Non-standard harder difficulties in shmups

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Patashu
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Re: Non-standard harder difficulties in shmups

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Despatche wrote:futari has max? i thought that was only a bonus mode for the matsuri version of mushi. does the same thing there except you're always at max power too
Maybe it's not called MAX in Futari. What is it called when you start with a maxed gem counter in practice like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkotNULAV8
You can start with max gem counter in the iOS version of Futari as well, it makes the bullets much faster in Original, I haven't tested if it changes Maniac and Ultra or not yet (they're hard enough as is <.< >.> !)
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Re: Non-standard harder difficulties in shmups

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counter that high on 1.5 Original isn't realistic, and I'm pretty sure rank maxes at 70,000+, which is still extremely hard to get to as well as you'd hit it late into stage 5 with an optimal run. unlike Black Label where you can hit the 100,000+ counter as early as stage 3 if you're good.


Maniac, Ultra, and God don't use a rank system, so they stay just as hard always.
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Re: Non-standard harder difficulties in shmups

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some touhou players use mods to play on higher fps settings
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Re: Non-standard harder difficulties in shmups

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LordHypnos wrote:You could try Recca bomb only, maybe. Normal game comes close to that, though, if you're playing for score, I believe (charge bonus, and whatnot). The difference is that you get to use a subweapon too, while still receiving the charge bonus.
Recca bombspam makes Zanki Attack possible. Otherwise the suicide bullets will simply overwhelm you.
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Re: Non-standard harder difficulties in shmups

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gs68 wrote:
LordHypnos wrote:You could try Recca bomb only, maybe. Normal game comes close to that, though, if you're playing for score, I believe (charge bonus, and whatnot). The difference is that you get to use a subweapon too, while still receiving the charge bonus.
Recca bombspam makes Zanki Attack possible. Otherwise the suicide bullets will simply overwhelm you.
haha! I forgot about that. Kind of a cool mode. So many suicide bullets @_@
I couldn't make it that far. Not that I've made it far in normal mode, either.
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