Giga

Giga (ギーガ Gīga^?) is a boss in the Gradius series.

Description[]

Giga is a large skull based creature, whose abilities differ greatly in the two games he's featured in. His weak point is the mouth.

Life Force: In his first appearance, Giga has the ability to spit out many bullets from his mouth, and will even launch his eyes towards the player. These eyes can be destroyed.

Gradius II (NES): Appearing directly after Big Eye, Giga can now fire large laser blasts from his mouth, and will attempt to ram the player by charging the screen, his most dangerous attack. Like several of the NES bosses, it is possible to get your options stuck inside this boss, and kill him very quickly.

Due to the soundtrack calling the final boss theme "Giga's Rage", Salamander 2's final foe, Doom is often mistaken for this boss.

Salamander
Characters and ships	Vic Viper • Lord British (Lord British)• Saber Tiger and Thrasher (Iggy Rock and Zowie Scott) • Van Landroth Frehley • Lars XVIII • Super Cobra • Galaxy • Purple Emperor • Red Devil
Salamander stages	Bionic Germ • Meteorite Space • Burning Chaos • Volcano Area • Salamander Planetoid
Salamander (MSX) stages	Top Flight Speed to Latis • Conduct to Space Station Zot • Set the Crush Blow System - Planet Eioneus • Set the Crush Blow System - Planet Lavinia • Set the Crush Blow System - Planet Kierke • Wrath of Venom • Crush Salamander
Life Force-only stages	Organic Speed Zone • Temple Zone
Salamander 2 stages	Sub-life Space • Prominence Fortress • Bio Hazard • Huge Battleship • Asteroid • Doom Fortress
Salamander bosses	Golem • Tetran • Intruder • Fortress Valis • Death • Big Core X3 • Jumping Moai • Zelos Force
Port exclusive bosses	Zylom • Gaw • Giga • Tutankhamon • Dead End • Enigma • True Venom • Metal Slave • Zelos Barrier
Salamander 2 bosses	Biter • Hydra • Abadon • Tenny Rop • Plate Core • Cerberus • Doom

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

Organic bosses
Space entities	Nucleus • Intruder • Phoenix (Geezer Butler) • Goliath • Bubble Eye • Wyvern • Vulture Dragon • Blizzard Crawler • Yorogaton Chimera • Gillador • Volleone • Doom • Lynyrd Skynyrd • Triumph Kicks • Gaw • Giga • Killer Dwarf
Body horror	Abadon • Golem • Zylom • Big Eye • Gregol • Mad Skin • Brachion Eye • Biter • Berial • Huge Heart • Crawler (X) • Infected Statue
Plantlife	Choking Weed • Stinger Kid • Hunter Fang • Giga's Rose • Dendrodium • Hans Naughty

Salamander (OVA)
Episodes	Episode 1: Salamander • Episode 2: Paula's Meditation • Episode 3: Gofer's Ambition
Characters	Ike Lord British • Dan • Stephanie McBain • Eddie Evans • Doromo • Ministers • Lee McBain • Paula • Gofer
Enemies	Rugal • Sharp Cross • Golem • Giga • Zelos Force • Intruder • Tentacle • Big Core MK I • Moai • Xaerous Brain • Fire Dragon • Death Hand • Big Eye • Dee-01 • Phoenix • Amoeba • Nucleus