Posted: 11/2/2016 8:50 PM
Post subject: J.J Squawkers
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xy2_
Editor, Experienced player (854)
Joined: 5/2/2015
Posts: 696
Location: France
Arcade TASer of 2016
Link to video Full run of the first loop. I will do the second loop in a not-so-distant future.
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Posted: 11/3/2016 4:05 AM
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Orange_Claw_Hammer
Joined: 2/28/2009
Posts: 99
Really wanted to see this game TAS'd for a long time, thanks for making this! It's too bad Piercer is universally the best weapon for every boss (except round 2 of the robot?), I wish we could've seen Bomber and Exploder as well. Still enjoyed the run though.
Posted: 11/3/2016 5:25 PM
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xy2_
Editor, Experienced player (854)
Joined: 5/2/2015
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Location: France
Arcade TASer of 2016
For the Thunder Bokan refight (the robot), the reason I don't use Piercer is because of the egg route. Every 4th Funkey Egg (the powerup-dropping enemies) you kill, instead of dropping a normal powerup, will drop a special powerup: Excess Shot, then Power Shot, then repeat. The problem with this is that even if you have collected these special powerups, they will still keep appearing. Since Piercer doens't last very long in the boss rush, and there are more than 3 eggs in that stage, I will be forced to get a special powerup somewhere (and thus unable to use Piercer.) As such, I had to devise an 'egg route' for two conditions: * get Power Shot and Excess Shot before the first Thunder Bokan fight (which is trivial) * get a special powerup on the Thunder Bokan refight. The reason I chose Thunder Bokan was because it was the boss I could take out the quickest without Piercer. In fact the fight would have been a bit longer if I didn't have the screw weapon when fighting Thunder Bokan: this is why I carry the screw through the entierety of stage 4, even though it's an incredibly bad choice for that stage. Finally, the reason I use Screw instead of Piercer in the first Thunder Bokan fight is because, with Power Shot, each additional powerup adds an extra assist (and such an extra shot.) Because there are a lot of Funkey Eggs in Stage 3, Screw's damage output becomes completely ridiculous (enough to deal more than Piercer.)
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