Wild Guns-like that's mostly really excellent, I was surprised how even into the later sections of the game, the enemy patterns stay consistently fair, creative and interesting. Every screen is a densely-packed and panoramic canvas full of things to pummel away at. It gets monotonous due to low damage output though - many later sections force you into jumping to dodge, and you can't fire while jumping, so there's no good way to shoot back, and even if you can, you're doing like 3-5% of their healthbar at a time. By the end of the run I did find myself taking intentional deaths because it was more fun to spam my bomb button rapidfire than to try finding those microscopic opportunities to return fire.

I love this game and it's an incredibly fun arcade experience with a high learning curve. Lucky to have played this in arcade. You move with joystick which also acts as your aim while firing. This takes some time to really master and understand. The difficulty in this game is pretty high but really satisfying when you learn the ideal movements. I really enjoy the visual presentation of this game too. Character design is great and locales range from castles, trains, to fields. Boss fights are varied too even including airships and ninjas with super powers (I guess? IDK how to describe these). I'd recommend to choose Hotaru every time because the speed is crucial in later stages. I mentioned this earlier but difficulty increases massively later on and you will need her speed to stand a chance. If you are in an arcade and see this game, you need to play it.

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