A fun but depressing reminder that Gradius used to be a videogame, and not a pachinko machine. Will some indie developer out there just ripoff the weapon upgrade system and make us a good Gradius clone already?
"YOU CAN'T BEAT ME... NEVER! " *proceeded to not do ANYTHING to try to stop you from beating him." Jeez, dude. The Option Hunters were a nice try and all, but you are still the final boss of a Gradius game. Did you really believe anyone would believe your taunt?
The game breaks the 4th wall after you beat the 2nd loop of the entire game where Dr. Venom gives Vic Viper a Wii remote says he developed an anti bacterian program
I wish games like Gradius, R-type, Assault Suits Leynos, and more shoot em ups would be made regularly like cheap Call of Battle or whatever those dime-a-dozen games are.
Those series take time, and ideas that are actually good, which would take longer than a year to get together and program. Call of Duty is mindless shit for mindless players, every year just seems new maps with new weapons, but same idea, no thought put into them.
For me apparently, some weapons from Gradius are partially implemented into Thunder Force starting with IV. For Example: Double orientation is implemented into CLAWS/CRAWS while mimicking any weapon displayed.
Those 2, and Contra Rebirth seem to be stuck in limbo. I still have my Wii with all 3 games on it, just hope the Wii has a very long life, so I can continue playing all 3 Rebirth games.
By loop 3 the suicide bullet count is so high, you have to hide behind the gunwall in the last stage. Not sure if this one has the usual 8 loop difficulty limit cap though I think Gradius V stopped getting harder come loop 10 (can't remember if this game only has 3 loops and it's all over). Any other game in the series has unlimited loops.
Worst thing was i bought a Wii U, migrated all my Wii stuff over to it. Didn't think sold the Wii U. Kept the Wii realised I couldn't redownload the stuff back:(
This connects directly to the MSX Gradius 2 and 3 games, at least in 2 anyways, where Venom works for the Bacterions. In Gradius V, the sentient brain final boss was once called Venom, though not sure if it connects with Dr Venom or not.
There's nods in this game, the blue machine 2:21 is from "The Snatcher" (PC Engine) it was called "Metal Gear Mk II", The flying skulls 18:03 which spit out blue flames make me think about the bone heads from "Castlevania Circle of Moon" It's not surprising as these games were developed by Konami. Concerning this version of Gradius, I'm deceived there's nothing new, nothing surprising, there are so many levels revamped from memorable older versions of Gradius that I find unnecessary to play it. Clearly, Konami made this game for fans only, but as a fan I excepted them to do better.
@@Peannlui It's a prequel to Gradius 1 or not? Also isn't nemesis not canon to the arcade released Gradius game (it was something like a different telling of the story)?
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@@smolfluffy7596 The only way we'll see this, along with Contra ReBirth and Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, is if Konami ports them into one of their arcade anthology collections.
It's one of the easier games in the series, besides both original Game Boy titles. Yes, loops 2 and 3 can be insane, but loop 1 isn't that bad until very, very late in the game if you die, and recovery becomes harder. Trying playing Gradius III arcade, die even in stage 1, and good luck making a quick recovery on your next life (that game is merciless).
The Option Hunter (or Option Eater) enemy type can't actually hurt the Vic Viper. You'll notice all it does is take away the options from the ship in preparation for the end sequence.
@@knockers21 The Option Hunter in earlier games were there to knock the games rank (difficulty) down a bit without having to die to do so. The more powered up you are, the harder the game is, letting the Option Hunter steal an option or two helps lower the difficulty back down some. In this game, you don't see them till the end, they pull the exact same stunt as they did in Gradius Gaiden (which actually has them at random points in stages if you survive long enough).
I expected the Wii to have better graphics. This looks like something that could have been made for the original NES or Super Nintendo. It even has that slow effect when too many things on are the screen at once. I'm glad I didn't buy a Wii now.
ikaruga, Gradius IV is a bit old, but the game is still highly fun to play. Can get more brutal than Gradius 3 by loop 3. Chad Evans, these games (this Castlevania Rebirth, Contra Rebirth) were made like these on purpose as a love letter to long time fans of each series, people like myself, who bought all 3 on the Wii and still have the Wii they are on.
Just downloaded the game from Wii Shop, however some UA-cam vids I'm watching have different music for stage 1. Does it get unlocked later or something?
The alternative air battle theme is played when you select Type D or E aircrafts. So yes it is an unlockable since you need to beat the game once to unlock Type D and E.
