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Instead of just picking your weapon
configuration, you can pick your ship! I love Pentarou the Penguin, because
I love penguins. I have two T-shirts with penguins on them. Chicks dig 'em.
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Exactly like Gradius, there are
navigation scenes between each level where you can power up your characters.
These guy move in a predictable pattern so they're easy to shoot. They also
appear in about every Parodius game out there. |
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The first board is much akin
to the Caribbean, with a bright blue background, pirate ships in the background,
and treasure chests that spout bees. |
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Penguins, penguins, everywhere!
In addition to taking a starring role, a lot of the penguins can be bad
guys too. |
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The first boss of this level is
an adorable pirate ship with a cat for a head. I feel so bad after
shooting it and making it cry. It's so cuuuuttteee! |
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Once you torch the innocent cat,
it's onto this pirate penguin guy. Those green penguins surrounding him
and block your shots...aim for the belly button. |
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The second level scrolls vertically,
and those clowns are meant to mirror those Moai heads made oh-so-infamous
by the Gradius games. |
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For whatever unknown reason,
the Famicom/NES version of Parodius features a large circus girl as opposed
to the Vegas dancer found in every other version. Odd indeed. |
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This is possibly one of the
reasons why Parodius never came to America; you have to kill an eagle with
an Uncle Sam hat! How unpatriotic, you bastard! Fry this bird and thems
yankees will never talk to you again. |
