>>50996313
She's (intentionally) not very intimidating, her game sits weirdly between classic and modern games in the series, and she isn't part of a faction unlike every single final boss before her.

DDC is not the best game, shinmy is not that intimidating and i hate to say this but i actually hate her boss battle, that changing sizes gimmick sucks.

>>50996313
She has to compete with Sexja I mean Seija, whcih is hard for someone of her relevance.

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All of the above, her game is one of the least interesting, and it came out in the lowest point between the 2000s Touhou boom and the 2010s boom.

>>50997010
>>50997890
DDC is one of the best game purely because the gimmick is fun to use and doesn't distract from the core shmup gameplay.
The cast is fine and more memorable than a lot of newers entries.

>>50996313
idk but she has the best theme ZUN has ever composed

But she cute?

>>50997913
I like DDC, but playing Marisa B, the gimmick definitely overrides the shmup gameplay.
It's fun though, and different shots are broken to different degrees so you can pick your level of "fun allowed".
I think Shimmy has the problem of not really being the mastermind of her own incident. Her fight also isn't that cool. I don't even mind "You Grow Big": it's a non issue once you've memo'ed a route and it's the most memorable part of her fight for most people.