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your favorite cute 'em ups

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Hmmm... I'll have to think about this myself before posting a response. But I'm more interested in what your favorties are.
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Probably Sexy Parodius. The whole series is awesome, IMO. I've not played them super extensively though.

Also nod to Twinbee series (especially the SFC game, Pop n' Twin Bee) but the bell power up system gets on my nerves.

Always wanted to try Star Parodier.
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Detana!! Twinbee
Plus Alpha
Hacha Mecha Fighter

Just to name a few.
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Magical Chase and Star Parodier are two quite good ones, and then there's the Parodius series.
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Any of the Twinbee games. Gotta love the feeling of playful adventure the anime / miyazaki-esque motif helps these games incite. Twinbee Portables on the PSP for the win.

But I really like Plus Alpha too, so cheery and epic, especially the Eden stage's music.
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Definitely parodius series.
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Sexy Parodius all the way
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Nico87 wrote:Magical Chase
Oh yeah. Definitely one of my favorite hucard games.
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I don't want to admit it but... Twinbee Yahoo.
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If it counts......AirZonk!! :D
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TodayIsForgotten wrote:Definitely parodius series.
Bokan to Ippatsu Doronboo Kanpekiban
Harmful Park
Bokan to Ippatsu is quite fun. I have no idea why it gets bashed in every review I've read, I kinda like it for what it is.
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All Parodius games
Cotton
Twinkle Star Sprites
Magical Chase
Keio Flying Squadron
Harmful Park
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Harmful Park, Cotton 2/Boomerang, and Twinkle Star Sprites are probably my favorites overall. Nobody's mentioned Game Tengoku yet, so I'll just throw it out there for the heck of it though, heh.
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Yep, I'll add votes for the two cute 'em ups I've played...sexy parodius and twinkle star sprites.
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Haven't played TwinkleStar Sprites yet, but the idea seems really fun.
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ShmupSamurai wrote:Haven't played TwinkleStar Sprites yet, but the idea seems really fun.
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Funnily enough, I haven't found the original Cotton "cute". The somber colour palette, the bosses of fairly disturbing appearance...
My favourites are:
Gun Hohki (Mystic Riders)
Magical Chase (preferably the US version)
Twinkle Star Sprites (although the framerate drops make playing vs CPU pretty pointless).
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Obiwanshinobi wrote:Funnily enough, I haven't found the original Cotton "cute". The somber colour palette, the bosses of fairly disturbing appearance...
That's right. Cotton can be classified as 'dark cute'em up' :lol:
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Magical Chase
Cotton Boomerang
Harmful Park
Twinkle Star Sprites
Gokujo Parodius

EDIT: Forgot Super Fantasy Zone
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Flying Hero isn't half-bad either.

and of course there's Parodius Da! :D
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ShmupSamurai wrote:Flying Hero isn't half-bad either.

and of course there's Parodius Da! :D
Da! and Jikkyou Oshaberi are my favorite Parodii (Parodiuses?). I remember what I jokingly said after Da!: 'I won't play shmups anymore, because now I know HOW fun can be made of them' :lol:
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The Parodius series. I think Da! is my favorite, followed by Gokujou.
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Never cared much for the 3rd parodius though.. :?
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Fantasy Zone
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Oooh, Fantasy Zone is excellent as well! :D
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very favorites:

harmful park
fantasy zone
twinbee yahho!
death smiles

other favorites:

magical chase
twinkle tale
cotton boomerang
detana twinbee
parodius forever with me (jikkyou osyaberi)
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Harmful Park & Sexy Parodius are the milestones of cute.
The whole Parodius series is brilliant, but this one's the best IMO. Never could stand Twinbee games, the design is nice but the bells are so fucking annoying... >_>

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Good question, ave. I think of Death Smiles as pretty much in line with the Cotton series. I'll admit, I may be off here. But it seems to me that they were going for the cute halloween look. Not as cute as Harmful Park, stage 2, but cute nonetheless. Cuter, anyway, than Gunbird. I'm not really sure what Psikyo was aiming for there, to be honest.
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Sexy ( any ) Parodius
Harmfull park
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2nd Parodius is the best in the series, but AirZonk is THE BEST cute'em up ever IMO :mrgreen:
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