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|name = Shadow Gear
| Boss Name = {{PAGENAME}}
 
| image = {{PAGENAME}}.png
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|image = Shadow Gear.png
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| Appears = [[Gradius III|Gradius III Arcade]] and [[Gradius '93]]
 
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|full_name =
| Previous = [[Disrupt]]
 
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|english_name =
| Next = [[Bacterian]]
 
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|japanese_name = シャドーギア<br />''Shadō Gia''
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|type = [[:category:Walkers|Walker]]
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|appearances = ''[[Gradius III]]'' (Arcade)
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|theme = "[[Final Shot]]"
 
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{{Nihongo|'''Shadow Gear'''|シャドーギア}} is a [[:category:Gradius III bosses|boss]] exclusive to the arcade version of ''[[Gradius III]]''.
Shadow Gear is the [[Shadow Dancer]] in [[Gradius III]] Arcade, Gradius III SNES and [[Gradius '93]], except it has eight legs. You have to avoid these legs until you get to the end. There's a Tshadow dancer called [[Elephant Gear]] which, like Shadow Gear, is drastically different than the average shadow dancer. In Gradius '93, the 2 Shadow Gears are accompinied by the duckers.In Gradius III SNES, it was named Shadow Gear MK II that has 4 legs instead of a spikes, it has 3 groups which can be destroyed.
 
   
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==Description==
== Major Differences Between the Arcade and the SNES[[Category:Mechs/Gunwalls]] ==
 
Shadow Gear is very different in Gradius III SNES and Arcade, in the Arcade, he is invulnerable however, in Gradius III SNES have Higher Health than the Previous Shadow Gear, the both difference are the legs since the SNES version (Shadow Gear MK II) which can be destroyed and it has 3 groups.
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Shadow Gear is the [[Shadow Dancer]] in ''[[Gradius III]]'' Arcade, except it has eight legs. You have to avoid these legs until you get to the end. In the SNES version, it was replaced by the [[Shadow Gear MK II]].
   
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The Shadow Gear has a unique design, unlike all other Walkers in the series, comprised of four large sticks with pointy ends, connected on their middle by rotating bodies. Each of the sticks move independently, turning 45 degrees then pulling the rest of the body.
== Trivia ==
 
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Both SNES and Arcade have different colors (including cores) of this boss.
 
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{{Gradius III}}
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{{Mechanical Bosses}}
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[[Category:Walkers]]
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[[Category:Gradius III bosses]]

Revision as of 19:21, 28 November 2019

Shadow Gear (シャドーギア?) is a boss exclusive to the arcade version of Gradius III.

Description

Shadow Gear is the Shadow Dancer in Gradius III Arcade, except it has eight legs. You have to avoid these legs until you get to the end. In the SNES version, it was replaced by the Shadow Gear MK II.

The Shadow Gear has a unique design, unlike all other Walkers in the series, comprised of four large sticks with pointy ends, connected on their middle by rotating bodies. Each of the sticks move independently, turning 45 degrees then pulling the rest of the body.

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