[からくり忍者ハグルマン3/Haguruman 3] No Continue CLEAR (Score: 262,200) [CC Commentary]

In-game Haruguman series is setup as the Megaman equivalent, so to speak. In parallel to Action 52, this game is Game Center CX's Cheetahman. In other words, the main star! Heck, when selecting the 1st game at the main title screen, the icon is Haguruman!
They've made 3 Haguruman games in a single game release just to show how hard the game went! And at a great success at that! Not perfect, but you'll have a great time with this game! It's so good I couldn't help it but record a no continue run!
It's a Ninja Gaiden + Rygar + Castlevania inspired game. You can jump, shoot shurikens at limited range, cast out special jutsus like in Ninja Gaiden, and contextually, use the melee attack. Nothing too weird, but the star is, of course, the oddly non-linear stage design. You can take the quick route and skip some upgrades that can make your life much easier, or you grind some gears so you get to collect them all! It's up to you! The game doesn't have time limits, by the way, so if you want to grind, the game won't judge you.
There will also be upgrades that you need to frequently swap back to back since it's required for navigation like high jumps, bullet limit boost and so on. It freshens up each of the stages well! But since this game replicates the Famicom hardware and it refuses any quick-swapping by for example, using the shoulder buttons, it can get pretty annoying.
Other contexts that is good to know is the previous games in the package are cutesy platformers! They sharpened Haguruman's edge super, duper hard! He becomes proportionally taller just for this game! He reverted back to his old self in Triotos DX, but probably timeline-wise that game is set 5 years before Haguruman 3. The graphics work in this game is amazing!
Its not that hard, but challenging enough to give good entertainment in a no continue run like this. Of course, you can continue and still have a good time with it! There is penalty for continuing, though. Continuing will cut your money by half. That sounds pretty bad! Also the knockback is the most annoying thing in the game! It will be the most frequent cause of your death.
This game is within Game Center CX 1+2 Replay.
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