Gunstar Heroes

Gunstar Heroes

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2-3h

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Crab Attack

Crab Attack

Defeat Crab Force in the Underground Mine.

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How to unlock the Crab Attack achievement in Gunstar Heroes - Definitive Guide

This achievement is easy enough, you'll unlock it by defeating the final boss of the second level, you'll come to find that in Gunstar Heroes you're able to almost mindlessly run through the levels holding down the fire button.

The only catch is that the final boss of this level is can transform into 7 different bosses, which means unless you're playing on the Hard mode you're gonna have to hope he transforms into "Crab Force", I actually managed to get him to appear on Easy mode using a very easy method. Once the level starts proceed through it fighting the enemies on the train until you reach what looks to be the front of it, you'll know it's the right section because there's an enemy in there wearing red. Start making saves every couple of seconds here while you tackle this part of the level because the boss is next up, doing this will mean that if you don't get "Crab Force" to appear you can quit out and then load up your game right where you were, just keep doing this until you get him to appear, just make sure you make the save before the game warns you that the boss is incoming.

Once you get him to appear make a new save, that way if you die you can just reload and keep trying until you beat him, he's easy enough, I just got semi-close and took him down in no time at all using the flamethrower.

Lastly, the only thing that really matters is which weapon you choose to use, I'd recommend either the homing bullets (the small green arrows) or the flamethrower weapons, the homing bullets will take out enemies without you having to aim in their direction constantly while the flamethrower inflicts the most damage, you also have the ability so save whenever you want, make good use of that!
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11 Dec 2010 17:19

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Thank you so much for this guide dude, I'd all but given up on getting this and wouldn't have got it without you, only took three tries on easy. Another 100% and a great game to boot so cheers again!
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By PeteOzzy on 22 Jun 2011 21:42
Cheers for that, I've cleared it up a little bit now.
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By Jayour on 26 Sep 2011 01:15
Awesome. Got it on my First try in Normal mode With Green + Laser Weapon!!!
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By Iced Hawk on 17 Dec 2012 20:21
I keep getting the green robot. Then the blue, then something else. Not the one I'm looking for.
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By FullMoonBeaver on 07 Apr 2016 19:16
The video is no longer available.
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By AbyssalOrc33 on 27 Nov 2018 06:32
I reloaded around 20 times until I finally got the crab roll
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By OFUNBlack on 25 Dec 2019 20:10
I got extremely lucky, I was just playing the game, got the Crab first try without even knowing this was an achievement!
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By on 04 Jul 2020 12:45
Yes good guide did the save trick and worked for me first...er..3rd time..lol.. The only con I have on this is you don't say exactly where to save, so I thought I'd help ya out a bit seeing as I just ddi it.

WHERE TO SAVE:
As you are heading down the tunnel there will be a a subway car/train? that has enemies that shoot at you on it.. keep killing all those eneimes until you see what loks like the front of the train, you'll know this by the RED guy with the horible laugh (Kinda reminds me of SF's M. Bison) starts throwing his men at you. Deal some damage to the guy in red and the train blows up!

SAVE TIME!! Save right after the explosion because 3 seconds later the boss fight begins!

Hope that helps!
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By B8TINGU on 26 Sep 2011 00:59
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This boss has seven possible forms, however on easy only three of them appear, yet 5 appear on normal giving you a better chance of facing the crab form. (All 7 appear on Hard however the boss becomes tricky on the hardest two settings) It's one of the harder forms as timing your jumps and where to stand can be awkward.

The first type of attack will send blocks along the upper or lower portion of the screen that rise to walls which can only be avoided if you are on the other side. Quickly double jump to move to the opposite side that they appear on.

The next attack sens balls of light diagonally across the screen. Either stay on the side that they appear (ie if the upper portion of the crab generates a shot it will hit the lower portion) or move so that the ball doesn't hit you (they strike the same position each time)

The final attack sees mines laid down on both lower and upper portions of the map. These you can simply jump over and are the easiest to avoid.
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11 Jun 2009 14:40

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Easiest way to get this is to play on easy and save right before the boss encounter. If you don't get the crab form as one of the 3, then exit and reload, and try again. Might take a few tries, but it does come up, since this is how I did it. I actually found this to be one of the easier forms once you know it's attacks.
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By Buckswana on 10 Jul 2009 13:09
I have a save just before the battle on both Easy and Normal, and I have tried several, several times on each one, and the crab has never shown up. Does it matter which color you are, what weapon you have, or how much health you've earned? Seriously, this is driving me nuts - the last one I need to finish the game!
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By porschephiliac on 26 Jul 2009 07:09
On Easy, it will take a few tries. I saved right before the first boss battle (IMPORTANT! See below*) and it took about ten tries before Crab Force loaded. From what I can tell, he'll usually be the third boss you face. If you defeat the first two and Crab Force isn't the third, just reload your save and try again until he appears.

The solution above works well for defeating him, but he's not too hard on Easy mode.

*IMPORTANT: Saving DURING the boss fights seems to make it repeat the same ones over and over. I saved after the first fight, and the final two bosses were ALWAYS the same. I tried it again, and the results were the same. Saving BEFORE the first boss fight keeps the variety going. Just a head's-up!
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By One Eyed Tigh on 24 Aug 2009 23:01
I concure. Save right after you blow up the train! I did that only took me 3 tries as red, and I used the super homing bullets too. I played a few more times and sure enough the Crab always comes out third.
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By B8TINGU on 26 Sep 2011 01:03
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This is the red coloured boss that takes up a side of the screen. No lateral movement is required here, you just need to concentrate to realise what side of the screen you need to be on and jump between them at the right time. Look at the pincers to see what it's going to do next. The square blocks will extend outward across the screen, so get on the opposite side and stay there was it passes. The spheres will appear from both pincers, and require you to jump over them, the timing is fairly hard so either concentrate and do it right, or just jump and when you are over it jump again to the other side to avoid landing on one. It's final attack are enemy blasts, which will fire toward the opposite side of the screen so if it comes from the upper pincer, get to the upper side of the screen as it will bounce down.

Additional tip from Lord Tony:

What I noticed is each transformation is at random. The easy way for me was playing this on easy mode. After blowing up the train save the game before you reach the boss. If the boss doesn't do the "crab attack" transformation just exit the game and load back again. Keep repeating this until you get the crab transformation. It's a hell of a lot less frustrating than hard mode.

When he does the crab transformation you should save at that point in case you die.

The image below shows the boss in question:

 
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