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DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou, lit. "Angry Don Bee Biggest Death" is a vertically scrolling bullet hell arcade game released by Cave in 2012, and the sixth chapter in Cave's DonPachi series.

Game scoring is similar to that of DaiOuJou. The biggest difference in scoring is that the chain hit counter does not reset immediately when the chain meter empties; the counter instead drops by 25% and decreases quickly until the chain continues. The chain meter can be kept above zero by using the laser.

Hyper mechanics have once again changed from the previous games. Hypers are obtained the same way you can obtain then in Daioujou, by collecting bee medals and racking up large combos. However, they have a max level of 10 and can be activated once the meter fills up, like in Dodonpachi Resurrection. In addition, Hypers can be built up much more quickly through obtaining point items called stars. This can be done through defeating enemies, or by cancelling bullets via destroying larger enemies. Hypers increase firepower of your shot and laser but do not cancel bullets like in Resurrection.

The arcade release has an "overflow glitch" that, when triggered, results in scores that are otherwise impossible. The "get point" counter beside the chain meter must exceed 21,474,836, at which point the score increases at an unintended fast rate. This glitch is removed in version 1.5.

Unlike past entries in the DoDonPachi series, the game has no second loop. The five stages each has eight bee medals to collect and a boss at the end. Following the defeat of stage 5 boss Taisabachi, the giant mechanical bee, a more difficult fight may follow if requirements are met. If every bee medal is collected in at least three stages and the player does not die more than once during the game, Hibachi will appear. If the player has collected all bee medals in the game, did not die once, and did not use a single bomb, an even more difficult boss will replace Hibachi: her evil alter ego, Inbachi.