PrinceWatercress plays Gunstar Heroes (Normal, Again) - Part 3 of 7

It's back to the airport for the third part of this replay. I've always liked this stage.

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Airport

At the beginning, you'll have to keep leaping upwards with Up and C to do a high jump in order to get up to Captain Orange's flying battleship. The vertical auto-scrolling starts out slow, but it gets faster the closer you get to the top of the battleship. You will need to get onto the battleship as quickly as possible, and when you see the yellow underside of the top platform, you'll be able to get on the battleship itself. You'll also need to shoot upwards to take out the enemies on the way up to the battleship, so keep that in mind.

The yellow guy with the copter on his back is a mini-boss. Keep away from him and you should be good. Afterwards, you'll be able to get a bunch of weapons if you need them. Lightning + Chaser is a good homing weapon that does a lot of damage, but sometimes it can lock onto something

The Swapping Reg is a stomping robot with two turret legs and a bunch of turrets on the body. Be sure not to be underneath when it has less than 1000 hit points so you don't get flattened.

You'll eventually fight Smash Daisaku, who you've met before on the train in the last level; just avoid him and watch where he drops his bombs as you fire at him, and you'll eventually beat him.

You'll then face Captain Orange. If he looks dead at the screen and flexes, you'll need to jump over him to avoid his clothesline. If he looks at your character, he will grab onto the helicopter blades and grab on. If he leaps into the helicopter blades and grabs on, be ready to avoid him when he lets go so he does not hit you with his elbow drop.

You can wall jump off the side of the screen by jumping into it, holding the Control Pad towards the screen and pressing C again when you run into the side of the screen, but you can also hold Down, press C and grab onto the underside of the plane you fight Captain Orange on, which is something I don't do here.

If you get too close to Captain Orange, he can suplex you, and he can also blow up a bomb that has an explosion that travels towards you.

Thankfully, there are infinite continues in this game, so don't give up.

Once you beat Orange, you'll get another gem.