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Background
Eagle Sabu is the Stage 2 boss of Parodius Da!, and is fought in every port of Parodius Da!
The boss is a large Bald Eagle dressed in Uncle Sam's clothing, and is a parody of the Phoenix boss, but features a different set of attacks.
It later showed up in the Boss Rush Stage of Sexy Parodius. A smaller version also appeared in Gokujō Parodius! and in the Special Stage of Sexy Parodius as a recurring enemy. These enemies drop either 4 Power Capsules or 5 Bells when defeated, depending on their color of their hat's star stripe. Blue-hatted ones are more common mostly, while the green ones appear in the special stage or before some bosses, if the player has died in the checkpoint of the boss.
Certain ports of the game replaced the bosses' graphics with something less controversial, by making the eagle almost green in whole, much to censor the character parody intentions.
It's weakpoint is the head, but it can be hit only when he is not attacking.
Eagle Sabu makes a cameo appearance on the two Parodius-themed Pachislot games.
Attack Patterns
Eagle Sabu has mostly the same attack pattern in all appearances. Unlike the original boss, the Eagle will fly around the screen, as opposed to warping, removing what some viewed as a unfair attack.
Sabu's main attack is to release a randomized spread of feathers, although in the NES version these are aimed towards the player, and move very slowly. It will also fire a volley of Ripple Lasers from it's beak, which, unlike the fireballs of the Phoenix, cannot be destroyed. In the NES version these take up a very large portion of the screen.
Trivia
- Eagle Sabu appears to be a parody of Sam the Olympic Eagle, who was used by Konami to promote the release of Hyper Olympic '84 (a.k.a. Hyper Sports), the sequel to the original Hyper Olympic (a.k.a. Track & Field)
- It is generally believed this boss was the reason that the Parodius games never made it to US, seeing how it parodies an American icon.
- This boss, based on it's attacks, could be a mix of Death and Phoenix.
See Also
Parodius Da! | ||
Characters | Tako • Vic Viper • Pentaro • TwinBee | |
Stages | Pirate Island • Las Vegas • Omake Stage (PSX/SAT) • Labyrinth • Amusement Park (FC) • Crystal Cave (GB) • Japan • Moai Battleship • Pachinko • Clouds and Bubbles • Ice Cave • Night of the Living Dead • Public Bath (SNES) • Zeo's Fortress | |
Bosses | Cat Battleship • Captain Penguinovski the 3rd • Chichibinta Rika • Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke • Hot Lips • Pig Tide • Yoshiko • Viva Core • Honey Miyako • Pooyan • Iron Maiden MK III • Yoshiwara Dayuu • Showering Beauty • Golgotha Takobee | |
Port Exclusive | Miss Mishitarina • Madam of Yotsuya Q • Viking Moai • Woon Botton • Tako Hyuuma • Penguin Bomb • Crystal Golem • Penguin Conducter • Pinwall • Marvelous Green Mantle • Great Gourmet King Manjiri Kun • Super DX Emperor Penguin |
Sexy Parodius | ||
Characters | Vic Viper and Lord British • Ivan and Toby • Hikaru and Akane • Mambo and Samba • Michael and Gabriel • Koitsu and Aitsu • Option and Multiple • Shooting Star and Black Viper (Ace) • The Old Lecher Tako | |
Stages | Farm • Bath House • Underwater Palace • Castle Dracula • Girl Factory • Coal Mine • Sweet Sky • Boss Rush • Taj Mahal • Special Stage | |
Bosses | Corn Chiwa • Finally Penguin • Otohime • Medusa • Transporting Crane • Tanuko the Tanuki • Candy Core • Capsule Monster Cappuccino • Captain Penguinovski the 3rd • Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke • Hot Lips • Yuko • "Mon" • Kaori • Sexy Star |