I decided to pause the game with the F3 key and noticed that my Patra3 that shoots fire2 with 16 kids in both rings had his children's frames inverted at intervals of 2. Not sure if they're suppose to alternate or be the same frame in consistency with the NES. Since I don't have the time to play through the NES version of zelda to level 9.
Potential Patra Error
Well, with the lack of evidence to the contrary, let's assume that everything is as it should be.