Juuouki

The game is very similar to Dragon Fighter, except that the weapons are more varied. In each level you turn into a new beast, which has its own two attacks (shooting and jumping). At the end of the level, the mage appears, and if you've upgraded to Beast (collected three Paveraps), you can go to the boss. You are not allowed to walk around in the beast state, but if you want to, you cannot take the 3rd paverap and after the mage you will continue the level. The game has a hard mode that opens in the second round.