Twinbee Yahho!

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Twinbee Yahho! is a video game published and developed by Konami, another sequel for Detana! Twinbee. The game was originally released in video arcades, and later ported to the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn (along with Detana! Twinbee). Included a vocal theme song, among other vocals, with Winbee greeting the arcade owner each time it is booted, and various snatches of dialogue from most of the characters.

In this addition, the Twinbee duo challenges the likes of a nefarious prince known as Prince Nonsense as well as their nemesis Dr. Warumon and his league of Twinbee replicants. Prince Nonsense was responsible for initiating a coup d'etat against Queen Melody, a peaceful ruler of their kingdom, that had her imprisoned and all of the kingdom's fleet pilots guarding both the prince and the kingdom. A fairy named Flute who aided the queen left the kingdom in search for help and happened to fly quite literally into the hands of the Twinbee duo.

[edit] Gameplay

Alongside many returning game play aspects, there were a few additions that added to the charm of Twinbee Yahho, particularly brief and witty dialogue scenes during boss and miniboss battles. For instance, when the kingdom's ace pilot (literally named Ace) is introduced, a miniature screen appeared at the top center of the screen that showed Ace's face inside the cockpit as he spoke to the players. The same would occur for the players as well, though their faces would appear in the player's appropriate positions.

[edit] Trivia

'Yahho' in Japanese translates as 'Yoo-hoo'.
Ace was to later appear in Konami's fourth Gradius parody Sexy Parodius alongside the returning Twinbee and Winbee ships.