Gunstar Heroes/The Flying Battleship

This is one of the easier stages in the game, even on Expert mode. There are no absurd tests of endurance or any prolonged periods of being swarmed by enemies.

Take-Off
The stage auto-scrolls upwards. Jump upwards on the platforms and destroy the soldiers. You should be able to get on top of the ship eventually. Soldiers in jetpacks will attack you and bombs will drop from the sky. Throw the bombs at the soldiers to easily kill them. After the Battleship has gone high enough, it will go up offscreen and then back down. You will then fight a Phantom with a jetpack. Throwing it is useless.

On the Battleship
After defeating the phantom, you can proceed forward. There are for cannons, each of which can be destroyed for a weapon. Also, watch out for the "sleeping" soldier, because he is actually ready to attack.


 * Mini-Boss - Swapping Reg
 * Vitality: 2041
 * Points: 6804


 * Attacks
 * Reg Vulcan

The machine will hops around. Every few hops it will either lift one of its legs and fire down from it or fire down from the middle. You are practically invincible when you hang on the top. You can also stand on the legs. Most weapons should have no problem destroying the machine.

After destroying the mini-boss, there are two manned cannons with can be destroyed for health. You will then reach the end of the ship. From there you can jump onto the helicopter on which the next mini-boss is standing.


 * Mini-Boss - Smash Daisaku (AKA Colonel Red)
 * Vitality: 520
 * Points: 23005

He will fly back and forth shooting bombs up into the air which will explode when they hit the plane. Throwing him will only result in an unavoidable counter attack.

Once he is defeated, the boss will appear.


 * Boss - Orange
 * Vitality: 2400
 * Points: 0


 * Attacks
 * Rotor Press - Grab onto the rotor and stomp back down
 * Hard Shoulder - Run across the plane
 * Break Wind - Flatuence at its worst

Throwing does not become an option until his health is below 2000, because it will not hurt him. If you are hanging onto the plane under him, he will use Break Wind on you. If you go to close to him he'll try to throw you, but you can throw him too. If he lands on the plane he'll lose 400 vitality, but if he falls off, he'll only lose 20.