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SquidDude: Advanced Strategy

2026-04-06T16:36:59Z

Advanced Strategy

Rollingcrow at 23:23, 14 February 2023

2023-02-14T23:23:59Z

Rollingcrow at 23:23, 14 February 2023

2023-02-14T23:23:26Z

NMS: /* Multilooping strategy */

2023-02-14T00:22:04Z

Multilooping strategy

NMS: my phrasing was weird

2022-02-24T10:30:17Z

my phrasing was weird

NMS: /* Stage 2 */

2022-02-23T16:55:02Z

Stage 2

NMS: /* Stage 2 */

2022-02-23T16:53:45Z

Stage 2

NMS: /* Multilooping strategy */

2022-02-23T14:06:32Z

Multilooping strategy

NMS: /* Stage 5 */

2022-02-23T13:15:32Z

Stage 5

NMS: /* Multilooping strategy */

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Multilooping strategy

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 == Advanced Strategy ==
-* If you're interested in scoring, then it is imperative to activate the Zero Wing bonus as early as possible. Since it needs 8 C items to be activated, you can achieve this before it appears in stage 2 by any combination of C items in stages 1 & 2=8. If you want to keep your fixed way shot while maintaining the bonus, you can pick up a special weapon and then a C item, since it reverts you back to the normal weapon you had before picking up the special weapon.
+* If you're interested in scoring, then it is imperative to activate the Zero Wing bonus as early as possible. You need to pick up 8 C items to activate it, and this can easily be done before the first Zero Wing ship appears in stage 2.
-* Similar to other toaplan games of this era, subsequent loops will have enemies fire faster bullets & have less reload time based on survival rank. Bosses will also have slightly higher HP. In this game, the difficulty maxes out in loop 3.
+* If you want to pick up a C item without changing your weapon, just pick up a special weapon first, and then the C item.
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 == Advanced Strategy ==
-* If you're interested in scoring, then it is imperative to activate the Zero Wing bonus as early as possible. Since it needs 8 c items to be activated, you can achieve this before it appears in stage 2 by any combination of c items in stages 1 & 2=8. If you want to keep your fixed way shot while maintaining the bonus, you can pick up a special weapon and then a C item, since it reverts you back to the normal weapon you had before picking up the special weapon.
+* If you're interested in scoring, then it is imperative to activate the Zero Wing bonus as early as possible. Since it needs 8 C items to be activated, you can achieve this before it appears in stage 2 by any combination of C items in stages 1 & 2=8. If you want to keep your fixed way shot while maintaining the bonus, you can pick up a special weapon and then a C item, since it reverts you back to the normal weapon you had before picking up the special weapon.
 * Similar to other toaplan games of this era, subsequent loops will have enemies fire faster bullets & have less reload time based on survival rank. Bosses will also have slightly higher HP. In this game, the difficulty maxes out in loop 3.
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 == Advanced Strategy ==
-* If you're interested in scoring, then it is imperative to activate the zero wing bonus as early as possible. Since it needs 8 c items to be activated, you can achieve this before it appears in stage 2 by any combination of c items in stages 1 & 2=8. If you want to keep your fixed way shot while maintaining the bonus, you can pick up a special weapon and then a C item, since it reverts you back to the normal weapon you had before picking up the special weapon.
+* If you're interested in scoring, then it is imperative to activate the Zero Wing bonus as early as possible. Since it needs 8 c items to be activated, you can achieve this before it appears in stage 2 by any combination of c items in stages 1 & 2=8. If you want to keep your fixed way shot while maintaining the bonus, you can pick up a special weapon and then a C item, since it reverts you back to the normal weapon you had before picking up the special weapon.
 * Similar to other toaplan games of this era, subsequent loops will have enemies fire faster bullets & have less reload time based on survival rank. Bosses will also have slightly higher HP. In this game, the difficulty maxes out in loop 3.
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 == Multilooping strategy ==
 * The game stops giving you extends after the first loop. As a result, you should try to build a good stock of lives in the first loop and hope it's enough to reach your goal.
-* You get an extend every 300k points in the first loop. A run not focused on scoring will probably get between 1.2M and 1.4M points in the first loop, but with a bit of effort you can easily reach the 1.5M threshold and the following extend. 1.8M is entirely possible with good routing and you should aim for it, 2.1M doesn't seem possible or very hard and probably isn't worth attempting.
+* You get an extend every 300k points in the first loop. A run not focused on scoring will probably get between 1.2M and 1.4M points in the first loop, but with a bit of effort you can easily reach the 1.5M threshold and the following extend. 1.8M is entirely possible with good routing, a no-miss loop, and reduced bomb usage, and you should ideally aim for it. 2.1M is possible, but would require the player to use almost no bombs during the first loop, and to get all the Zero Wing bonuses at max value or close to it, with little room for error, making it very risky.
-* For scoring, most of your points will come from the Zero Wing bonus (see the detailed stage breakdown for the locations), and getting all 9 at max value or close to max value should be enough to reach 1.8M, provided you don't bomb too much. Another source of score comes from reducing your bomb usage, especially in the early stages, as the bonus points are really significant.
+* For scoring, most of your points will come from the Zero Wing bonus (see the detailed stage breakdown for the locations), and getting all 9 at max value or close to max value should be enough to reach 1.8M, provided you don't bomb too much and don't die in the loop (as a death would reset your bomb stock to 3). Another source of score comes from reducing your bomb usage, especially in the early stages, as the bonus points are really significant.
 * If you don't get the random extend item in the first loop then it's not really a problem. It's very rare and you shouldn't count on getting it.
 * Stage 5 is a full bomb refill and you can get a decent amount of bombs late in Stage 6 (around 5 but it's random). However, you will be required to spend 4-5 bombs on the final boss every time if you want to be safe. Multilooping is about carefully using your full stock of bombs after Stage 5. You can afford to use a few bombs late in stage 5 and early in Stage 6. Ideally you should reach the final boss with 9 or 10 bombs, which will allow you to enter the following loop with 4-6 bombs, and hope it's enough to reach Stage 5 again. These bombs are really needed in Stage 1 in the loops, the first boss alone may require 3 bombs.

