▁Cold ▁Sh adow ' s ▁strength ▁– ▁who ▁can ▁then ▁chain ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁attacks ▁as ▁his ▁skill ▁impro ves ▁– ▁when ▁played ▁as ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁SN ES ▁version . ▁On ▁Gen esis , ▁however , ▁Mau i ▁needs ▁to ▁collect ▁red ▁nin ja ▁tokens ▁instead , ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁white ▁tokens ▁being ▁useful ▁for ▁met am orph osis ▁alone . ▁Some ▁levels ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁however , ▁prevent ▁Mau i ▁from ▁transform ing ▁at ▁all , ▁as ▁Cold ▁Sh adow ▁cannot ▁b unge e ▁jump ▁on ▁v ines , ▁for ▁example , ▁which ▁forces ▁the ▁player ▁to ▁use ▁Mau i ▁throughout ▁the ▁level . ▁ ▁Plot ▁▁ ▁Mau i ▁Mall ard ▁is ▁a ▁" medium - bo iled " ▁detect ive ▁visit ing ▁a ▁tropical ▁island ▁when ▁the ▁myster ious ▁Sh ab u hm ▁Sh ab u hm ▁id ol ▁goes ▁missing . ▁Sh ab u hm ▁Sh ab u hm ▁is ▁considered ▁the ▁island ' s ▁native ▁guard ian ▁spirit , ▁and ▁unless ▁the ▁id ol ▁is ▁recovered , ▁the ▁whole ▁island ▁will ▁expl ode . ▁Mau i ▁is ▁put ▁on ▁the ▁case , ▁and ▁his ▁investig ations ▁lead ▁him ▁through ▁a ▁cre ep y ▁m ansion ▁to ▁ancient ▁nin ja ▁training ▁grounds ▁- where ▁a ▁w itch ▁doctor ▁gives ▁him ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁change ▁into ▁Cold ▁Sh adow - ▁and ▁a ▁native ▁village , ▁where ▁Mau i ▁is ▁thrown ▁into ▁a ▁vol cano ▁as ▁a ▁sacrifice ▁to ▁the ▁native ▁gods . ▁Mau i ▁surv ives ▁the ▁vol cano