R-Type Final - Stage 3.0 with Disaster Report - R-Typer

This video is part of the Ship Showcase 2.0 playlist. About this ship - The Disaster Report is named after another irem game of the same name. The ship itself uses the Standard Force H, which quite a few ships use in this game, including the Happy Days. Pros the red weapon is wide and fairly powerful if you graze it through tough enemies. the blue laser is a semi initial homing laser that fires at 45 degree angles from the Force and it fires fast letting you clear out enemies. the Standard Force H fires in a wide X shaped pattern which is useful for taking out popcorn enemies. the Wave Cannon fires a powerful meteor at enemies and has a back blast if it hits a tough enemy. Also - if you're close to the ground while firing, it will spawn a tornado alongside the meteor. Cons the yellow weapon is extremely situational as it fires completely vertically from the top and bottom of the Force. About this stage - irem loved making battleship stages their third stage in the R-Type games. This one is very somber with elegant music to set the mood. I personally love the cinematography in this stage too, with changing camera angles letting you see different parts of the ship, all while maintaining the game's 2.5D look. You can reach stage 3.5 by playing this stage with Cross the Rubicon as your ship. The boss is the battleship's core, much like in the original R-Type. The bullets from the tube underneath you cannot be blocked by the Force, so maneuvering at speed 1 or 2 is best. The weak point's bullets can be destroyed by your lasers. Also, the bullets that come from behind you after the core disappears are destructible too - be careful as they fire up and then rain down on you - including some that go off screen and can catch you off guard. I used the yellow weapon here to destroy the core's bullets and defend myself. A viewer told me some time ago in my R-Type Final 2 Ship Showcase about the tornado that spawns with the Disaster Report's Wave Cannon when close to the ground. Special thanks and a shout out to him for telling me that. You can see the tornado spawn when I fire at the rocket launcher Gains mid stage.