one of the following requirements: Loses at most 2 fighters (lives). Depending on the fighter used, have a maximum hit count of at least the following: Type A: 270 hits Type B: 300 hits Type C: 330 hits Score at least 50 million points at the end of area 6. Collect all 13 bees in four of the six areas. The second loop has the same areas, enemy patterns, and bosses as the first loop, but the number of bullets the enemies fire is greatly increased. Destroying the area 6 boss in the second loop unlocks a secret area where the player fights the trademark boss of the series, the giant mechanical bee Hachi (蜂; 'bee'). When the player defeats it, they will then fight Hibachi (火蜂; 'fire bee'), the true final boss in DoDonPachi. If it is defeated then the best ending is achieved. After completing an area, the player gains the following scores based on performance in the completed area: Boss hit: It is the sum of the base boss score, and rewards 5,000 points per hit combo when a boss is destroyed. Star: 500 points per item collected in the area using the current life. Pentagon: 1,000 points per item collected in the area using the current life. NO MISS: If the player did not lose a life in the completed area, the player gets 200,000 points for Area 1, and the bonus increases by 100,000 points for each successive area. For second loop areas, the player gets 2,000,000 points for Area 1, and the bonus increases by 1,000,000 points for each successive area. If the second loop is completed with 1 credit, the player gets 10 million points for each reserved fighter. Endings If players fail to meet the requirements for second loop access, they are simply congratulated by the DonPachi Corps leader, Colonel Schwarlitz Longhener, for their bravery in battle. No credits will be presented to the player for finishing the game this way. Should the requirements be met, however, Longhener reveals - in a shocking twist - that the "mechanized aliens" were in fact the pilot's own comrades (the International version of the game renders this as a "lost fleet" legendary among cadets) trying to actually stop them, being aware of Longhener's nefarious scheme revealed in the true and final ending. Having served its purpose, Longhener orders his elite fleet to annihilate the pilot,