Game:

Strikers 1945 II (1997)

Duration: 15:36

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Character: J7W Shinden

Full arcade playthrough using J7W Shinden, done using PSX (AKA PS1).
Just like P-38 Lightning, J7W Shinden is the other plane that makes its return. These 2 are the only 2 planes that appeared in both original S1945 & S1945-II.
Therefore, one can expect that the moves of J7W Shinden should be the same if the player has played the original S1945 before. J7W Shinden is probably the fastest plane in the game. It is also an aggressive plane because of its samurai sword depending on where it is been deployed. To get the best out of the samurai sword, players must execute it as point blank and this can take out enemy bosses almost instantly, but like I stressed that it is aggressive, it means LOTS OF RISK has to be taken. This plane is for extremely EXPERT players who have high risk appetite. Also, the samurai sword is no longer a bomb but rather a charge move instead. The bomb deploys smaller planes which covers the whole screen horizontally but deals little damage and it has a short durability unfortunately.
Expert players should either use F-5U Flying Pancake or Ki-84 Hayate instead when playing solo because these 2 planes have the best supercharged attack. I definitely would not recommend J7W Shinden when playing co-op unless the one choosing it is extremely cautious and knows what he/she is doing.

Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfRWcI0Yq_X_e3MYbgPxq2tsrfcJSlEk

Note: This is played on the PS1 console version. I wished I could play the arcade via MAME but I have to admit that version is too hard for me, plus the rapid fire is important to me. I got too tired pressing the fire button rapidly even though it is similar to Metal Slug series but I found Metal Slug dodging of bullets to be less tiring. Strikers is just way too difficult for me to focus on both in the arcade versions.
Anyway, this may be the 2nd Strikers game but it was labelled as "Strikers 1945" instead in consoles because the original first game was banned outside Japan due to the NSFW portraits if you did extremely well in the 1st game.

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