Some videos used the original revision first released on the Wii, and later updated. Basically to get the update you had to delete the old version off the Wii, and since you paid for it, you could re-download it for free with the updated music in it.
@@Bloodreign1 Actually I figured it out! You're probably right too, but for me I beat the game once and the different song plays when you start stage 1 as a New Game Plus.
This is far superior to MD music as the MD chip could not match the excellent quality of arcade machine FM Synth. Only the Sharp X68000 stood toe to toe as that was also the guts of arcade machines at the time. The PC88/98 also had some great FM Synth in the games for both, the MD was not in the class any of the 3 machines I listed.
??? Blud heard an FM synthesis music in a video game and went GEMS flashbacks with the Genesis lmao 💀. The music's literally based off of Gradius 3's composition style and arcade sound hardware from Konami GX945's arcade board with the YM2151 FM chip and Konami K007232 sample chip combo which is even more capable than the Genesis's YM2612. Plus Manabu Namiki's the one whose cooking with the game's quality OST so why the "☹️" emote tho lol 💀😭
51:17 *Cough Cough* Disasterpiece *Cough* Mediocre Controller *Cough* Worst Controller Ever *Cough* Who Makes A TV Remote *Cough* A Video Game Controller? *Cough* *Cough Cough* *Dies* :3
I dont understand why they dont do gradius like the one from ps2, far better graphics, music and gameplay. This one is like 4 years later and worse , why?
It's a throwback game in the series, and a digital download. Gradius V also happens to be IMO the worst of the series, a HUGE letdown after the pinnacle of the series, Gradius Gaiden. Treasure tried to hard to make it like their shmups, and less like Gradius.
ryvoltz It's called Rebirth for a reason dude. It's a rebirth of the old games with better graphics and music. It's actually pretty cool to get the old school NES games with SNES graphics. You shouldn't complain about something as cool as that.
fireheartis1 Maybe I didn't get the purpose of the thing. As I said, Gradius V, for PS2, had much better graphics. But if the idea was to make something that looked like the previous ones, then it's ok.
Didn't make Gradius V a better game, far too many series staples not in it, to me Gradius Gaiden was the peak of the series. The music was grand thanks to Hitoshi Sakimoto, but the game felt incredibly bland IMO. I still have my copy because I love Gradius, but Gaiden sees far more play from me these days than V.
This feels like Gradius more than Gradius V. This was also a downloadable game, unlike Gradius V which was a DVD based game. This was also a throwback to fans of the originals, and fans of the MSX series. And you know what, this game just feels right as a Gradius game.
An opinion can only be so wrong, except in this case. Beauty is in the ear of the beholder, and you are quite alone on that. This game takes music from the older games, and gives them that arcade style Gradius III FM Synth sound, and crystal clear audio makes it sound so rich.
Idk man but the Gradius III inspired composition style seems like a perfect combination for a prequel imo. Especially when the legendary Manabu Namiki of Battle Garegga fame is involved with the game's music. Welp it's your opinion speaking so it's all fine lmao.
This is disappointed !!! Nothing new , just the remake of the old stages and boss . I don't understand why Konami must always do same things again and again . They should have create New Gradius with brand new stages , new boss that's not come from the old Gradius in series . Yes , it would be more like High Quality 3D too . It should be " Revolution " NOT " Remake " ( Yes , the name is " Rebirth " BUT it's more like " Remake " anyway ) ==
Yeah...sad thing . I think Konami just focus on musical arcade game ( like Jubeat , Museca or Beatmania ) too much . It seem to be only thing they do best for now :(
I wouldn't call it a "remake" I would say a "remix" or Tribute, because they took many ideas and re-imagined in a clever way some levels from all the past gradius games. Is not as good as Gradius Gaiden or Gradius V but is nice, and they actually introduced new enemies here, which is double nice. I really appreciate having a new Gradius game that is good an worth the time to check out, not like the shitty Gradius Galaxy. Actually, one of the best Gradius games (for me) is Gradius V and I would say that Treasure did an EXCELLENT Tribute to the saga, because they did the same thing as this guys, but to make it look different and "new", they used a different graphical approach, totally new in the series, which, I guess is what makes it feel like a "new" gradius game. I think the error here, is that they used the same graphical style that is well-known in the series, instead of giving it a new face, like Treasure Did. Maybe a little recommendation: If you're a Hardcore fan of Gradius, I would totally say "give it a try, you will like it". If you haven't play a Gradius game before, I would say "This is a nice game to start,". Besides, the wave system pleases Hardcore-fans as well.
