SHMUPS in Kingdom Hearts 2 #05: Assault on the Dreadnought 3

I finally unlocked all the upgrades for the Gummi Ships. I was able to build a very souped up Raiden mk-II as a Gummi to take on this beast of a Gummi mission: Assault on the Dreadnought, Mission 3.

Most people I see play this mission take the easy way out and build a "Donut Ship" so that all of the aimed bullets pass right through the hole. I did not want to resort to using a Donut Ship, so I gave the Raiden mk-II Auto-Regen to regain health. I built a Teeny Ship with a Large Shell shield to block those lasers; I can avoid the normal shots by doing barrel rolls.

Mission 3 of this Gummi stage has a very hard boss called Hunter-X. It behaves very similar to a Mushihimesama boss, with billions of bullets being showered at you. Standard SHMUP strategies apply here: Lead the bullet streams slowly so that they can be dodged.

Getting hit is almost unavoidable in this hard mission, unless you use a Donut Ship...

I can't help but think Star Wars when I play this level. It's got an Imperial Star Destroyer/Death Star hybrid, fleets of space warship, and even the music has that "space opera" feel of John Williams' Star Wars score. It has the strafing run on the surface of the dreadnought, the run inside the corridors, the assault on the core, and even a planet-busting weapon like the Death Star.

Raiden mk-II Gummi stats:
HP: 231
Offense: 340
Power: 92
Mobility: 66
Speed: -50
Armament: Fire/G x 2, Blizzard/G x 2,
Graviga/G x 1, Comet/G x 1
Power Supply: Big Bridge x 1 (hidden in the fuselage), Neon Orb x 9 (hidden)
Propulsion: Booster x 2, Vernier x 2 (hidden)
Abilities: Cannon Upgrade x 2, Auto-Regen x 2, Draw x 1, Formation Change x 1
Total Cost: 794/800

Shield Force stats:
Offense: 130
Power: 16
Armor: Large Shell (Blocks Lasers)
Armament:
Firaga/G x 1
Fira/G x 1
Comet/G x 1
Power Supply: Neon Bar x 2
Total Cost: 199/200

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• kingdom
• hearts
• kh2
• shmup
• gummi
• ship
• raiden
• mk-II
• assault
• on
• dreadnought

[yinyangdragonx]

so what do you get for beating this big mother fucker anyways.

[JudgeSpear2]

Bragging rights.

[crazy4guitar3000]

I remember the first time I played this.

5:40 What the hell is this??

5:50 HOLY CRAP!!!!

6:00 ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!

6:10 OH MY GOD!!!!

6:33 JESUS CHRIST!!!!

*Dead, more like raped actually...

X(

[TheRPGPlayer]

Now THIS is much better than the Gummi Ship levels in KH1! These levels are so great that they could make a whole game based on just the Gummi ship!

[thefellow3j]

Macross Missile Massacre = firecrackers.

Hunter X = Tomahawk Cruise Missiles. Or Remilia.

You + this ship = H-bomb. Or the boss from watch?v=sQZuidKexBQ.

[gearschamp2]

5:40...and this is where kingdom hearts entered into the realm of BULLETHELL where there are a fuck ton of bullets, which your unable to dodge.

[OniMalco]

HOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLY SHIT THAT WAS NUTS. You are crazy and ballsy at the time of doing that mission. And completed it nonetheless. Thats the sign of a master rriiiiight there.

[KingdomHeartsIIJacob]

i didnt realy attack anything except the thing at the end and still i got S+1

[KingdomHeartsIIJacob]

i beat this with the one that looks like a robot but it only has a absorbing gun and died onced(i had one revive thing)i got a gummi ship that looks like it

[TheGamefreak197]

i have this one thing that will make those red bullets usless it called like something drain

[urpwnd4]

i think the arwing would have fit best in this stage! :D but, raiden mk-II will do! :P

[dz1002]

You see all snow-like red shots? You can absorb those with the Ultima gummi. And it does a MASSIVE amount of damage if you fully charge it.

[AuraDRGN]

WOW you're one of those SHMUP Superplayer i usually died in the last part