Changes: Crystal Core

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“	You Shall be Crushed!	„
	~ Announcer in Gradius II

Crystal Core (クリスタルコア^?) is a recurring boss in the Gradius series.

Description

Crystal Core is a crystalline core surrounded in ice. It appears in Gradius II as the boss of the crystal stage and in Gradius III as part of the boss rush. It is also a junked boss in Gradius Gaiden stage 2. This is one of the more interesting looking bosses. It has 4 Orange and Blue barriers and 1 Blue core. The SNES version of Gradius III calls this Monarch.

Attack patterns

Crystal Core attacks by waving its tentacles while shooting blue small fireballs every 20% of a second from them and fires 2 Medium-Large standard Core defense lasers every second. The tentacles block all shots and cannot be destroyed. Eventually, Crystal Core will close up it's tentacles to shield the core and then release a volley of 14 lasers every 20% of a second while moving up or down, then resume normal attacking. In Gradius Gaiden, the Core defense lasers are much more thinner.

Gallery

Gradius II: GOFER no Yabō
Ships	Vic Viper
Stages (arcade)	Artificial Sun • Alien • Crystal • Volcano • Revenge of Moai • High Speed Maze • Boss Rush • Gofer Ship Interior
Port-exclusive stages	Gradius II NES Stage 2 (NES) • Volcano - Crystal (NES) • Enemy Base (NES) • Gofer's Lair (NES) • Temple (PC-E)
Bosses	Phoenix • Big Eye • Giga (NES) • Crystal Core • Death MK II • Jumping Moai • Big Moai • Desert Core (PC Engine) • Big Core MK II • Zub Rush • Big Core • Golem • Tetran • Gaw • Intruder • Zelos Force (NES) • Covered Core • Demos • Crab • Gofer

Gradius III
Ships	Vic Viper
Stages	Desert • Bubble Zone • Volcanic Planet • High Speed Dimension • Moai Zone • Cell Planet • Prominence Planet • Plant Planet • Crystal Zone • Boss Rush • Mechanical Base
SNES exclusive stages	High Speed Zone • Fortress • Cell
Bosses	Goliath • Bubble Eye • Godrei • Big Core MK III • Dogas • Vaif • Twin Vaif (SNES) • Gregol • Wyvern • Vulture Dragon • Choking Weed • Lizard Core • Beacon (SNES) • Tetran • Covered Core • Big Core MK II • Crystal Core • Death MK II • Dellinger Core • Disrupt • Shadow Gear • Shadow Gear MK II (SNES) • Big Core • Golem • Bacterian

Core Warships
Big Cores	Big Core MK I • Big Core Custom • Big Core MK-I Rev.2 • Big Core MK II • Big Core MK II Kai • Big Core MK III • Big Core MK IV
Big Core variants	Beacon • Big Core Duo • Blaster Cannon Core • Boost Core • Bubble Core • Circle Core • Coreship • Crater Core • Crystal Core • Dellinger Core • Desert Core • Heaven's Gate • Juggler Core • Laser Core • Lizard Core • Neo Big Core • Perla Meralda • Planet Core • Rexion Core • Rolling Core • Shining Core • Super Big Core • Terra Core • Vanishing Core • Genocide Core • Odin Core
Core-style bosses	Abaddon Warship • Covered Core • Covered Core MK II • Dead End • Kraken • Mayhem Warship • Metal Slave • Misfit Warship • Queensrÿche • Riot Warship • Plate Core
Pseudo-Cores	Death • Death MK II (DeathDouble) • Death MK III • Beta Core • Nobil • Triple Core • Crash Bam
Tetran variants	Tetran (Zylom) • Covered Tetran • Crystal Core D-X02 • Laser Tetran • Tenny Rop
Parody Cores	Candy Core • Decoration Core • Decoration Core MK II • Viva Core

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 {{Nihongo|'''Crystal Core'''|クリスタルコア}} is a recurring boss in the ''[[Gradius (series)|Gradius]]'' series.
-== Background ==
+==Description==
 Crystal Core is a crystalline core surrounded in ice. It appears in ''[[Gradius II]]'' as the boss of the crystal stage and in ''[[Gradius III]]'' as part of the boss rush. It is also a junked boss in ''[[Gradius Gaiden]]'' stage 2. This is one of the more interesting looking bosses. It has 4 Orange and Blue barriers and 1 Blue core. The SNES version of ''Gradius III'' calls this '''Monarch'''.
-== Attack Patterns ==
+==Attack patterns==
 Crystal Core attacks by waving its tentacles while shooting blue small fireballs every 20% of a second from them and fires 2 Medium-Large standard Core defense lasers every second. The tentacles block all shots and cannot be destroyed. Eventually, Crystal Core will close up it's tentacles to shield the core and then release a volley of 14 lasers every 20% of a second while moving up or down, then resume normal attacking. In ''Gradius Gaiden'', the Core defense lasers are much more thinner.
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