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Now that Wii Shop is dead this needs to be re-released!
Me: Finally, a Gradius game without slowdown?
Konami: don’t be stupid!
you see, where lag ruins most games, it is your friend in Gradius
@@kirby9759 I was about to say: let’s give thanks for the slowdown in gradius
@@darkridearts lol
M2 are an awesome company and are now officially behind the Sega Genesis Mini!! Hurrah!
A fun but depressing reminder that Gradius used to be a videogame, and not a pachinko machine.
Will some indie developer out there just ripoff the weapon upgrade system and make us a good Gradius clone already?
@@VeneoTheVGMMusicianBased shmup suggestion
This is basically a retelling of the original Gradius/Nemesis. Nice to see how the story started.
So many things lifted from other Gradius/Nemesis games, like the boss musics. I love it.
dude gradius/nemesis! lifeforce/salamander. your the real deal if you know those distinguishments. i salute you sir.
Mostly lifted from the MSX versions.
I must admit I think this looks great with the graphics hardware of the Wii
sir sir? whatz wrong w. the wii hardware? eh?
The Perfect 100K Views on this Video Now! Congrats World of Longplays!
Brings back memories when i first played this thx for the upload :D
5:58
"Mr Vic Viper i dont feel so good..."
"YOU CAN'T BEAT ME... NEVER! " *proceeded to not do ANYTHING to try to stop you from beating him."
Jeez, dude. The Option Hunters were a nice try and all, but you are still the final boss of a Gradius game. Did you really believe anyone would believe your taunt?
The funny thing is, this taunt voice originally come from Salamander 2, whose final boss actually fights back.
Doom, right?
@@TenkuHorai yep
Damn great soundtrack! M2 should really remake more Konami games. Rocket Knight Rebirth would be great.
Don't hold your breath. Konami has gone all EA as of late
Knightmare rebirth
The game breaks the 4th wall after you beat the 2nd loop of the entire game where Dr. Venom gives Vic Viper a Wii remote says he developed an anti bacterian program
26:01 The last boss in the entire series
The voice samples are from "Gradius III" (arcade version).
I noticed this
my favorite voice samples
Finally an okay soundtrack (specially the remakes) after Gradius 1 and 2 (MSX).
Long live the mighty MSX
12:38 The Moai the merrier.
Otaku De Carnitas unoriginal comment
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I wish games like Gradius, R-type, Assault Suits Leynos, and more shoot em ups would be made regularly like cheap Call of Battle or whatever those dime-a-dozen games are.
Those series take time, and ideas that are actually good, which would take longer than a year to get together and program. Call of Duty is mindless shit for mindless players, every year just seems new maps with new weapons, but same idea, no thought put into them.
For me apparently, some weapons from Gradius are partially implemented into Thunder Force starting with IV. For Example: Double orientation is implemented into CLAWS/CRAWS while mimicking any weapon displayed.
Lots of Interstellar Assault music in this game.
MSX Gradius series music, which Interstellar Assault borrowed music from.
Konami should put this and the Castlevania Rebirth on Steam. We'd buy it.
They will port them to switch
Those 2, and Contra Rebirth seem to be stuck in limbo. I still have my Wii with all 3 games on it, just hope the Wii has a very long life, so I can continue playing all 3 Rebirth games.
dr venom seems sus lately its we have imposter among us
38:00からまるで
TAITOの某テーブルゲームのラストステージとボスとのバトルみたいです😓
By loop 3 the suicide bullet count is so high, you have to hide behind the gunwall in the last stage. Not sure if this one has the usual 8 loop difficulty limit cap though I think Gradius V stopped getting harder come loop 10 (can't remember if this game only has 3 loops and it's all over). Any other game in the series has unlimited loops.
god bless M2
1:10:58 Does anybody else notice the same voice line was used for the Salamander 2 Game Over screen?
1:04:12 - That was a close call !!!
When is someone going to fix this god dammit??!!! when you click on a timestamp, it shouldn't open in a new browser tab
siIvermate Opens in same tab for me. I'm using firefox.
gamerdude0 Opera
siIvermate Same shit here on chrome.
Vagabond 1983 Its stupid Google+
How do you trust a guy named Dr. Venom, anyway?
