ChrisHaha2049 wrote:skate323k137 wrote:When playing on maniac, do you have to do something special to get the 'shield up' from the little squid looking dudes?
No. They don't give additional shields instantly in maniac. Instead you have to collect enough of those blue medals. While the medals were 'chains' in original mode, in maniac they serve to fill a gauge at the bottom of the screen. Fill the gauge completely to get another 'shield up'. So those guys just help with some extra medals.
Gotcha, thanks.
Took a run just now and beat my score for original mode
4,538,609,080 - skate323k137 - Stage 6 - 1195 - DC - Original
Stupid deaths in stages 3 and 4. And another avoidable one in stage 6 (should've used a shield), making for a huge sweat at the final boss. No more lives, no more shields, yet I somehow dodged its last barrage and finished it off! So kind of sloppy, but a 1cc is a 1cc. It wasn't as good a scoring run as the #2 score either. I was lagging about 500mil behind at that old score's game over spot. So theoretically, if I can avoid stupid deaths, I should be able to crack 9bil...