Ayako

**Ayako** was a recurring boss in the 1940 series and Virtual Galaga: The Battle of London. It first appearing in 1942 as the sole boss in the game. It appeared again in 1943: The Battle of Midway as the third boss, receiving different revisions in the same game.

## Normal Ayako

The Classic Ayako was based on the Nakajima G8N Renzan heavy bomber, while it's name. It was an reference to the music composer of the game, Ayako Mori. The standard Ayako was only fought in stage 3 (stage 2 in 1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen), the standard Ayako will stay at the top of the screen and moves to left and right horizontally. It first shoots a handful of bullets at the player then shoots a spread of bullets. Only it's engines could be hit, blowing up in pairs before the bomber is taken down. The standard Ayako bomber only has four propeller engines that were compared to both Neo and Techno Ayako bombers in later stages during the game.

## Neo Ayako

The Neo Ayako was an green, revamped and more tougher version of the Ayako bomber that was only fought in stage 9 (stage 6 in 1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen), the Neo Ayako will come down from the top of the screen and circles around on the screen/gamefield. The Neo Ayako first shoots an medium barrage of bullets at the player then shoots a medium spread of bullets. Only it's engines could be hit, blowing up in pairs before the bomber is taken down. The standard Ayako bomber has six propeller engines much like its predecessor Techno Ayako in stage 14 and unlike its successor the standard Ayako what happened back in stage 3; which only has four propeller engines during the game. The Neo Ayako never appears in the PC Engine/Turbografx-16 version of 1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen.

## Techno Ayako

   Techno Ayako was based on the Nakajima G10N Fugaku heavy bomber, while it's name. Techno Ayako was the final Ayako that was fought in stage 14 (stage 8 in 1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen), Techno Ayako will come from the top of the screen and moves anywhere on the screen. When Techno-Ayako first appears on top of the screen, it attacks with all of its defensive turrets shooting continuously at the player. Its tailgun will attack after a period of time. Once all guns and engines have been destroyed, Techno-Ayako will enter its second form and it goes and stays on the middle of the screen. While it's in second form, the engines will be blowing up in pairs before Techno Ayako is taken down. Its second form exposes high-tech ammunition and propulsion systems. Much like the Neo Ayako, it has 6 propeller engines and Techno Ayako was the only most hardest and toughest Ayako bomber bosses in the game. Techno Ayako also appears in Xeno Fighters series.

## Ayako Kai

Ayako Kai was an revision of the boss of the standard Ayako bomber in the PC Engine/Turbografx-16 version of 1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen. Ayako Kai has a few new abilities, like being able to release small enemy planes and shooting homing missiles, in addition to the regular bullet patterns that was used by the original Ayako. It's model looks like the Beast Arrow/Wing from Raiden Fighters and Squadron Fighters series. It comes from the top and moves in squares all around on the screen. It was the more toughest and strongest than Techno Ayako.