Gem Locations
Blue
Warp Room 1 - Turtle Woods
This one's easy. Go through this level without hitting any boxes. You don't need to go into any bonus rooms. The only trouble spot is where there are a stack of boxes(2 high, five across). At this part jump on the striped box and go forward. None will break.
Red
Warp Room 1 - Snow Go
The red gem is a little tricky. You can see it, but you can't get it when you go through the level normally. What you need to is access the first warp room. To do this, go into Air Crash. Stop at the first checkpoint. The rocket surfboard should be right ahead of you. Do not jump on it. Instead, use the boxes floating in the water as a path to the empty platform to the right. Now enter Snow Go through the secret warp. Keep going on this path untill you see the red gem.
There is also another, possibly easier way to get the red gem. Go into the level normally. When you get to the point where you can see the red gem and a seal, don't kill the seal yet. Wait, jump on his head, spin to get more height and then you should be able to get the red gem.
Green
Warp Room 2 - The Eel Deal
Finding this gem is dumb luck. At the first fork in the road, go right. You should be in a room filled with Nitros. Go around the Nitros and through the wall in the back. Continue on untill you have the shiny green gem.
Gold
Warp Room 3 - Plant Food
I don't mean to scare you, but this one is tough. Just before you get on the rocket surfboard a timer should show up. The idea is that you need to beat the level(don't worry about getting all the boxes) before the time runs out. I strongly suggest bringing 2 Aku Akus.
Purple
Warp Room 4 - Bee Having
Getting the purple gem is pretty easy. Go through the level untill you get up to a point where you see a stair case of Nitros. The thing is, they aren't real Nitros. Notice how they don't bounce. Jump on to the top. You'll warp to a bonus round that holds the purple gem.
Warp rooms
Extra Lives
In the second warp room, go to the barking bear and jump on him until 10 extra lives come out of him. This can only be done once.
Hidden Warps
Five warps are hidden througout this game. Here's how to find them.
1. BEAR DOWN: The small ice floe at the end of the stage.
2. AIR CRASH: The 2nd river. Don't jetski, but jump on the boxes to the platform.
3. UNBEARABLE: When the cub bucks you off, go back until you see him again.
4. HANGIN' OUT: when you drop down a hole into some eel-less water, go into the foreground and drop down the hole. (Pssst....use R1 to make Crash pull up his legs.)
5. DIGGIN' IT: Near the end there is a spitter plant on a circular platform. Bellyflop onto it.
