The Tawashi

The Tawashi is a shooting game where you dodge enemy bullets and shoot down enemies. Choose a stage and difficulty, then survive its attacks and defeat the boss to clear the stage. You have five stages to play, and cleared stages and the next unlocked stage remain available for replay and practice.

Stages and combat

Enemy bullets reduce your HP. When it runs out, you lose a life; the game ends when you have lost all your lives. Colliding with an enemy does not reduce your HP, but can knock you back or paralyze you. Your HP is restored when you clear a stage.

Collect friends to boost your score. Destroy present boxes to get weapons that change the bullets your character fires; the weapons are disposable, and switching weapons can help against some strong enemies. When a flash appears on the ground, dig there to uncover treasure. You can slowly dodge incoming shots using precision controls.

Difficulty and treasure

The five difficulty levels are Easy, Light, Normal, Hard and Impossible. Higher difficulties allow higher scores. Collecting different types of treasure increases the number of lives you start with: collecting 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 450 or all different types grants one extra life at each milestone. Duplicate treasures do not count, and each stage has different treasures. There are no bombs or 1UPs.