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+ | |title = Otomedius |
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+ | |image = Otomedius.jpg |
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| + | |japanese_title = オトメディウス<br />''Otomediusu'' |
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| + | |developer = [[Konami]] |
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| − | | ReleaseDate=JPN October 15, 2007 |
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+ | |publisher = [[Konami]] |
| + | |series = ''[[Otomedius (series)|Otomedius]]'' |
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| − | | Platforms=Arcade |
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| − | | previous =[[Paro Wars]] |
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| + | |platform = Arcade |
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| − | | next =Otomedius Gorgeous (a remake with a few new features) |
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| + | |release_date = [[File:Flag of Japan.png|22px|Japan]] October 15, 2007 |
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| + | |genre = Horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up |
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| ⚫ | {{Nihongo|'''''Otomedius'''''|オトメディウス|Otomediusu}} is a side scrolling shooter by [[Konami]] which featured personification of space fighters from various Konami games. The main characters are females, designed by Mine Yoshizaki, with a set of equipments resembling space fighters from the side-scroller games by the same company ''[[Gradius]]'', ''[[w:c:konami:Xexex|Xexex]]'', ''[[Salamander]]'' and ''[[Parodius]]''. The name is a pun, being a portmanteau of the terms "otome" (meaning "maiden" in Japanese) and "Gradius". The arcade version makes use of Konami's E-amusement service to store player's data. It was first shown at august 2007 and later released on October 15, 2007. A port called ''[[Otomedius Gorgeous]]'' was later on released for the Xbox 360 in November 20, 2008 in Japan. |
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| ⚫ | '''Otomedius''' is a side scrolling shooter by Konami which featured personification of space fighters from various Konami games. The main characters are females, designed by Mine Yoshizaki, with a set of equipments resembling space fighters from the side-scroller games by the same company ''[[Gradius]]'', ''[ |
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| − | to store player's data. |
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===MMS2nd=== |
===MMS2nd=== |
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| − | In 2008, Konami released a set of figures based on the main characters on the game. These designs use the Konami MMS2nd figure as their base, the same used in their Busou Shinki line. The sets also each contained 2 penguin mascots which are common enemies in the game [[Parodius]]. |
+ | In 2008, Konami released a set of figures based on the main characters on the game. These designs use the Konami MMS2nd figure as their base, the same used in their ''Busou Shinki'' line. The sets also each contained 2 penguin mascots which are common enemies in the game ''[[Parodius]]''. |
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==Gameplay== |
==Gameplay== |
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| − | The game plays similarly to Gradius but with some differences. For starters, the player character already have a force field upon starting and re-spawning. When the character gets killed, they instantly respawn ala Salamander. And finally, they can use a D-Burst attack that acts as a bomb weapon which clears the screen of enemies and bullets. |
+ | The game plays similarly to ''Gradius'' but with some differences. For starters, the player character already have a force field upon starting and re-spawning. When the character gets killed, they instantly respawn ala ''Salamander''. And finally, they can use a D-Burst attack that acts as a bomb weapon which clears the screen of enemies and bullets. |
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| ⚫ | Even how the stages are laid out are different. Instead of the traditional 6-10 stages that must be tackled in order, Otomedius allows the player to pick up to three stages in any order and set a difficulty for each stage. After playing the stages, the game ends, the player receives an Otome card and the his/her progress is saved to the e-amusement pass. |
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| − | Thousands of years have passed since the war of Planet Gradius and sub-space Bacterion. The legend of the combat aircraft has become a myth... |
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| − | In 21st century Earth, the mysterious Bacterion visits Earth and continues the war. The St. Gradius high school 2nd grade student Aoba Anoa was sought by the secret anti-Bacterion organization 'G' for her talents, and became the maiden 'Angel'. She was given a Riding Viper named Vic Viper. |
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| − | Millennia from the legend, new myth has begun. |
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| ⚫ | Even how the stages are laid out are different. Instead of the traditional 6-10 stages that must be tackled in order, ''Otomedius'' allows the player to pick up to three stages in any order and set a difficulty for each stage. After playing the stages, the game ends, the player receives an Otome card and the his/her progress is saved to the e-amusement pass. |
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| + | ==Character design== |
