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Bazooka-Type Weapons

Name: Shoulder-Mounted Bill Blaster
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: Fire
Ailment: None
Power: 6, 9
Hits: 1
Ammo: 1 (Bullet Bill, Bombshell Bill, Bull's-Eye Bill)
Information: A Bill Blaster, as well as Bullet Bills, normally both count as enemies, but this alternate version of the Blaster is a non-sentient, shoulder-mounted one that instead functions as a projectile weapon, which anyone can carry around and use. The Bullet Bills that it fires are, in kind, ammo item versions distinct from the living enemies, which won't try to fly out of your inventory and attack things themselves (although a Bullet Bill enemy may "drop" a Bullet Bill item upon death, i.e., become one). That all being said, this thing functions like a normal Bazooka-type weapon, allowing the user to load one Bill in at a time and then fire it out. It can also use Bull's-Eye or Bombshell Bills as ammo in the same manner, gaining their respective homing effects and higher power.

Name: Shoulder-Mounted Bullet Bill Blaster
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: None
Ailment: None
Power: Fires a Bullet Bill, which joins the battle as a character on the user's team, but takes no action that turn.
Hits: 1
Ammo: Infinite
Information: An alternate version of the Shoulder-Mounted Bill Blaster, this one works more like the regular enemy Bill Blaster, shooting out actual live Bullet Bills that join the battle as additional characters. It can produce an infinite supply of these, but since they don't attack in the same turn that they're created, they might be wiped out before they get to attack. This is more like the shoulder-mounted cannon that Roy Koopa used in New Super Mario Bros. U (and New Super Luigi U). Unfortunately, this one can only produce regular Bullet Bills, not Bull's-Eye or Bombshell varieties.

Name: Shoulder-Mounted Bull's-Eye Bill Blaster
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: None
Ailment: None
Power: Fires a Bull's-Eye Bill, which joins the battle as a character on the user's team, but takes no action that turn.
Hits: 1
Ammo: Infinite
Information: A red variation on the Shoulder-Mounted Bullet Bill Blaster that specifically produces Bull's-Eye Bills. Since these have a homing effect, they'll always hit their targets, but they still don't attack the same turn they're fired out, so if they keep getting wiped out, the homing bonus is moot.

Name: Shoulder-Mounted Bombshell Bill Blaster
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: None
Ailment: None
Power: Fires a Bombshell Bill, which joins the battle as a character on the user's team, but takes no action that turn.
Hits: 1
Ammo: Infinite
Information: A gaudy golden variation on the Shoulder-Mounted Bullet Bill Blaster that specifically produces Bombshell Bills. These are stronger than either regular or Bull's-Eye Bills, but lack the homing effect of the Bull's-Eyes. Still, this is a very potent weapon, so be careful about giving players access to it.

Name: Bubble Bomb Bazooka
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: Water
Ailment: None
Power: 6
Hits: 1
Ammo: Infinite
Information: A shoulder-mounted cannon resembling the stationary ones in Bob-Omb Battlefield that fired bubble-like Water Bombs. The Bubble Bombs fired by this version are much the same, just renamed for additional alliteration. Since this thing never runs out of ammo, it's much more efficient than the average bazooka, but watch out for foes with a Water immunity.

Name: Mr. Rocket Launcher
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: None
Ailment: None
Power: 10, 12
Hits: 1
Ammo: 1 (Mr. Rocket-Propelled Grenade, Mrs. Rocket-Propelled Grenade, Mr. Anti-Tank Missile, Mr. Anti-Aircraft Missile)
Information: A rocket launcher used by the Stickmen. Its rockets are very deadly.

Name: Pineapple Launcher
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: None
Ailment: None
Power: 7
Hits: 1
Ammo: 50 (Pineapples), 10 (Homing Pineapples)
Information: A shoulder-mounted wooden gun used by Chunky Kong in Donkey Kong 64; it really just looks like a log. It fires pineapples with enough force to deal decent damage, despite these normally being healing items. In a bizarre display of jungle science, the Launcher can actually hold 50 pineapples in it at once, even though each pineapple takes up an inventory slot if carried outside the gun. This makes it function much more like a rifle than a bazooka, not needing to reload again for every shot. The trade-off is that, being pineapples, the missiles don't do as much damage as those of most bazookas. It can even hold up to 10 homing pineapples alongside the regular ones, which, as their name suggests, will home in on their targets when fired for a guaranteed hit.

