The drop: This level opens with a long vertical drop with electric pegs dotted along the wall. Keep your eyes down toward the bottom of the screen, and pull the stick left or right as you hold onto the ball-and-chain. Save your friends: Part of the "narrative" of this level is to free all your friends you met in the other areas: Stripy Tail, the dog, the Sensei, etc. They're locked up in cells, but those always have a big yellow lever nearby that opens them. Your first rescue will be of the yellow bear family. But for that, you'll have to grab the black energy cell and push it all the way over to the gate on the other side in order to keep going. A couple of friends you may miss:
The croc just up to the left of this area: Mags & the others to the far left of the right-angle platforms: A second drop: Fittingly, the level ends with a vertical drop like the one at the start. This one is arguably easier, though, since larger obstacles are moving -- though not very quickly, so you can get by them in a flash if you need to.