| “ | Shoot the center! | „ |
| ~ Announcer in Gradius Gaiden |
Shining Core (シャイニングコア Shainingu Koa) is the third boss in Gradius Gaiden.
Description[]
The battle starts off with two red crystals colliding with each other, with one of them exiting the screen, followed by a huge orange crystal containing a medium sized spaceship inside appearing from the top-right corner, which then collides with the remaining crystal, sending it offscreen. The orange crystal will then position itself in the middle-left part of the screen, breaking apart and releasing the Shining Core, which has four barriers.
Attack patterns[]
Shining Core first appears inside a huge crystal which then shatters (the expelled debris won't cause damage). A smaller craft will then attach to its back end, which is where its rainbow laser attack comes from.
At first, it will fire two long lasers and eight chaff shots which last about two seconds; this is easily avoided by staying in the middle of them. It will then fire a huge amount of chaff, lasting five to ten seconds; if the player zig zags through them, most of them will miss. Next, it will fire its signature four rainbow lasers, which last about four seconds, while also firing twin lasers from its normal cannons three times (these are not too hard to avoid). It will then repeat the process.
When defeated, the small craft will blow apart and the main core will warp away.
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. | |