Halloween Itazura
| Developer: | Inatsuka Haru |
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| Release date: | 2012 |
Halloween Itazura, aka お菓子くれなかったから街破壊しちゃうよっ！ (Okashi kurenakattakara machi hakai shi chau yo~tsu! / If you don't give me sweets, I'll destroy the city!) is a doujin shmup by Inatsuka Haru in 2012.
The game consists of 3 stages.
For replay videos, visit the Video Index.
Contents
Gameplay Overview
The game has a Gradius styled upgrade mechanic. Players collect Koro items to highlight an upgrade from the Power bar and then press the upgrade button to enhance the character.
Controls
- Z key/A button: Shot
- X key/B button: Change weaponry
- C key/X button: SP attack
Scoring
Scoring consists of killing enemies and getting blue items for score.
Boss fights will have boss bonuses, which is their timer, and will reward the player a big bonus for how fast a boss is defeated.
Rank
In this game, rank controls the agressiveness of the enemies. For every 18 Koros collected, rank will increase by 1 level. Rank decreases 1 level when a life is lost.
Difficuly modes
Each difficulty has it´s rank level limits.
- Easy: Rank starts at lvl. 1 and caps at lvl. 2
- Normal: Rank starts at lvl. 2 and caps at lvl. 6
- Hard: Rank starts at lvl. 4 and caps at lvl. 8
- Lunatic: Rank always stays at lvl. 8 regardless of lives lost.
Upgrades
- Speed up: Increases scrolling speed. (Up to 3 times.)
- Power-up: Increases weapon strength. (Up to 3 times.)
- Barrier: Grants the player a 1-hit shield.
- Life-up: Recovers a life. Only available when lives are lost.
- Bomber: Releases a huge explosion forward. It can touch and attract blue items.
Items
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Yellow gem: These gems appear when destroying enemies and canceling bulllets with the SP attack. It increases the weapon`s Level gauge. |
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White gem: These gems appear when destroying enemies with the SP attack. It increases the weapon`s Level gauge faster. |
True Last Boss / TLB
The exact requirements to trigger the TLB are unknown. But, it´s probable that the Stage 3 Boss must be defeated on Rank 5.
It has really large health, and it´s nearly impossible to beat without a time-out.
Trivia
- The upgrade bar mechanic is inspired by Gradius.
- The TLB´s final attack is majorly inspired in Gengetsu´s infamous time-out pattern.
