Custom FC Upa updated by Borewood 2015-06-27

Happy Chinese New Year 2015!

Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa is a side-scrolling action game by Konami:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/upa/upa.htm

If you want to see some game play of Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, then please watch this YouTube video:


I am trying to "emulate" the Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa game play in my mugenized Custom FC Upa.
After some times with trials-and-errors, I seemed to pull out the source game monster inflation and temporary platform support with it in MUGEN.  Well, actually that wasn't that hard as it doesn't involve any P2 custom state(s).  I think my "emulation" is still buggy because the Player's and Helper's and P2's sides keep changing during the fight, though......

By the way, if you have some better ideas about how to make such Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa "monster inflation and temporary platform" support more properly in MUGEN, then I would like to know about it!

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* One note:  please use "Custom_FC_Upa_no_Zai.def" if you do not want Zai's intervention *
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The Custom FC Upa move list is as follows.

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Button Layout (MUGEN type control):
x = Magic Rattle
y = Magic Rattle
z = Magic Rattle
a = Magic Rattle
b = Magic Rattle
c = Magic Rattle
s (start) = Taunt (holding a balloon) *please see below for details*
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Throw: when close to P2, hold forward to press x/y/z/a/b/c

Special Moves:
- Apple Bomb (D, DF, F, x/y/z/a/b/c)
  * there are three (3) variations depending on button groups (x/a, y/b, z/c)
- Got Milk? (F, D, DF, x/y/z/a/b/c)
  * there are three (3) variations depending on button groups (x/a, y/b, z/c)
- Swim & Dive (D, DB, B, x/y/z/a/b/c)
  * Upa jumps up and then swim underneath the ground
  * when in the underground water, Upa dives like an adult, you can move him to left side or right side
  * pressing x/a will make Upa backward-jump out of the underground water with an aerial attack
  * pressing y/b will make Upa neutral-jump out of the underground water with an aerial attack
  * pressing z/c will make Upa forward-jump out of the underground water with an aerial attack
  * Upa's lifebar starts to decrease slowing as he is diving, so make sure don't let him dive for too long

EX Move:
- Fire Hydrant Stand (D, D, x/y/z/a/b/c)
  * requires and consumes MUGEN Power 1000/3000
  * when the Fire Hydrant Stand comes out completely, Upa can jump on it and walk back and forth to make it spit out flame
  * after ten (10) flame-spits the Fire Hydrant Stand will hide itself
  * both Upa and P2 can hit the Fire Hydrant Stand, after ten (10) hits the Fire Hydrant Stand will hide itself
  * the Fire Hydrant Stand can give Upa a temporary shield as long as it is not hiding itself

Taunt (holding a balloon)
- this is my interesting (hopefully) original idea for my mugenized Custom FC Upa
  when Upa is holding a ballon, he shows his happy face, but if you try to break his ballon then he will show his
  unhappy face and then get mad and turn into a Super Upa!  Super Upa can stand and walk like an adult like in the source game
  when you pick up a bell item.  Super Upa cannot do anything but running and jumping around, yet, he is invincible and can use
  his "suddenly grown-up" body to attack his enemies.  After a shot period of time Super Upa will turn back into the normal Upa.
  * you can actually hit Upa only, without touching his balloon.  If you do so then Upa will not turn into a Super Upa, and his
    balloon will be released and it rises until it explodes by itself.  But!  If you try to break his released balloon, then
    Upa will get mad too!

Now.........the core source game game play by my MUGEN "emulation"..........
In order to make it happen, Upa's lifebar value must be low (<= 250/1000).  When it is low enough, Zai, the source game
final boss will appear.  When Zai is there, it will try to summon a Mini-Zai that drops down from sky.  The Mini-Zai can
attack both Upa and P2.  P2 hits Mini-Zai to kill it.  Upa hits it with Magic Rattle to inflate it.  Once Mini-Zai is inflated,
P2 hits the inflated Mini-Zai to kill it, and Upa can do a number of things to Mini-Zai:
- do nothing and Mini-Zai floats up into the air until it explodes by itself;
- jump on to a floating Mini-Zai within possible jump height;
- while standing on a floating Mini-Zai, Upa can do all attacks except the EX Move and the Taunt;
- with some timing and correct angles, Upa can jump to "push" a floating Mini-Zai to make it slide in either
  upward, forward, or diagonal direction, a sliding inflated Mini-Zai can hurt both Upa and P2;
- Zai cannot be hit by anything but a sliding inflated Mini-Zai, when Zai gets hit by that, it screams and drops
  a bottle of milk, if Upa picks up the bottle of milk then a small amount of lifebar value replenishment takes place.
* I already gave some care-taking to those many side swapping situations with Upa, Mini-Zai, and P2, but I know it is still buggy...

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* One note:  please use "Custom_FC_Upa_no_Zai.def" if you do not want Zai's intervention *
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Happy Chinese New Year 2015!