Hi, I saw there is no 1cc/1-ALL category. I think that should be added since it is a completely different way of playing (can't credit feed to spam bombs on bosses, which is the only way to decrease time besides avoiding slowdown). I am working on a 1cc at the moment (alongside ones for DoDonPachi and the original Batsugun).
There are also several version differences:
- JP version is considered the "standard" version.
- US version is much easier as it refills your bombs every stage and has lower "rank" (internal difficulty that affects bullet speed and count)
- Korean version is much the same as JP except the first boss has an easier final pattern.
- Hong Kong version is the hardest as the player's hitbox is larger and the starting rank is higher than JP.
In particular I would advocate splitting US/All other versions due to the difference in bomb count which is the primary factor in speed.
Source: https://shmups.wiki/library/DonPachi#Versions
It also seems a tad strange that the only category involves finishing both loops. I would imagine it would be beneficial to have a 2-loop category and a 1-loop category - the only argument I can see for not having a 1-loop category is that there are no requirements for entering the second loop or fighting the TLB.
Hi. It's been a very long time since I made the leaderboard that I have enough knowledge on some regional differences until I look at your post.
Geez that is a lot of differences that I never heard off. In that case I have to make major changes and put those US/All versions separately (and also thinking 1st loop/2nd loop separately too even if the game doesn't ask you if you want to quit the game after finishing the 1st loop at Arcade version).
Since there only few people that submitted their run, I really don't have problems on resubmitting their runs which I can redo it myself. I'll see if I can finish it by tomorrow or so
