this to work, but passing it on.
Cutie Marks/Achievements
(Thanks to the discussion thread at ponychan!)
Blue Maple Leaf ("Never Give Up"): beat game with a whole lot of dying (in other words, the Canadian Pony award)
Three wrapped candies ("I Didn't Put These in My Bag"): don't buy anything from Trixie (apparently Bon Bon didn't, either)
Stopwatch ("Clockwise"): beat game without using Clock Up
Starman ("Invincible"): beat game without taking any damage
Captain Scarlet: beat game without dying.
Mega Man ("Master Platformer"): get across the Vanishing Platforms
Three mints ("Minty Fresh Heroine"): save Minty
"Tube of Pure Awesome": save Minty as a toothpaste tube (you have to really do it--doesn�t count if you die in the guard battle and turn back into pony, then save her)
Sonic screwdriver ("Plot Device"): talk to Dr. Whooves as toothpaste (he turns you back to a pony with it).
Red apple ("Healthy Eater"): eat lots of red apples.
Green apple ("Magically Delicious"): eat lots of green apples.
Three apples ("Fu- Forget You Ah Can Eat All These Apples"): eat a whooole lot of apples, period.
Tooth ("Dedicated Dentist"): polish all five stone molars. Brushie brushie!
Crossed-out scroll ("No Poet's Society"): knock on Zecora's door until she gets to �orange� and can�t rhyme it.
Compass ("Archaeologist"): Go up the cockatrice ladder to the ancient shrine. (see Extras in Walkthrough, above.)
Pony silhouette/statue ("Me Got Kicked in the Head Backstage"): Touch a cockatrice while toothpaste, so you fall into a gap as stone.
(Note: Sprague has said there are 17 achievements, with perhaps more additions; here are 16 that have been found so far.)
Endings
All endings begin with the same couple scenes of very nice animation. (Does Colgate fulfill her dreams and open her very own dental clinic? You bet she does.) But at final scene (depicting dental clinic opening), they diverge charmingly, depending on what you�ve done before finishing your quest.
1. �It�s all thanks to you!� (Talk to neither Dr. Whooves nor Derpy�or talk to them but without reading the letter.) Colgate breaks the fourth wall at the clinic opening, to which Pinkie objects.
2. �The Most Punctual Receptionist Ever!� (Don�t talk to Dr. Whooves, but talk to Derpy and read the letter.) Colgate runs into Minuette before the clinic opening and hires her on the spot, after warning her to definitely send the resume tomorrow lest she cause a paradox.
3. �Derpy Knows What She�s Doing!� (Talk to both Dr. Whooves and Derpy, including reading the letter.) Dr. Whooves and Derpy chat at the clinic opening,.
4. "A strange object that fell from space." (Complete the game after talking to Dr. Whooves AND either talking to Derpy as toothpaste, or not talking to Derpy.) Dr. Whooves and Colgate wonder where Derpy could�ve gotten to, since she was never found. Then Derpy reappears�and does what Derpy does to new buildings.
Okay, I jumped off the ledge before the first boss (the one with the sign on it), & now the game seems to have frozen on a mainly empty screen (except for the status bar & point readout). What gives?
i was playing before, lost my game, and thought about how i kept getting lost in the cave. When i restarted my game, i bought the map, but idk how to use it
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Walkthrough Time!
(Game's got a lot going on so this isn't 100%--but hopefully a good 95% start.)
Game only sometimes works on Chrome for me, but consistent on IE 9. Huh.
Basics, Enemies/Obstacles, Items
BASICS
Health/Mana: To replenish your three hearts (health) and mana bar, eat apples (red = health, green = mana; knock �em out of trees with X).
Colgate's controls: LR arrow keys, Z/C jump, X attack/knock/scrub
Look up/down: Up/down arrow (also useful for swinging the toothbrush around to attack)
Spinhit: Double tap L/R, + X. Good for taking out timberwolves and/or a whole screenfull of enemies, but requires some mana.
Clock Up: X+Z or X+C until mana bar fully charged and flashing, then release. Pauses all enemies while you continue to move, for about 10 sec. (Disappearing platforms pause, too.) Requires full mana bar. You can jump higher and move faster in Clock Up.
Lives: Unlimited. Every death, you regenerate the beginning of level/area (forest, cave, each boss). Money is halved each death; cleaned teeth, purchased/found items/characters are unaffected. (But no save function after you close browser/refresh page.)
