Detana!! TwinBee - Revision history

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[[File: Detana_logo.png|400px|center]]
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{{GameInfobox
|title = Detana!! TwinBee
| bordercolor = black
| background = #f8f8f8
| image = Detana_title_screen.png
| width = 256px;
| imagecaption = Title screen
| imagescalepx = 200px
| director = Masato Ohsawa
| developer = [[Konami]]
| publisher = [[Konami]]
| music = Hidenori Maezawa Michiru Yamane Masae Nakashima
| program = Toru Shimomura
| art = Ryouhei Shogaki Hiroyuki Ashida K. Ishimoto Shūjirō Hamakawa
| releasedate = '''Arcade:'''February 1991 '''PC Engine:''' February 28, 1992 '''PS1/Saturn:'''September 29, 1995 '''PSP:''' January 25, 2007 '''PS4/Switch:''' January 16, 2020
| previousgame = [[Thunder Cross II]]
| nextgame = [[Xexex]]
}}
'''Detana!! TwinBee''' (Japanese: ''出たな!! ツインビー'' "Here Comes TwinBee!!") is a vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up developed and published by [[Konami]] in 1991. It is the second of three arcade games from the series following [[TwinBee]].

The game received ports on PC Engine, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and PlayStation Portable; with a recent port on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

It was localized overseas under the title Bells & Whistles.

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==Gameplay Overview==
===Controls===

''Detana!! TwinBee'' is a 2-button shooter. There are 7 stages, completing all of them enters loop 2.
*'''A button:''' Fires the player's main weapon. Holding down the A button releases a charge shot.
*'''B button:''' Fires the player's ground bomb (losing both arms disables the bomb).

=== Items ===
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Bells are hidden within floating clouds, they can be uncovered by firing at the clouds. Ground Bells, GwinBee, Lucky Stars, and Fruit appear by destroying ground enemies.

{| class="wikitable"
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| [[File:Detana yellow bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Yellow Bell''' Score item. Value increases with subsequent collection: 500 > 1000 > 2,500 > 5,000 > 10,000. Value resets when a Yellow Bell goes off screen or upon death.
|-
| [[File:Detana blue bell.png|50px|center]] || '''White Bell''' Upgrades the players shot to a twin cannon.
|-
| [[File:Detana white bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Blue Bell''' Increases the player's speed. Can be equipped up to 5 times.
|-
| [[File:Detana green bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Green Bell''' Creates 3 duplicates of the player's ship.
|-
| [[File:Detana red bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Red Bell''' Adds a shield barrier.
|-
| [[File:Detana purple bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Purple Bell''' Adds a shield to the player's duplicates.
|-
| [[File:Detana black bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Black Bell''' Reduces the player's speed.
|-
| [[File:Detana ground bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Ground Bell''' Upgrades the player's shot to a 3-way shot.
|-
| [[File:Detana fruit.png|50px|center]] || '''Fruit''' Ground item worth 50, 100, or 200 points.
|-
| [[File:Detana lucky star.png|50px|center]] || '''Lucky Star''' Clears all on-screen enemies except for bosses.
|-
| [[File:Detana gwinbee.png|50px|center]] || '''GwinBee''' Adds a helper ship to the player's main ship. Can only take 1 hit.
|-
| [[File:Detana ambulance.png|50px|center]] || '''Ambulance''' Repairs the player's arms. Both arms can also be repaired through clearing a stage.
|}

The bell cycle starts at yellow. Hitting a Yellow Bell five times will make it advance to the next color. Every 5 hits will advance the bell to the next color.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Bell Cycle
| [[File:Detana yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana white bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana blue bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana green bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana red bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana purple bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Detana black bell.png|50px|center]]
|}

=== Extra Lives ===
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The player recieves no extra lives throughout the entire game.

=== Loops ===
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''Detana!! TwinBee'' ends after the second loop. There are no requirements, so upon beating stage 1-7 the player will always enter 2-1.

The player retains all Power Ups.

== Strategy ==
WIP

== Regional/Version Differences ==

== Video References ==

[[Detana!! TwinBee/Video Index|Video index for Detana!! TwinBee]]

== Trivia ==

[[Category:Vertical orientation]]

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 | [[File:Detana yellow bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Yellow Bell''' <br/>Score item. Value increases with subsequent collection: 500 > 1000 > 2,500 > 5,000 > 10,000. Value resets when a Yellow Bell goes off screen or upon death.
 |-
-| [[File:Detana blue bell.png|50px|center]] || '''White Bell''' <br/>Upgrades the players shot to a twin cannon.
+| [[File:Detana white bell.png|50px|center]] || '''White Bell''' <br/>Upgrades the players shot to a twin cannon.
 |-
-| [[File:Detana white bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Blue Bell''' <br/>Increases the player's speed. Can be equipped up to 5 times.
+| [[File:Detana blue bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Blue Bell''' <br/>Increases the player's speed. Can be equipped up to 5 times.
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 | [[File:Detana green bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Green Bell''' <br/>Creates 3 duplicates of the player's ship.

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 | releasedate = '''Arcade:'''February 1991<br/>'''PC Engine:''' February 28, 1992<br/>'''PS1/Saturn:'''September 29, 1995<br/>'''PSP:''' January 25, 2007<br/>'''PS4/Switch:''' January 16, 2020
 | previousgame = [[Thunder Cross II]]
-| nextgame = [[Xexex]]
+| nextgame = [[Crisis Force]]
 }}
 '''Detana!! TwinBee''' (Japanese: ''出たな!! ツインビー'' "Here Comes TwinBee!!") is a vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up developed and published by [[Konami]] in 1991. It is the second of three arcade games from the series following [[TwinBee]].