Sexy Parodius FAQ
by Vic Viper ([email protected])

Table of Contents:

1. Story/About the Game
2. How to Play
3. Controls
4. Power Up Modes
5. Items/Bells
6. Characters/Weapons
7. Stage Tree
8. Stage Infomation
9. Endings *SPOILER*
10. Tips
11. Revisions
12. Special Thanks

1. Story/About the Game:

Well I don't know much about the story, since its all in Japanese. But it looks
like Takosuke (Mr. Parodius: Not sure its the Takosuke from "Gokujou
Parodius".) and Pentarou are starting some kind of buisness. And needed Vic
Viper and friends to help them.

2. How to Play

The game is played exactly like "Gradius". But like "Salamander" and "Life
Force", this game can be played with two players at the same time. Collect Red
Power Ups to charge the Power Meter. Once the Power Meter highlights a certain
weapon, hit the POWER UP button to select it.

And like "Gradius", one hit kills you unless you have Shields. And if you lose
all lives, you could Continue the game.

Continuing will let you go back to the character select screen and choose
another character. However, your score will go back to 0. And if your score
from the last credit made it anywhere on the High Score list, your initials
will be the first three letters of the last character's name you selected
(i.e.: You chose Vic Viper and continued. So your High Score initials from that
credit will be "VIC".). You could however not continue and just type in your
real initials. But that's your decision.

3. Controls:

Directioal Buttons/Joystick: Moves Characters.
Shoot: Fires Main Weapon.
Missile: Fires Missile Weapon.
Power Up: Selects weapon on Power Meter.
All Buttons: Uses Bomb or Kiku Beam Bell Ability

4. Power Up Modes:

Auto

Pros:
- Chooses Weapons for you.
- All buttons are fire.
- No Roulette.
- When you lose a life, you don't start at a checkpoint. You contiune where you
where. Plus, bells of different color appear where you died.
- After death or the start of the game, you will automatically get a Speed Up.

Cons:
- There maybe some characters that will get wrong weapon at the wrong time.
(i.e.: Vic Viper and Lord British will always get Double selected. There maybe
time where they could need a Laser, mainly on bosses.)
- Bell Power autofires, after a push of a button.

Semi-Auto

Pros:
- Chooses weapons for you.
- Shoot button also fires missiles.
- Can let you select from the Power Meter.
- Also no Roulette.
- After death or the start of the game, you will automatically get a Speed Up.

Cons:
- When you lose a life, you will be taken back to a checkpoint.

Manual (Note: This is mainly for the hardcore "Gradius" players.)

Pros:
- You can choose the right gun for the right situation.

Cons:
- After death or the start of the game, you will automatically get a Speed Up.
- Roulette on certain Power Capsule pick ups.
- No bonus Speed Up per life.

5. Items/Bell

The items in this game are Power Up Capsules and Bells. Bells act like the
"TwinBee" bells. Shoot them to make it change color. A little warning on bells:
you will not be able to use a shield power when you are using bell powers. And
if you still have shields, getting a color bell will deactivate your shields
(Note: Yellow and Purple Bells don't deactivate shields.).

Red Power Up Capsule: Charges the Power Meter. Watch it if you are using
Manual. You may randomly get a Roulette.
Blue Power Up Capsule: Destroys weaker enemies.
Yellow Bells: Gives you points. Point value increases, as long as you don't
miss a bell. 500 for the first. 1000 for the second. 2500 for the third. 5000
for the fourth. 10000 for the fifth and above.
Blue Bell: Gives you a Screen Clearing bomb. Can also destroy bullets. You can
hold up to 3.
Green Bell: Make you big for a limited time. You are invinsible at this time.
White Bell: Summons Alex. Alex will help you attack enemies. Watch out, he has
HP. If it hits 0, he dies. Get bells to refill his HP. White ones will increase
his HP total.
Red Bell: Gives you Kiku Beam, which shoots out a long vertical mine that can
also destroy bullets. It stays out there for about 6 seconds.
Purple Bell: Turns all weak enemies to items.

6. Characters/Weapons

Note: Everyone has a Speed Up and an OH?!. Whatever you do, DO NOT select OH?!,
or you will lose all your weapons and have to Power Up again.