ENEMIES/OBSTACLES
Killing enemies brings you points/bits. Killing a lot in one go (ex: using spinhit) gives temporary score multiplier (shows in bubble next to your score).
Poison joke: blue flowers; turns you into tube of toothpaste that can only walk/jump.
Cyclops spider: Shoots fire as you pass under. To kill, three jump-X jabs, or a single, carefully timed directed jump+X (jump + arrow L/R, + X).
Timberwolves: They crouch, then dash at you. 1-2 spin hits, or a lot of jabs. You can jump on them but they don't take damage from this.
Little green dragon: Very fast. Easy kill by jumping on them; otherwise, trickier.
Cockatrice: Don't actually follow you. Can turn you into stone if you're toothpaste.
Skeleton pony: Shoots bones at you. First jump/hit stuns it; you have to keep attacking a few times. (Exception: spinhit does the trick by itself.)
Big green dragon: Slow, good use of a spinhit (attack and run, repeat).
STORE
At the first poison joke field you find, a series of ledges leads up. Hop up, stand on the ledge closest to Trixie, X to talk. Arrows/mouse scrolls purchase options; X to select/buy; select Exit to leave.
Milk: (150) restores full health, undoes Poison Joke. Buying equals using --can't keep it in reserve.
Heart Armour: (12000) halves the damage you take for rest of game, even after you die.
Green Crystal: (5000) slowly regenerates mana without requiring apples.
Magical Tooth: (8000) immunity to Poison Joke.
PNN: (free) hilarious, 2 different �programs.� (Trixie throws her table into jokebushes at end of first�useful.)
Some store items are secret/not yet released. Apparently you can access these by pressing numbers (1-8) on the keypad while at the store. I haven't gotten this to work, but maybe you can.
It's hard to get back to the store without getting joked. To get through, jump from tree stump to Trixie�s table sticking out of the jokebushes.
Simple Walkthrough
There are many paths through life, my little pony; this is just one (straightforward/easier) way.
Part I: Forest
Find Shop. Go right to moving platform; ascend to Shop.
Listen to PNN (at least once). Now there's a table in the jokebushes below, so you can come back this way without becoming toothpaste.
Exit via the red X screen and land to right of jokebushes.
Grinding for Items (optional). Continue right, fighting enemies/eating apples, until you see poison joke field with ledges rising from it. Turn back for now, keep grinding until you have enough.
Getting points quickly: just past the first apple tree after the jokebushes, you�ll see a string of 8 owl bears and two cyclops spiders. Retreat to the right of the apple tree (so you don�t run into the spiders when you jump), and jump on all 8 owlbears in succession. If done right, it�s nearly 20,000 pts. Thank you score multiplier.
If you get turned into toothpaste, you can:
Go back to Zecora's for a potion fix,
Go to Store and buy some milk.
Note that you can't do anything fancier than jumping while in toothpaste form. (I.e., timberwolves are impossible to kill now--just leap them as best you can.)
When you have at least 5000 pts, return to store; buy Green Crystal to get regenerating mana.
Unless you're a master of the platformer genre, consider also getting Magical Tooth and Heart Armour--useful later on (esp. for bosses).
Find Cave. Go right, back to the field of poison joke. Cave entrance is on the other side.
If you don't have Magical Tooth, watch the timberwolf in the jokebushes...it crouches, then dashes at you. Jump on its back to get onto the ledges without touching poison joke (the only way).
If you're not at full health/mana when you enter, you can immediately exit and reenter cave to recharge to full.
Part II: Cave
Stone Molar 1. Go right from entrance, fall into first gap. You're at stone molar (#1) and a tree.
Polish the molar with X (dialogue screen appears when you've polished enough), eat your apples, etc.
Continue right, across platforms. Don't fall here; it's death!
See the first "staircase" of platforms leading up/left? FYI, that leads back to the cave entrance. Ignore it and keep going right.
Climb the cave-hill with a skeleton pony on top. From its top, jump right/up platforms, to long flat ledge with a big green dragon. Use your spinhit to vanquish.
Stone Molar 2 & Derpy. Continue right; follow next clump of ascending ledges up. At the very top, go left and you�ll find stone molar #2, and also Derpy Hooves (grey flying pony). Clean those teeth! Talk to Derpy if you like.
You�ll pass an apple tree on your right on your way up to Molar/Derpy. Detour if you need an apple fix.
