Gradius Rebirth announced for WiiWare

by Andrew Yoon { Jul 17th 2008 at 11:00AM }

It looks like Mega Man 9 started something. A new retro-flavored Gradius title has been announced for WiiWare. Gradius Rebirth will strike Japanese Wii systems this Summer. That's pretty much all we know for now -- details about the game's content, like whether or not it's a remake of a previous Gradius game is still unknown. Considering Gradius (NES) lives on the Virtual Console, we'd be surprised if this wasn't a completely brand-new game.

[Thanks, Rlan!]

Tags: gradius, gradius-rebirth, wiiware

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Shaq-Fu @ Jul 17th 2008 11:07AM

w00t?

Sorry, I'm not all to familiar with Gradius

The Fatass of Kickassness @ Jul 17th 2008 12:12PM

Wario: GRRRRR

That's impossible/just not right. Do yourself a favor and track down a few of the older Gradius games (as much as I hate endorsing emulation, it's the only way if you don't want to destroy your wallet).

Shaq-Fu @ Jul 17th 2008 12:39PM

what about the VC games? i gots the space

The Fatass of Kickassness @ Jul 17th 2008 12:55PM

Go for it, though I'd recommend Axelay before Gradius III.

Keiichi @ Jul 17th 2008 1:36PM

Doesn't Axelay have nothing to do with the Gradius series...?

Best one to start with is probably Gradius II (aka Vulcan Venture).

StrangeBum @ Jul 17th 2008 11:08AM

Oh shi-

I love Gradius style games. Actually one of my sleeper favs on XBLA is Aegis Wing, that free MS intern game. Pretty hectic fun for a simple shmup.

John Z @ Jul 17th 2008 11:08AM

Interesting. I'm getting my taste for shooters back (fell away from the genre for a long time) so this might be worth a look. Just... make sure it's Nintendo hard or it's not really going to feel like a Gradius game. (Unrelated: R-Type Final-- the one I'm working on now-- infuriates me to the point of wall-punching. It's a good infuriating, though.)

PSN & GAMERTAG: jorojoserojas - Wii FC: 0749-8609-3752-6926 @ Jul 17th 2008 4:20PM

It hurts so good, doesn't it?

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ Jul 17th 2008 11:20AM

It's a new game, fine, but I don't like the way WiiWare is going. Seems to me the shooter genre is somewhat niche, but definitely has its fans. Looks like disappointing garbage to me, however. WiiWare's prospects are looking dim, in my opinion.

nastysquar3d @ Jul 17th 2008 12:46PM

I agree... I've bought 2 WiiWare games so far.

Dr. Mario and LostWinds
Both of which are excellent but I'm really only looking forward to two others, Animales de la Muerte and Eternity's Child (and LostWinds2 but who knows when that's coming).

And I've begun to loose interest in Eternity's child.

Shaq-Fu @ Jul 17th 2008 11:28AM

Same thing on XBLA, shooters and board games. Why? Because, they are easy to make and aren't that hard to pick up and play. Besides, its pretty much the only genre that retail Devs haven't tried to breathe new life into.

iofthestorm @ Jul 17th 2008 3:52PM

Upmodded for truthiness.

Blazur @ Jul 17th 2008 11:39AM

Gradius was an awesome game! I enjoyed the hell out of both that and lifeforce.

Blu-Sam @ Jul 17th 2008 11:41AM

ZOMG, I want it.

Mr.ESC @ Jul 17th 2008 11:50AM

Sweet Gradius.

I hope is not just for Japan.

joel.spring @ Jul 17th 2008 11:55AM

What about the code? Will it return?

Hafk @ Jul 17th 2008 12:08PM

Yes... only to kill you! Muahahah.

UNLESS, you remember to use the triggers for left and right!

Shaq-Fu @ Jul 17th 2008 12:32PM

Actually, its the NES game, so they're only gonna limit how often you can use it

Hafk @ Jul 17th 2008 6:18PM

I was talking about the classic "return" of the code in Gradius III, where you would not get full powerups, but you would instead die.

This updated code is also in all home gradius games after this, including the latest release, Gradius V.

Now, there has been changes Like which set of triggers gives you what powerup, the Laser and Double with other powerups, but it has still remained the foundation of the code.