Name: Orange Grenade Launcher
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: None
Ailment: None
Power: 10
Hits: 1
Ammo: 50 (Orange Grenades)
Information: In Donkey Kong 64's player-versus-player side mode, there was a secret sixth playable character named Krusha (this normally just being a species of Kremling), and his gun fired Orange Grenades. Since this comes out a bit overpowered in Arpeggio, I haven't created a homing variant, even though I think Krusha was able to pick up homing ammo. Still, the oranges do 10 damage, a pretty normal amount for a Bazooka-type weapon, but like the Kongs' weapons this thing can hold 50 of them at once, so you don't need to do all that reloading. But as is normally the case when an attacking item is used as ammo, it's lost its Defense-piercing quality. The weapon itself looks pretty much identical to Chunky's Pineapple Launcher.

Name: Fireball Cannon
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: None
Ailment: None
Power: 8
Hits: 1
Ammo: Infinite
Information: A version of the fireball launchers used by Army Dillo in Donkey Kong 64 that straps onto the back and mounts overhead, making the user hunch forward like Atlas carrying the Earth. Different Element aside, this is basically a stronger version of the Bubble Bomb Bazooka.

Name: Budzooka
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: None
Ailment: None
Power: Weightx1, Attackx2, or WBAP
Hits: 1
Ammo: 1 (Person)
Information: A bazooka designed to fire your teammates instead of missiles. (Enemies would usually resist being loaded in, but this could be accomplished with a special attack designed to do so.) The user of a Budzooka must have a Strength field stat greater than or equal to the Weight stat of a given teammate in order to fire that teammate from a Budzooka, but the Budzooka itself has a Weight of 0. There are three ways that a teammate can be fired from a Budzooka: if the teammate is loaded in headfirst, meaning their feet are sticking out, the shot will deal the fired character's Weightx1 in damage. If loaded feet first, the fired teammate will deal their Attackx2 damage if unarmed, or will deal normal WBAP if armed. Any of these allow the fired character to reach flying targets regardless of Platform stats, but the attack is still ultimately a melee attack by the fired character, so they will therefore be hurt by things like Spikiness or being Made of an Element. If the fired character is Made of an Element (and not using an armed attack), then the attack will match that character's Element. Whereas a regular Bazooka-type weapon requires the wielder to use one turn to load the missile and another to fire, rinse and repeat, this thing requires the teammate's turn to climb in followed by the wielder's turn to fire. If a teammate climbs in but the wielder then does something other than firing, the teammate remains inside; from there, the teammate can use projectile attacks, but if a melee attack is used, this makes the teammate climb out, and they must use another turn if they want to climb back in. Being inside doesn't affect how the teammate takes damage from enemy attacks, although attacks that involve throwing the teammate or anything of that kind will remove them from the gun, and they will fall out if the Budzooka wielder unequips the weapon. A Budzooka can also be used to fire teammates in the field to surpass Platform obstacles (generally regardless of the height or distance required, but with possible exceptions).

Name: Bullet That Shoots Guns
Type: Projectile
Subtype: Bazooka
Element: None
Ailment: None
Power: Variable
Hits: 1
Ammo: 1 (Gun)
Information: Modern art meets modern warfare in this giant sculpture of a bullet designed to fire other guns as ammunition. Anything that can reasonably be called a gun can be loaded in and fired out, with the exception of another Bullet That Shoots Guns, since they would be the same size. (Certain other things may be too large or otherwise unworkable as well, such as live Bill Blasters.) Attempting to load in an incompatible item causes that item to become discarded, meaning that anyone in the battle can grab it, and this also happens to guns fired out after they hit their target. The effects of guns hitting their targets are highly variable and may differ between games of Arpeggio, but a general rule of thumb is that Pistols will do less damage, Rifles and Machineguns will do about the same as each other, and Bazookas will do the most. Since the guns do not fire their own bullets when shot out, the effects of a given gun should be based on its actual body rather than the effects of its ammo. Some guns may break when fired, and if they contained ammo at this time, the ammo pack becomes discarded.