PinkArmFlexer cuz this was before (i think) he turned to the dark side (NEMESIS 2 SPOILERS)
Schlauchi did a great job :D
Albert anti climatic game. There should have been at least 2 more levels.
Worst thing was i bought a Wii U, migrated all my Wii stuff over to it. Didn't think sold the Wii U. Kept the Wii realised I couldn't redownload the stuff back:(
We need a re-release
so...rebirth is the prequel of nemesis 2 msx....right?
Gunma the retro gamer could be, cause doctor venom
All of the weapons are derived from Gradius I-III & Nemesis 1-3.
Fly The Vic Viper And Destroy The Core In Gradius Rebirth From Konami!
Better someone else plays this than me!
39:03 Scream Riptor Killer Instinct
"My job is to get things done!"
-every decent salaried person ever
Back when Konami was the/a Holy Grail of good games
This wasnt developed by Konami homie. It was M2. Konami was already in extreme suck territory at this point.
@@cadenparsons9793 oh,right
never thought that dr venom was the evil behind all this 🤯
This connects directly to the MSX Gradius 2 and 3 games, at least in 2 anyways, where Venom works for the Bacterions. In Gradius V, the sentient brain final boss was once called Venom, though not sure if it connects with Dr Venom or not.
Looks like an excellent game after the nightmare that was Gradius III ARC, will Konami ever make another?
Have you even played Gradius Gaiden?
John Gaines no
If they do, it's going to be a pachinko machine.
Arcade Gradius 3 is awesome.
1:56 Easter Egg To Axelay, SNES Konami Legend, Followed By Antarctic Adventures, NES Favourite....
You should check out Penguin Adventure on MSX far superior to AA
Justin Cherriman Thanks For Suggestion, Man!
There's nods in this game, the blue machine 2:21 is from "The Snatcher" (PC Engine) it was called "Metal Gear Mk II",
The flying skulls 18:03 which spit out blue flames make me think about the bone heads from "Castlevania Circle of Moon"
It's not surprising as these games were developed by Konami.
Concerning this version of Gradius, I'm deceived there's nothing new, nothing surprising, there are so many levels revamped from memorable older versions of Gradius that I find unnecessary to play it.
Clearly, Konami made this game for fans only, but as a fan I excepted them to do better.
well if it arnt broken dont fix it
Ivan orozco Exactly!
The boneheads that shoot out flames were also in the PC Engine port of the original Gradius, long before Circle of the Moon existed.
This game is a prequel.
At 0:03 it sounds like covid 19 virus creep music.
스토리가 msx판 그라디우스 대로 가는데 생각보다 난이도 있네 ㄷㄷ
"To be continued"
Wait what happens after this game?
Nemesis 2!
@@Peannlui It's a prequel to Gradius 1 or not?
Also isn't nemesis not canon to the arcade released Gradius game (it was something like a different telling of the story)?
You'd have to play the MSX version of Gradius 2 (Nemesis 2 in Europe) to find out. This is the events that led up to that games story.
Nice! Is this game on the Wii U?
I had replied earlier and said you couldn't, but you can.
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wad manager right?
Gradius rebirth is for the wii consle
@@smolfluffy7596 The only way we'll see this, along with Contra ReBirth and Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, is if Konami ports them into one of their arcade anthology collections.
aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh master peace!!! its even suffer slowdown!!!!
1:13:26 god damn I hate cliffhangers!
To be continued........... in an MSX game released in 1987.........
陳家驤 that never left Japan or Europe
@@charaznableplays2110 He never said Gradius in his comment. In fact, he didn't even say the name of the game at all. Also, relax man. Why so rude?
14:12 This might be a hot take, but THEY STOLE THAT BOSS FROM ARKANOID!
Man, orbital defense platforms are WEIRD.
うまいな
Wait... Isn't This Doctor Who Made Vic Viper The Villain Of The Series?
yes, he is venom from the nemesis 2 msx
Gunma the retro gamer Yeah! Now I Remember!
You don't have to capitalise every word you write, that's just as bad as not capitalising any words at all.
Adrian Fahrenheit Nah..... Thanks. I Am Fine The Way I Am. (Y)
Ash Williams Yeah but the way you write is obnoxious.
*"Destroy the Core!"*
Gee, thanks for the timely rescue, Captain Obvious. No way we could ever figure out the blatantly obvious by ourselves.
so many msx sound effects ....
Voices: At words called START voices About Jaeclyn same as level start from Super Princess Peach
Game is punishingly difficult. If you die once, you are better off starting the whole game over again.
