LittleBigPlanet 2 Guide - 1 - IGN.com & LittleBigRussia.ru This guide is the copy of IGN.com game walkthrough with 100% of item bubbles. Original version you can find here - http://guides.ign.com/guides/19675/page_3.html . This guide created by members of Russian LittleBigPlanet fun site – LittleBigRussia.ru. CONTENT: Da Vinci's Hideout page Rookie Test …………………………………………………………………………... 3 Grab and Swing ………………………………………………………….................. 5 Gripple Grapple ………………………………………………………….................. 10 Bravery Test …………………………………………………………................... 13 Final Test …………………………………………………………............................. 19 Bonus Stages: Hedge Hopping, Tower of Whoop …………………………………. 20 Victoria's Laboratory Runaway Train ……………………………………………….................................. 22 Brainy Cakes ………………………………………………..................................... 25 The Cakeinator ………………………………………………..................................... 28 Currant Affairs ………………………………………………..................................... 32 Kling Klong ………………………………………………......................................... 35 Bonus Stages: Attack of the Mutant Marshmallows, Death by Shockolate ………… 36 The Factory of a Better Tomorrow Maximum Security ………………………………………………................................... 38 Pipe Dreams ………………………………………………...................................... 43 Bang for Buck ………………………………………………................................... 48 LittleBigPlanet 2 Guide - 2 - IGN.com & LittleBigRussia.ru Waste Disposal ………………………………………………................................... 55 Fowl Play ……………………………………………….......................................... 58 Bonus Stages: Split Paths, Sackbot Bounce ………………………………… 60, 61 Avalonia Avalon's Advanced Armaments Academy ……………………………………………. 62 Got the Hump ……………………………………………….................................. 66 The Sackbot Redemption ……………………………………………….......................... 69 Flying in the Face of Danger ……………………………………………….................... 72 Huge Peril for Huge Spaceship ………………………………………………................... 73 Bonus Stages: On Burrowed Time, Gobotron ……………………………… 74, 75 Eve's Asylum Up and At 'Em ………………………………………………................................... 76 Fireflies When You're Having Fun ………………………………………………............ 78 Patients Are a Virtue ……………………………………………….................................. 82 Casa Del Higginbotham ……………………………………………….............................. 86 Invasion of the Body Invaders ………………………………………………....................... 88 Bonus Stages: Mind Control, Root Canal …………………………………………… 90, 91 The Cosmos Set the Controls for the Heart of the Negativitron ……………………………………… 92 Full Metal Rabbit …………………………………………………………………… 95 Where in the World is Avalon Centrifuge ……………………………………………. 97 Fight of the Bumblebees …………………………………………………………………….. 102 Into the Heart of the Negativitron ………………………………………………………… 104 Bonus Stages: Ping Pang Pong, Space Pool, Rocket Funland …………………………… 107 LittleBigPlanet 2 Guide - 3 - IGN.com & LittleBigRussia.ru Da Vinci's Hideout Rookie Test // 43 Items Switch Trigger: Da Vinci Specs You'll have to return with a sunglasses-shaped sticker from "Grab and Swing" to activate this Switch Trigger near the beginning of the level. This will also allow you to bypass the "suicide lesson" area so you can actually Ace the level! Tip: Kill Yourself! At the first TV you'll be trapped in a pit. You'll have to self-destruct to return to the safety of the ledge above. When you self-destruct, you spawn again at the last checkpoint door you passed (the small circle with the white, glowing ring around it). To self-destruct, open your menu and choose the picture of the Sackboy burning in the lower right. HOLD the button as you select it to watch Sackboy blow up. Switch Trigger: Hand & Sleeve Sketch / Hairy Leg Sketch At the second TV you'll need to use stickers to complete the image of a man in the background. Open your menu and choose the new STICKERS icon. You should see the Hand & Sleeve Sketch and Hairy Leg Sketch stickers in your collection on the first page. Item Bubbles by the Mouse LittleBigPlanet 2 Guide - 4 - IGN.com & LittleBigRussia.ru When you get to the mouse with a wedge of cheese, drop down on the far right and enter the background to slip behind the toilet paper tube and get these bubbles. Item Bubbles at the Launch Pads When you use the Launch Pads to clear out the Item Bubbles in the air, a pack of three more will appear high above. You can use the angled Launch Pads that appear at the sides of the area to get these. The very highest of the three bubbles in the middle of the screen can be attained by hitting the outer edge of the angled Launch Pads. This will cause you to travel in a higher arch. The Hanging Item Bubbles The Item Bubbles hanging from a small piece of wood by the book shelves can be grabbed only by knocking down the wood. Run into it at full speed a few times to knock it down. Collect the bubbles from the background once it hits the ground. Ace the Level You'll have to return with a sunglasses-shaped sticker called Da