Okay, the Alice Books thing just has to manually check their stock before they send an invoice, I paid now. The artist for Dark Witch is really good so I recommend the art book (I don't have it yet though of course). It's just a shame it's only for 1, because I like a lot of the bosses in 2 better. Codino is cool, and I love the Mega Man vibes from Pelusa and Herbert. And mummy girl is adorable (along with blad) for her animations. She makes a smug little smile every time her attacks hit, and looks disappointed when they don't.
Rudy Rhythmical does in fact require you to play both hard and easy versions of all stages for the Playing Level. It seems as long as you TRY and finish the whole stage it'll never give you less than the 2 star rating the achievement requires though. I'm pretty bad at rhythm games and I got all of them first try, even a couple 4 stars on Easy.
It's sort of annoying that almost every playing level is only worth 30 Syega. The first time bonus you get for beating the game gets you a couple unlocks then Lunatic runs will be responsible for almost all the other unlocks.
Yeah, Dia Missile is one of those boss skills you absolutely have to upgrade in the shop to make it worth using. The upgraded version targets enemies a lot faster, so it's pretty useful. But you still have to try to avoid Franzer's attacks in his first form; especially the attacks he does when he is low on health.
I also found Sola's Lunatic a little easier than Zizou's. Although overall I'd say I enjoyed playing more as Zizou because her attacks are easier to aim.
Yeah I should probably just buy the upgrade for Dia Missile. I thought it would improve the homing ability, like let the shots curve, but it just increases the targeting range. Still useful for Franzer, but Icke is still all but impossible to consistently hit with it.
I find that aspect of Sola pretty fun though--except if her speed gets too fast she actually outruns Drop Bomb. It's not a big deal in bosses or if you don't have Speed +2 or max speed though.
Also, taking less time to beat bosses > being easier to play with IMO. Especially since the most annoying part of taking on the final boss in Lunatic is going through the boss rush.
Also unless the +2 attack unlock is way stronger than I thought, it seems Zizou's Revenge attack is far stronger than Sola's (Sola's is barely worth using in Lunatic). I'll unfortunately have to test out some of this for the guide, thanks to the unlocks and difficulty none of my runs have really been directly comparable.