Player 1: Vic Viper (Blue Ship)
Player 2: Lord British (Red Ship)

Description: Super Deformed versions of the ships from the "Gradius/Salamander"
series.
Death: They blow up "Gradius 1, 2, and 3" style.
Mission Complete Pose: Vic or Lord B will dance a bit. Note: If you have
Options, they will also follow Vic's or Lord B's movement.
Mission Incomplete Pose: Vic or Lord B will just fly to the bottom of the
screen.

Weapons: Their weapons are based on the "Gradius 1" weapons.

Missiles: Vic or Lord B will drop a missile. Once it touches the ground, the
missile will walk, until it hits something.
Double: Fires a 45 Degree Angled shot. Note: Unlike the Double in "Gradius",
Vic or Lord B can fire it twice.
Laser: Fires a straight laser beam at the target. Note: Lord B will fire
Cyclone Lasers.
Option: Summons a glowing orb that follows Vic or Lord B's movement and attack.
Can summon up to 4 of these.
Shields: Summons two crystal bits that attact to the front. Can take up to 12
Hits. Warning: You can die from rear hits.

Player 1: Ivan (Green Penguin)
Player 2: Toby (Purple Penguin)

Description: Penguins. Appear to be Pentarou's buddies.
Death: Smoke appears and they fall to the ground.
Mission Complete Pose: Ivan or Toby faces you and clinkes his fist.
Mission Incomplete Pose: Ivan or Toby just gives a surprised reaction.

Weapons: Very different from Pentarou's from "Gokujou Parodius".

Iwatobi Missile: Ivan or Toby tosses a bomb with a parachute straight up, and
it falls straight down. Two can be launched at a time.
Iwatobi Shot: Sort of like Doubles, except the shot is being lobbed. When it
hits the ground, the shot makes a small explosion.
Bound Shot: Like TwinBee's 3-Way, except the shots bounce off the surface and
ceiling.
Option: Small penguins that mimic movement and attack. Not the same as
Pentarou's Options. Its like Vic's Options.
PentarouX: Will give Ivan or Toby Armor. Warning: It seems to take only one
hit.

Player 1: Hikaru (Green Haired Bunny Girl)
Player 2: Akane (Blonde Bunny Girl)

Description: The Playboy bunny girls from "Gokujou Parodius".
Death: The bullet blows up and Hikaru or Akane falls.
Mission Complete Pose: Hikaru or Akane will blow a kiss.
Mission Incomplete Pose: Hikaru or Akane cries.

Weapons: Seems to be based on "Thunder Cross".

Hawkwind: Fires a missile. Will fire up, if you are on top of the screen. Will
fire down, if you are on the bottom.
Spread Bomb: Drops a bomb. If it hits something, it will cause a circular
explosion destroying or damaging anything it touches.
Carrot: Fires up to 3 Carrot Shots at a very fast rate.
Formation Option: Summons cute bunny heads. Mimics attacks. But they won't
mimic movement. They are in a formation. Meaning 2 on top, and 2 on bottom.
Star: Its basically a Force Field that can withstand 3 hits.

Player 1: Mambo (Blue Fish)
Player 2: Samba (Pink Fish)

Description: The Fishes from "Gokujou Parodius".
Death: Smoke appears, and Mambo or Samba looks up and falls.
Mission Complete Pose: Mambo or Samba Sleeps.
Mission Incomplete Pose: Mambo or Samba will look shocked, while tears drip
from their eyes.

Weapons: Seems to be based from a MSX Shooter "Space Manbow". Note: Each weapon
will give you a Formation Option.

Bubble Missile: Fires two bubbles. They can travel on the ground and ceiling.
Control Laser: Shoots out a beam. Its angle changes when you move forward or
back.
Screw Laser: Fires a straight pink/blue spiral.
Search Laser: Fires a very wierd looking laser. It will seek out any enemy it
sees.
Barrier: Summons 8 stars surrounding Mambo or Samba. Takes I think up to 3
hits.

Player 1: Micheal (Pink Pig with wings and a halo.)
Player 2: Gabriel (Grey Pig with wings and a halo.)

Description: The angel pigs from "Gokujou Parodius".
Death: Smoke appears and they turn into ham.
Mission Complete Pose: Micheal or Gabriel faces you and some yellow aura
surrounds them.
Mission Incomplete Pose: Micheal or Gabriel faces you and give a shocked look
with big tears dropping from their eyes.

