Shmup of the Month Club 2013 (Giga Wing)

[elmagicochrisg]

elmagicochrisg - 579,205,480 - no idea - Kotaro - Dreamcast

elmagicochrisg - 617,213,080 - Stage 2-2 - Kotaro - Dreamcast

elmagicochrisg - 764,767,670 - Stage 3-1 - Kotaro - Dreamcast

elmagicochrisg - 861,029,610 - Stage 3-1 - Kotaro - Dreamcast

[hashiriya1]

I have no idea what's going on in this game. I pretty much spend the whole time with the shot button held down. What are the best techniques for high scores?

JEP - 747,727,000 - Stage 3-1 - Kotaro - PS2

Memorize when and where enemies spawn. You miss out on scoring opportunities if you rely on your shikigami 100% of the time to kill enemies.

[jepjepjep]

Got it, thanks guys. I wasn't sure if there was a chaining mechanic since I would sometimes see the 2x and 8x multipliers, but that's from bullet grazing.

[NesimLE]

A little better...although I have yet to get past 2-1.

NesimLE - 638,105,440 - Stage 2-1 - Kotaro - PS2

[hashiriya1]

Getting my feet wet with different characters. I'll try the others over the weekend.

Sayo is really hard to use with that 3-1 boss. Trying to destroy the red blocks
with her Shikigami while trying to graze bullets as closely as possible is tough for me.
Too bad that bird doesn't cancel green bullets.

Gorgeous Blue seems to be all about timing the umbrella to absorb the most
powerful shots. Hopefully I can break a billion with her, she is fun to use.
She requires the player to memorize enemy bullet timing and patterns in order
to maximize points.





hashiriya1 -1,037,397,530 - Stage 3-1 - Sayo - PS2-J

hashiriya1 - 815,015,140 - Stage 3-1 - Gorgeous Blue - PS2-J

hashiriya1 - 1,380,698,920 - Stage 3-2 - Gennojo - PS2-J

[jepjepjep]

I did a little better with the bullet grazing.

JEP - 1,209,362,880 - Stage 3-1 - Kotaro - DC

What's the story with the 3-1 boss? I ended up timing out at him and it seemed like I just kept shooting the cubes the entire time. Is it a puzzle? There was some japanese text at the start.

[hashiriya1]

I did a little better with the bullet grazing.

JEP - 1,209,362,880 - Stage 3-1 - Kotaro - DC

What's the story with the 3-1 boss? I ended up timing out at him and it seemed like I just kept shooting the cubes the entire time. Is it a puzzle? There was some japanese text at the start.

Regular shot destroys the silver cubes, your Shikigami destroys the red ones.

[dunpeal2064]

Your shot kills white cubes, your shikigami kills red, and the only way to kill gold cubes is to make a row of them, by clearing out all non-gold cubes.

Until the first gold cube hits your bottom row, only kill one color (whichever is easier for that character). Then, if you kil a bunch of white, for example, you will make a full row of red, and it will blow up (which is when you want to be grazing)

Its a pretty awesome boss.

[mjmjr25]

Not getting enough time to play this just yet - hopefully the month doesn't fly by because i'm really enjoying the game.

Got to try Ko last night, 2nd run of 3 was the best:

mjmjr25 - 923,542,820 - Ko - 3-1 - DC-J

[Spyke]

I was a bit clueless about the 3-1 boss too. Thanks for the pointer. I like the Practice option in this game, so I can spend some time practicing tricky sections before playing through them on a full run.

That said, videos of the 2-2 boss seem a lot easier than when I play it myself...

Ant