Dodonpachi Saidaioujou B-S ALL - Survival / Low-Scoring - 4.5 Billion - SFT (怒首領蜂 最大往生)
My second ALL clear of Dodonpachi Saidaioujou, this time with Type B-Shot! I set a goal for myself to clear with all three Shot types, so here's B-S.
Timestamps:
Ship Select: 00:00
Stage 1: 00:15
Stage 1 Boss: 01:44
Stage 2: 02:52
Stage 2 Boss: 04:40
Stage 3: 05:55
Stage 3 Boss: 09:30
Stage 4: 11:05
Stage 4 Boss: 14:34
Stage 5: 16:31
Stage 5 Boss: 22:50
Ending: 26:28
Details:
Player: Softdrink 117 / SFT
Score: 4,585,976,104
Ship: Type B-Shot
Arcade HD mode, ALL clear, no TLB
I found this ship a bit harder to use, as I'm not normally a fan of Sway Shot in DDP games. But I can also see why it's kinda meta for scoring, since the sway is so fast it can easily be used aggressively for chaining or to clear enemies from the screen. Having access to a wider shot also made some areas (notably the later sections of Stage 4 and 5) a bit easier than with A-S.
Because this is an emulated run, I've included an FPS counter in the upper-left corner that indicates the game speed. It seems to be pretty consistent, so I'm reasonably confident that this run would translate to the 360 port if I was ever able to play it again. After comparing with some friends who have the 360 port, it might actually be the case that Xenia runs the game slightly faster than the port!
Note: Xenia has a glitch where the music does not properly loop during stages, so for stage 3, 4, and 5, I had to manually loop the BGM myself in post. My apologies if this is noticeable or distracting!