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Your favorite shmup icon...

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I was playing Shippu Mahou Daisakusen...

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... and i suddenly got the urge to watch the History channel. 8)

^.^ still doesn't touch my all time favorite shmup icon, the 1944 windmill/gyro thingy ^.^
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Being called iatneH, the History Channel was hardly the first thing that came to my mind.
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circuitface wrote:
^.^ still doesn't touch my all time favorite shmup icon, the 1944 windmill/gyro thingy ^.^
That be the Yashichi.

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The extra life in ESP Galuda.

Don't have a picture but it looks nice.
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Bloodreign wrote:Image
Ahh, yeah. I love that thing! :P
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The little dudes in Dangun Feveron 8)
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I love the Alice Clones in ESPGaluda (Stage 5-2).
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theevilfunkster wrote:The little dudes in Dangun Feveron 8)
fore sure...
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Yeah, can't beat the Dangun dancing disco men. Has anyone got an animated gif of one of those?
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circuitface wrote:
Bloodreign wrote:Image
Ahh, yeah. I love that thing! :P
This ones my favorit also.
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Bloodreign wrote:
circuitface wrote:
^.^ still doesn't touch my all time favorite shmup icon, the 1944 windmill/gyro thingy ^.^
That be the Yashichi.

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I am also a big fan of this one (in fact all of capcoms sprite based icons are pretty neat.) A close second for me goes to the smiling compile guy from Zanac, Guardian Legend, etc.
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gotta be the "skull hornets" image that appears when you select a character in 1 player mode, and also at the end of each level and during high scores list.

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I also like the pigs from Batsugun. :)
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I really dig the design of the gold bars in Mars Matrix. The way they rotate is very sexy, and super appealing, which is probably why I die so much trying to collect as many as I can. 8)

Also, the shield-looking medals in the medal volcanos in Giga Wing 2 are nice. Every time I activate a medal volcano I get so excited.
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Bloodreign wrote:
circuitface wrote:
^.^ still doesn't touch my all time favorite shmup icon, the 1944 windmill/gyro thingy ^.^
That be the Yashichi.

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Hell yeah man the Yashichi is omnipresent

Also the PoW that shows up as many Capcom titles as the Yashichi did

What's the most recent game the Yashichi has shown up in? I know Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has the PoW during Son Son's super move
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The blue fella in Raiden!

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Bal-Sagoth wrote:The blue fella in Raiden!

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lol Miclus.
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Jon wrote:
Bloodreign wrote:
circuitface wrote:
^.^ still doesn't touch my all time favorite shmup icon, the 1944 windmill/gyro thingy ^.^
That be the Yashichi.

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I am also a big fan of this one (in fact all of capcoms sprite based icons are pretty neat.) A close second for me goes to the smiling compile guy from Zanac, Guardian Legend, etc.
That little guy - blue lander

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SFKhoa wrote:
Bal-Sagoth wrote:The blue fella in Raiden!

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lol Miclus.
Yeah, I like him too.
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RippleScythe wrote:
Bloodreign wrote:
circuitface wrote:
^.^ still doesn't touch my all time favorite shmup icon, the 1944 windmill/gyro thingy ^.^
That be the Yashichi.

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Hell yeah man the Yashichi is omnipresent

Also the PoW that shows up as many Capcom titles as the Yashichi did

What's the most recent game the Yashichi has shown up in? I know Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has the PoW during Son Son's super move
The Yashichi shows up in Mega Man Powered Up :wink:
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Probably the powerup pod in Gradius or the Yashichi or Miclus, they're all awesome in their own way.
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The Cow "secret item" in Dimahoo.
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ZeetherKID77 wrote:
RippleScythe wrote:
Bloodreign wrote: That be the Yashichi.

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Hell yeah man the Yashichi is omnipresent

Also the PoW that shows up as many Capcom titles as the Yashichi did

What's the most recent game the Yashichi has shown up in? I know Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has the PoW during Son Son's super move
The Yashichi shows up in Mega Man Powered Up :wink:
It also appears as a main menu highlight icon in Street Fighter:CE for Genesis, Along with one of the enemy's from Side Arms and another shmup related sprite I don't reconize.
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Dale wrote:
ZeetherKID77 wrote:
RippleScythe wrote: Hell yeah man the Yashichi is omnipresent

Also the PoW that shows up as many Capcom titles as the Yashichi did

What's the most recent game the Yashichi has shown up in? I know Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has the PoW during Son Son's super move
The Yashichi shows up in Mega Man Powered Up :wink:
It also appears as a main menu highlight icon in Street Fighter:CE for Genesis, Along with one of the enemy's from Side Arms and another shmup related sprite I don't reconize.
I think it's cool how it's an enemy in a few games.

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J-Manic wrote:I really dig the design of the gold bars in Mars Matrix. The way they rotate is very sexy, and super appealing, which is probably why I die so much trying to collect as many as I can. 8)
Agreed, they really make you become greedy. I like them much more than the gold in Gigawing.

I also agree on the "Disco Maennli" (this is what they are called on World-Of-Arcades, sounds very Swiss to me) in Feveron. They have the same effect on me like the gold in MM - becoming greedy and hungry for more. They both create the "catching a lot of one stuff while dodging a lot of other stuff" that gives those games such an addicting gameplay.
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circuitface wrote:
Dale wrote:
ZeetherKID77 wrote:The Yashichi shows up in Mega Man Powered Up :wink:
It also appears as a main menu highlight icon in Street Fighter:CE for Genesis, Along with one of the enemy's from Side Arms and another shmup related sprite I don't reconize.
I think it's cool how it's an enemy in a few games.

:lol:
Yeah and their damn vicious in Vulgus and Exed Eyes. Kinda odd how they turned them into a powerup.

In Strider2 for PS1 you get it as a powerup also, along with the cow from Gunsmoke Sonson the Side arms sprite as well as a few other obscure Capcom refrences.

Oh and theirs a reference to Gunsmoke in RE4. Man I could talk about capcom Easter Eggs and insperations all day. :P But I'll stop now.
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The "fairy" in Raiden II. Lots of powerups!
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