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below the destructible block. You won't be able to jump up high enough to
reach the platform above, so instead, aim up and shoot the block open.
Immediately jump up and down four times as high as you can, on the fourth
jump the block should reappear when you're within it, pushing you up to the
platform above. Once you've successfully made it up (it might take a few
tries) go back left to the orange shaft. Bungee down to the bottom and head
through the door there. Go through the long corridor where you found your
first Missile Tank, then open the door at the end to find the room
containing the elevator leading down to Norfair.
.:---------------------(3.2 THE BOWELS OF NORFAIR)----------------------:.
Ride down the elevator to be greeted by two gargoyle-type statues at the
bottom. You're now in Norfair, the fiery and lava-filled region of Zebes.
We won't be taking on Ridley here yet, instead it's time to go on a lengthy
and dangerous treasure hunt - they don't call this an adventure game for
nothing. Drop down below the elevator to find two doors leading off from
both walls. We'll find the missiles through the left door on the way back,
so go through the right door and cross the lava-filled corridor. Watch out
for the enemies in here, they'll take a beating, but you can also freeze
them to get by. Once at the end you'll find yourself in yet another giant
shaft leading up and down. Climb up the shaft, the first door you'll reach
leads to the second Ice Beam in the game, go in and grab it again if you
want, but in the same room you'll be able to break through a hidden passage
to find a corridor leading off on the left. Go through and climb the shaft
you'll find. Cross the next corridor to eventually find two Missile Tanks,
then keep going right to find yourself at the top of the long shaft leading
down. Blow open a hole in the right corner to drop down below, then head
through the first door on the left below to find three Missile Tanks. Once
you've found all the missiles, go back to the shaft and drop down to the
bottom. From here you can find two missiles through the door on the left.
You'll need to cross through a dangerous corridor filled with enemies, and
you'll also need the Ice Beam to reach the missiles, but you should have it
by now so that won't be a problem.
Head back out to the main shaft once you've found the missiles, then bomb
open a hidden tunnel leading down in the right corner. Down below you'll
find an almost bottomless shaft leading down, but you'll be looking to head
through the first door down on the left wall. Through here you'll find a
corridor leading to a red door, so blow it open with five missiles. Inside
here you'll locate the High Jump Boots, but the treasure hunt is far from
over. Go into the small opening below the statue and bomb open a hidden
tunnel. Go left and bomb your way through the walls to find a new room
filled with orange blocks. Freeze the enemies flying about to reach the
high cliff, then eventually you'll reach a door beyond the lava on the far
left. Go through and head past the narrow corridor to find a cavernous area
filled with lava. Keep going left, but watch out for the red pods on the
ground that spew out lava rocks. In the next green room you'll spot a door
straight ahead, jump up to the ledge above you and shoot open a hidden
tunnel leading up in the corner. Jump up above and go through the door
there. Cross over the lava in the next corridor and shoot open the door at
the end with missiles. Go inside to find the Screw Attack, a really handy
item that'll save you a lot of time and hassle. Once you've found it head
back down to the room below with the two doors.
In this room, if you go left you'll eventually wind up directly below this
room, so to make it much easier on yourself, blow open a secret tunnel
leading down just in front of the right door and drop down. You'll land in
a room identical to the one above, head through the door on the right and
cross over the sea of lava. You'll eventually reach a solid wall, bomb your
way through and keep going right. Once you reach a door head through to
find yourself at a dead end - or is it really? Of course it's not a dead
end, bomb open the ground directly below the blue bubble of the door to
make your way below the fake lava. Down below, go through the door on the
left and cross the lava in the next corridor to eventually locate an Energy
Tank. Once you've grabbed it, leave and head back up to the green room
containing the two doors on either side. Once you make it back there,
instead of going back up, go through the door on the left and cross the
lava in the next long corridor. In the next shaft, instead of climbing up,
we'll be entering a new secret area. Drop down into the lava at the bottom
of the shaft (don't worry, it won't hurt) and you'll fall straight through
it. Bomb open a hidden tunnel in the left corner of the small pit and drop
down to find another long shaft leading down. Go through the door at the
base to find yourself in an incredibly long corridor filled with lava and
crumbling blocks dotted everywhere. First, go all the way to the right end
of the corridor and you'll eventually find a Missile Tank at the end. Once
you've found it, head back left until you reach a small room with lava
below the platform (You'll also spot one of the fire-breathing dragons
below). Bomb open the block directly below the left door and drop down
below the fake lava. Go through the door at the bottom of the shaft and
cross the next corridor. Blow open the door there with missiles to find the
Wave Beam weapon inside.
We've now only to find a few more items before leaving. Go back up the
shaft and continue travelling left. You'll eventually reach a small room
similar to the previous green rooms, this room also shares a hidden tunnel
in the ground near the right door, so bomb your way down. Drop down the
hidden shaft and go through the door on the right to find two Missile Tanks
hidden in the next corridor. It's now time to leave, at this point you
should have found everything in this area of Norfair, so you'll have to
retrace your steps back up to the long cavern filled with lava leading to
the room with the orange blocks. Just remember that the large green room
where you found the Screw Attack hidden above contains the door leading
back to the long lava corridor. Once you reach the orange lava-filled
corridor, keep going right, past the room with the High Jump Boots, until
you reach the massive purple shaft leading up. Once there, climb up the
shaft and head through the second door on the left wall. Cross the long sea
of lava in the next corridor, you'll then reach the main elevator leading
back up to Brinstar. Before you leave however, go through the door on the
left below the elevator to eventually find two more Missile Tanks.