Shooters with unfair bosses

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Rob wrote:BANANA ASSAULT!
You would open your mouth wouldn't you.

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Seriously, Shikigami 3's 5-1 and 5-2 bosses are specifically designed to not let you past. Bosses in most games have simple techniques or patterns to exploit. These two are dependent on life and bomb stock. >_<

And Shikigami 3's last boss reminds me of Shikigami 1's second-to-last boss - some huge bug-like monster that you fly around, picking bits off it. Both are stupidly hard too.
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I don't have a worksafe response to that image
so long and tanks for all the spacefish
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<Megalixir> now that i know garegga is faggot central i can disregard it entirely
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I'm sure you'll think of something. ^_-
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Neon wrote:
Atomic wrote:
LUNardei wrote: Yes...
But the point is: some players demand "xtreme" games. Cave did an "extreme" game. That boss is an ehm, "xtreme" challenge but it's not impossible. It's exagerated, sadistic and maybe unfair, but that's what the players wanted, and it's possible to do. Give a "normal" true last boss to japanese players (ops, sorry, I said japanese!) and they will beat it in some months and forget the game. Give them DOOM, for example, and they'll play for years.
please dont ever say "xtreme" again.. it takes me back to the time when everything was so "XTREME.." and makes me cringe.
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Icarus wrote:
Rob wrote:BANANA ASSAULT!
You would open your mouth wouldn't you.

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hmm.. id like her to assault my banana.
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Icarus wrote:I'm sure you'll think of something. ^_-
I'd have Kakashi holding an open banana in Naruto's mouth suggestively if I didn't lose it in a hard drive crash

so instead here's this gem from 2004 in IRC

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so long and tanks for all the spacefish
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Post by Kaiser »

And i forgot
Shikigami 2's 5-1 boss(Haven't got to 5-2 boss on boss rush mode) he's really crazy i hate him! his patterns are so inevadable like purple spray + invicible thunder balls from the back man that's just freakin crazy
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Rob wrote: Yeah, everything that doesn't sandwich a player in a 3x3 pixel cell with oddly proportioned bullets is normal.

BTW, Willy Wonka already did that pattern.
The japanese should play more Gigawing, I guess.
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"The Japanese"
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Oh no, I've said "Japanese" again!
Btw, Cave makes games for the "japanese" arcade market, not for you and me, sadly.
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Btw, Cave makes games for the "japanese" arcade market, not for you and me, sadly.
I'm all for no one mentioning them again. :)
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Well, we're talking about jaxxxxxx games but...
Ok, but we should ban "Gigawing" and "Mars Matrix " too :P
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No, Capcom saw fit to target them at us, too! Fair game.
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We should wait the opinion of Willy Wonka, I think :wink:
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why cant we mention "the ja@&#^$*?"
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Because they're unfair :lol:
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non siete giusti :P
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I hate that stupid special level in Parodius that randomly pops up. I've only beaten it once without dying. Get stuck on the left side, any tips with the springy face?
This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
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neorichieb1971 wrote:I hate that stupid special level in Parodius that randomly pops up. I've only beaten it once without dying. Get stuck on the left side, any tips with the springy face?
rubbing warm peanut butter on your nipples while chanting "springy face unspring forth" works pretty well for me.
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I'll remember to try that :lol:
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Atomic wrote:
neorichieb1971 wrote:I hate that stupid special level in Parodius that randomly pops up. I've only beaten it once without dying. Get stuck on the left side, any tips with the springy face?
rubbing warm peanut butter on your nipples while chanting "springy face unspring forth" works pretty well for me.
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Atomic wrote:rubbing warm peanut butter on your nipples while chanting "springy face unspring forth" works pretty well for me.
Wow, it can help you beat that Parodius level too? And all this time I've...

...er...never mind.
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LUNardei wrote:Because they're unfair :lol:
Recap?
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BulletMagnet wrote:
Atomic wrote:rubbing warm peanut butter on your nipples while chanting "springy face unspring forth" works pretty well for me.
Wow, it can help you beat that Parodius level too? And all this time I've...

...er...never mind.
shh! not in front of the chirren.
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Rob wrote:No, Capcom saw fit to target them at us, too! Fair game.
Rob?
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Yes?
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Do you like pink bullets?
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What's a japanese? :shock:
I assume a type of shmup?
Some of the best shmups don't actually end in a vowel.
No, this game is not Space Invaders.
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Post by Rob »

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:What's a japanese? :shock:
I assume a type of shmup?
Yes.
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Atomic wrote:
BulletMagnet wrote:
Atomic wrote:rubbing warm peanut butter on your nipples while chanting "springy face unspring forth" works pretty well for me.
Wow, it can help you beat that Parodius level too? And all this time I've...

...er...never mind.
shh! not in front of the chirren.
I'm mature enough, really I am! :D

You should hear the stuff we talk about while we are out running for Cross Country. This doesn't even compare. :shock:
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