Horrible "power ups"

[Anonymous No.963515]

That's a nice spread gun you've got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.

[Anonymous No.963526]

[Anonymous No.963536]

>>963515
>shooting laser cancels previous laser

[Anonymous No.963585]

Does the Pendant in Faxanadu count? It's only harmful because of a programming error, but...still.

[Anonymous No.963606]

>>963536
It's pretty much an "undo" gun.

[Anonymous No.963641]

It's not like it hinders you in any way. It's just pointless and the music gets annoying really fast.

[Anonymous No.963654]

>>963641

Only pointless because the game isn't difficult.

[Anonymous No.963656]

>>963654

I would LOVE to get a guardian acorn in Zelda 1 for example.
You know, a game with challenging enemies.

[Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco No.963663]

>>963641
>accidentally bump into a rock
>have to scroll through like five pages of text

Fun game, but holy crackers it's almost like Castlevania 2 with its redundant messages interrupting the game.

[Anonymous No.963679]

>>963515
>Stand right up next to bosses and fire the laser
>They get fucked

Dont get me wrong, it isnt Spread. But its more useful than everything else you can get.

[Anonymous No.963685]

That stupid torch from Ghosts 'n Goblins.

It's terrible and too easy to get if you're not careful.

[Anonymous No.963715]

>>963663

Only due to the English text being bloated at fuck.
One kind of shitty localization.

[Anonymous No.963754]

the f projectile was worse, from what i remember.

[Anonymous No.963795]

>>963679
contra 1/2 power up tier

S TIER (game breaking): spread shot, "r" power up
A TIER (very strong but has a minor weakness): Machine gun, Super C fireball
B Tier (always useful): Contra 1 fireball
C Tier (situanel, sometimes worst than no power up): Laser

[Anonymous No.963810]

>>963715
The Oracles games were way better in that regard. Then it all went to hell again with Minish Cap.

[Anonymous No.963813]

>>963685
I am sure Capcom intentionally placed those in strategic locations to trick you into grabbing it.

[Anonymous No.964247]

The Shot Gun (sic) in 1943 and the yellow weapon in Twin Cobra are both pretty much suicide to pick up.

[Anonymous No.964409]

Obligatory.

[Anonymous No.964421]

>>964409

What is that thing again? I haven't played W&W in quite some time.

[Legion of Anon No.964436]

>>964421
>>964409

I HAVE played W&W fairly recently, and I still can't quite recall what that is. Seconding the identification request.

[Anonymous No.964457]

>>963641
> kill every enemy on the screen
> last enemy drops a power-up
> power ups don't persist moving to other screens

[Anonymous No.964478]

>>964457
Like the fucking stopwatch in LoZ.

The worst is time-based super-attacks, though. Always against the scrubs, never against something worth it.

[Anonymous No.964884]

>>964436
Makes Kuros invisible to the player, but not the enemies.

[Anonymous No.964893]

first one: necessary
second one: about right
third one: TOO DAMN FAST
fourth one: touch the joystick and you're in the next county

[Legion of Anon No.964907]

This was THE worst vehicle you could get in GI Joe. It's only use was giving you more HP.

>>964893

lol, pretty apt descriptions there, anon. One of the reasons I like Thunder Force's system.

>>964884

Ah-HAH...yeah, I remember that now. Agreed, absolutely worthless.

[Anonymous No.964912]

>>963685
Actually the up close Sword in Ghouls 'n Ghosts for the Genesis is even worse. It makes it impossible to beat certain bosses if you get it by accident.

[Anonymous No.965079]

>>964912
It's really powerful though. I tend to use it the most, because it takes out most enemies in 1+2 hits.

[Anonymous No.966885]

>>963679
this
i alway get laser for the bosses cause you rip them apart

[Anonymous No.967610]

Spread Gun is overrated.

The laser annihilates bosses in just a few hits and "tough" midlevel enemies in one.

[Anonymous No.967649]

>>963685
The torch isn't that bad. It's the best weapon for killing red devils and you can spam it up close so it's also good against ogres and other monsters with lots of hitpoints. The axe is hands down the shittiest weapon.

[Anonymous No.967672]

At least the laser is still useful unlike the shitty flame gun.

[Anonymous No.967695]

The boomerang in Link's Awakening is pretty useless.

[Anonymous No.967717]

>>967695
The Flying Rooster disagrees with you.

[Anonymous No.967719]

>>967695
>>967717
BAWWWWK

[Anonymous No.968657]

>>967695
Are you kidding? That thing's way OP.

[Anonymous No.968679]

>>963585
explain

[Anonymous No.968684]

>>967717
beep

[Anonymous No.969003]

>>963641
These codes should help:
010071d4 ~ Guardian Acorns never drop.
010015d4 ~ Piece of Powers never drop.

[Anonymous No.970418]

>>969003
Pieces of power were awesome.