ESP Galuda

Has anyone hit 1000 gold in the first stage? I'm using Ageha and my highest is 700, seems it's going to be difficult. ~_~

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Originally Posted by Virael

Is it my imagination or are the red bullets slower in the actual game than the videos? Maybe they're not playing Normal difficulty? (if that has any effect on it)

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I just read this, and you can see it happen in the DVD replay first boss for Ageha (only one I checked)

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When you're out of green gems and you're in Kakusei-mode, the bulet will change color to a more darker pink and they will go faster. The circle around your character, that first was needed to display the number of green gems left will be smaller, and starting from empty it'll fill up, but only when you're not shooting. When the ring is full, the ring will dissappear and bigger ring will appear, also empty and the same thing happens again.

A total of three rings can be maxed and each time a ring is maxed, not only bullets go faster, but the power of character will increase and the type of shot will look different. Other effects are unknown.
In speed mode the gold gems are distributed differently, but look above in the section "Gold Gems" to see the difference.

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Originally Posted by J2d

I know about that jiji, just would have been fun if it was brought up earlier so I could have had a chance to order.

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Well, the thing is, Japanese shops like Messe Sanoh and Sofmap have exclusive preorder bonuses (usually telecards) all the time, but a lot of the time nobody knows what they'll look like until the game comes out. You can usually tell on a JPN shop's website if a game will have a special preorder bonus or whatever, and then you'd have to order through a proxy-buying service, since none of those places accept foreign orders.

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Originally Posted by jiji

Well, the thing is, Japanese shops like Messe Sanoh and Sofmap have exclusive preorder bonuses (usually telecards) all the time, but a lot of the time nobody knows what they'll look like until the game comes out. You can usually tell on a JPN shop's website if a game will have a special preorder bonus or whatever, and then you'd have to order through a proxy-buying service, since none of those places accept foreign orders.

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Aye, I saw a post on shmups linking to the site, looked like they still had it for sale so I'm gonna try getting a hold of it.

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Originally Posted by Valgar

(your gold counts down during the boss fights)

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What?! You tricky little bastards...

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The announcer always says something (he has a sock in his mouth) whenever the boss is about to be killed or a SEGMENT is about to die (the verticle segments on the boss health bar), listen for this.

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I noticed this, even though it's kinda faint I'm trying to use it during mini-bosses and regular boss segments to time going into kakusei for gathering gems. Shame it's kinda hard to hear but I'm sure I'll adjust after some time, it's certainly better then constantly glancing up at the lifebar.

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In speed mode the gold gems are distributed differently, but look above in the section "Gold Gems" to see the difference.

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Where did you quote that from? I'm interested in that gold gems section.

Thanks for the help, guys. Now let's see if I can't piece this all together and get at least as far as I was before to actually benefit from the extra score.

Stage 3 and 4 are just all kinds of fun. It's also just fantastic looking in RGB...I like the color and design much more than DOJ.

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Originally Posted by Valgar

The reason for staying in kakusei mode is that you do more damage.

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This is what I figured, but I was wondering about that too. Everyone remember to post some scores. Don't hold out TOO long.

To get the third stage oneup, near the end of the battleship, go into Kakusei and laser it from close range. After getting hit for awhile, it'll pop out. It is invisible until you do something :P Either proximity or Kakusei is necessary to make it visible. It's dead center middle though, pretty easy to spot.

Someone clarify once you figure out exactly what the trigger condition is please ;)

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

Where did you quote that from? I'm interested in that gold gems section.

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Hereee

I am under the impression that there is an unknown factor that gives you more green gems. I think the amount of gold stocked up might also contribute.

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Originally Posted by Victrix

To get the third stage oneup, near the end of the battleship, go into Kakusei and laser it from close range. After getting hit for awhile, it'll pop out. It is invisible until you do something :P Either proximity or Kakusei is necessary to make it visible. It's dead center middle though, pretty easy to spot.

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That's part of it. You must also have some green gems remaining (that is, the enemy bullets are purple) to trigger the oneup. If you have none (that is, the enemy bullets are red), you won't trigger it.

(Source: http://arcadeita.hp.infoseek.co.jp/e...085398612.html, message #3)

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Originally Posted by Valgar

I am under the impression that there is an unknown factor that gives you more green gems.

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I've read that two factors exist. The first is destroying an enemy in the upper fifth of the screen. By doing this, you will earn an extra green gem. The second has something to do with the "red run level". I'm not sure if this is referring to the amount of time you spend while being in KAKUSEI mode without any green gems or the number of filled blue rings that you mentioned in message #309, Valgar. (Level 0 means you didn't fill the smallest blue ring while Level 3, the maximum, means that you filled all three rings.)

(Source: http://arcadeita.hp.infoseek.co.jp/e...085398612.html, message #6.)

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Espgaluda (PS2, Arika) - 7,204 (51.2%)

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First day sales, not too good... :(