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 == Multilooping strategy ==
-* The game stops giving you extends after the first loop, as a result, you should try to build a good stock of lives in the first loop and hope it's enough to reach your goal.
+* The game stops giving you extends after the first loop. As a result, you should try to build a good stock of lives in the first loop and hope it's enough to reach your goal.
 * You get an extend every 300k points in the first loop. A run not focused on scoring will probably get between 1.2M and 1.4M points in the first loop, but with a bit of effort you can easily reach the 1.5M threshold and the following extend. 1.8M is entirely possible with good routing and you should aim for it, 2.1M doesn't seem possible or very hard and probably isn't worth attempting.
 * For scoring, most of your points will come from the Zero Wing bonus (see the detailed stage breakdown for the locations), and getting all 9 at max value or close to max value should be enough to reach 1.8M, provided you don't bomb too much. Another source of score comes from reducing your bomb usage, especially in the early stages, as the bonus points are really significant.

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 Immediately after the tree area, you will reach a door with some turrets in front and behind. Destroying the door will also destroy the enemies that keep respawning on the side, so you may want to focus on that.
-Enemies will appear in the open area after the door once you reach it. To deal with those as well as the turrets, you want to either rush inside until enemies spawn then use a bomb, or use the free range shot to safely kill the turrets then step forward and kill the enemies when they appear, as they take a few seconds to start shooting. There will be another C item shortly after, if you prefer to have the 3-way for the following part.
+Enemies will appear in the open area after the door once you reach it. To deal with those as well as the turrets, you want to either rush inside until enemies spawn then use a bomb, or use the free range shot to safely kill the turrets from behind the wall then step forward and kill the enemies when they appear, as they take a few seconds to start shooting. This may take a few tries to get the right angle. There will be another C item shortly after, if you prefer to have the 3-way for the following part.
 You will come across a bridge and then a path that splits into two. Take the right path and proceed upwards on the brownish road. You will fall and die if you move off the road into the pits surrounding the road.

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 *Advanced Strategy
 - Hishouzame planes
-The player can uncover a helpful Easter Egg in the early part of this stage. In the section with some trees, if you destroy the trees corresponding to your last 4 score digits excluding the final one (ex. 286,950- destroy tree 6, then 9, then 5), then a squadron of Hishouzame planes (same behavior as the helper bomb in Daisenpuu) will appear on screen and provide additional firepower until all planes have been destroyed or until you die. If the last 4 digits of your score contain duplicates, then the second of third occurence can be ignored. For example, if the digits are 2320, you only have to shoot 2 then 3. It also doesn't matter if you destroy trees that don't correspond to your digits: for example, if you have 2320, you can destroy tree 4 at any point (before or after shooting the relevant trees). The score taken into account is the one the player has when passing the first set of tracks right before the area with the trees.
+The player can uncover a helpful Easter Egg in the early part of this stage. In the section with some trees, if you destroy the trees corresponding to your last 4 score digits excluding the final one (ex. 286,950- destroy tree 6, then 9, then 5), then a squadron of Hishouzame planes (same behavior as the helper bomb in Daisenpuu) will appear on screen and provide additional firepower until all planes have been destroyed or until you die. If the last 4 digits of your score contain duplicates, then the second of third occurence can be ignored. For example, if the digits are 2320, you only have to shoot 2 then 3. It also doesn't matter if you destroy trees that don't correspond to your digits: for example, if you have 2320, you can destroy tree 4 at any point (before or after shooting one of the relevant trees). The score taken into account is the one the player has when passing the first set of tracks right before the area with the trees.
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 File:Treesoutzone.PNG|Outzone-Stage 2 Tree Layout
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 You will come across a bridge and then a path that splits into two. Take the right path and proceed upwards on the brownish road. You will fall and die if you move off the road into the pits surrounding the road.

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 [[File:ZIG.png]] A Zero Wing ship appears immediately after the beginning if you meet the requirements
-Start this stage by moving forward and destroying a few squadrons of soldiers above you. As you move forward in this section, mechanized snakes will pop out of the wall sections to the left and right. Newer players can feel free to use bombs when a mechanized snake appears or when enemies come from behind, as they each drop either a special item or a bomb. The snakes will fire only when you're in their line of sight, otherwise they're harmless. While moving upwards, watch out for soldiers that appear from the left/right areas of the screen.
+Start this stage by moving forward and destroying a few squadrons of soldiers above you. As you move forward in this section, mechanized snakes will pop out of the wall sections to the left and right. Newer players can feel free to use bombs when a mechanized snake appears or when enemies come from behind, as they each drop either a special item or a bomb. The snakes will fire only when you're in their line of sight, otherwise they're harmless. While moving upwards, watch out for soldiers that appear from the left/right areas of the screen. When there are 2 snakes spawning at the same time it's preferable to bomb, which means you should save at least 1 bomb for that occasion.
 [[File:ZIG.png]] A Zero Wing ship appears after the snake section and just before the moving platforms if you meet the requirements