I call this the Thunder Blade Strat: go in a square or whatever rectangular shape is available on your track and shit will Never hit you. It's even more effective here than in Super Thunder Blade, it works wonders on every boss! Anyway, you'd think comparing it to that first off is a very bad sign, but it runs much better because of Mode 7 and is honestly more like Space Harrier anyways with a dash of F-Zero. It's pretty cool for a while, kind of becomes goofy and trivial after figuring out the trick though.