It's one of the easier games in the series, besides both original Game Boy titles. Yes, loops 2 and 3 can be insane, but loop 1 isn't that bad until very, very late in the game if you die, and recovery becomes harder. Trying playing Gradius III arcade, die even in stage 1, and good luck making a quick recovery on your next life (that game is merciless).
26:36 METAL SLUG!
1:12:30 - What do you mean "you people"?
GRADIUS REBIRTH IN GRADIUS COLLECTION FOR PSP
This game was so hard I felt like taking a sledge hammer to my Wii in absolute frustration.
That's the style we older gamers are used to, devs loved torturing the hell out of us back in the day to make us better at games.
For another great challenge, try the Ghosts and Goblins series, as well as Battletoads and old Ninja Gaiden. It's infuriating and invigorating.
Disagree,this is not bullet-hell game
Gradius 5 considering
Any chance for a Wii Longplay of Blaster Master Overdrive?
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26:05 - 26:10 - I saw you colliding with enemies but you did not die - why?
The hit detection on the old games wasn't perfect they must've left it in for nostalgia
Jason Probably He's probably using a cheat of some kind as this game is super hard and extremely frustrating.
Tverdislav Rolensky I disagree he must be using a cheat as he would of died in seconds.
The Option Hunter (or Option Eater) enemy type can't actually hurt the Vic Viper. You'll notice all it does is take away the options from the ship in preparation for the end sequence.
@@knockers21 The Option Hunter in earlier games were there to knock the games rank (difficulty) down a bit without having to die to do so. The more powered up you are, the harder the game is, letting the Option Hunter steal an option or two helps lower the difficulty back down some. In this game, you don't see them till the end, they pull the exact same stunt as they did in Gradius Gaiden (which actually has them at random points in stages if you survive long enough).
to be continued?
Yes, Nemesis 2, aka Gradius 2 on the MSX is the continuation of this story.
Re-release?
I expected the Wii to have better graphics. This looks like something that could have been made for the original NES or Super Nintendo. It even has that slow effect when too many things on are the screen at once. I'm glad I didn't buy a Wii now.
This game is looking retro on purpose...
Look at Gradiud IV, the 3D aged badly (maybe it's the same for Gradius V but in a lesser extent)
ikaruga, Gradius IV is a bit old, but the game is still highly fun to play. Can get more brutal than Gradius 3 by loop 3.
Chad Evans, these games (this Castlevania Rebirth, Contra Rebirth) were made like these on purpose as a love letter to long time fans of each series, people like myself, who bought all 3 on the Wii and still have the Wii they are on.
Just downloaded the game from Wii Shop, however some UA-cam vids I'm watching have different music for stage 1. Does it get unlocked later or something?
The alternative air battle theme is played when you select Type D or E aircrafts. So yes it is an unlockable since you need to beat the game once to unlock Type D and E.
Some videos used the original revision first released on the Wii, and later updated. Basically to get the update you had to delete the old version off the Wii, and since you paid for it, you could re-download it for free with the updated music in it.
@@Bloodreign1 Actually I figured it out! You're probably right too, but for me I beat the game once and the different song plays when you start stage 1 as a New Game Plus.
Manny Pacquiao of Tekken & Def Jam
Gradius/nemesis rebirth: the prequel........to nemesis 2
Dark Souls at 6:30
GH Productions Don't compare this game to Dark Souls...just stop
Enough comparing Dark Souls to games harder than it, those retro games don't need to be insulted like that.
That Megadrive quality music, though ☹️.
This is far superior to MD music as the MD chip could not match the excellent quality of arcade machine FM Synth. Only the Sharp X68000 stood toe to toe as that was also the guts of arcade machines at the time. The PC88/98 also had some great FM Synth in the games for both, the MD was not in the class any of the 3 machines I listed.
??? Blud heard an FM synthesis music in a video game and went GEMS flashbacks with the Genesis lmao 💀.
The music's literally based off of Gradius 3's composition style and arcade sound hardware from Konami GX945's arcade board with the YM2151 FM chip and Konami K007232 sample chip combo which is even more capable than the Genesis's YM2612.
Plus Manabu Namiki's the one whose cooking with the game's quality OST so why the "☹️" emote tho lol 💀😭
im getting a wii for 10bucks i got a game cube for 5 thats right 5 bucks
Congratulations you son of a bytch
1:13:27
TO BE CONTINUED....
