Favourite Parodius character?

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Zhon
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Favourite Parodius character?

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I've got to say I like Ran the most - the homing bit is the best missile ever.

Other than that I also like Dracula - 8-way homing shots, and a full-coverage shield is quite nice.
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I like Ran a lot. The sunfish too, he's my favorite. What's his name? Mambo? I may just think it's Mambo because that was the sunfish's name in Link's Awakening.
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I like to thing that Manbo was SOMEHOW inspired in Space Manbow, hehe

I like Kotsui , or whatever its his name, I always forget.. the stickman in the paper airplane. Since Gokujyou, I always like to play with him.

Also the pig (I can't remember the name of most characters, hehe) it's a very good char
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I dunno why...maybe it's because I've grown fond of the ship since Gradius Gaiden, but with Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius, I always choose Lord British. Call me crazy. :-p

Outside of those, I either pick Koitsu or Vic Viper. Twinbee can be fun to use, too.
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Post by samu »

Mambou is the japanese name for the sunfish. They exist for real. So it's not like any of the games are inspired by any of the other games. Anyway, the english name should be sunfish or something. I think they are supercool fish.
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Post by Herr Schatten »

Shatterhand wrote:I like to thing that Manbo was SOMEHOW inspired in Space Manbow, hehe
I always thought that, too. It's probably an intended play on words, but maybe it was already with Space Manbow. I mean, just look at the player ship there. It really resembles the sunfish shape. Could it be that the game is supposed to be named "Space Sunfish"?

My favourite Paro characters are definitely Hikaru (that carrot laser rocks) and Michael (you can't go wrong with a flying pig with a bandaid on his crotch).
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Aye, Michael's my favourite bad-ass flying bacon. I like how he powers up and it's nice to choose between his two attacks (the 360 bullet cover or frontal waves) depending on what the stage is like.
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Play-wise, it depends on the game :wink:

Da! - Octopus
Goku - Michael (or Goemon/Hikaru on SFC)
Osha - Hanako/Rupa for SFC, Kid.D for SS/PS
Sexy - Option

Design-wise, probably the four paper Aeroplane guys.
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White kitty with the bandage on his belly. Can't think of his name at the moment. :?
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Post by LoneSage »

What, no love for Pentarou? :(

For me, it's a tie between Pentarou and Michael.
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I like Twinbee. Punching gloves rock!
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Post by Zach Keene »

MSX: Popolon
Da!: Vic or Tako
Gokujyo: Koitsu
Oshaberi: Rupa
Sexy: haven't really played much.
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Post by tehkao »

Mambo/Sunfish all the way!!

I also like the penguin, octopus, and bunny girl....
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Post by shiftace »

Ran, from Oshaberi. Rupa may be more powerful, but the homing bit is the best thing ever. The paper bag is cool, too.
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Post by FatCobra »

Either Vic Viper or Lord British....or Micheal if I don't want to use a Gradius ship.
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Post by jp »

MSX: Knightmare guy
Da!: Pentarou
Gokujyo: Koitsu
Oshaberi: Koitsu
Sexy: The red space ship
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Post by MadSteelDarkness »

Koitsu/Soitsu...

I just love how the "bombs" get down and funky in the first stage of Jikkyou...
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