Strikers 1945/Stages
Template:Stub A significant part of scoring in Strikers 1945 is knowing the many secrets and tricks throughout the stages and how to maximize their point yield. This page is intended to provide an overview of the eight stages in Strikers 1945 and the many obstacles and secrets that a player will encounter while playing the game. It is segmented according to points of interest within the stages and includes some general advice on the scoring opportunities available.
With that said, there are a couple of things this page is not. This is not a walkthrough, and will not be providing specific routes for survival or scoring runs. For survival or character-specific scoring routes, see the Strikers 1945/Strategy page. It is also not a boss guide, since the bosses have lots of intricacies and character-specific considerations (See Strikers 1945/Bosses).
Despite all these restrictions, we hope this guide is still useful and provides a glimpse into what is possible in the game. Many of the things documented here can be safely ignored when playing for survival or a first clear. However, we still feel it is important for players of all skill levels to be aware of the many little optimizations that can be made since rank encourages even beginners to make at least a modest attempt to score in order to mitigate the game’s difficulty.
Random Stages
In the start of the game there will be four random stages.
Japan is one of the four random stages in the game, it's where you'll face KII, it's the only stage where you'll fight CANY's navy.
Battleships
In the start of the stage, you'll encounter three battleships (four if you count the unfinished battleship which is harmless), the first two you have to disarm, while the third will move and it's bridge is destroyable, you can disarm it for more points.
Buildings and Cranes
Moving vehicles
In the start of the stage there will be nine moving vehicles. The tank destroyers will only attack.
Gunbird Train
each of its three parts is worth 8,000 pts. Moreover, since the train parts hold two power up items each, it can also be useful to boost your power level to max early on. If the items are picked up when already at max power, this makes an additional 24,000 pts.
In order to trigger the train, the player has to avoid destroying a couple of tanks and trucks during the opening part of the stage. These vehicles are not firing at the player and are marked with red dots in the image on the left. Notice that you can still carefully take out the two tanks that are firing at you, as the upper one also holds a gold bar.
In the next step, the player has to hover over a specific tree when the stage music makes a jingle noise. Depending on whether the Germany stage is played as stage 1, 2, 3 or 4 the player has to hover over a different tree.
Docked B-36s
Hanger turrets
Midboss