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| + | The character design is done by Mine Yoshizaki who already participated in the manga adaptation of ''[[w:c:twinbee:Detana!! TwinBee|Detana!! TwinBee]]'', fifth game in the series ''TwinBee'' and second to appear in arcade. Among other works, Mine Yoshizaki is famous for his manga Arcade Gamer Fubuki addition to the well-known Keroro Gunso and design of Angol Fear for the game ''Soul Calibur IV''. |
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==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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| − | Protagonists |
+ | ===Protagonists=== |
| − | *Aoba Anoa |
+ | *'''[[Aoba Anoa]]''': pilot of [[Vic Viper]] (from ''[[Gradius (series)|Gradius]]'') |
| − | *Eru Tron |
+ | *'''[[Eru Tron]]''': pilot of [[Lord British]] (from ''[[Salamander]]'') |
| − | *Emon 5 |
+ | *'''[[Emon • 5]]''': pilot of [[Xel Viper]] (inspired by ''[[w:c:goemon:Ganbare Goemon (series)|Ganbare Goemon]]'') |
| − | *Madoka |
+ | *'''[[Madoka]]''': pilot of [[Murdoch Viper]] (from ''[[TwinBee]]'') |
| − | *Diol Twee |
+ | *'''[[Diol Twee]]''': pilot of [[Serenity Viper]] (Flintlock from [[w:c:konami:Xexex|Xexex]]) |
| − | *Tita |
+ | *'''[[Tita Nium]]''': pilot of [[Big Core Examiner]] ([[Gradius NEO Imperial|Core battleship-inspired Viper]]) |
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| − | *Esmeralda, Jade Knight (from Gradius Gaiden) pilot |
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| − | *Poiny Coon, Falchion Beta (from Gradius Gaiden) pilot |
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| − | Antagonists |
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| − | *Eliza (from Gokujo Parodius) |
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| − | *Titi XIV |
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| − | *Yoshiko (From Parodius Da! and Gokujo Parodius) |
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| − | *L.B. Gofer and R.B. Gofer |
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| − | *Meta-Lium |
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+ | ===Antagonists=== |
| + | *'''[[Eliza]]''': from ''[[Gokujō Parodius! ~Kako no Eikō o Motomete~|Gokujō Parodius!]]''. |
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| − | Stage 1: San Salvador Island |
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| + | *'''[[Titi XIV]]''': from ''[[w:c:konami:Martial Champion|Martial Champion]]''. |
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| + | *'''[[Princess Irene|Irene La Tias]]''': from ''[[w:c:konami:Xexex|Xexex]]''. |
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| + | ==Stages== |
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| − | Stage 2: Tokyo |
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| + | !Stage!!Name!!Boss |
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| + | !1 |
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| + | |[[San Salvador Island]]||[[Eliza's Pet Seal]] |
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| + | !2 |
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| + | |[[Tokyo]]||[[Eyegol]] |
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| + | !3 |
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| + | |[[Alexandria]]||[[Ship of Sun]]<br/>[[Scarab Core]] |
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| + | !4 |
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| + | !EX |
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| + | |} |
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| − | Stage 3: Canadian Rockies |
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| + | naya~n and Kashiwagi Ruzarin were commissioned to compose the original tracks for the arcade game. A whole slew of composers were brought in to compose music for the DLC song packs on ''Otomedius Gorgeous''. |
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| + | ==AOU 2007 version== |
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| − | Stage 4: Easter Island |
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| + | The version presented on the Arcade Owners Union expo was different than the final version. |
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| + | *It is only possible to play the San Salvador Island Stage or the Alexandria Stage. In the former L.B. Gofer appears instead of Eliza. |
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| − | Stage 5: Alexandria |
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| + | *In the first release, the only playable characters were Aoba Anoa, Erul Tron and Emon • 5. |
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| + | *Another version of the game allowed to use Madoka and Diol Twee as playable characters. |
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| − | Stage 6: Antarctica |
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| + | *The final version of the game included Tita Nium as the last playable character. |
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| + | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tg4ud5jl_w Demo Video]. |
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| − | Stage 7: Valhalla/Boss Rush |
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| − | == Bosses == |
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| − | Stage 1: Eliza's Pet Seal (L.B. Gofer appears instead of Eliza in the test version. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tg4ud5jl_w Demo Video]) |
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| − | Stage 3: [[Big Core DX-01]] (Meta Lium) |
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| − | Stage 4: [[Yoshiko]] |
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| − | Stage 5: [[TiTi XIV]] |
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| − | Stage 6: [[Crystal Core D-X02]] (Irene) |
