Ai Cho Aniki (愛・超兄貴, Super Big Brother of Love) is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Masaya and released in 1995 for the Super CD-ROM² and later on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan. It features a soundtrack by Taku Iwasaki.
Gameplay[]
Players take control over one of the two bodybuilders, Adon and Samson. Unlike other shoot 'em up games where the character flies horizontally, here they are oriented vertically, which at principle makes them a huge target, though the game is balanced out by having a button for dodging, which makes them invincible for as long as the button is held.
Ai Cho Aniki features a very unconventional gameplay, starting for it's controls: by pressing the shot button, the character only fires a weak homing shot. In order to use more powerful moves, the player has to input button combinations similar to those of fighting games (like back-forward or quarter-circle motions). Playing through a stage, the character will build-up energy on his head hole in order to unleash the Men's Beam: a powerful beam which covers a good portion of the screen and causes massive damage to enemies and bosses.
Ai Cho Aniki is only four stages long, though each stage is divided into three lengthy substages which culminate into a boss fight. Instead of lives, the game runs on a timer: when the timer reaches zero the game is over. The player character has three hit points, and losing a life removes one unit of the timer. During the stages Benten will show up and deliver power-ups which replenish the players life and the timer.
Story[]
It's been two years since Idaten and Benten fought. After Botei Bill's death, the galaxy regained peace and the people were enjoying a world of peace... At that time, Idaten sensed disturbing movements in the Builder system once again and went to investigate on his own. However, his whereabouts disappeared after leaving Builder Planet! When Benten learned of this, she sent two heroes, Adon and Samson, to locate Idaten and investigate any abnormalities in the Builder system.
Levels and Bosses[]
Enemies[]
- Komori
- Adam
- Blush
- Dream Shoot
- Oh! Shipt
- Strong Medicine Z
- Mayor's Office
- Froggu
- Cherry Blossom
- Fallen Angel
- Coen
- Glow Nin
- Oya-G
- Chocho
- Jumping Man
- Bee's
- Mandora
- Raiben
- Barabora
- BIN Bin
- Tsunba
- Babba
- Flower
- Unrighteous Byron
- Air Shrine
- So-Ka
- V2
- Rocks
- Shijimi
- Mozuku
- Taiman
- Tatti
- Wicked
- Satoji & Takeji
- Toto
- Cozy
- Kirai
- Soro Ship
- Kapui
- Fumckm
- Soaked Man
- Shimobe
- Nuku
- Beeboo
- Ranbada Aniki
- Kame
- Shura
- Thousand-Face Demon Boboriga