Anyone ever played Strato Patrol EOS?

[IDruggedShamu]

It's a badass little shmup included as a mini (sub) game on Kirby Mass Attack for the DS... Check this out.... It's pretty neat!

[Deca]

I have a copy of Mass Attack waiting to be played. Finishing Ys 2 first.

[IDruggedShamu]

You are in for a treat.

[mjclark]

So how many medals do I need to unlock this?
Started playing this evening and have got 20 so far (!)
Bless all ten of those little Kirbys

[BrianC]

I noticed the title of the game is a parody of Uchuu Keibitai SDF (also made by HAL). The parody is definitely more noticable in the JP title screen I found on youtube.

Uchuu Keibitai SDF
JP Strato Patrol EOS

[Drum]

It's damnably hard to die, but I liked it enough to play it a couple of times. I prefer Brawl Ball, which is awesome. Main game is great too.

[BrianC]

What does the kanji in the JP title of Strato Patrol EOS say in Romaji? I'm guessing it's a pun on Uchuu Keibitai or something along those lines. I'm curious what Uchuu Keibitai translates to, as well.

I'm surprised with how much content some of the subgames have. Strato Patrol has 6 stages (though one is the final boss stage) and Brawl Ball has multiple bosses. Very surprising for extra games.

[nZero]

What does the kanji in the JP title of Strato Patrol EOS say in Romaji? I'm guessing it's a pun on Uchuu Keibitai or something along those lines. I'm curious what Uchuu Keibitai translates to, as well.

Kuuchuu Tankentai - Aerial Explorers
Uchuu Keibitai - Space Guardians

Something like that anyway.

[BrianC]

What does the kanji in the JP title of Strato Patrol EOS say in Romaji? I'm guessing it's a pun on Uchuu Keibitai or something along those lines. I'm curious what Uchuu Keibitai translates to, as well.

Kuuchuu Tankentai - Aerial Explorer
Uchuu Keibitai - Space Guard

Something like that anyway.

Cool. Thanks for the translation.

[mjclark]

So how many medals do I need to unlock this?
Started playing this evening and have got 20 so far (!)
Bless all ten of those little Kirbys

Don't bother asking in this thread mj just use google: it's 35

[mjclark]

So how many medals do I need to unlock this?
Started playing this evening and have got 20 so far (!)
Bless all ten of those little Kirbys

Don't bother asking in this thread mj just use google: it's 35

Thanks for your help! Not quite there yet then...

[mjclark]

Hurray! Finally got 36 medals and unlocked the game.
Didn't think much of it til I got to Stage 3 and then realised that actually it's rather good with some nice bosses.
Thanks to OP for getting me off Ketsui Death Label and onto Kirby goodness.
Can't help but also notice similarities in this to Shoot 1 Up ( but with Kirbys!)- wonder if the dev ever played this or vice versa