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In Battle Garegga, is it possible to pull off the scoring trick against Mad Ball with Golden Bat's Weapon/bomb? Try as I might, I just can't penetrate his ring.
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Yep, it’s not as easy as using, say, Gain’s or Bornham’s bomb, but it can be done without too much trouble. Basically, you want to wait for Mad Ball to open his outer turret ring during the first phase of the fight. As it’s opening, suicide into the outer ring, damaging the outer ring and gaining a few seconds of invincibility. If you time it right, you can maneuver into the space on top of him, while invincible, and detonate his bomb to destroy the outer ring. There are a few more particular details, but that’s the basic gist of it.
I spent a lot of time over the last couple of years learning about the ins and outs of Garegga. It’s more complex than what I usually gravitate toward, but I made an exception with this game because its complexity seemed pretty damn interesting. And I’m glad that I put in the time to study the game in-depth, because the amount of enjoyment that I’ve gotten in return has been immense. Totally worth the effort.
The strategy guide found in the strategy sub-forum by Icarus is a very helpful, exhaustive source of info about all things Garegga. Also the Garegga page on Shmups Wiki is great, as it mostly pulls from the strategy guide by Icarus, from what I understand. And if you’re in the mood for video, Icarus also did an excellent, super-long video with Eaglet and Plasmo some years ago, breaking down Garegga exhaustively. Here is a link to the section of that video where they talk about the Mad Ball scoring trick with the Wild Snail ships:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz1kXyXOz ... AAlc8ueATH
It’s nice to be able to see some gameplay footage to illustrate the concept.
Possibly more than you wanted to hear, but there you go!