Line #3 VideoGame/GwangeDash


1	''[=GwangeDash=]'' is to BulletHell shmups what VideoGame/CapcomVs is to fighting games.
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3	An indie game that combines elements from many different shooters, mainly Creator/{{Cave}} games, and with an impressive amount of playable ships from various games: [[VideoGame/DonPachi DON-8D A-Type, DON-8D B-Type, DON-8Z, DON-8Z Replica, Hibachi, ]-[\|/34<#!]], [[VideoGame/CastleOfShikigami G&G ESP Stream]], [[VideoGame/{{Ketsui}} Tiger Schwert]], [[VideoGame/{{Guwange}} Rain]], [[VideoGame/BorderDown Red Wasp]], VideoGame/TwinCobra, [[VideoGame/{{Xevious}} Solvalou]], VideoGame/GeminiWing, VideoGame/XIIStag, Spirit & Saber, [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Vic Viper]], VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}, [[VideoGame/MutantNight Mu-Tron]], [[VideoGame/GigaWing Raijin]] and Blaster Mk-VI. The scoring system is lifted right out of [[VideoGame/DonPachi [=DoDonPachi Dai-Oh-Jou=]]], and a lot of other shmups are represented via enemies and bosses.
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6	!!''[=GwangeDash=]'' contains examples of:
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8	* AwesomeButImpractical: [[VideoGame/{{Xevious}} Solvalou]] has one of the most powerful shots in the game, and its ground attack will eliminate nearly any ground-based enemy in one hit. The catch is that the standard shot cannot hit enemies on the ground, and just as in the original game, the ground attack is only useable at a fixed absolute distance from the ship itself.
9	** Awesome for playing but impractical for scoring is [[VideoGame/DonPachi ]-[\|/34<#!]], which plays like a very powerful version of the normal DDP ships, but has a hard time scoring well as building a lasting hit chain with it is very difficult. Hibachi is similar, as while it can spray continuous death all day long, it only has two speeds: Insanely fast and painfully slow, and to uncover bees with it you need to be right on top of them.
10	* VideoGame/BattleGaregga: Black Heart, albeit depowered, makes an appearance as the boss of stage four.
11	* BossRush: Death Label.
12	* ContinuingIsPainful: With Vic Viper, dying on later stages and thus losing all your powerups means the game is essentially over for you... in other words, exactly like how it is in VideoGame/{{Gradius}}!
13	* DegradedBoss: The first stage boss of ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' appears as a midboss on the final stage.
14	* DualBoss: On higher difficulties, you fight two ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' fighters rather than one at the end of stage three.
15	* {{Expy}}: G&G ESP Stream is [[VideoGame/CastleOfShikigami Kotaroh Kuga]] in ship form, Rain is [[VideoGame/{{Guwange}} Kosame]] and Spirit & Saber is the dragon from... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dragon Spirit and Dragon Saber]].
16	** A robotic enemy that behaves similarily to the high school stage boss of VideoGame/EspRaDe makes an appearance in stage 4.
17	* FlunkyBoss: Black Heart to an extent, but the final boss (bearing a resemblance to The [[VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun Stone]]-[[VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}} Like]]) takes it to the extreme by using enemies, hostile player ships and finally [[VideoGame/RType Force units]] as projectiles, all firing shots of their own as well.
18	* GameBreaker[[invoked]]: Intentional with [[VideoGame/DonPachi Hibachi]], who can fire a BulletHell of its own.
19	* {{Homage}}: To [[ShootEmUp the]] [[BulletHell genre]] in general, and to Creator/{{Cave}} in particular.
20	* JokeCharacter: Mu-Tron, an alien (?) who isn't even from a shmup originally. Has a multicoloured EyeBeam with short range, but can get a very high chain if used properly.
21	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The creator has taken down the official download and asked for people to not publically share it anymore, which might have been due to issues with Cave.
22	** Someone claiming to be on the dev team is also going around telling people who've posted videos on Youtube to remove them.
23	* MegaCrossover
24	* NostalgiaLevel: Stage 1 is quite reminiscent of ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' stage 1, with the same midboss, and the boss is the stage 1 boss from [[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi Dai-Oh-Jou]]. The first half of stage 2 is also similar to ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' stage 2, and the boss is the boss from stage 3.
25	* SdrawkcabName: [[Creator/{{Cave}} EVAC Industries]].
26	* SmartBomb: Most of the crafts have their own variety of it. Not all, though.
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