Sand Canyon - Stage 5

Sand Canyon - Stage 5 Obtaining the Heart Star at the end of Sand Canyon - Stage 5. Details Host level Sand Canyon Stage number 5 Animal Friend(s) ChuChu Rick Mid-Boss(es) Heart Star character(s)

Theme music "Stage: Comical" Clip of the music that plays in Sand Canyon - Stage 5

Stage progression ← Stage 4 Stage 6 →

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Sand Canyon - Stage 5 is the fifth stage of Sand Canyon in Kirby's Dream Land 3.

Overview[edit]

The stage begins on a high rocky walkway, as Kirby must contend with some Dogon. Rick can be found in a side-chamber under the main path. The road then leads to a tunnel full of spiked blocks that repeatedly fall.

The door leads to a long fall, where some caches can be accessed. One of them however, with loads of goodies in it, requires the Ice ability to open. There are some Chillies at the bottom, but Kirby alone still cannot reach the blocks without help.

The door leads to an auto-scrolling section in a tunnel. Kirby will have to contend with boulders and Galbos in here. Along the way, a side-chamber can be accessed which holds ChuChu. At the end, a number of Nidoo will make things rather annoying.

The next area is a carved chamber leading upward. A side-door can be used to find a room full of ability-providing enemies. The Burning and Clean abilities in particular can be used to open up a cache of Star Blocks in the main chamber. Further up, some Sir Kibbles can be found, completing the set. The door to the next area is guarded at the top by Dekabu.

The door leads to another chamber set leading upward. If ChuChu is with Kirby, she'll be able to show off her ceiling-clinging skills here in order to move forward. The stage exit lies at the top, out in the open air.

In the final room, Nyupun the octopus is waiting. If Kirby brought ChuChu, Nyupun will give out a Heart Star.

Heart Star guide[edit]

To obtain this Heart Star, Kirby must bring ChuChu to the end of the stage.

Nyupun is waiting at the end of the stage for Kirby to arrive with ChuChu, and will give out a Heart Star as thanks.

Enemies and animal friends[edit]

EnemiesAnimal Friends Sprite Name Copy Ability Sprite Name Copy Ability Sprite Name Copy Ability Bobo Burn Keke Clean Sasuke Parasol Bronto Burt None Nidoo None Sirkibble Cutter Chilly Ice Oro None Sparky Spark Dekabu None Pasara N/A Tick Needle Dogon None Propeller None Togezo Needle Galbo Burn Rocky Stone Wapod None Kabu None Sprite Name ChuChu Rick

Gallery[edit]

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  Moving past a line of Wapods

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  Leaping toward a side door

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  Moving carefully past spiky block hazards

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  Reaching a Maxim Tomato in a nook in the wall

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  Spotting a cache of three 1-Ups behind a barrier weak to Ice

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  Spotting Chilly at the bottom of the room with the 3-Up nook

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  Outpacing a rolling boulder in another tunnel

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  Collecting ChuChu from a side door

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  Taking a pick of ability-providing enemies

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  Using Clean to ride up one side of a tunnel lined with stat stashes

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  Using Burning to obtain the stars on the other side

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  Using Cutter to clear the route ahead

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  Using Ice to clear out the enemies in the way in the larger rooms further up

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  Clinging to the ceiling to make progress toward the end of the stage