History VideoGame / BlazingStar

* SpellingBonus: The L-U-C-K-Y items, all of which appear once per stage.

* GuideDangIt: The last of the LUCKY panels in Stage 3. You need to [[ViolationOfCommonSense draw out]] the MiniBoss battle long enough for the enemies carrying the 'Y' to appear.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: You might be tempted to pick up the winged-orb "event items" that appear, but you actually want to hold off on collecting them. Each time you ignore one, the next one will be of a different color and will give you a stronger ScoreMultiplier, until you finally get a special "Yumekobo" item that activates a SuperMode.

In addition to the AES version that comes standard with Neo Geo titles, the game received multiple home ports. A mobile port was released in 2012 which has Bluetooth controller support, as well as a Wii UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole release exclusive to Japan. HAMSTER Corporation would then port the game to UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2017 as part of the ''ACA NEO GEO'' series (itself a subset of the ''Arcade Archives'' line), and to UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne in 2018.

More info on the story and characters can be found on [[http://blazingstar.yukihotaru.com/index.html this Japanese website]].

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* BattleshipRaid: The sixth boss, a red battleship with destructible parts. Unfortunately for you, it was accompanied by annoying indestructible orange ships that spewed out lots of bullets.

* DifficultySpike: The first five levels shouldn't be too hard if you can kill the enemies before they attack (and even then, they don't shoot too much). The 6th stage however, introduces enemies that fill the screen with loads of shots, a the boss has helpers that spam bullets.

* FakeBalance: The Peplos ship, classified as a "Difficult" ship (as in DifficultButAwesome), having weaker firepower than the others but with the benefit of never having to worry about powering down and a hefty Secret bonus at the end of every stage to compensate. Unfortunately this still doesn't put its scoring potential on par with the other ships.

After nearly 20 years of no budget-friendly home ports[[note]]The Neo Geo AES exists, but cartridges for it retail for ''hundreds'' of dollars[[/note]], the game got ports for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2017, as part of Hamster Corporation's ''Arcade Archives Neo Geo'' series.

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* UnwillingRoboticization: Four of the main characters (Caster, Leefa, JB, Asayuki) had this happen to them by Brawshella. Three of them get restored to normal after the ending.

* GuideDangIt: The last of the LUCKY panels in Stage 3. You need to draw out the MiniBoss battle long enough for the enemies carrying the 'Y' to appear.

* EpicFail: TropeNamer- the "FAIL" meme originated from an {{Engrish}} line in the game "YOU FAIL IT! YOUR SKILL IS NOT ENOUGH, SEE YOU NEXT TIME, BYE-BYE!" that occurs when you fail to beat a boss in time.

* HollywoodCyborg: JB, the pilot of Aryustailm.

* EpicFail: TropeNamer- the "FAIL" meme originated from an {{Engrish}} line in the game "YOU FAIL IT! YOUR SKILL IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, SEE YOU NEXT TIME, BYE-BYE!" that occurs when you fail to beat a boss in time.

* ChargedAttack: By holding down the A button, you charge up an attack. When released, you will do your charge move, then when the charged move is still active, pressing B will allow you to do your Break attack (a secondary version of ChargedAttack)

A HorizontalScrollingShooter released for the NeoGeo in 1998, ''Blazing Star'' was developed by Yumekobo as the semi-official sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Pulstar}}'', though not so much like ''VideoGame/RType'' this time around. The game makes extensive use of pseudo-3D prerendered sprites, and the intro contains brief anime and CGI cutscenes. Frequent Engrish voice samples and captions are used (including the line "[[MemeticMutation You Fail It!]]").

A HorizontalScrollingShooter released for the NeoGeo in 1998, ''Blazing Star'' was developed by Yumekobo as the semi-official sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Pulstar}}'', though not so much like ''VideoGame/{{R-Type}}'' this time around. The game makes extensive use of pseudo-3D prerendered sprites, and the intro contains brief anime and CGI cutscenes. Frequent Engrish voice samples and captions are used (including the line "[[MemeticMutation You Fail It!]]").

* {{Engrish}}: Pretty much all the text.

A HorizontalScrollingShooter created by Yumekobo and released for the NeoGeo in 1998. It is the semi-official sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Pulstar}}''. The game makes extensive use of pseudo-3D prerendered sprites, and the intro contains brief anime and CGI cutscenes. Frequent Engrish voice samples and captions are used (including the line "[[MemeticMutation You Fail It!]]").

A HorizontalScrollingShooter for the NeoGeo home game system. It is the semi-official sequel to the acclaimed NeoGeo shooter {{Pulstar}}, which was itself a close cousin to the {{R-Type}} franchise. The game makes extensive use of pseudo-3D prerendered sprites, and the intro contains brief anime and CGI cutscenes. Frequent Engrish voice samples and captions are used (including the line "[[MemeticMutation You Fail It!]]").