Spaceport 9 is a recurring location in the Space Channel 5 series. It is transport station from Earth to space that boosts about 340 million passengers annually (as of 2499).[1] There are all sorts of Space Lines in operation; there are arrivals and departures all day long. There are about 58 similar establishments on Earth.
Through Ulala's exploits, there are several points of interest known at the port. These are mainly where the aliens during the Morolian Invasion forced people to dance.
History[]
Space Channel 5[]
Spaceport 9 first appears in the cutscene prior Report 1, where Morolians invade it and start forcing people to dance. Then, in the first report of the game, Introducing...Ulala!. Ulala goes to the Spaceport 9 to investigate the case.
First Floor Lobby[]
The level begins on the Spaceport 9's main floor, a location filled with rocket holograms, futuristic elevators and monitors showing things about space. When Ulala arrives, she walks through a desperate crowd scared of the Morolians. She stops in front of three Morolians keeping a salesman called Yaz Malloy and a Information Girl called Brenda Boggs as their hostages. Ulala fights against the Morolians in a dance battle and if she wins, she saves the hostages, but if she loses, the Morolians take the hostages away.
Ulala will then, walk a little bit and stop in front of the yellow check-in counter where Morolians will come out of it and try to shoot her. Ulala will need to memorize and copy the directions given by the Morolians to protect herself and shoot at them first. Sometimes, hostages will come out of the check-in counter and Ulala will need to rescue them.
Once this segment is over, Ulala will find three Morolians keeping two Space Tourists as hostages. Ulala will fight against the Morolians in a dance battle and if she wins, she saves the hostages. Afterwards, she will take an elevator to the Flight Control Tower and the first section of the level will end.
Flight Control Tower[]
During one's first playthrough, Ulala will travel to the Flight Control Tower after completing First Floor Lobby. While playing a completed saved, Extra Mode, Ulala will travel to this location again if the rating are 79% or below.
When Ulala reaches this area, she finds out that when the Morolians attacked, the Space Rescue Police were summoned to help, but that plan didn't go quite as well as they had hoped and the Space Police was captured too. Ulala will find several Morolians and Space Police Troopers in this location.
At the end of the level, Ulala meets Pudding, who challenges her for a dance battle. If Ulala wins, one of Pudding's Henchmen called Rocka Billy will join her.
Second Floor Lobby[]
In Extra Mode, if the rating are at 90% or above when Ulala completes the last dance battle in the First Floor Lobby, Ulala will travel to the Second Floor Lobby. The Second Floor Lobby is a long blue hallway with holograms of people, red sofas and monitors on the left and a huge windows showing the Launch Pad on the right.
In this location, there are two shooting segments, where Ulala will need to attack Morolians and rescue hostages. At the end of the level, depending on the ratings, Ulala will find either Cecil Aroma or Mr. Orville Plum being forced to dance by the Morolians, and Ulala will need to defeat the Morolians in a dance battle in order to rescue them. Afterwards, Ulala will be caught off guard by an explosion by missile which will sent her flying. But she will easily recover and will go the next location.
The Luggage Room[]
In Extra Mode, if the rating are at or between 80% and 89% when Ulala completes the last dance battle in the First Floor Lobby, Ulala will travel to The Luggage Room. It should be noted that if Ulala starts the Report with the ratings at 100%, it will be impossible to access this area. The Luggage Room has many translucent tubes surrounded by neon rings through which baggage is transported.
In this level, there are many shooting segments where Ulala will need to rescue Spaceport 9's staff workers, one of them happens inside the translucent tubes which transports baggage. At the end of the level, Ulala will find the Space Dogs being forced to dance, and will need to rescue them by defeating a Morolian in a dance battle.
The Launch Pad[]
In both the normal and the Extra Mode version of the Report, Ulala will go to the Launch Pad after the second section of the level, regardless if it is the Flight Control Tower, the Second Floor or the Luggage Room. The Launch Pad is a huge gray area with spotlights placed at the pad to assist ships in landing, or to light up robots in an emergency and monitors showing the message "Welcome to Spaceport...".
At the center of the Launch Pad, there is a big white and blue rocket, which will drop Coco★Tapioca, a giant hypnotized pink robot that is the first boss of the game. Ulala will need to defeat Coco★Tapioca in order to beat the level.
When Coco★Tapioca is defeated, the robot is freed from Blank's hypnotic control and the level ends with Ulala marching away with the rescued hostages, as well as the now unhypnotized Coco★Tapioca getting up and hopping along behind the lines of people Ulala rescued.
Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash![]
First Floor Lobby[]
Spaceport 9 returns to the VR game, Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash!, where it's being attacked by the Morolians once again. This time there's only one section, which happens at the main floor.
Ulala and the twins, Roo and Kie, must first save the hostages by defeating the Morolians in a dance battle, then shoot at the aliens and lastly, battle another Coco★Tapioca.
Unnamed Lobby[]
In the Hatsune Miku DLC, Ulala, the Twins and Hatsune Miku go to investigate a case in an unnamed unknown floor from Spaceport 9. This floor is a long dark hallway with green, blue and red lights, holograms of leeks, monitors alarming about the Morolians invasion, white and purple futuristic elevators and a big purple monitor showing the message "Welcome to special stage live space channel 39 Hatsune Miku - Go Go Space Channel 39".
In this area, Hatsune, Ulala and the twins must once again, save hostages by defeating the Morolians in a dance battle, then shoot at the aliens and lastly, battle a green colored Coco★Tapioca called "Coco★Tapioca II".
Other Appearances[]
- Sega Superstars Tennis: Spaceport 9 appears in Sega Superstars Tennis as a Tennis court representing the Space Channel 5 series. The tennis court looks similar to both the Second Floor and the Launch Pad, with neon lights similar to the ones found in the Luggage Room. The tennis court is reused in the Chuchu Rocket! minigame.
- Sonic Riders: Spaceport 9 makes a small appearance in Sonic Riders, during the SEGA Illusion circuit. Spaceport 9 is full of giant Morolians statues shooting at the racers trying to slow them down.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- When Ulala arrives at the Launch Pad, the words "Welcome to Spaceport..." inside the monitors will be moving from right to left. However, when the battle against Coco★Tapioca begins, these words will stop moving.
- The exterior of Spaceport 9 was designed by Mayumi Moro and the interior was designed by Yumiko Miyabe.[2]
References[]
- ↑ Space Channel 5 Gyun Gyun Book p. 60
- ↑ 「スペースチャンネル 5 ウキウキ ミュージック フェスティバル オンライン」開催2周年記念(?)インタビュー。うらら&モロ星人誕生のヒミツを,2人のデザイナーが振り返る