Super Mario Bros. Crossover/Characters/Bill Rizer

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Bill Rizer

Original Game	Contra
Features	Machine Gun Spread Gun Laser Gun Flamethrower
Advantage	Long range Fire in 8 directions
Disadvantage	Poor air control Low damage / bullet Cannot get mushroom

Mostly known as "The Guy from Contra", Bill Rizer is a character in Super Mario Bros. Crossover. He was available since the release of the game. He is pretty much awesome, especially when he gets the spread gun and mows all the idiots down.

Controls

Pressing the Left or Right buttons will cause Bill to move left or right.
Pressing the Jump button will cause Bill to jump.
Pressing the Down button will cause Bill to lay down flat and aim his gun forward.
Pressing the Attack button will cause Bill to shoot his gun.
- While Bill has the Machine Gun, holding the Attack button will cause him to shoot continuously.
Pressing any direction will allow Bill to shoot in that direction. Note that shooting straight down is only possible when jumping.

Power-Ups

	Gun	Allows Bill to shoot enemies Damage: 100 Bill begins with this
	Machine Gun	Enables auto-firing when the button is held Damage: 100
	Spread Gun	Fires five bullets in a wide arc Damage: 100
	Laser Gun	Fires a long laser that hits four times Damage: 125
	Flamethrower	Fires a fireball that loops in a corkscrew pattern Pierces armor Damage: 125
	Rapid Fire	Slightly speeds up the firing rate of all weapons except the laser Can be stacked twice
	Starman	Bill becomes invincible for a limited time, enabling him to defeat enemies by touching them

Skins Currently in the Game

Bill Rizer (NES, from Contra)
Bill Rizer (SNES, recolor of Bill from Contra)
Bill Rizer (SNES, custom by Pinkie Pie)
Bill Rizer (GB, from Operation C)
Lance Bean (NES, from Contra)
Lance Bean (SNES, recolor of Lance from Contra)
Lance Bean (SNES, custom by Pinkie Pie)
Lance Bean (GB, from Operation C)
RC-008 (NES, from Probotector)
RD-011 (NES, from Probotector)

Upcoming

Bill Rizer (NES, Sharp X1-style edit of Bill from Contra)
Bill Rizer (NES, Atari-style edit of Bill from Contra)

Bill Rizer Specific Tips

Collect Rapid Fires to maximise the efficiency of your gun!
Choose wisely which gun you'll use!
- The Machine Gun with its straight forward motion, is very useful to keep on shooting one spot or region. It's the most balanced weapon, but not as powerful as the others, so it's mostly useful as a long-range weapon.
- The Spread Gun, with its wide range, can be useful to hit multiple enemies or enemies moving a lot (like Lakitus), but at close-range, with its five bullets per shot, it's a deadly weapon.
- The Laser Gun, although allowing only one straight shot per screen, gives a hard time to anything being hit by the whole beam. It's more or less a mid-range weapon.
- The Flamethrower is an armor-piercing weapon, giving you an excellent reason to keep this weapon. Its weird motion can be tricky sometimes, but once you master it, no enemy can stand in your way.

Original Game

Bill Rizer is from Contra (A game that is commonly known for its difficulty that came out in 1987 and is of the run and gun genre.) and Super C for the Nintendo Entertainment System.