Vinci Specs from the Grab and Swing level to activate this Switch Trigger near the beginning of the level. This will also allow you to bypass the "suicide lesson" area so you can actually Ace the level! LittleBigPlanet 2 Guide - 5 - IGN.com & LittleBigRussia.ru Grab and Swing // 43 Items Tip: Grabbing Stuff 101 You can drag the yellow sponge under the Item Bubble to create a platform to leap off of. You can perform a similar maneuver with the wheeled cart in the next area. When you come to the Item Bubble on top of the stack of blocks, jump up and then grab the stack in the middle. Hold the stack and press the analog stick in a direction away from the stack to take advantage of its center of gravity and pull it down. Item Bubble: The Sofa Ramp Pull the sofa towards the edge of the ramp and quickly hop onto it. From here, clamber to the very top, left edge of the sofa and hang tight. Only by gripping this upper edge will you slam into the high Item Bubble at the bottom of the ramp. Item Bubbles: Beneath the Sofa Ramp At the bottom of the ramp you ride the sofa down, backtrack to the left in the background and you'll find a small ramp leading to a lower secret area. Pull the blocks here to the left (jump up and grab them in the middle to pull them over) and run through the toilet paper tube to a secret area with 5 Item Bubbles. LittleBigPlanet 2 Guide - 6 - IGN.com & LittleBigRussia.ru Item Bubbles: The Path Below the Key At the second swinging area, below the hanging key, stick to the ground and head all the way to the right. Pass into the rear-most layer of the background and step into the shadows. Keep moving to the right and you'll find yourself on a pile of books with a path of Score Bubbles leading back to the left. Follow it all the way to the two Item Bubbles on the far left. You can exit this chamber by using the Launch Pads to shoot you through a secret hatch to the left. The Key You can use the row of hanging sponges to get the Key. This key unlocks a Survival Challenge called Hedge Hopping on the map screen. Item Bubble: Behind the Books Run behind the books just before the Level Link to find a well-hidden bubble. LittleBigPlanet 2 Guide - 7 - IGN.com & LittleBigRussia.ru Tip: The Level Link Enter the Level Link door to be transported to a new section of the current level. There's no return ticket! Tip: Hidden Switch To the right of the Level Link exit is a hidden switch. Step into the background and slip behind the cardboard to activate a pressure switch that opens the book-door to the right. To get the Item Bubble on the roller to the left, just jump up and grab the roller and it will fall to the ground. Item Bubble: The Secret Lever On the far side of the Level Link you can make out a yellow lever just above the Level Link door. Make your way to the Grappling Hook a bit further in the level and then run back here. Aim the Hook straight up at this switch (you'll need to stand in the background) and attach it to yank the switch and drop a super-secret Item Bubble. LittleBigPlanet 2 Guide - 8 - IGN.com & LittleBigRussia.ru Tip: Grappling Hook 101 Practice your Grappling Hook skills on the sponge hanging above this area. Fire it at a grab-able surface and it will latch on as long as you hold the R1 button. It's of utmost importance that you learn how to swing properly while hanging from the Hook: While pressing RIGHT and LEFT will cause you to swing back and forth, pressing UP and DOWN will let you take in or release slack. This means that you can let the line out and swing back and forth to reach high-up Item Bubbles. Your momentum will also carry Sackboy for a bit when you let go, so use this to get a bit more distance in your swing. Occasionally you just need to get a better angle on your swinging. To do this, release the Grappling hook mid-air and fire it again. This can also give you some additional swinging momentum. Hint: Lower Yourself Down When you come to a dead end with a chalkboard drawing of Sackboy behind you, grapple the sponge above and hold on. Press DOWN to lower yourself through the trap door in the background. You cannot fall down background areas like this, you must lower yourself down with the Grappling Hook. LittleBigPlanet 2 Guide - 9 - IGN.com & LittleBigRussia.ru Item Bubble: Behind the Books After lowering yourself down, walk into the background by the chalkboard with Sackboy on it and then walk left to find a secret area with books and this important Item Bubble, Da Vinci Specs, a switch trigger you must use on the previous level to find even more Item Bubbles. Hint: The Race The first time you play a race, be sure to take it slow and collect all the Item Bubbles -- you can always replay the level for points later! If you do let your time completely run out, you'll respawn at the beginning of the race -- so watch out if you are planning to Ace the level. You'll have to swing around a bit and re-attach your Grappling Hook a few times to get the Item Bubble above the electric floor at the start of the race.