Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Stages
Both words in one sentence
- But there are stages where you are dangerously close to lava and nothing happens!
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Many Crash Bandicoot games have these types of stages, typically as either the last level or close to it.
Source: Eternal Engine - The bosses of the other two initial stages can be beaten in about 5-10 seconds each by simply getting up close to them and spamming Free Range's Over Weapon, but that's not the case here.
Source: Wake-Up Call Boss
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