Sengoku Ace - Revision history

Trap15: Video index link

2023-11-20T08:39:01Z

Video index link

Laurabuzz: /* Video Refernces */ typo

2023-01-22T07:52:19Z

Video Refernces: typo

Laurabuzz: added Japanese title

2023-01-20T16:53:48Z

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Laurabuzz: /* Scoring */ clarification

2023-01-20T14:17:19Z

Scoring: clarification

Laurabuzz: /* Scoring */ fixed error

2023-01-20T14:13:23Z

Scoring: fixed error

Laurabuzz: /* Gameplay Overview */ corrected minor error

2023-01-20T14:05:04Z

Gameplay Overview: corrected minor error

Laurabuzz: added category

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Laurabuzz: creating link to video index

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creating link to video index

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Difficulties

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 The game takes place in a kitchen sink fantasy setting loosely modelled on the Sengoku period alongside steam engines and biplanes. Both enemies and main characters contain parodic references to Buddhism and Shinto, as well as ninjas and samurai. Every character has their own story which plays out in dialogue between the stages and an ending cutscene, and if the game is played two-player, both player’s charactes will interact, for a total of 22 endings.<ref name="vgmuseum">[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/b/sa.htm VGMuseum] page for Samurai Aces. Retrieved 11.09.20.</ref>
 == Development ==
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 ==Strategy==
 <div align="center">[[Sengoku Ace/Strategy|''See'' '''Sengoku Ace/Strategy''' ''for level walkthroughs and scoring techniques'']]''!''</div>
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 The newest version, released on August 19th, 2020, hews closer to the original game. Levels aren't remixed and scroll normally, and all characters are unlocked by default. The ship autofires automatically and you can charge shot while autofiring without interrupting your regular shot. 'Diamonds', the ingame currency, can be earned by watching advertisements, at a rate of 30 gems per advertisement; this can be done every 30 minutes, although you’re welcome to watch ads for no reward whenever you like. There are achievements, such as “supergenius dog Kenohmaru”, which awards 500xp for clearing a game with Kenoumaru, or “monk power fully open”, which awards 2,000xp for reaching maximum power. There’s an online leaderboard which is separated by difficulty. The current highest score for Normal is 840,902, and there are no scores recorded for Very Hard.
 ==References & Contributions==

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 The newest version, released on August 19th, 2020, hews closer to the original game. Levels aren't remixed and scroll normally, and all characters are unlocked by default. The ship autofires automatically and you can charge shot while autofiring without interrupting your regular shot. 'Diamonds', the ingame currency, can be earned by watching advertisements, at a rate of 30 gems per advertisement; this can be done every 30 minutes, although you’re welcome to watch ads for no reward whenever you like. There are achievements, such as “supergenius dog Kenohmaru”, which awards 500xp for clearing a game with Kenoumaru, or “monk power fully open”, which awards 2,000xp for reaching maximum power. There’s an online leaderboard which is separated by difficulty. The current highest score for Normal is 840,902, and there are no scores recorded for Very Hard.
-== Video Refernces ==
+== Video References ==
 <div style='text-align: center;'>
 ''See'' [[Sengoku Ace/Video Index]] ''for superplays, high scores, and 1ccs!''

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-'''Sengoku Ace''' (known as '''Samurai Aces''' internationally), published in 1993, is a vertical shooting game and the first game developed by [[Psikyo]]. It was followed by two sequels, [[Sengoku Blade]] and [[Sengoku Cannon]].<ref name="moby_psikyo">"[https://www.mobygames.com/company/x-nautpsikyo Psikyo]" at Mobygames. Retrieved 11.09.20.</ref> The game was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2004 and to the Switch in 2018 as part of the ''Psikyo Shooting Collection vol. 2'' and ''Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo'', respectively, and is available to play on Android with in-app purchases as '''Samurai Aces: Tengai Episode1''' and '''SAMURAI ACES classic'''.
+'''Sengoku Ace''' (JP: 戦国エース, known as '''Samurai Aces''' internationally), published in 1993, is a vertical shooting game and the first game developed by [[Psikyo]]. It was followed by two sequels, [[Sengoku Blade]] and [[Sengoku Cannon]].<ref name="moby_psikyo">"[https://www.mobygames.com/company/x-nautpsikyo Psikyo]" at Mobygames. Retrieved 11.09.20.</ref> The game was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2004 and to the Switch in 2018 as part of the ''Psikyo Shooting Collection vol. 2'' and ''Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo'', respectively, and is available to play on Android with in-app purchases as '''Samurai Aces: Tengai Episode1''' and '''SAMURAI ACES classic'''.
 The game takes place in a kitchen sink fantasy setting loosely modelled on the Sengoku period alongside steam engines and biplanes. Both enemies and main characters contain parodic references to Buddhism and Shinto, as well as ninjas and samurai. Every character has their own story which plays out in dialogue between the stages and an ending cutscene, and if the game is played two-player, both player’s charactes will interact, for a total of 22 endings.<ref name="vgmuseum">[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/b/sa.htm VGMuseum] page for Samurai Aces. Retrieved 11.09.20.</ref>

