1. Can anyone tell me how to beat the biolizard with shadow?

1.) The Biolizard is kind of a pain (the first time you fight him anyway).

I would say that the key is to be scarce with the rings - I mean pick up 1 or 2 at a time - if you get hit - try to pick up the 1 or 2 that you dropped.

The first hit should be a piece of cake - just stay far enough ahead of him that he chases/follows you for a while - eventually he will stop and the life support thing from his mouth will glow pink - grind that baby the top of him and use the homing attack (A+A) on that pink circular thing - BOOM!

Next time - after he chases you - he will fire some energy attacks at you - high or low - they're hard to dodge - but the high ones you should be able to somersault under and the low ones you should be able to jump over - this is where the ring thing is important - if you get hit - get your ring(s) back - then grind him again - BOOM!

Do the same thing the third time - BANG - half of his health gone!

Now - after the energy attacks - the guy will bring up a bunch of little pink bubbles for you to 'home in on' - A+A+A+A+A your way to the top - POW!

A couple of more hits and he will somehow force you to float in the air - try to find an open space to hover through the bubbles and land to attack one last time - KABOOM!

Now you can see the sweet cutscene and that's all I'll say so as not to spoil anything...

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

OK, it'll start chasing you, don't run too fast or else it'll hit you with it's tail.

Once it stops to catch its breath grind up the pipe thing on his neck and do the homing attack on the button thingy.

Once you do that a few times pink blobs will come, you have to do the homing attack on them to get up to the button thingy.