Well how to start on this one...

This is my fourth review hope you enjoy it!


well this is a game I've never played on the actual SNES but it was never released in the USA not sure if it was even released in Europe (lol) I found it on Vizzed and it was really fun to play.
The Music, sound and gamplay were absolutely enjoyable and entertained me for a couple of hours. It's like the other Gradius games. In this one you take control of one of four Konami characters Gradius-style. You could pretend it's yet another Gradius game and play as Vic Viper. But who'd wanna do that? Why be the Vic Viper ship when you could be Takosuke the Octopus? How about Twinbee from the Twinbee games? Even Pentarou the Penguin from Antarctic Adventure? That's great that you can choice from different characters in this great game.
so If your looking for a time waster, and some frustration, then this is the game for you.

Well first of about the gameplay If you've played a vertical scrolling shooter before, you know what to expect. Dodging many projectiles, huge bosses, many, MANY enemies. The characters get their own powers. Vic Viper can get a Laser, Takosuke gets Ripple, Twinbee gets a 3-Way gun, Pentarou gets a Spread bomb. Of course, in classic Gradius affair, you have to collect these little orange things that you can determine what to power up. Speed, Missile (different missile each character), Double/verticle/back, Laser/Ripple/3-Way/Spread Bomb, Option, "!?" and Shield (Again, different for each character.) Some enemies'll drop "Bells." If you've played any of the Twinbee games, you'll know how they work. Shoot them so the colors can change, ranging in "Bell powers" to "points." so all the weapons togheter and you have a nice upgrade range of what to choose from.

now of to the actual review


Graphics 8 out of 10 ;  The graphics look quite good. The bosses look nice with all the colors the bullets are noticeable , and the characters look unique in their own way also all of the enemy's have their own sprite and there are a lot of enemy's in this game!

Sound 9 out of 10 ; I really dig the music. Each character has his own theme, and they're all wonderful. The stage musics also sound groovy, ranging from bippin' (Carnival stage) to downright eerie (The bone yard stage.) Long time Gradius fans'll recognize a famous boss song that's been there since the first game the music was one of my most favourite parts of this game it just keeps you enjoyed through the most part of this one.

Addictiveness 6 out of 10 ; the game is fun to play but you die a lot so that can create some rage moments.... I enjoy this game if I could beat it  I probably won't replay it because it's just a straight forward shooter. 

Story Blank ;  There's virtually no story here at all, from what I know. It's basically you just going through the worlds in the galaxy, taking out random obstacles in your way. Whether they be zombie penguins or an intergalactic pirate ship, they all wanna destroy you. 


Depth 5 out of 10 ; It's a pretty small game nothing much to it apart from that you get the game-over screen a lot if you didn't die all the time this game would be too straight forward.

Difficulty 8 out of 10 ; like I said before this game is hard you die most of the time because there are bullets and missile's flying all over the screen if you don't have enough "upgrades" before the boss you're in for a bad time!


Well if you're looking for a time waster this is the game for you.