Brave Blade - Complete Arcade playthrough
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Brave Blade is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up, featuring a unique gameplay style compared to every other Raizing game. Each of the selectable ships have two distinct modes, each controlled by a separate button. While in Fighter Mode your ship controls like any other shmup ship, having both a frontal shot and sub-shot which are fired by pressing the first button. If you press the second button your fighter will change into Mecha Mode, which attacks with a melee weapon whenever you press the second button. Pressing the first button again reverts you back to Fighter Mode.
The player also have access to a meter on the bottom of the screen, which fill up over time and when destroying enemies. While in Mecha Mode, if you hold down the second button the fighter will block incoming projectiles, which depletes from the meter and leaves you vulnerable again once it fully depletes, forcing the player to wait for it to cool down and fill up again. Once the meter is full, the player can activate a Super Mode with the third button, which makes it invincible while depeleting the meter.
The game features a medal scoring system, which also works differently from other Raizing games. Certain enemies will drop medals of low value, which you can slash while in Mecha Mode, causing it to spin and become larger, with larger medals being worth more points