Defeated the Demon King. Boring tbh.

I don't have the patience for this right now, but seems like something worth trying to clear eventually.

I give up, this is boring.

Super distinct due to the Dragon riding / shield mechanic. I'll probably want to try and clear this eventually.

Cool theme, kinda dull and awkward gameplay.

Smoother gameplay, but the stingy credit system is offputting.
Made it to Area-2.

This isn't fun.

Lost all remaining lives to the World 2 boss.

Wiped on Lv4 vs. Not sure if I've played this version of magdrop before.

This is bullshit.

Lost to the Foot fairy. Due to my side getting spammed with bullshit that blocked each of my match opportunities with uncanny timing.

I don't like this one. Feels stiff and looks kinda ugly tbh.

I just realized how medalling works in this, annoying. Wiped early on in stage 1-2.

Made it to stage 1-3.

Ah yes ... this is just Sonic Wings with no dolphins. Still, it's another one for the eventual 1CC pile.

Another good one to return to later.

This is one of the good ones.
Will definitely return.

Died fighting the first large ship.
I can't quite tell if collecting additional powerups increases ATK strength. I think PoW just refills the healthbar, and the other powerups might be non-stacking limited use?

Quit out of a VS game after I accidentally bombed myself at the start. It's boring watching the CPUs go around in circles until the timer almost runs out. Their pathing tends to lockup in the same corner of the map.

Wiped on Stage-4.

Burned most of my lives by mistiming manual bomb detonations like an imbecile on A-4.

38733 Lv9 Medium.

Furthers I got was Stage 3: 4026.

Reached the ghost stage, lost over and over and over and over and ran out of hourglasses.

Darius collapsed down to mostly just the good parts.
Wiped to the second boss. I realized that Super Darius actually has its own Boss Rush, this is just boss rush for the Plus lineup.

Credit fed my way past the Zone-B boss. I feel like you really need to retain your powerups from prior stages by not dying at all, otherwise you should just restart. The pea shooter feels insufficient to deal with the waves past the first early stretches.

I've definitely played this before.
Seems like it could be quite good if the developers had implemented another button to cycle fire formations in reverse.

Looks nice, but is another mediocre console STG.
Not sure if the arcade version is any better.

I'm struggling to figure out how to pass the barriers without burning a life to pass through. Supposedly there are switches I need to find. Mechanically this seems pretty good.
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Direly needs a radar function for the Bosconian-esque overhead stages. Scrolling-stage 2 expended the last of my patience with its bullshit "gotcha"s, capped off with a boss that punishes you hard if you don't have the sideshot powerup. This is an exercise in frustration.