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| − | (NOTE: In the boss rush section of stage 7, the bosses are chosen randomly. The fourth and final boss is always Odin Core) |
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| − | ==Composers== |
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| − | The following is a list of composers who have contributed and/or remixed tracks for the game. |
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| − | *Motoaki Furukawa<sup>#</sup> |
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| − | *Norikazu "Nories" Miura<sup>*</sup> |
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| − | *Akira Yamaoka<sup>#</sup> |
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| − | *Miki Higashino<sup>#</sup> |
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| − | *Naoki Maeda |
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| − | *Michiru Yamane |
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| − | *Motoi Sakuraba* |
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| − | *Norihiko Hibino |
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| − | *Shinji Hosoe |
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| − | *Izutani Takahiro |
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| − | *Toda Takehiro |
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| − | *Yuzo Koshiro* |
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| − | *Metaruyuki |
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| − | *Kenichiro Fukui<br /> |
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| − | *Kouda Masato |
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| − | *Hideki Sawa |
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| − | *Takahiro Izutani |
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| − | *Atsushi Fujio (under alias of すけのみや藤尾) |
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| − | *Supasuipu* |
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| − | *Quad (luvtrax)* |
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| − | *Kentaroh Uramachi (under alias of Uraken)* |
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| − | *KPLECRAFT* |
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| − | *naya~n* (composed standard music tracks) |
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| − | *Kashiwagi Ruzarin* (composed standard music tracks) |
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| − | <sup>#</sup> Former or inactive Konami composer |
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| − | * Non-Konami (commissionned) composer |
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| − | ==Ports== |
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| − | ===Otomedius Gorgeous=== |
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| − | Released for the Xbox 360 in Japan. Additions to the game include: |
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| − | *Gorgeous Mode, which brings classic Gradius gameplay by removing features implemented in Arcade Mode. In this mode, the playable stages are tackled in order, much like the earlier Gradius games. The game also plays on widescreen format (16:9 ratio) on this mode, but some users have complained of [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/otomedius-gorgeous-review lag]. |
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| − | *The Canadian Rockies stage (an ice-version replica of the volcano stage on Gradius) with Meta Lium and her Big Core DX-01 as boss. It is stage 3 on Gorgeous Mode. |
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| − | *A gallery section containing various images of the characters. |
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| − | Downloadable Content for this game includes: |
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| − | *Moai stage with Yoshiko (from Parodius Da!) as boss, stage 4 on Gorgeous Mode and later on made available in the arcade version. |
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| − | *Esmeralda and Poini Coon (resembling the Jade Knight and Falchion Beta from Gradius Gaiden, respectively) as extra playable characters. |
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| − | *St. Gradius uniforms for most of the playable characters. |
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| − | *Music packs containing songs (remixed by current and former Konami composers) from other Konami shooters that can be chosen to play instead of the default music pack. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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+ | *[http://www.konami.jp/am/otome/index.html ''Otomedius'' official website] |
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| − | * [http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/otome_g/download/index.html#3 Tracklistings of the music packs for the Xbox 360 port.] |
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| + | *[http://www.gradiushomeworld.co.uk/downloads_gamestones_otomedius_ac_english_translation.php Fan-translation] |
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Revision as of 02:39, 6 December 2019
Otomedius (オトメディウス Otomediusu) is a side scrolling shooter by Konami which featured personification of space fighters from various Konami games. The main characters are females, designed by Mine Yoshizaki, with a set of equipments resembling space fighters from the side-scroller games by the same company Gradius, Xexex, Salamander and Parodius. The name is a pun, being a portmanteau of the terms "otome" (meaning "maiden" in Japanese) and "Gradius". The arcade version makes use of Konami's E-amusement service to store player's data. It was first shown at august 2007 and later released on October 15, 2007. A port called Otomedius Gorgeous was later on released for the Xbox 360 in November 20, 2008 in Japan.
