Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa/Shop

Throughout the game, you will have an opportunity to use the money that you scoop up from defeated enemies to purchase upgrades for Opa-Opa. You can buy as many engines, weapons, and bombs as you can afford to. However, only one of each item can be active at any time. Engines do not wear off, but weapons and bombs do. When they do, you automatically revert to your original default weapons. To select one of the alternate weapons that you have in reserve, you must return to a shop. You keep all items that you purchase from the shop until you lose a life.

In order to buy items, you must locate the Shop cloud. At least one is located in some section of each round. In some cases there may be more than one, and in a few cases, there are hidden shop clouds with special deals inside. In order to find hidden shop clouds, you must shoot their location enough times before they will appear and allow you to enter. Once you finish shopping, you are given the opportunity to select which engine and weapons you wish to be outfitted with before you leave. Unlike the original Fantasy Zone, shops never disappear, even after you've visited them. You are free to return to them and buy from them as frequently as you wish. However, also unlike the original, the contents of each shop are fixed. No shop sells every item, so you must make your choices based on what's available for sale in each round.

Engines
Each of these engines increase the speed of Opa-Opa. The increase in speed correlates to the price of the engine. The price of the engines do not increase, regardless of past purchases.

Shot Weapons
When you purchase a shot weapon and activate it, you will be able to use it for approximately 20 seconds. After those 20 seconds are up, you will lose the weapon and revert to the default Twin Shot. Each time you purchase a weapon, its price will increase by the amount shown in parentheses.

Bombs
Some bombs like Twin Bombs, Big Bombs, and Big Twin Bombs are upgrades to your original Bomb. When you purchase other bombs, you are buying them one bomb at a time. You can hold up to ten of any such bomb. After selecting a particular bomb, you will revert to the regular bomb until you return to a shop.