Most stages in the game feature simple, fish-like enemies, which will attack the player’s characters. These enemies can be defeated by dashing into them, which causes them to fly backwards and explode in a puff of smoke, leaving behind a coin. If the player gets hit, part of the fishing-line trailing the creature will become transparent. The line will slowly fill up and return to normal, but if the player gets hit while part of the line is transparent, they will be defeated and respawn at the latest check-point, as well as lose some coins in the process. There never is any visible harm or hurt as part of the reactions.