Collect various fruits throughout the game to increase the amount of Zenny that you have to spend in the stores. Watch out for skulls which actually remove Zenny from your wallet.
Item
Zenny amount
1
5
10
50
100
500
1000
-100
Immediate items
Other items which appear from pots or defeated enemies have a variety of effects which occur the moment you collect them.
Item
Effect
50 points
100 points
200 points
500 points
Restores 2 health
Restores 5 health
Restores 2 magic points
Yashichi
POW
The Yashichi is a special item which, upon collection, extends SonSon's health meter by four bars, and restores four units of health.
Upon touching a POW item, all enemies present on the screen are instantly destroyed. Try to grab one when many enemies surround you.
Stored items
Some items, including many that you purchase from a shop, can be stored away for later use when the opportunity arises.
Key
POW
The key opens the door to the boss's lair. You must locate the key in every stage before you can challenge the boss.
Ordinarily, the game does not allow you to continue after SonSon dies. However, if you purchase a lamp, you will be offered the chance to start over from the beginning of the stage you died on.
Cloud
Gourd
When you reach a boss, you usually have to fight them on foot. However, if you manage to locate and collect a cloud, you will be able to float off the ground and freely attack from any location. Each cloud is only good for one boss battle.
If you are in possession of a gourd when your health is depleted, the gourd will automatically restore half of your missing health points.
Fist
Meat Bun
Some items are hidden inside walls, or parts of the wall can be removed to create new paths. But SonSon is only able to break bricks if he possesses a fist. Fists can destroy 5 walls. After destroying 4 walls, they turn green to indicate that they can only be used once more.
Sagojo is hiding in a particular location in Template:~. If you find him, he will offer to sell you a meat bun. Purchase it to give to Cho Hakkai in Template:~.
Cucumber
Magic clothes
If you manage to discover where Cho Hakkai is hiding in Template:~, and you purchased the meat bun from Sagojo, you will give it to him here, and he will trade it for a cucumber.
If you locate Sanzo Hoshi in Template:~, and you happen to have a cucumber in your possession, you can trade it for a set of magic clothes which increase SonSon's defensive ability.
Spells
Icon
Name
MP
Description
Peach
1
SonSon will lob a peach which bounces around the terrain and damages any enemy it comes in contact with.
Shield
1 per damage
Three orbs will rotate around SonSon and absorb any damage that gets inflicted on him. It uses one magic point per unit of health protected, and eats up your magic supply quickly.
Bomb
4
SonSon tosses out a bomb, and a jet of flame rises out of the ground where the bomb lands.
Time Stop
10
When activated, everything on the screen remains frozen in place for a few seconds.
Thunder
8
Thunder destroys every enemy present on the screen when used, just as if SonSon had touched a POW item.
Staffs
Staff
Location
Level 1
You begin the game with it.
Level 2
Purchase from Cho Hakkai in Template:~ for 2000 Zenny.