Bro….. upgrade your weapons to level 2…..sheesh…
Pass this game three times to have the true ending? Nice job konami😏😏
Too bad konami is a pachinko company now
51:17 *Cough Cough* Disasterpiece *Cough* Mediocre Controller *Cough* Worst Controller Ever *Cough* Who Makes A TV Remote *Cough* A Video Game Controller? *Cough* *Cough Cough* *Dies* :3
Lol that Easter egg
1:11:08
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I dont understand why they dont do gradius like the one from ps2, far better graphics, music and gameplay. This one is like 4 years later and worse , why?
They have to fit the game into Wii’s tiny flash memory plus this game is meant to be a throwback.
It's a throwback game in the series, and a digital download. Gradius V also happens to be IMO the worst of the series, a HUGE letdown after the pinnacle of the series, Gradius Gaiden.
Treasure tried to hard to make it like their shmups, and less like Gradius.
Quallity GBA port XD
愛新持栄隊総館超久保田勉ゲーム新大臣!仕事対策大臣!安全自殺対策大臣!地方活性化大臣!規制緩和大臣!
That's a pity... Nintendo Wii with THOSE graphics? PS2 Gradius V looked MUCH better.
ryvoltz its a download game
ryvoltz It's called Rebirth for a reason dude. It's a rebirth of the old games with better graphics and music. It's actually pretty cool to get the old school NES games with SNES graphics. You shouldn't complain about something as cool as that.
fireheartis1 Maybe I didn't get the purpose of the thing. As I said, Gradius V, for PS2, had much better graphics. But if the idea was to make something that looked like the previous ones, then it's ok.
What an idiot you are!! O_o
Didn't make Gradius V a better game, far too many series staples not in it, to me Gradius Gaiden was the peak of the series. The music was grand thanks to Hitoshi Sakimoto, but the game felt incredibly bland IMO. I still have my copy because I love Gradius, but Gaiden sees far more play from me these days than V.
THIS IS FUCKING TERRIBLE compared to Gradius V.
This feels like Gradius more than Gradius V. This was also a downloadable game, unlike Gradius V which was a DVD based game. This was also a throwback to fans of the originals, and fans of the MSX series. And you know what, this game just feels right as a Gradius game.
Worst music ever on a gradius game.
Howard Johnson that's just your opinion
An opinion can only be so wrong, except in this case. Beauty is in the ear of the beholder, and you are quite alone on that. This game takes music from the older games, and gives them that arcade style Gradius III FM Synth sound, and crystal clear audio makes it sound so rich.
Idk man but the Gradius III inspired composition style seems like a perfect combination for a prequel imo. Especially when the legendary Manabu Namiki of Battle Garegga fame is involved with the game's music. Welp it's your opinion speaking so it's all fine lmao.
This is disappointed !!! Nothing new , just the remake of the old stages and boss . I don't understand why Konami must always do same things again and again . They should have create New Gradius with brand new stages , new boss that's not come from the old Gradius in series . Yes , it would be more like High Quality 3D too . It should be " Revolution " NOT " Remake " ( Yes , the name is " Rebirth " BUT it's more like " Remake " anyway ) ==
Out of ideas maybe? :(
Yeah...sad thing . I think Konami just focus on musical arcade game ( like Jubeat , Museca or Beatmania ) too much . It seem to be only thing they do best for now :(
At least we have the past. Konami made some incredible games.
Yes , Konami is still legendary game company anyway :-)
I wouldn't call it a "remake" I would say a "remix" or Tribute, because they took many ideas and re-imagined in a clever way some levels from all the past gradius games. Is not as good as Gradius Gaiden or Gradius V but is nice, and they actually introduced new enemies here, which is double nice. I really appreciate having a new Gradius game that is good an worth the time to check out, not like the shitty Gradius Galaxy.
Actually, one of the best Gradius games (for me) is Gradius V and I would say that Treasure did an EXCELLENT Tribute to the saga, because they did the same thing as this guys, but to make it look different and "new", they used a different graphical approach, totally new in the series, which, I guess is what makes it feel like a "new" gradius game.
I think the error here, is that they used the same graphical style that is well-known in the series, instead of giving it a new face, like Treasure Did.
Maybe a little recommendation:
If you're a Hardcore fan of Gradius, I would totally say "give it a try, you will like it". If you haven't play a Gradius game before, I would say "This is a nice game to start,". Besides, the wave system pleases Hardcore-fans as well.