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JIKKYO OSHABERI
PARODIUS CHARACTERS

There are absolutely LOADS of cool little characters you can choose from. Even though it looks like the selection of players isn't large with obviously recognisable one and two player variants, each variant has it's own weapon system! For example, the Vic Viper (one player) and Lord British (two player) have totally different weapon configurations, and you don't even have to stick with the designated player variants! Player One can select Lord British and vice versa...
But I digress... since there are loads of characters, I'll walk you through the best five in my eyes...



Lord British
Hey! It's the Lord British! Quite possibly my favourite from Gradius Gaiden, but anyway...
Lord-B has no Double weapon as you've probably noticed, and instead you can choose from the Ripple or the noticeably more interesting Laser weapon. Options make a reappearance too. Bombs come in the shape of Twin Hawkwinds (with cute little legs =) and the shield? That weird cog-thingy. You need to get about four shield powerups before you can get it looking anything like it does here though...



Doitsu
Pretty funny cross between Ultimate Parodius' Koitsu (the original bloke on the paper aeroplane) and the Vic Viper. Three Way shots and Twin Lasers make up the arsenal, as well as those really cool little blokes which parachute from your craft. COOL!!!


Mike
Well it had to happen - first Mambo's poor impression of the R-9 from R-Type Leo, and Kid Dracula's imitation of the Axelay, and now Mike, making funny with the Darius impressions! Well, everything is intact, from the Multi-Bomb and Laser, to the immensely powerful Wave laser. The Force Field is a multipowered up shield, so stay alive and you'll get to see a table floating around (!)...


Ran
The other cat, and more like the R-9 than Mambo ever was. Homing Bits, a Reflect Laser and a Search Laser are staple of the impressive armory. But why the hell do we have to use a paper bag as a shield??!



Rupa
A baby! How CUTE!!! Lemme see here...
A really powerful Wide Shot which is damned...erm...WIDE, and a Search Vulcan, which basically is a forward firing shot with two search lasers. Finally, we have a Multi Spread Gun which, when fully powered up, fires six explosive mortars from all sides and can do seroius damage...


The other characters (shown below) have their own strengths and weaknesses, but the above five are unmatched by strength and range. Try one, you might like them...























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