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 It is possible to spawn an extra train in the Town stage. In order to do this, the destruction of the first train has to be delayed; the first cart can be destroyed at any time, but when you destroy the second cart, the train will stop moving. If you stop the first train very close to the bottom of the screen, the second train will come down the track before the tank appears. If you also stop this cart very close to the bottom of the screen, a third train will appear during the midboss. Getting the third train requires tight timing. Each train cart is worth 1,000 points, so the extra trains adds a substantial 2,000 in total, and 4,000 if you can do it in both loops.
-There are two stages which give a random boss: the Cloud Sea stage and the Final stage. In the Cloud Sea stage the boss can either be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABjin Fujin] (right) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raijin Raijin] (left). While they award the same number of points when defeated, Raijin drops up to five power-ups, for a total of 10,000 possible extra points, while Fujin drops nothing. On the Final stage the boss can either be a demon or, very rarely, a cat wearing a big straw hat. While the cat awards 10,000 more points than the demon, the demon creates destructible [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajra vajra] which award 10,000 each, making the demon worth 10,000 more.
+There are two stages which give a random boss: the Cloud Sea stage and the Final stage. In the Cloud Sea stage the boss can either be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABjin Fujin] (right) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raijin Raijin] (left). While they award the same number of points when defeated, Raijin drops up to five power-ups, for a total of 10,000 possible extra points, while Fujin drops nothing. On the Final stage the boss can either be a demon or, very rarely, a cat wearing a big straw hat. While the cat awards 10,000 more points than the demon, the demon creates two destructible [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajra vajra] which award 10,000 each, making the demon worth 10,000 more.
 Japanese replays of the game generally note how many extra bombs they collect by writing 10k×''n'' (１万×''n''), how many times Raijin spawned by writing Raijin×''n'' (雷神×''n''), and whether or not they got the bonus train in each loop (eg. 列車なし, ‘No Train’).

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 Each building in the three rows of houses before the Town stage boss has a random chance to drop a bomb or a power-up, which can contribute a lot to your score. It’s better to prioritize destroying houses over collecting the coins, which add very little to your score; one extra bomb is worth more than all the coins in both loops of the game. Every other stage awards one guaranteed bomb per stage, carried by an enemy or midboss.
-It is possible to spawn an extra train in the Town stage. In order to do this, the destruction of the first train has to be delayed; the first cart can be destroyed at any time, but when you destroy the second cart, the train will stop moving. If you stop the first train very close to the bottom of the screen, the second train will come down the track before the tank appears. If you also stop this cart very close to the bottom of the screen, a third train will appear during the midboss. Getting the third train requires tight timing. Each train cart is worth 1,000 points, so the extra trains adds a substantial 20,000 in total, and 40,000 if you can do it in both loops.
+It is possible to spawn an extra train in the Town stage. In order to do this, the destruction of the first train has to be delayed; the first cart can be destroyed at any time, but when you destroy the second cart, the train will stop moving. If you stop the first train very close to the bottom of the screen, the second train will come down the track before the tank appears. If you also stop this cart very close to the bottom of the screen, a third train will appear during the midboss. Getting the third train requires tight timing. Each train cart is worth 1,000 points, so the extra trains adds a substantial 2,000 in total, and 4,000 if you can do it in both loops.
 There are two stages which give a random boss: the Cloud Sea stage and the Final stage. In the Cloud Sea stage the boss can either be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABjin Fujin] (right) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raijin Raijin] (left). While they award the same number of points when defeated, Raijin drops up to five power-ups, for a total of 10,000 possible extra points, while Fujin drops nothing. On the Final stage the boss can either be a demon or, very rarely, a cat wearing a big straw hat. While the cat awards 10,000 more points than the demon, the demon creates destructible [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajra vajra] which award 10,000 each, making the demon worth 10,000 more.