Weapons: They are the same as "Gokujou Parodius".

Strong Missile: Fires two missile straight. The more Grade Ups you get, the
more missiles you could shoot.
Wave Laser: Fires up to 2 powerful waves, which goes through weak enemies. The
more Grade Ups you get, the bigger the waves could get.
Round Shot: Adds two angled shots, firing 45 degrees at the top and bottom. The
more Grade Ups you get, the more cover fire you will get. Once you have full
Grade Ups, you will fire in all directions, except for the rear.
Grade Up: Your standard power up.
Aura: Surrounds Micheal or Gabriel in a "Darius" style Force Field for up to 3
Hits.

Player 1: Koitsu (Blue Stickman on a Paper Airplane.)
Player 2: Aitsu (Red Stickman on a Paper Airplane.)

Description: The stickman from "Gokujou Parodius".
Death: Paper Airplane blows up and Koitsu or Aitsu falls. Note: If you like
have 4 Grade Ups, 4 Stickmen fall down, instead of 1.
Mission Complete Pose: Koitsu or Aitsu with just dance. If you have Grade Ups,
their Clones will do the same.
Mission Incomplete Pose: Koitsu or Aitsu cries. If you have Grade Ups, their
Clones will do the same.

Weapons: Almost the same as "Gokujou Parodius". Gone is the K.Laser or A.Laser.
Replaced with K.Shot or A.Shot.

K or A Missile: Koitsu or Aitsu will drop a clone of themselves. The clone will
walk on the ground, until it touches something, damaging or destroying it. The
more K or A Powers you get, the more clones you could drop. Note: The clone
will tire out and stop walking for a while. Also, be aware that sometimes on
some levels, the clone won't walk. Instead, they will dance. And if you are
underwater, the clone will just float to the surface.
K or A Shot: Koitsu or Aitsu will toss a basketball. The basketballs auto aim,
and you can shoot two at a time. The more K or A Powers you get, the more
basketballs you could fire.
K or A Way: Koitsu or Aitsu's shots spread in three directions. The more K or A
Powers you get, the bigger the spread.
K or A Power: Basically the same as Grade Up. This will get you more clones on
your paper airplane.
K or A Barrier: A forward protecting condom that can withstand 12 hits. Like
Vic's shields, you are not protected from behind.

Player 1: Option (Blue Blob)
Player 2: Multiple (Pink Blob)

Description: New to "Sexy Parodius".
Death: Option or Multiple will turn into a drop and falls. And then, their eyes
will fall too.
Mission Complete Pose: Option or Multiple quivers.
Mission Incomplete Pose: Option or Multiple cries a giant teardrop.

Weapons: The blobs have morphing abilities. But will wear off, once a mission
is completed.

Koitsu or Aitsu Modoki: The blobs uses Koitsu or Aitsu's K or A Way ability.
The blobs will also ride on a paper airplane. More blobs and more shots will
appear, for every Sonoba Power.
Micheal or Gabriel Modoki: The blobs will morph into a pig and use Micheal or
Gabriel's Round Shot. More Sonoba Power, means more coverage.
Thunder Cross Modoki: The blobs will morph into the "Thunder Cross" ship and
use Boomerang Shot. The more Sonoba Power, the more Formation Options you get.
Sonoba Power: Again, a Grade Up. Note: If you haven't morph yet and get this,
the blobs will get baby Vic Vipers or Lord Britishes and they act like normal
options.
Sonoba Barrier: Another Force Field that last 3 hits.

Player 1: Shooting Star/Ace (Red Ship)
Player 2: Black Viper (Some Black Vic Viper wannabe Ship)

Description: Player 1's character, Shooting Star, comes from "TwinBee: Yahoo".
Player 2's is just new to "Sexy Parodius". Note: Shooting Star and Black Viper
have different Theme Songs. Shooting Star's is the first level of "TwinBee:
Yahoo" and the TwinBee tracks in "Konami Krazy Racers".
Death: Explosion, and the ship pieces get scattered in all directions.
Mission Complete: They just fly away.
Mission Incomplete: Same as Mission Complete.

Weapons: Based on some of the attacks the Shooting Star use on "TwinBee:
Yahoo".

