TwinBee Yahho!: Fushigi no Kuni de Ōabare!!

TwinBee Yahho!: Fushigi no Kuni de Ōabare!! (ツインビーヤッホー! ふしぎの国で大あばれ!!^?, lit. "TwinBee Yahho!: Uproar in Wonderland!!") is a vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in 1995. It is the third and final game in the TwinBee series released for the arcades. This game commemorates the 10th anniversary of the series' existence.

Like most games of the TwinBee series, it was released exclusively in Japan. A European version was under development under the title of Magical TwinBee, although it was canceled. The ROM prototype of this version was leaked to the web in 2021. It contains translated instructions but maintains the Japanese dialogues, and removes the startup intro where Pastel greets the player, as well as the ending cutscene.

During the same year as its arcade release, the game was released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in a two-in-one compilation with its predecessor, Detana!! TwinBee, titled Detana TwinBee Yahho! DELUXE PACK. It was later included in the PlayStation Portable compilation TwinBee Portable, released in 2007.

There would not be another TwinBee shoot 'em up game until the release of LINE GoGo! TwinBee for iPhone OS and Android in 2013 in Japan.

Plot[]

Faraway from Donburi Island exists a fantastic island known as Wonderland. Its ruler, Queen Melody, has been imprisoned by Archduke Nonsense, who seeks to use the queen's "Harp of Happiness" to conquer the world. Flute, a fairy who loyally serves Queen Melody, escapes during the coup d'état and goes to Donburi Island requesting TwinBee and WinBee's help.

TwinBee Yahho! features fully voiced cutscenes during the game, performed by the cast of the TwinBee PARADISE radio drama. Story elements from TwinBee PARADISE, including the names of TwinBee's and WinBee's respective pilots, Light and Pastel, were used for the first time in the games in this installment.

Characters[]


Character	Voice actor
Light	Kappei Yamaguchi
Pastel	Hekiru Shiina
TwinBee	Mayumi Tanaka
WinBee, Flute	Kumiko Nishihara
Ace	Hideo Ishikawa
Queen Melody	Yuri Amano
Archduke Nonsense, Major Mossgreen	Nobuhiko Kazama
Colonel Khaki, Wonder Shogun	Yasunori Masutani
Balloon Brothers	Yasuhiro Takato
Dr. Warumon	Yukimasa Kishino

Gameplay[]

TwinBee Yahho! differs from Detana!! TwinBee in which the player can adjust their playing style before starting the game to suit their preferences. The player begins by choosing between three difficulty settings: Practice, Normal, and Special. Practice course is the game's easiest setting and lasts only three stages, whereas the Special course is the hardest setting and is recommended to expert players. The player will then select between four different "charged shots" (ため撃ち, tame uchi^?). The regular Charge Shot from Detana! TwinBee is selectable, along with a Charge Punch, a Charge Split (which will cause the player's ship to shoot duplicates of itself), and a Charge Explosion that fires at eight directions at the same time. The player will then choose between two control styles: one which fires the gun with one button and drops bombs with the second, while the other style shoots and drops bomb at the same time with a single button (either button can be used; similar to Thunder Force II top-down controls).

Like in previous TwinBee games, there are two kinds of power-ups: bell power-ups obtained from the sky by shooting at the floating clouds and land power-ups that can be retrieved from destroying ground enemies. The bells can be changed to up to six colors this time (yellow, blue, white, green, red, and pink), each with a unique attribute.

- Gives the player bonus points. More points added if collected without missing one (500, 1,000, 2,500, 5,000 and 10,000 points).
- Upgrades the player's gun into a double shot.
- Increases the ship's speed by one level (for up to 4 speed levels).
- Gives the player's ship option-styled drones that mimic the player's actions.
- Surrounds the player's ship with a barrier for extra protection from enemy fire.
- Repairs the player's ship broken arms.

GwinBee returns as well as a power-up item, along with the "twin attacks" that can be performed with GwinBee or another player.

Stages[]

Stage	Name	Bosses	Music
1	Sisilia Isle	Miniboss: Shooting Star (1st round) Boss: Parasol Poppins	Twin Flight
2	Ruins	Miniboss: Deston Boss: Fan Fan	Sky Swimming
3	Over the Sea	Miniboss: Large Airship Bismarck Boss: Tirpitz	To the Other Side of the Sea
4	Aerial Corridor	Miniboss: Shooting Star (2nd round) Boss: Balloon Brothers	Aerial Corridor
5	Wonder Palace	Miniboss: Wonderful Armor Boss: Electric Doll Emily	Dancing Toys
6	The Chase	(none)	In Order to Meet You...