Pistol Daimyo no Bouken/World 1

Welcome to the game. Once Pistol Daimyo has appeared on the screen, he will start to move forward as seven Suzume come flying towards him at the top of and in the centre of the screen; once you have fired a small cannonball at each of these, to kill them, two Dokuro will come flying towards you at the top of the screen. Once you have fired a medium cannonball at both of these, to kill them, four Kappa No Sara will come flying towards you at the bottom of, that top of, and in the centre of the screen - and once you have gone around them, six Tatami Kozo will come flying towards you at the bottom of and in the centre of the screen. Once you have fired a medium cannonball at each of these, to kill them, nine more Suzume will come flying towards you at the bottom and top of the screen; once you have fired a small cannonball at each of them to kill them, you will come to two Blue Kanameishi that are circling around a blue vase at the bottom of the screen. Once you have fired two medium cannonballs (or one large one) at both of these keystones to kill them, you will have to fire a medium cannonball at the vase to break it open - and once you have collected the Hanafuda card it has left behind, seven more Suzume will come flying towards you at the bottom and top of the screen. Once you have fired a small cannonball at each of them to kill them, you will come to two more Blue Kanameishi that are circling around another blue vase at the top of the screen; once you have fired two medium cannonballs or one large one at both of them to kill them, you will have to fire a medium cannonball at that vase to break it open. Once you have collected that Hanafuda card it has left behind, seven more Suzume will come flying towards you in the centre of the screen - and once you've fired a small cannonball at each of these, to kill them, Pistol Daimyo will stop moving forward and the game's first boss theme will start to be heard from the Yamaha YM-2151 as Sakura Nosuke hovers into view from the right screen side, rises into the air, and speaks the Hiragana/Katakana text ''Setsu shi ya Sakura Nosuke to mōsu. Chika-ra wo tameshimaseu! (せつしやサクラのすけともうす ちからをためしませう!) to Pistol Daimyo (his Waru meter, which is comprised of 2½ Waru'' will also appear in the bottom-right corner at this point). He will then hover around for a few seconds before speaking the Hiragana/Katakana text ''Teki ha taitei a tama gaja kutendegozaru. Botan wo o shiteki ai wo tameru nodegozaru'' (てきはたいていあたまがじゃくてんでござる ボタンをおしてきあいをためるのでござる) to Pistol Daimyo as a sakura tree emerges from his head; he will now hover around the screen while firing flowers from his sakura tree at you, and you cannot afford to get hit by them (given that you have only collected two Hanafuda cards). Once you've fired 96 small cannonballs, 48 medium cannonballs, or 6 large cannonballs at that tree (as 16 small cannonballs, 8 medium cannonballs, and 1 large cannonball will all register half a cross on his Waru meter), it will recede back into his head and any flowers on the screen will explode as he descends back to the ground - and the "stage clear" theme will then be heard from the Yamaha YM-2151 for the first time as he speaks the explosive Hiragana text ''O migotodegozaimasu! Ki ai kki desu!'' (おみごとでございます! きあいっきあいです!) to Pistol Daimyo before hovering away off the right side of the screen. Pistol Daimyo will then fly over the "step" in front of him and off the right side of the screen before the view returns to the overworld map; the fan that indicates his current position will now unfold over the first lantern on the top row, which is representing the first stage of this game's second world: Waru Gappa no Maki.