Kraken

“	Watch your back!	„
	~ Announcer in Gradius Gaiden

The Kraken (クラーケン, Kurāken^?) is the boss of Stage 7 in Gradius Gaiden.

Description[]

The Kraken is a large core warship with two arms, four frontal barriers and another three on its back.

Attack patterns[]

Kraken is somewhat unpredictable, moving its arms to fire giant lasers while firing smaller lasers as well. After a few shots, it starts using its arms to track you, firing two lasers in your general direction. When it's done doing this, it flips around (which is the only time you can hit its back barriers) and grabs a boulder from what's left of the stage to guard itself with. The boulder has minimal health and will go down easily; however, Kraken will release it if you take too long.

After this, it goes on as normal, except when it gets the boulder this time, it's huge. It'll sweep the boulder around, then face you. This bigger boulder has just a little bit more health than its frontal barriers. Its frontal barriers have a moderate amount of health and its back barriers have a moderate-high amount of health. Its core has a low amount of health. Overall, watch its arms and you'll be fine.

Gallery[]

Gradius Gaiden
Ships	Vic Viper • Lord British • Jade Knight • Falchion β
Stages	Beyond the White Storm • Requiem for Revengers • Into the Crystal Cage • Ruins of Silence • Organic Fortress • Green Inferno • On the Event Horizon • Formidable Guardians • Fate...
Bosses	Blizzard Crawler • Grave • Nobil • Shining Core • Moai Dimension • Mad Skin • Stinger Kid • Hunter Fang • Giga's Rose • Kraken • Laser Tetran • DeathDouble • Parasite Core • Triple Core • Deltatry • Juggler Core • Neo Big Core • Heaven's Gate • Boost Core • Gunner Wall • Heavy Ducker • Sol • O.V.U.M.

Core Warships
Big Cores	Big Core MK I (Old Big Core) • 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 • Mirrored Core • Neo Big Core • Parasite Core • Perla Meralda • Planet Core • Rexion Core • Rolling Core • Serpent 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 • Tri-Pod Core • 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