Palutena Simulator 2013

Palutena Simulator 2013 is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 2013.

Gameplay


Palutena Simulator 2013 plays out like a 16-bit side-scrolling shooting game. Four players can use the same arcade machine at once - Player 1 controls a White Pit, Player 2 controls a Yellow Pit, Player 3 controls a Red Pit and Player 4 controls a Blue Pit. Each player has a joystick used to control their Pit's movement through the sky and an attack button used to shoot projectiles. If an enemy gets too close to you, you can perform a Melee attack on them (enemies in range of a Melee attack are marked by a reticle). Each player also has a table of Powers - the table can be filled in with Powers before playing a stage, with each player having an identical table, and touching a Power will activate the effect. There is also a "Palutena Supreme Black Hole Laser Mark III" Button which can, once one of the two sections of the Black Hole Laser Bar at the top left of the screen is filled, be pressed to cleanse the screen of enemies (except for mini-bosses and bosses)

Weapons
Weapons can be picked up in stages. Each weapon has different projectile attacks. You can only use one weapon at a time, and collecting a new weapon discards your current weapon. All four players start with the First Blade in each stage.

Blades
Blades are the most basic weapon, with good adaptability at any range.

Staves
Staves are weak at close range, but their projectile attacks are great at attacking from a distance.

Claws
Claws can land up to five hits instead of the usual three in a single Melee attack, and give the user better mobility, but are quite weak.

Bows
All Bow weapons have a homing property, although their firing rates are somewhat slow. Their Melee combos have several options depending on the timing of your inputs.

Palms
Palms are good for Melee attacks. Their projectiles start out weak, but get stronger over a distance, and travel very quickly.