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The Maw

Developer: Twisted Pixel Games

Publisher: Microsoft

The Maw

Genre: Action

Release Date: 21/01/2009

Console: Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Exclusive

800

PG
Game Rating: PG
Mild violence

1 Player

HDTV 1080i

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eXpert Walkthrough

by xXFreeekXx

 

Enemies/Creatures encountered in this level. (7)

Beetull
- A Large Rhinocerous Beetle looking creature. Maw will only eat a Beetull if it has been knocked out, or when the Maw is in the Beetull-state.
Power gained- Maw can charge at and through anything. Frank is dragged along when connected to the Maw with the laser-lead.

Yums- Small, pink and fluffy, nothing else too it. They cannot hurt you

Gloobers- Worm like creatures which hide in their shells. They cannot hurt you.

Written for what i see as the fastest level completion with 100% Eaten stat.

Start by heading off dead ahead to the nearby Beetull, ignoring the 'coconut' looking objects to the left. Take Maw with you, but drop him off just before your about to go past the Beetull (do not worry, the Beetull will not do anything until you attack it).

Once past the beetull, you will notice a spiky mine, pull it out and throw it at the Beetull,  now position yourself so you are facing the Beetull and the blue shield is directly behind you. The Beetull will now get angry and charge at you. As this happens, a slow-motion avoidance time will occur where you simply have to click A as it appears on your screen.

The Beetull should now have smashed through the blue Shield. At this point, Hold X to call out to the Maw, while he is following you, head to the left to some Goober-Shell's that are near the rock face.

Next head over to the third exit in the are you are in, it's the one with another blue shield. When heading over there, be connected with the Maw and drop him close to the Beetull.

Drop the Maw and repeat the Spiky-mine/Beetull charging/Shield smash procedure, this might need to be repeated as the Beetull may not be close enough to the shield.

Call Maw again and head into the third area. In here you should notice large pieces of metal that stand about as tall as the Maw himself. Use the Spiky mine/Beetull procedure, but this time, make a Beetull charge into one of the pieces of metal, this will cause the Beetull to become unconscious. Now let the Maw eat the Beetull and gain the Beetull power.

After gaining the power, use it to eat all the other Beetulls in the area and then head back to the beginning of the stage, along the way, smashing each large 'coconut' looking objects, which contain Yums in them, eat these too.

Note: The Yums will not be automatically eaten when the coconut object is smashed, therefore you must disconnect from the Maw and then manually feed them to Maw.

In the original area, in a corner will be some stepping stones, climb up these alone and then manally chuck/feed them to Maw.Make sure to eat the Gloobers at the top of the ramp'd piece of land which is near the Gloober ledge with the stepping stones.

After everything has been eaten in all three areas, head back to Area 3 and smash through the piece of metal which is the largest and is in the corner of the area surrounded by water.

After smashing the metal, you will come to what I call 'boring breaks', where everything is fully automated and you do not have to do anything. During the boring break, hold RB and check how many creatures you have eaten. During this boring break you should already have 22.

The next area contains a red shield, and a red shield means unsmashable. Climb up the nearby stepping stones and toss the Electric Ball at the top of them across the gap onto the enemy generator. This will disable the shield. In the new area Maw can now access, you will now notice a large hole blowing out air and also a large boulder behind it.

Use the laser-lead to drag the boulder and place it upon the hole blowing air. Several yums should fall from the sky. At this point, grab Maw and let him eat them all. Maw should grow at this point.

Head through the just-opened gate and charge through the blue shield behind, now it's time for another boring break.

Creature Eaten count= 33/52

In the next area, climb up the stepping stones and toss the spiky mine over the red shield at the Beetull, stuff happens and the shield disables. Eat the two Beetles and countinue. Charge through the blue shield into the yet another boring break.

Creature Eaten count= 35/52

In this next area, climb up the stepping stones and destroy the brown boulder with the spiky mine. Continue onto the ledge and toss all the Yums and Gloobers to Maw, as well as the few on ground level. Maw should grow yet again. Before entering the next boring break, make sure you have your..

Creature Eaten count at 51/52, as some Yum's can be missed.

First thing to do in this area is charge into the grey rock in the middle of the area, this causes the final Snuffle of the game to be launched off it, which can then be eaten by Maw.

Next, charge into both sets of brown rocks against the grey rock walls. They are opposite from eachother in the area. After smashing both, one of them brown rocks after smashing, would have revealed some more stepping stones, climb up these and walk around the ledge. Pull the boulder off the ledge using your laser-lead, crushing the generator, continue along the ledge and toss the electric ball across the gap at the generator like done in a previous area, Grab the Maw and charge through the next gate.

Creature Eaten count= 51/52

After the next boring break, you shall come to the final area with a gigantic King-Yum. Eat your final creature and enjoy the cutscene/final level as you now feel satisfied of never having to suffer from the boring breaks ever again ;).

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