Stone Molar 3. From Molar #2, go back to the right, up/across/down the ledges. At the apple tree you passed on your way up, leave the platforms and head right.
Pass three little green dragons and a peskily placed skeleton pony. Continue down/right, pass two more little green dragons.
Keep going until you see an impossible-looking jump (a big green dragon up on that ledge you can�t get to).
To find Stone Molar 5, stand on the middle platform in the impossible jump, use Clock Up, and make the jump! Pass the big dragon and keep going right/up�there's Molar #5.
Otherwise, try and fail the impossible jump�you fall onto Stone Molar 3. (You can also stand on the middle platform and step off the right.
If you need apples, go right from Molar #3 (you�ll pass another skeleton pony) until you get to an apple tree.
Stone Molar 4, Minty�s Sock, Disappearing Platforms, & Dr. Whooves. From Molar 3, go left (glimpse a ledge to left/down). At a flat spot (big and little dragons to the right), keep going left off he edge. Continue left and down (have faith), dropping onto one ledge, then another to find Molar #4.
When you're done scrubbing the tooth, go right/down onto a platform. Walk off the right side of it--you'll land on another platform.
If you go to the right, you�ll find Minty�s sock, a scrap of white/green on the ground. (See next section.)
To the left are the disappearing platforms. You can stop these with a timeshift and easily get across with your souped-up jump. Watch out for cockatrices.
To find Dr. Whooves, cross the vanishing platforms, continue right, up a big hill, and go left at hilltop, crossing to a flat area. Hey, TARDIS!
If you go left and down the hill that leads to Dr. Whooves� ledge, and keep going left forever, eventually you�ll arrive at the ascending platforms that lead back up to the Cave Entrance�or you�ll arrive at Molar #1, if you�ve overshot. This is an easier way to get to Dr. Whooves, if you don�t want to deal with the vanishing platforms.
Saving Minty. From Minty�s sock, fall into the gap directly to the right of the sock. You�ve found Minty!
Beat the guard (easiest way is spinhitting). (Note that you can jump onto the broken pillars, but that he can also (sometimes) reach you up there.)
Grab the key. When you�re done, you�ll teleport back up to where you found the sock.
Boss Hill. From Minty�s sock, continue right until you get to another big hill. Climb it�there will be three total skeleton ponies stationed up there. Keep going up. At the top, a flat ledge and a little green dragon. Go right. At the far end: sign says "Boss". Jump in. At the bottom, go right into another cave entrance.
Boss 1
Boss 1 is Ursa Minor.
It's mostly transparent: only the eyes, teeth, and claws are solid. Focus on these. The transparent parts won't hurt you. (Also, Clock Up doesn�t help us much here�it resets after every hit.)
General strategy:
Jump-X before it starts roaring to bonk it on the nose/eyes (you can also experiment with swinging the tootbrush handle using up/down arrows+X). That makes it rear in pain and back up, revealing its belly (only place that takes damage).
Spin-attack, or jump forward attacking (jump-X), avoiding claws and teeth. Back up as you hit, because Ursa shuffles forward while standing.
After it takes enough damage, Ursa rolls onto its back. You can't do damage now. Just watch out for its claws--when it comes back down on all fours, try to jump to avoid being smashed by its claws/teeth.
One possible rhythm: immediately run toward Ursa, bonk its eyes, run forward as it rears up and hit its belly then quickly start backing up, still hitting. When it rolls onto its back, aim to stand just a hair outside of its rear haunch, so when it gets up you don�t get smashed under its feet. (This takes some tweaking.) Jump toward its belly as it gets back up; then repeat (bonk eyes, etc.).
Boss 2
Boss 2 is Ursa Major. (Twilight Sparkle moment, anyone?)
Watch out for those claws.
Camera pans backward. Ignore it. You need to start running to the right as soon as you can, jumping up onto the stones and ledges before Ursa Major sweeps them away with a single swipe.
Stay ahead of her, get high enough to reach/leap into her mouth. This is a good thing!
Once you're in the mouth, use X to attack/scrub the rotten molars at either end before the mouth closes. (Finally, a use for the up-arrow!)
Spin-attack isn't the most helpful here, it�s too slow.
Poke the uvula to keep the mouth open longer if you need to.
Ta-da!
Extras
Ancient Shrine/Mana boost. To get to the shrine, you need to freeze the flock of cockatrices flying toward you to form a stair to a ledge high on your right.
