QUICK START GUIDE! to DODONPACHI DAIFUKKATSU (RESURRECTION) BLACK LABEL!

[@wabbyleg]

Cool primer. One thing I think that will help newcomers too is to go for the bees when they flash. Green is much more useful for the meter yeah but sometimes having the gold bees clear the screen can give a player some breathing room. Anyways good stuff man and very useful since new players seem to be drawn to this game more often than others.

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Shit good point 😆 I always just went hyper on my runs, this is probably not a good enough guide for true black label (non novice) - Pinning!

[@truecauseofchaos]

Very useful vid! I imported DoDonPachi Daioujou on X360 (after playing it at a friends on PS2) and I love the game. 100% achievement hunted that game. Recently bought Dai Fukkatsu on Steam as I didn't even know it existed. It's great, but I'm finding the secret bosses hard to find.

[@AKTANEARCADE]

The secret bosses are all about getting into the URA route, if you want to be forced into this route, pick "POWER" mode!

[@truecauseofchaos]

@@AKTANEARCADE Awesome, cheers for the advice! Will give that another go this evening :)

[@sabravof]

Hi Aktane, I just discovered your channel after seeing the conversation you had with Mark on his channel, and I'm glad I did. I'm catching up on your content and I must tell you that I like this series of introductory mini-tutorials that bring more people closer to the genre.

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Hello and welcome!! Yes, glad you are enjoying this series, this is a newer thing I have started doing, and intend to continue doing - I don't cover EVERYTHING about the game but just enough so that people can get started with the basics, at least that's the goal, I hope it works for that and I'll try to get better while also keeping them short.

[@ESRohner]

This guide is exactly what I needed! I just tried Black Label for the first time today and was so confused on the new mechanics!

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Thanks! If the guide helps one person, it's worth it for me ...There's a lotta stuff packed in there! One thing I may not have mentioned is if you play Autobomb off, you have to collect the bomb powerups with FULL bomb/hyper stock to get the increase in stock, like from 3 stock to 4 stock, for example. So you want to route in such a way that you have full stock before you pick those up.

[@kamadoma715]

Me: I think I'm sticking Crimzon Clover for the foreseeable near future.
Me after watching this: Maybe I should go and get DFK on the next payday.

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Ohhh I wouldn't say this game is better than Crimzon Clover ;) but they're both quite good, this is a fun game, especially Novice Black Label!

[@crimsonskull9276]

You were absolutely right. Just did black label mode on the switch and zero desync issues

[@AKTANEARCADE]

😈⭐⭐⭐

[@MC-hammered]

These videos are GREAT! TY

[@AKTANEARCADE]

You bet... Anything you want covered next? 🙃 I'm so lazy I need a push to make these haha

[@MC-hammered]

@@AKTANEARCADE I really love the Cave games but found out I was playing (some of them) wrong till your videos. Ketsui or ESP Rade would be cool!

[@MC-hammered]

@@AKTANEARCADE Oh, DOJ would be very timely as well :)

[@Undermog]

For some reason I thought Autobomb in Black Label used all your bomb stock rather than just one bomb?! Well TIL I was wrong.

[@AKTANEARCADE]

It helps you ration your resources as a new player too! With AB OFF you can just waste things early and dodging is a little risky

[@SaturmornCarvilli]

Four hours in, and I'm just learning that green bees increase hyper. This is going to be handy as I've got the all clear on Novice, and can get to the true final boss at Normal on 3cc right now. Not sure if I'll ever all clear at Normal as those final bosses seem like bullet sponges.
DoDanPachi, despite being easy to pick up and play, also has a lot of cryptic mechanics, it seems.

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Yeah lots of tiny things, this one especially... I think for normal you want no Autobomb and you want to learn these strats where you use bombs on certain patterns to refill hyper

[@onemorequarter1087]

I've been playing this whole time with no License to dodge👀 Have not finished Black label normal. Thanks for the video🤙Be well🍻

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Haha! License to Hyper tho! 😂💪🏾💪🏾

[@VinuShmup]

Thanks for your explanation Aktane! I always only stick with v1.5 on DFK, I should try this black label mode. looks fun with the rank meter + combination shot/laser (and still auto bomb that's great) and not over-complicated mechanics.

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Black Label is tougher but give Novice Black Label a shot first! It's a super fun mode but definitely seems tougher than 1-all 1.5 because it is a 1 loop mode 🤔😎

[@VinuShmup]

@@AKTANEARCADE Yes I'll give a shot to the novice mode ^^. Indeed 1.5 is pretty easy (that's why I play it 😂)

[@AKTANEARCADE]

@@VinuShmup me too 😂🤔😬

[@massir7769]

Yo this is sweet, literally just got into this game and it helps to have somebody to translate everything for me haha.

