Rayxanber 3 - St3 midboss destruction
4I initially assumed the Rayxanber3 st3 midboss was an impervious setpiece you have to time out...but I was wrong!
Playing this again, I noticed there actually was a weak spot on the far right of the enemy, though I never thought it was realistically possible to get there. The Gradius experience tells me the legs will crush meand they seem so big with barely any gap between them and the floor...but it turns out they have no collision hitbox as they aren't on your Z-axis plane.
I mean I could have just picked up on the fact that the shot goes through them...just like how in Gradius, if you can shoot through it you can move through it. Oopsies.
The kill strat is not without its risks as enemies on the left side start shooting missiles that track you and stuff. But it sure as hell can shorten the fight duration (from 3 to 1 minute). Maybe that'll be handy for whoever wants to speedrun this mostly autoscroller haha (that won't be me, that's for sure)