Its graphics are sprite-based but do showcase some 3D effects, which gives the game a visual style similar to another Konami PlayStation title you may have heard of called Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Gradius Gaiden's gameplay is a 2D-style horizontal shoot-em-up. The text crawl is read by a male or female voice which can be chosen in the options and also affects the support voice in-game. Receiving the order, 4 hyper space fighters launched from the mothership to the dark nebula carrying the last hope to save planet Gradius on their wings." But the invaders were overpowering and they destroyed 99% of the Gradius Army.Īt this point Gradius Army HQ decided to launch a desperation attack to the center of the dark nebula which seemed to be the source of the invaders. Soon after the disapperance of the science vessel, the colony planets of Gradius were attacked and ruined by some unknown force. It began with the disappearance of a science vessel which went to the dark nebula known as the "EVIL RANGE." The "EVIL RANGE" was never investigated because it was known as a dangerous nebula and entry was prohibited by the government.
The threat of invasion was gone and peace returned to Gradius.Ģ00 years passed, the civilization of Gradius prospered and it looked as if the peace would last forever. "During the 3rd Bacterian war, planet Gradius defeated the Bacterians by destroying their center of power. It recounts the latest attack by the evil Bacterian forces on the peaceful inhabitants of the planet Gradius. The game's plot is told through a Star Wars style opening crawl available if you watch the title screen demos. This release eschewed the two-player option but otherwise it is a perfect port of the original PlayStation version.
Gradius Gaiden was not made available internationally until the Gradius Collection was available for the PSP in 2006.
It was the first true Gradius follow-up since Gradius III in 1989 and contains features seemingly influenced by Gradius spin-off series Salamander and Parodius, such as two-player simultaneous play and multiple selectable ships. The bosses in this area are the Cheetahmen and their enemies.Gradius Gaiden is a shooter that was originally released only in Japan for the PlayStation by Konami on August 28, 1997.
Completing this area will unlock a WOW orc as a playable character. Secret World 4: World of Warcraft - This area is located in world 7, under the screen where you get in the plane. There are no bosses here, and the only real purpose is to unlock Ash Ketchum (Red). Under the water are 2 buildings taken from classic Pokemon games, one for entering and the other for exiting the world. On the left side of the screen is a water current, not moving and slightly lighter than the rest of the water.
Secret World 3: Pokemon - This area is located under the water in world 6, before the screen where you enter the Vic Viper Starfighter from Gradius. Completing this area will unlock Kappa as a playable character, who is the boss for this world. You'll need the cake from World 5 to access this area. Secret World 2: - This area is located in world 3, two screens after the entrance to the Mario boss battle. Completing this area will unlock Mario as a playable character. You'll need the gear from World 7 to access this area. This area is located at the end of world 1. There are also secret worlds in boshy which have secret bosses World 7: Milon's Secret Castle and Metal Gear (World of Warcraft secret world) World 6: Castlevania (Pokemon secret world) World 1: Prehistorik 2 (Super Mario Bros. In I Wanna Be The Boshy, there are 12 worlds, some of which containing secret worlds