Auto Option: Summons 2 formation options. One firing at the top. The other at
the bottom. Options will auto aim. Option shots change per Black Power. On max
Black Power, auto options can now attack from the rear.
Wide Blast: Charge and release to fire a circular blast. The more Black Power,
the more circular blast fired in a spread pattern.
Spark Laser: Charge and release to fire a very thick beam. The more Black
Power, the longer the beam will fire.
Black Power: Grade Up. Nuff said.
Psycho Field: Force Field that last 3 Hits.

7. Stage Tree

Good Path    Stage 3A Stage 4A
              /     \ /      \
Stage 1-Stage 2       /        /-Stage 5 - Stage 6
              \     / \      /
Bad Path     Stage 3B Stage 4B


Note: Boss Rush will appear randomly after Stage 2. Also, Special Stage appears
after Mission Completing all Stages.


8. Stage/Boss Infomation

I will try to tell you what weapon should be used on each stage and boss. Note:
Auto mode will choose the weapon for you. So this will be based on the Semi
Auto/Manual or Two Player setting. Also, this is based on Difficulty 4 setting.

-Stage 1: Farm Stage-

Goal: Defeat Corn Chiwa

Description: At the start, you will shoot at flying sheeps and goats. Goats
will give you items. Just before the stage starts, destroy the row of Moai head
for an item. The stage will be full of Milk bottles that launches Cow enemies.
On the ground and ceiling, there will be penguins shooting at you. Pink ones
will drop items. The middle of the stage, will have green balls that expand,
every time you shoot them and explode once they are big. Just like in the first
stage of "Salamander" with the pink ball things. Near the end, a walking hill
will jump. When it lands, gun penguins and milk bottles will show up.

Suggested Weapons for this Stage:

Vic Viper/Lord British: You should always use missiles after a Speed Up. But
any weapon will work well for this stage. If you want to hit every single
enemy, use the Double.

Ivan/Toby: Iwatobi Missile should always be the second thing to use after Speed
Up. Also, Bound Shot should be used for this stage or maybe the entire game.

Hikaru/Akane: Hawkwind Missiles should be use to take out both top and bottom
enemies. And always use Carrot.

Mambo/Samba: After Speed Up, select Bubble Missile two times. Then, get Search
Laser. Probably the only weapons needed for the entire game, since Search Laser
seeks anything it sees.

Micheal/Gabriel: Strong Missile should be your second power up. Also, you
should use Round Laser for this stage.

Koitsu/Aitsu: Like most characters, K.Missile should be the second power up.
Any main gun works well for this level. I use the K.Shot to attack rear
enemies.

Option/Multiple: Any morph works fine for the stage. But I use the Thunder
Cross morph for this stage.

Shooting Star/Black Viper: Hmm, it appears the Spark Laser is all you need for
the entire game.

Boss: Corn Chiwa

Description: A giant cob of Corn. Don't take too long, or the boss leaves and
the Mission is Incomplete.

Weakpoint: Mouth

Attacks:

Popcorn Attack: The corn will shoot out lots of popcorn at you. However, the
popcorn is shootable.
Charge Attack: After a while, it will jump in the air and try to ram you.
Easily avoidable.

Boss Tips:

Vic Viper/Lord British: If you still have Doubles, switch to Lasers. The Lasers
will destroy the Popcorn easily. But, its still beatable with Doubles.

Ivan/Toby: You may have to avoid some stray popcorn flying at you. Try to keep
your options spread apart, so you can cover most of the screen with Bound Shot
fire.

Hikaru/Akane: The Carrots can take care of the popcorn easily, since they are
fast.

Mambo/Samba: Well, looks like Search Laser is the only thing needed for all
bosses. The laser will seek out both popcorn and boss.

Micheal/Gabriel: You could use Wave Laser to easily take out the popcorn
attack. But any weapon works well for this boss.

Koitsu/Aitsu: Any weapon is effective for this one. But I use the K.Shot to
quickly take out the popcorn.

Option/Multiple: Koitsu or Thunder Cross Morph works well with this boss.

Shooting Star/Black Viper: The Spark Laser will easily clear away the popcorn,
and hit the boss at the same time.

Mission Complete Cutscene: Tako tells the shaphshifting fox (which was the Corn
Chiwa) to change into a big breasted girl. Apparently, the fox had a hard time
turning into a girl.

