Shooters are probably my favorite game genre, but I'm not a big fan of "cute-em-ups". Something about shooting/destroying cute things just doesn't seem as satisfying to me as traditional shooters, but they are still fun.
Favorite would be Air Zonk. A great addition/spin-off to the Bonk series.
Star Parodier is cool and have great graphics but I expected it to have as hilarious jokes as the Parodius series has and was a bit disappointed. Not a bad shooter or anything though.
I too was a bit disappointed. Game has nice colorful graphics, good music and great controls but seems a little boring at certain points. Maybe its the challenge since Star Parodier seems way too easy on the default difficulty setting.