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How do I beat Jaws?


Just when you thought he was dead...this is the most asked question (for good reasons) so I have it featured as the first tip. It seemed very hard to do, when I was a kid, but now that I know the rountine it's a cinch. Jaws is constantly in motion, so you must also do so until he comes at you. If you have Jaws lined up with your mast and he is as close as he gets, that's when you have to press A. He'll come out of the water and start spinning. Here's the tricky part, if you're on one of his sides (see the first pic) quickly move to almost center yourself with Jaws. Now what you must do is wait to see his white belly, that's when you have to push B to jam it into him. If you did this correctly you'll see a red blast (or blood?). If you did not, well you have two more tries so check out this guideline to see if you're doing everything right. (NOTE: In this last scene, you cannot pause the game).

  • Remember, to raise Jaws out of the water push A and to jab it's B. Don't get them confused.

  • Three strikes and you're out! You only have to jab him once to win, so even if you've used up your first 2, you have one more chance

  • Don't shoot until you see white of his belly! The game is very nitpicky where you can correctly jab him so focus more on the left side of the white, almost to where he's gray (look at pic 2)

  • Study Jaws' movements, he moves in patterns and you'll be able to track him

  • Lastly, the most important thing is to be patient and take your time! This scene is NOT timed so make sure you just fool around before using precious strobes

Still stuck? Watch a master (me :D ) beat Jaws on my second strobe (and only at lvl 3)! You need to have a copy of NESticle to run the movie and a .zip program to unzip the file. Right-click and save: JAWS.ZIP