Mission Incomplete Cutscene: The Corn Chiwa burns down a city.

-Stage 2: Bathhouse-

Goal: Get 300 coins

Description: At the start, you will be attacked by a row of purple things.
Destroy all of them for an item. Watch it, they can fire at you. Later, small
girls in tubs will fire bubbles. I suggest you wait til they fire lots of red
ones, before destroying the tubs. That way, you could collect lots of items. At
the start of the stage be sure to get TWO SPEED UPS, cause this is a "Gradius"
type speed stage. Oh yeah, if you are playing two players, this will be even
harder. Anyway, the goal for this stage will be hard to complete if using Auto.
You're goal is to get 300 coins. Small ones count as 1 coin. Big ones count as
5. shooting the swans will get you an item. At the middle of the stage, you
will have to deal with the giant tubs. Watch out for the bubbles from the tub.
Just shoot them. Following the tubs, there will be lots of coins. Oh yeah, be
careful not to hit that dead end. Near the boss will be a long slope going
down. Try to get all the coins.

Note: Complete this mission, and you will goto Stage 3A. Fail, and you'll goto
Stage 3B.

Suggested Weapons for this Stage:

Well all I could say is any weapon for anyone will do. As long as you have two
speed ups. Just don't crash.

Boss: Toilet Penguin

Description: A floating Penguin with a toilet on its head.

Weakpoint: Belly Button

Attacks:

Bubble Attack: Will shoot out bubbles out of his head. Some bubbles will have
coins and enemies. The grey enemies can't be destroyed. The red bubbles will
drop items.

Boss Tips:

Vic Viper/Lord British: Laser is very effective at taking out the bubbles, and
hitting the weakpoint.

Ivan/Toby: Again, use Bound Shot and fire and dodge at the same time.

Hikaru/Akane: Carrots will blast the bubbles real quick, and hit the weakpoint
as well.

Mambo/Samba: Search Laser of course. Will clean out the bubbles real quickly
and hit the weakpoint as well. Be careful, the Search Laser will also try to
destroy the unkillable grey enemies.

Micheal/Gabriel: Since you need to dodge lots of things, a powered up Round
Shot should work.

Koitsu/Aitsu: Any weapon. K.Shot is the one I use.

Option/Multiple: Any Morph. But I think the Thunder Cross one works the best,
since the shot will hit the bubbles and bounch to the weakpoint.

Shooting Star/Black Viper: The Spark Laser can both clear away the bubbles, and
hit the weakspot. The Powered Up Auto Options will also take care of enemies
from behind.

Mission Complete Cutscene: Hikaru, Akane, and Multiple is scene in the girls
side of the bathhouse. Koitsu is standing on Hikaru's head. Vic, Ivan, Mambo,
and Micheal takes a peak at the girls side as well. And Ace tries to look too.

Mission Incomplete Cutscene: Vic and gang gets flushed down the toilet.

*More to come.*


9. Endings *SPOILER*

- Coming Soon

10. Tips

- While using shield powers, try to avoid touching the walls, ceiling, or floor
with your shield. This will count as barrier damage.

- Bosses have attack patterns. So be sure to memories them.

- Speed Up should be your first power up ever.

- Would you like to continue and type your real initials? As soon as you use up
your last life, switch over to Player 2 and continue on Player 2 side very
quick before the "Please Continue" timer appears. Select whatever character you
like on Player 2 but don't push anything yet. Now, let the Continue Timer on
Player 1 expire quickly by pressing the fire button. Then quickly enter in your
real initials. Once that's done, continue where you left off from Player 2
side. You could also do this, if you do not want to continue from the
checkpoint.

11. Revisions

April 15, 2003: First started on this FAQ. Will get level/boss info later.
About time I work on a Konami shooter FAQ.

April 25, 2003: Updated the Characters section. Also added walkthroughs of
Stage 1 and 2.

12. Special Thanks

Konami: For making a hilarious shooter. I wish Konami makes more "Parodius"
games.

Cheep Productions (http://www.cheep-productions.com): For the Mission
Complete/Incomplete Info.

Shmups (http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups): For the "Sexy Parodius" info.

FAQ copyright: MMIII
Parodius, TwinBee, Gradius and Salamander Characters mentioned are a property
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