Start charging your clock up as soon as you can as you walk into the cave. (Walk no further than the intro animation forces you to.) Let it go about half a second after you reach full. You won�t see the cockatrices at this point; they�re offscreen to your right.
Go right and try to jump up the cockatrices to the ledge. Adjust timing as needed. Sooner or later you'll figure it out...
Once you get to the ledge, keep platforming up until you see it (can't miss). X to interact with the shrine. Hello, superfast mana recharge! (Goodbye, green apples. :( )
Annoy Zecora. Unless you're toothpaste, just standing outside Zecora's door doesn't do anything. But if you jump-X to knock, she'll answer. Keep bugging her�it goes on for a while�until she realizes that nothing rhymes with �orange.�
Toothpaste warrior. If you haven't bought the Magical Tooth amulet, you can find some poison joke, turn into toothpaste, and complete extra-minty versions of the missions (save Minty, talk to Derpy, talk to Dr. Whooves). Dr. Whooves and Minty will each turn you back to normal pony.
Turning into stone. If you're toothpaste and you touch a cockatrice, you turn to stone. Shake it off by jumping/X.
Jet pack. I am told that if you press numerals 1-8 at Trixie's store, you can bring up items that you can't otherwise scroll to, like Jet Pack (#5). Haven't been able to get this to work, but passing it on.
Cutie Marks/Achievements
(Thanks to the discussion thread at ponychan!)
Blue Maple Leaf ("Never Give Up"): beat game with a whole lot of dying (in other words, the Canadian Pony award)
Three wrapped candies ("I Didn't Put These in My Bag"): don't buy anything from Trixie (apparently Bon Bon didn't, either)
Stopwatch ("Clockwise"): beat game without using Clock Up
Starman ("Invincible"): beat game without taking any damage
Captain Scarlet: beat game without dying.
Mega Man ("Master Platformer"): get across the Vanishing Platforms
Three mints ("Minty Fresh Heroine"): save Minty
"Tube of Pure Awesome": save Minty as a toothpaste tube (you have to really do it--doesn�t count if you die in the guard battle and turn back into pony, then save her)
Sonic screwdriver ("Plot Device"): talk to Dr. Whooves as toothpaste (he turns you back to a pony with it).
Red apple ("Healthy Eater"): eat lots of red apples.
Green apple ("Magically Delicious"): eat lots of green apples.
Three apples ("Fu- Forget You Ah Can Eat All These Apples"): eat a whooole lot of apples, period.
Tooth ("Dedicated Dentist"): polish all five stone molars. Brushie brushie!
Crossed-out scroll ("No Poet's Society"): knock on Zecora's door until she gets to �orange� and can�t rhyme it.
Compass ("Archaeologist"): Go up the cockatrice ladder to the ancient shrine. (see Extras in Walkthrough, above.)
Pony silhouette/statue ("Me Got Kicked in the Head Backstage"): Touch a cockatrice while toothpaste, so you fall into a gap as stone.
(Note: Sprague has said there are 17 achievements, with perhaps more additions; here are 16 that have been found so far.)
Endings
All endings begin with the same couple scenes of very nice animation. (Does Colgate fulfill her dreams and open her very own dental clinic? You bet she does.) But at final scene (depicting dental clinic opening), they diverge charmingly, depending on what you�ve done before finishing your quest.
1. �It�s all thanks to you!� (Talk to neither Dr. Whooves nor Derpy�or talk to them but without reading the letter.) Colgate breaks the fourth wall at the clinic opening, to which Pinkie objects.
2. �The Most Punctual Receptionist Ever!� (Don�t talk to Dr. Whooves, but talk to Derpy and read the letter.) Colgate runs into Minuette before the clinic opening and hires her on the spot, after warning her to definitely send the resume tomorrow lest she cause a paradox.
3. �Derpy Knows What She�s Doing!� (Talk to both Dr. Whooves and Derpy, including reading the letter.) Dr. Whooves and Derpy chat at the clinic opening,.
4. "A strange object that fell from space." (Complete the game after talking to Dr. Whooves AND either talking to Derpy as toothpaste, or not talking to Derpy.) Dr. Whooves and Colgate wonder where Derpy could�ve gotten to, since she was never found. Then Derpy reappears�and does what Derpy does to new buildings.
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April 14, 2012 1:10 PM