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November Is LEGO Vic Viper Month
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | November now has a theme we can all get behind, with a Flickr group kicking off Novvember, a month-long event aimed at building as many LEGO Vic Vipers from Gradius as is humanly possible. More »
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Another Pretty Vic Viper For The Space Fleet
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | You can never be too thin, too rich or have too many Vic Viper spaceships from the Gradius series. That’s why it’s so easy to recommend the latest, a special Gradius II edition. More »
Weekly Wii Update – Finally, Balance Board Tetris
12:20AM Mike Fahey | We’ve had some pretty major Weekly Wii updates over the past few months, so it’s about time we take it down a notch and give our Wii points a little rest, isn’t it? Today sees the release of two WiiWare titles and two Virtual Console classics that we could really give or take. I suppose the multiplayer online of Tetris Party for WiiWare (1200 points) is somewhat exciting, as is the prospect of somehow controlling Tetris with your Wii Balance Board, but nothing we’re in a hurry to check out. Digital Leisure brings us The Incredible Maze (500 points), another Balance Board compatible title that has you navigating…incredible mazes. Okay! More »
Konami’s Boobs + Gradius Xbox 360 Shooter Delayed!
7:30PM Brian Ashcraft | The Xbox 360 port of Konami’s arcade boobs + Gradius side-scrolling shooting game Otomedius G: Gorgeous has been pushed back. The game was originally slated for release on September 25th, but the company announced that it holding back the game. The reason? “To eradicate bugs and improve the quality even more”, Konami stated. No other release date was given. 『オトメディウスG（ゴージャス！）』の発売延期について [Konami] [Pic] More »
Gradius ReBirth Gives WiiWare Some Options
11:30AM Michael McWhertor | While we were hunkered down at the Los Angeles Convention Centre last week, wondering “Is that it?” of E3 2008, Konami announced Gradius ReBirth, a WiiWare title that looks to fill the Gradius void in our lives. Like the retro stylings of Mega Man 9, Konami is giving the hardcore what they want — gameplay minus expensive production values — and they’re doing it through digital distribution. Gradius ReBirth is planned for a winter release in Japan. If it arrives elsewhere, buy it. Convince Konami to restart work on Gradius VI. Seriously. Gradius ReBirth [Konami] More »Konami Boob Shooter Stick Lets Players Touch
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Konami arcade shooter Otomedius features a touch screen and traditional joystick/buton interface. How the heck is that going to work on the Xbox 360 version? Well! Konami has teamed up with Japanese peripheral maker Hori to offer a solution: The Hyper Stick Pro – Otomedius Gorgeous Version. The specific stick features a touch pad, making it possible to recreate the arcade Otomedius experience at home. Bundle with Otomedius Gorgeous and character badges, the Hyper Stick Pro – Otomedius Gorgeous Version will go on sale September 25th for around ¥27,000 ($AU 265.05). So subtract the $AU 62.36 or the $AU 72.76 that the game will retail and remember touching doesn’t come cheap! Check out the gorgeous Otomedius Gorgeous trailer here. Hori Otomedius [Konami Style via Arcade Renaissance] More »
If Gradius Was A Text Adventure Game…
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | There’s been loads of games-as-text-adventure parodies, but something about this Gradius one is so brilliant, so charming. Maybe it’s the “C:\>Dodge bullets”? Who knows, this is great. Gradius as Text [Gay Gamer] More »
Gradius + Boobs For Xbox 360 Confirmed
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Well, looks like Konami’s site was right. (Funny how that works!) Konami’s Gradius plus boobs side scroller shooter Otomedius is bound for the Xbox 360. Called Otomedius G, there’s no release date set as of yet, and we’re pretty sure it won’t cost US$645,316.71, tax not included. So what we didn’t know? The “G” stands for “gorgeous” — a word Japanese folks typically use to describe luxurious things. If you live in Japan and haven’t seen Otomedius, you really should. It’s a pretty game that uses a touch screen and is packed with important shmup elements like, well, shooting and, um, touch-screen boob touching. Wonder how Konami will work that in on the Xbox 360 version… DS port anyone? Otomedius G Confirmed [My Game News Flash] More »
The Gradius II Vic Viper Model Shoots The Core Of My Heart
1:18PM Michael McWhertor | Another Gradius game is looking less and less likely, now that talk of Gradius VI for the PlayStation 3 has been completely silenced, but shmup fans can at least remember the good old days with this excellent Vic Viper model. Based on the Gradius II design and expected to ship in April, the Atelier Sai distributed ship follows a trio of previous Vic Vipers. Those three were based on Konami’s slightly creepy Sky Girls anime, which featured spindly teenage girls in exoskeletons. Targeted at the aircraft fetishists who like women with wings for legs, the Sky Girls Vic Vipers was tainted with off-canon colours, but still looked pretty snazzy. Fortunately, that’s all in the past. More »
