just beat this recently. truly the best gradius of em all imo. lots of new stuff and cool ideas going on here. no idea why this never made it to united states
I love how Gaiden pays its respects to what came before, but it never just straight up reuses anything from a previous game unchanged like 2 and especially 3 did. Crystal Core? It's a wreck buried in a wall. Brain Golem? It's an illusion. Death? Two of it, and they're being puppeteered by a third boss. Tetran? It's made of lasers now. The moai? They shoot lasers too, and break in half in a really cool way. That iconic stratified volcano stage? Being eaten by a black hole. And it gives you new thing after new thing after new thing - the developers knew that the best way to respect the Gradius lineage wasn't by just playing the hits, but being as good and original as the series had been at its previous heights. And the game's absolutely gorgeous, which doesn't hurt. Best Gradius by far. Treasure also understood that idea when making V, but they didn't seem to know that colours exist beyond grey, brown, grey-brown and eye-searing green. And they do fall into a little bit of playing the hits with the reused bosses, even though they vastly bumped up their movesets.
I'm so happy to see playthroughs with either Vic Viper or Lord British! The ones with Falchion (sp?) & Jade Knight make the game a LOT easier. There was one playthrough where I saw someone using Jade Knight, & had the weapons edit set up where he/she would use the "completely invincible for 3 seconds" shield type CONSTANTLY. ( they had it setup where the shield was the 1st item in the power bar ). Not knocking the player who did that cause I'm a huge fan of their videos, but that makes the game super easy =[ so I'm glad to see that your video is more....old school so to speak =P
Would the walking Konami logo be retained in the US version of Gradius Gaiden if it had been released in the USA or would it be replace with the Konami logo coming out of rock?
Wait. The quotes archive had that for "stage 2 boss," but not for O.V.U.M. And while I don't hear either stage 2 boss say that, I do hear O.V.U.M. say that. Maybe that archive was mixed up. Oh well, another day in the life of Konami.
(Sorry if my comment have horrible English and stupid info but...) Anyone agree's with me that the game look's like use the Castlevania: SotN motor? these two games sincerously look very similar even the effect's reminds me so much.
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just beat this recently. truly the best gradius of em all imo. lots of new stuff and cool ideas going on here. no idea why this never made it to united states
blame sony america for the "no 2d games on muh 3d consoles" policy back in the day
fuck. couldn't even make past that ice worm fight, hehe…
I really like Gradius V but Gaiden is far more challenging. my favorite fighter is the Falchion β
Konami really pushed the 2D capabilities of the PS1 with this game.
I Love every Organic Stages in Every Gradius Games! its such Amazing Designs!
Damn, that was one of the better Gradius Gaiden playthroughs i've seen, i'm impressed.
Gradius Is the best space shooter I've ever played I would love to see a sequel on this game or remake
Wow! First time seeing this. Amazing graphics and music.
I love how Gaiden pays its respects to what came before, but it never just straight up reuses anything from a previous game unchanged like 2 and especially 3 did. Crystal Core? It's a wreck buried in a wall. Brain Golem? It's an illusion. Death? Two of it, and they're being puppeteered by a third boss. Tetran? It's made of lasers now. The moai? They shoot lasers too, and break in half in a really cool way. That iconic stratified volcano stage? Being eaten by a black hole. And it gives you new thing after new thing after new thing - the developers knew that the best way to respect the Gradius lineage wasn't by just playing the hits, but being as good and original as the series had been at its previous heights. And the game's absolutely gorgeous, which doesn't hurt. Best Gradius by far.
Treasure also understood that idea when making V, but they didn't seem to know that colours exist beyond grey, brown, grey-brown and eye-searing green. And they do fall into a little bit of playing the hits with the reused bosses, even though they vastly bumped up their movesets.
The intro was sick!
Oh my god, this game looks so freakin' sweet.
Out of all the videos I have seen you have to be one the only one that accomplished this run without Cheats.
I love all the old gradius bosses all over this game.. what fun.
Gradius' magnum opus and a closure to the old era of Gradius. Gradius V imo was a reboot albeit a good one.
tokyobassist What about Gradius IV?
Not emulated. Game was played and footage recorded from actual PS2.
How'd you get the subtitles? Never seen that before.
Video editing.
I'm so happy to see playthroughs with either Vic Viper or Lord British! The ones with Falchion (sp?) & Jade Knight make the game a LOT easier. There was one playthrough where I saw someone using Jade Knight, & had the weapons edit set up where he/she would use the "completely invincible for 3 seconds" shield type CONSTANTLY. ( they had it setup where the shield was the 1st item in the power bar ). Not knocking the player who did that cause I'm a huge fan of their videos, but that makes the game super easy =[ so I'm glad to see that your video is more....old school so to speak =P
Would the walking Konami logo be retained in the US version of Gradius Gaiden if it had been released in the USA or would it be replace with the Konami logo coming out of rock?
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This game is incredible hard. I got to the last stage but never managed to beat it :(
I have played gradius 1 3 4 5 but not 2 or this Gaiden
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I like Gradius the weapons and the enemies and the music love it
Wait. The quotes archive had that for "stage 2 boss," but not for O.V.U.M. And while I don't hear either stage 2 boss say that, I do hear O.V.U.M. say that. Maybe that archive was mixed up. Oh well, another day in the life of Konami.
This game had one of Gradius' better announcers. V had the best though, IMO.
omg I want to play this rn
Gradius Gaiden or EINHANDER? which better?
Hey, Seahawk, do you plan on doing a run that includes all four ships?
This emulated or did you use a cap card?
Have you ever tried Salamander? I think you'd like it.
Are the subtitles part of the game? I don't remember them.
I wish this came out for the Saturn aswell
How much did you pay for your Nippon PS2? I can't find a reasonably priced one anywhere!
I have played it, but with any sort of dedicated focus yet.
Watch your bunghole!!
(Sorry if my comment have horrible English and stupid info but...)
Anyone agree's with me that the game look's like use the Castlevania: SotN motor? these two games sincerously look very similar even the effect's reminds me so much.
well both are from Konami and were launched on the same year, it wouldn't been weird that they shared that kind of stuff
Why did this game not see a release outside of Japan before the PSP Collection?
Shooting games typically do not sell well at all outside of Japan.
SHMUPs maybe.
Was it Nobil or Grave that said "Don't think you've won. I'll be back"?
nobil?
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How do you know this? He didn't say anything on defeat in any playthrough I watched.
oh wait none od both of them do >_
２面上ルートの動画は珍しいかも……？
Buena batalla contra los Moai, sería interesante verte contra las 4 en la segunda vuelta! :D
Black hole vanished drive system to normal mode
WTF the final boss??
Konami shoot em up gradius from Konami 2020
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I have read that many consider this Gradius game to be the easiest. Would you agree?
Im not Seahawk I know but no...
This is in my opinion is a little hard, not at the level of Gradius III obviously but it's not that easier either.
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Tardaste mucho es matarlo con ese laser, salia mejor usar el double! Hablo del gusano del primer nivel.
@5:45 is the game voice gay?
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