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Hey welcome and thank you! I intend these to be sort of "crash course" so hopefully it has helped! I got some feedback on making some parts more clear so feedback welcome! And feel free to ask questions about the game, I'll try to answer or reach out in my network 😎

[@GANHEDDO]

Great quick review, thanks! You save me time ;)

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Appreciate it! I really need to do more of these! 😂

[@kanadaiya]

Thanks, this helped out a lot. Auto-bomb kinda makes me feel like I'm cheating though...

[@AKTANEARCADE]

No harm in turning it off and seeing how it goes!

[@AlestaSTG]

I actually recently did a 1cc for 1.5 Novice (I was able to get to 2-5) and I really wanna do more for Black Label. Version L is also pretty interesting with the overall mechanics so I'm trying to get into both. I'll definitely look more at this guide once I start doing more for BL. Anyways, awesome vid as always!

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Cheers do come back with your thoughts as well!!! Ggs btw on how deep you got into the second loop of 1.5 !!!

[@AlestaSTG]

@@AKTANEARCADE Thanks!! They were various mess ups with me bumping into bullets but I overall did pretty well for my first 1cc in a DDP game.

[@NekoMilkshake]

Well shit! Just managed to do my first 1cc hahah thanks for the guide! The autobomb does really feel like training wheels ngl

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Whaaaat!!!! Which mode? Novice Black Label Bomb, AB on? Ggs!!!!

[@NekoMilkshake]

@@AKTANEARCADE Exactly as you said! Haha still a lot of way to go to become a better player tho 🙌

[@AKTANEARCADE]

@@NekoMilkshake this is no easy clear!

[@HPPrintervx4p5q]

I was wondering why this game was insane, I was picking strong style

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Strong style is guised as hard mode hahaha

[@RuV9999]

i still cannot open Ura route without in 1.51 even i have use power mode (to make the hyper activate pretty quick and when in the silo i destroy the silo without the tank crush the silo first and still no ura loop available afterward

[@AKTANEARCADE]

To be honest I've never played 1.51 so I have nothing for ya here. I usually do accidental ura route in black label sometimes 🤣🤔

[@RuV9999]

@@AKTANEARCADE well in 1.51 almost every run i did are Ura route for all stages. XD

[@Neobelmont1]

I am nowhere near even attempting dodon, much less black label. However that said, it's interesting how you explain it. But for someone like me should I look into a more indepth tutorial since I've never really played dodon?

[@Undermog]

It might look challenging but it's also a very forgiving game if you use autobombs. Resources for days. Don't be afraid :)

[@AKTANEARCADE]

You can do Novice Black Label!! I guarantee you are capable! You don't need more than this :) trust me, it is super fun! 💪🏾

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

Guide for Hellsinker when?

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Lmao

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

@@AKTANEARCADE I still havent played that game. I dont know if I should continue on my 1cc for other shmups or just get Hellsinker. They said that Hellsinker is easier than most to 1cc

[@AKTANEARCADE]

@@soratheorangejuicemascot5809 I wouldn't know. For me, The game doesn't run well, drops frames and acts weird. I'll get into it one day though. For now I have barely touched it. If you know what to do, it's not too bad is what I'm seeing. But if you don't, it's going to be a big timesink until you figure out what you're supposed to be doing

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

@@AKTANEARCADE another shmup that is hard for me to grasp the stuff is Esp Rade

[@AKTANEARCADE]

@@soratheorangejuicemascot5809 I can explain that one 🤔😂 damn... Another cave shmup

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

I’m so fucking pissed that I have to ask this, but where the fuck is the hyper meter? That is, when do you know when you can use your hyper?
I thought it would obviously be the red bar in the top right but NO. When it’s full sometimes I cant use hyper, and when it’s not full sometimes I can use hyper. What the fuck? Am I just a MORON?

[@AKTANEARCADE]

Nah! It's not a stupid question at all. So at 1:16 or so look top left it's the meter right above where your ship extends are, in this case little green helicopter. It is yellow and then turns flashing, see it do that? That means hyper is ready, but also... Your ship indicates this with a ring around the ship, once you pop hyper that ring AND meter at top left show you how much hyper you got left! Keep watching this segment of the guide and look top left and at the ship 👌🏾😎
As an aside the bar on the top right is a rank meter that controls game difficulty! I would say honestly just ignore it for now 🤣

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

@@AKTANEARCADE Ah jeez, I thought that little meter was for consecutive hits or something. And the red bar is for rank, I see. Thank you for your timely assistance! Much better when you know when your hyper is ready.

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

@@AKTANEARCADE Now can I ask, once you feel you're intermediate level, what should you change? Trying different ships? Not holding down both buttons? Turning off auto-bomb? Going to hard mode of course is a possibility

[@AKTANEARCADE]

@@High_Priest_Jonko to make sure I understand your question - are you saying you cleared DFK Black Label on regular arcade difficulty and want more of a challenge?

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

@@AKTANEARCADE Sorry, it wasn't a well-put question. Well, say you're able to 1CC the game and beat the optional bosses with the beginners strategies shown in this video. What would be your next step up from this, if you wanted more of a challenge yeah?