Shmup of the Month Club 2013 (Giga Wing)

[DocHauser]

Yeah, there only seem to be 3 active buttons for the arcade version: shot, grab and change. Someone mentioned a 'hyper' button upthread, hang on...

I'm playing on Saturn with an arcade stick and default mapping is this:

A - shot (hold for a power shot)
B - grab/throw
C - change
X - shot (down / left)
Y - hyper shot / enemy bubbler
Z - shot (down / right)

What is the hyper, exactly?

[mjmjr25]

I guess it's not called "hyper" it's actually called "tornado" and it is the shot that bubblizes the enemies.

I confirm what Pierrot said - auto-fire is an option, HOWEVER, only as XYZ buttons, which if you choose to have XYZ be turbo for ABC, then you obviously lose XYZ (down left shot / tornado shot / down right shot) and you need those to beat the bosses...unless you want boss battles to take forever and risk dying a few times. I won't be using auto-fire for that reason - I tried it twice and was worse off than before and couldn't get past second boss.

Tonights modest improvement:
1,935,200 - mjmjr25 - Stage 3 - 51 Chain/231 Hit - Needle/Appli 3/Appli 2 (I think)

[pierrot]

Yeah, there only seem to be 3 active buttons for the arcade version: shot, grab and change. Someone mentioned a 'hyper' button upthread, hang on...

I'm playing on Saturn with an arcade stick and default mapping is this:

A - shot (hold for a power shot)
B - grab/throw
C - change
X - shot (down / left)
Y - hyper shot / enemy bubbler
Z - shot (down / right)

What is the hyper, exactly?

It's the Tornado Command Shot. Here's a list of the different command shots:

Tornado - manual input: (back) -> (forward) + shot
Wide Shot - manual input: (forward) -> (back) + shot
Side Shot (Up) - manual input: (forward) -> (diagonal) -> (up) + shot
Side Shot (Down) - manual input: same as above, but quarter moon to down
Tail Shot (Up) - manual input: (back) -> (diagonal) -> (up) + shot
Tail Shot (Down) - manual input: same as above, but quarter moon to down.
Magic - Charge A
Illusion Shot: manual input: (back) -> (forward) +shot -> (back) + shot

The side shots and tail shots are mapped to X, Z, L, and R, and Tornado is mapped to Y when the input options are set to "Command." When they're set to "Rapid," it makes the other buttons different rapid shots.

All of these shots will 'Seal' the enemy in an elemental orb that relates to the characters sub-shot element.

[DocHauser]

I guess it's not called "hyper" it's actually called "tornado" and it is the shot that bubblizes the enemies.

Ah, gotcha. So how do you use this attack in the arcade version? Is it like the fighting-game inputs that Cotton 2 has?

EDIT: I see pierrot has already explained everything. Thanks!

[ExedExes]

It's the Tornado Command Shot. Here's a list of the different command shots:

Tornado - manual input: (back) -> (forward) + shot
Wide Shot - manual input: (forward) -> (back) + shot
Side Shot (Up) - manual input: (forward) -> (diagonal) -> (up) + shot
Side Shot (Down) - manual input: same as above, but quarter moon to down
Tail Shot (Up) - manual input: (back) -> (diagonal) -> (up) + shot
Tail Shot (Down) - manual input: same as above, but quarter moon to down.
Magic - Charge A
Illusion Shot: manual input: (back) -> (forward) +shot -> (back) + shot

The side shots and tail shots are mapped to X, Z, L, and R, and Tornado is mapped to Y when the input options are set to "Command." When they're set to "Rapid," it makes the other buttons different rapid shots.

All of these shots will 'Seal' the enemy in an elemental orb that relates to the characters sub-shot element.

Fighting game commands?
In MY shmup?
(it's more likely than you think.)

Might have to try those in a spot where I'd be most comfortable to attempt it.

With MJMJR's new score -- fast update. And yes, that would be Appli 2. I learned to read faces doing this score thing

rufus777 - 4,732,600 - ALL - 43 Chain / 24 Hit - Cotton 3/Appli 3/Silk - Saturn
DocHauser- 2,054,800 - Stage 3 - 50 Chain / 193 Hit - Cotton 3/Appli 2/Appli 3 - Shmupmame 2.2
mjmjr25 - 1,935,200 - Stage 3 - 51 Chain / 231 Hit - Needle/Appli 3/Appli 2 - Saturn
pierrot - 1,901,600 - Stage 3 (boss) - 74 Chain / 145 Hit - Appli 1/Appli 3/Silk - Saturn
ExedExes - 1,864,500 - Stage 4 (boss) - 34 Chain / 100 Hit - Needle/Appli 2/Appli 3 - MAME
noiseredux - 876,000 - Stage 3 - chain? - Needle/Appli 3/? - Saturn

[rufus777]

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[mjmjr25]

What is the tea-time bonus worth? I think I almost had it on stage 1, had dodged them all up to the 2nd to last one, was feeling good, it bounced off the ground and shot right into me. Felt like a rigged slot machine :/

Anywhoozle - I still can't bullet cancel, I think of it too late, i'm playing very aggressively and defense/canceling don't seem to fit that playstyle. I may play for survival mid-month, but for now, trying to score as best I can. This run only mid it to stage 3 mid-boss.

Minor improvement for the day:
2,192,600 - mjmjr25 - Stage 3 - 38 Chain/300 Hit - Needle/Cotton 1/Cotton 2 (I can't get the faces right, not sure) - SATURN

[noiseredux]

Wow mike, kudos.

[rufus777]

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[mjmjr25]

^ no, I mean the "no miss" bonus. I've gotten the white tile for 50K, yeah. What is it worth if you miss all the tea tiles?