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 ===Difficulties===
-The arcade version has three difficulties, accessible via changing the dip-switches. The modes are Easy, Normal, Hard and Hardest. On the Easy difficulty, only large enemies shoot and bullets are slowed slightly. On the Hard difficulty, bullets are faster and enemies shoot more aggressively. The Hardest difficulty adds a lot more enemies to each stage and enemies shoot more aggressively, but bullets are slowed down considerably, changing the game substantially.
+The arcade version has four difficulties, accessible via changing the dip-switches. The modes are Easy, Normal, Hard and Hardest. On the Easy difficulty, only large enemies shoot and bullets are slowed slightly. On the Hard difficulty, bullets are faster and enemies shoot more aggressively. The Hardest difficulty adds a lot more enemies to each stage and enemies shoot more aggressively, but bullets are slowed down considerably, changing the game substantially.
 The number of lives per credit and the ‘price’ of an extend can also be adjusted via dip-switches, from 1-6 lives per credit (3 at default) and an extend at 400,000 (at default) or 600,000.

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	The newest version, released on August 19th, 2020, hews closer to the original game. Levels aren't remixed and scroll normally, and all characters are unlocked by default. The ship autofires automatically and you can charge shot while autofiring without interrupting your regular shot. 'Diamonds', the ingame currency, can be earned by watching advertisements, at a rate of 30 gems per advertisement; this can be done every 30 minutes, although you’re welcome to watch ads for no reward whenever you like. There are achievements, such as “supergenius dog Kenohmaru”, which awards 500xp for clearing a game with Kenoumaru, or “monk power fully open”, which awards 2,000xp for reaching maximum power. There’s an online leaderboard which is separated by difficulty. The current highest score for Normal is 840,902, and there are no scores recorded for Very Hard.		The newest version, released on August 19th, 2020, hews closer to the original game. Levels aren't remixed and scroll normally, and all characters are unlocked by default. The ship autofires automatically and you can charge shot while autofiring without interrupting your regular shot. 'Diamonds', the ingame currency, can be earned by watching advertisements, at a rate of 30 gems per advertisement; this can be done every 30 minutes, although you’re welcome to watch ads for no reward whenever you like. There are achievements, such as “supergenius dog Kenohmaru”, which awards 500xp for clearing a game with Kenoumaru, or “monk power fully open”, which awards 2,000xp for reaching maximum power. There’s an online leaderboard which is separated by difficulty. The current highest score for Normal is 840,902, and there are no scores recorded for Very Hard.
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		+	== Video Refernces ==
		+	<div style='text-align: center;'>
		+	''See'' [[Sengoku Ace/Video Index]] ''for superplays, high scores, and 1ccs!''
		+	</div>
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	==References & Contributions==		==References & Contributions==

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 The arcade version has three difficulties, accessible via changing the dip-switches. The modes are Easy, Normal, Hard and Hardest. On the Easy difficulty, only large enemies shoot and bullets are slowed slightly. On the Hard difficulty, bullets are faster and enemies shoot more aggressively. The Hardest difficulty adds a lot more enemies to each stage and enemies shoot more aggressively, but bullets are slowed down considerably, changing the game substantially.
-The number of lives per credit and the ‘price’ of an extend can also be adjusted via dip-switches, from 1-6 lives per credit (3 at default) and an extend at 40,000 (at default) or 60,000.
+The number of lives per credit and the ‘price’ of an extend can also be adjusted via dip-switches, from 1-6 lives per credit (3 at default) and an extend at 400,000 (at default) or 600,000.
 ==Characters==

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	<small>Primary info provided by [[user:Laurabuzz \| laurabuzz]]<br>Some info adapted from ACSeraph's "[https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=46183 1-ALL Flight Manual]" </small>		<small>Primary info provided by [[user:Laurabuzz \| laurabuzz]]<br>Some info adapted from ACSeraph's "[https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=46183 1-ALL Flight Manual]" </small>
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