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Sexy Parodius (セクシーパロディウス Sekushī Parodiusu?) is a horizontal scrolling shooter game developed and published by Konami originally released on arcades in 1996, and receiving ports to the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn later the same year. It is the fifth game in the Parodius series. Like the rest of the series, it is a parody of Gradius and other Konami titles. It is also the final Parodius shoot 'em up game, as the next Parodius-related game, Paro Wars, is a strategy game (similar to Cosmic Wars).

Plot[]

Old Lecher Tako A (Takosuke) has opened up an agency of some sort that helps clients with problems, and has hired Pentaro as his secretary. He recruited "workers" (the playable characters, who had gone their separate ways prior to Sexy Parodius) that will solve the problems of each client.

Playable characters[]

  • Vic Viper/Lord British (Gradius series) - The only remaining member of the team from the original MSX Parodius. They delivered packages via air mail.
  • Michael/Gabriel (original) - Returning as playable characters since Gokujō Parodius!
  • Hikaru/Akane (original) - Returning as playable characters after being bosses in Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius.
  • Ivan/Toby (original) - Replace Pentarō and Hanako. Ivan worked as a newspaper delivery penguin.
  • Mambo/Samba (original) - Also return as playable characters. They delivered the weather forecast for a station.
  • Koitsu/Aitsu (original) - Little men flying on paper planes. Like Michael, they power up instead of gaining Options. Koitsu worked with the movers, lifting furniture.
  • Option/Multiple (original) - Vic Viper and Lord British's Options with faces (to denote emotions). They are escorted by small Vic Vipers and Lord Britishes when no power-ups are activated.
  • Shooting Star/Black Viper (TwinBee Yahho!/original) - Replace TwinBee and WinBee. Shooting Star (with its pilot, Ace) was a boss from TwinBee Yahho! Black Viper is an original character. Once its respective weapon is activated, hold down the shoot button to charge up and release the button to use the Wide Blast or Spark Laser. Ace was a farmer, planting rice plants in a field.

Each character has their own announcer, who announces the name of the weapon they activate.

Gameplay[]

The gameplay in Sexy Parodius is similar to Gradius and the games before it, but with a new catch; instead of just playing through each level and destroying enemies while avoiding getting hit, the player must complete a special mission for each stage as well. Some of these missions range from collecting a certain amount of coins in a stage to destroying a certain object or enemies. Depending whether or not the player completes the mission will determine what the next stage will be. Unlike previous titles, home ports of the game (except for the PlayStation Portable port) have cooperative multiplayer intact, where both players play simultaneously. It is also improved in that the game continues playing even when one player is choosing a character upon continuing.

In a 2-player game, when certain characters are near enough, a third-shot appears between them which can manifest either as purple shots that swirl all over the screen, hearts that home toward enemies, or rockets that shoot straight ahead. This feature was first seen in Konami's arcade game Lightning Fighters (a.k.a Trigon).

Ports[]

Sexy Parodius was ported to the Sega Saturn and PlayStation in 1996 in Japan. These versions allow the Special Stage to be selected on the title screen after finishing the game with all conditions passed. They also come with unlimited continues (the game doesn't keep track of credits). It was also included in Parodius Portable for the PlayStation Portable (although with music from some stages replaced with other remixed classical songs).

Stages[]

Stage Name Objective Boss Music Remix of
1 Farm Defeat the boss Corn Chiwa Pastoral March

Corn Spirit Rhapsody

American Patrol by F. W. Meacham
My Old Kentucky Home by Stephen C. Foster
Fuchs, Du Hast Die Gans Gestohlen by Ernst Anschütz
2 Bath House Collect 300 coins Finally Penguin Sonic Speed Bath

Toilet n' Penguin

Csikos Post by Hermann Necke
Entry of the Gladiators by Julius Fučík
3A Underwater Palace Strip 200 maidens Otohime 1 - 2 - Kung Fu, Go to the Dragon King's Palace

Lovely Otohime

Battle Theme from Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Mayim Mayim (Israeli folksong)
Korobeiniki by Nikolai Alexeevich Nekrasov (PSP version)
3B Castle Dracula Kill 100 rats Medusa Chu Chu Polka

Welcome, Boy

Vampire Killer from Castlevania
Clarinet Polka (Polish folksong)
Poison Mind from Castlevania
The Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms
4A Girl Factory Rescue 50 showgirls Transporting Crane 'Please, Help Me!'

The Carrying Dance

El Bimbo by Claude Ciari
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, 1st Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Habanera from Carmen by Georges Bizet
4B Coal Mine Destroy 10 targets Tanuko the Tanuki The Moon Appeared

Tanuko's Destiny

Tankoubushi
Hokkai Bon'uta
Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven
Serenade No. 13 in G by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genkotsuyama no Tanukisan (Japanese children song)
5 Sweet Sky Collect 300 coins Candy Core Let's Sing!

Destroy the Candy

Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe
I Lost The C on My Clarinet (French folksong)
X Boss Rush Defeat all bosses Capsule Monster Cappuccino
Captain Penguinovski the 3rd
Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke
Hot Lips
Yuko
Capsule Monster Cappuccino
It's Boss BGM!
Eagle Sabu Theme
Theme of Hot Lips
Yuko is Your Enemy
Rondo Alla Turca by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
The Star Spangled Banner (American National Anthem)
Take Care! from Gradius II
Can Can by Jacques Offenbach
Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 by Frédéric Chopin
Scene from Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
6 Taj Mahal Pursue Takosuke "Mon"
Kaori
The End, Hallelujah!

I'm Kaori

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major by George Frideric Handel
Hallelujah Chorus by George Frideric Handel
Procession of the Sardar by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Dark Force from Gradius III
SPECIAL Special Stage Defeat the boss Sexy Star Maniac of Shooting

Am I Sexy

Remixes from Konami Shoot em' ups
Fur Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Trivia[]

  • A bad ending can be achieved by letting the timer run out on Stage 6. This ending depicts Takosuke surrounded with women and the player characters being frustrated.
  • Considering the Boss Rush as a separate stage, this game has ten stages in total, although only a maximum of eight stages can be played during a playthrough.
  • The Black Viper, Shooting Star's counterpart, is the only second player character to have its own theme song, in this case a remix of "Departure from Space" (titled "Departure for Sexy") from Gradius III.
  • The intro of the music for Stage 3B is Vampire Killer from the Castlevania series. The intro for Medusa's theme is "Poison Mind", also from the same series.
  • The Gunwalls are the only bosses in the game that don't have an accompanying boss theme.

External links[]

Sexy Parodius
Characters Vic Viper and Lord BritishIvan and TobyHikaru and AkaneMambo and SambaMichael and GabrielKoitsu and AitsuOption and MultipleShooting Star and Black Viper (Ace) • The Old Lecher Tako
Stages FarmBath HouseUnderwater PalaceCastle DraculaGirl FactoryCoal MineSweet SkyBoss RushTaj MahalSpecial Stage
Bosses Corn ChiwaFinally PenguinOtohimeMedusaTransporting CraneTanuko the TanukiCandy CoreCapsule Monster CappuccinoCaptain Penguinovski the 3rdEagle Eagle SabnosukeHot LipsYuko"Mon"KaoriSexy Star
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