MMS2nd
In 2008, Konami released a set of figures based on the main characters on the game. These designs use the Konami MMS2nd figure as their base, the same used in their Busou Shinki line. The sets also each contained 2 penguin mascots which are common enemies in the game Parodius.
Gameplay
The game plays similarly to Gradius but with some differences. For starters, the player character already have a force field upon starting and re-spawning. When the character gets killed, they instantly respawn ala Salamander. And finally, they can use a D-Burst attack that acts as a bomb weapon which clears the screen of enemies and bullets.
Even how the stages are laid out are different. Instead of the traditional 6-10 stages that must be tackled in order, Otomedius allows the player to pick up to three stages in any order and set a difficulty for each stage. After playing the stages, the game ends, the player receives an Otome card and the his/her progress is saved to the e-amusement pass.
Character design
The character design is done by Mine Yoshizaki who already participated in the manga adaptation of Detana!! TwinBee, fifth game in the series TwinBee and second to appear in arcade. Among other works, Mine Yoshizaki is famous for his manga Arcade Gamer Fubuki addition to the well-known Keroro Gunso and design of Angol Fear for the game Soul Calibur IV.
Characters
Protagonists
- Aoba Anoa: pilot of Vic Viper (from Gradius)
- Eru Tron: pilot of Lord British (from Salamander)
- Emon • 5: pilot of Xel Viper (inspired by Ganbare Goemon)
- Madoka: pilot of Murdoch Viper (from TwinBee)
- Diol Twee: pilot of Serenity Viper (Flintlock from Xexex)
- Tita Nium: pilot of Big Core Examiner (Core battleship-inspired Viper)
- Operetta: (Operator)
Antagonists
- Eliza: from Gokujō Parodius!.
- Titi XIV: from Martial Champion.
- Irene La Tias: from Xexex.
- Gofer Sisters
Stages
| Stage | Name | Boss |
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| 1 | San Salvador Island | Eliza's Pet Seal |
| 2 | Tokyo | Eyegol |
| 3 | Alexandria | Ship of Sun Scarab Core |
| 4 | Antarctica | Crystal Core D-X02 |
| EX | Versus Mode | Big Core MK I Abaddon Warship Mayhem Warship Tetran Viva Core Manbow Big Core MK II Rolling Core Covered Core MK II Death Zelos Force Fortune |
Music
naya~n and Kashiwagi Ruzarin were commissioned to compose the original tracks for the arcade game. A whole slew of composers were brought in to compose music for the DLC song packs on Otomedius Gorgeous.
AOU 2007 version
The version presented on the Arcade Owners Union expo was different than the final version.
- It is only possible to play the San Salvador Island Stage or the Alexandria Stage. In the former L.B. Gofer appears instead of Eliza.
- In the first release, the only playable characters were Aoba Anoa, Erul Tron and Emon • 5.
- Another version of the game allowed to use Madoka and Diol Twee as playable characters.
- The final version of the game included Tita Nium as the last playable character.
- Demo Video.
External links
| Gradius video games | ||
| Gradius series | Gradius • Gradius II • Gradius III • Gradius Gaiden • Gradius IV: Fukkatsu • Gradius Galaxies • Gradius V • Gradius ReBirth • Gradius: The Interstellar Assault • Gradius NEO • Gradius NEO Imperial | |
| Spin-offs | Salamander (Life Force) (MSX ver.)• Salamander 2 • Nemesis 2 (Nemesis '90 Kai) • Nemesis 3 • Nemesis (Game Boy) • Cosmic Wars • Solar Assault | |
| Parody games | Parodius • Parodius Da! • Gokujō Parodius! • Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius • Sexy Parodius • Paro Wars • Otomedius (Otomedius Gorgeous) • Otomedius Excellent | |
| Other games | Scramble • Thunder Cross • Thunder Cross II • Space Manbow • Force Gear | |
| Pachislot | Gradius: The Slot • CR Parodius Da! EX • Gokuraku Parodius! | |
| Cancelled | Vic Viper • Gradius Arc • Salamander HD Remaster | |