Funniest shmup enemies/bosses?

[RawlingGunnar]

and also



Speaking of, there's always the background here:

[Vexorg]

In terms of sheer ridiculousness I'd have to go with the ones from Space Bomber. The ridiculous Engrish dialogue between stages really sells it.

[cj iwakura]

Castle Shikigami 3's first boss is the fourth stage boss from Shikigami 2 who's upset that she was demoted.

[Tokyo-J]

No mention of Catspider from Guwange? I always thought that was pretty goofy.

I also agree. LOL Its Meow/Scream always had me going!

[Tokyo-J]

The Baby at the end of Blazing Star LOL

[xxx1993]

Castle Shikigami 3's first boss is the fourth stage boss from Shikigami 2 who's upset that she was demoted.

That's exactly what I said. Though her real life counterpart looked drastically different than her illusion form. How can she go from long haired blonde to blue-haired twintail?

[PC Engine Fan X!]

The NES shmup of Gun-Nac is a wacky STG in it's own right. I bought it thinking that it was a used game but that wasn't the case as it was a brand new game, indeed, from the defunct "The Video Park" movie & video game rental business back in the early 1990s. Of course, the American Toys-R-Us stores sold brand new copies of the NES version of Gun-Nac on clearance for a mere $19.99 USD back in the early 1990s as well.

Hidden Gun-Nac Stage Select: If you set the BGM tune on the NES version of Gun-Nac to number 7 and highlight the stage number, you can choose your starting stage (including the very last stage if your heart so desires it). So be it.

I like how the NES version of Gun-Nac feels like a parody version of the classic PC Engine STG of Gunhed (aka Blazing Lazers in the USA with the TurboGrafx-16 console) -- it never takes itself seriously combined with that classic Compile infused gameplay and game mechanics.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[RawlingGunnar]

How can she go from long haired blonde to blue-haired twintail?

Hair dye and extensions, duh.

[xxx1993]

I do remember hearing something about the Yukari Horiguchi in the second game being a fake or illusion. Maybe the one in Castle Shikigami 2 is some kind of alter-ego of hers. But isn't the one in the third game an illusion too?

[BIL]

She is - during the events of Shiki III, the real one was

Spoiler

using her shinto powers (and BIG AZN TITS ) to bring justice to the frontier mining town on TERRAFORMING COLONY LESBOS VII.

[RawlingGunnar]

I do remember hearing something about the Yukari Horiguchi in the second game being a fake or illusion. Maybe the one in Castle Shikigami 2 is some kind of alter-ego of hers. But isn't the one in the third game an illusion too?

The real question is...

Spoiler

Does anyone actually, truly, genuinely, for-realsies care?

[PerishedFraud ឵឵]

The real question is...

Spoiler

Does anyone actually, truly, genuinely, for-realsies care?

Yeah. My money's on xxx1993

[it290]

Literal sack/pile of shit boss from Air Zonk is pretty good.

[cj iwakura]

I do remember hearing something about the Yukari Horiguchi in the second game being a fake or illusion. Maybe the one in Castle Shikigami 2 is some kind of alter-ego of hers. But isn't the one in the third game an illusion too?

The real question is...

Spoiler

Does anyone actually, truly, genuinely, for-realsies care?

Well, I kind of do, but I won't lose sleep over it.
(Mind you I'm the one who was crazy enough to spearhead a fan translation for the first game that all of 80 people played...)