At first glance, you might confuse this for a port of the arcade game... but.. it's not! Aside from the first level, (which is rather bizarrely, almost an exact port of the arcade's opening level.) this is a all new game... And no, reusing music doesn't bother me. It's nice to see some of the songs get re-used once in a while. It's also nice to see the Gradius 2 MSX boss theme (Striker onwards) find another home, it's one theme I wish the Gradius series would re-use more often. (And it's actually a good remix! The gameboy WAS capable of pulling off good music once in a while, XP ) Unfortunately this game's version of Aircraft Carrier has been slightly butchered. Also, this game's final is a bit wussier than usual... which coming from this series, is saying something! Oddly, like the second gameboy game, this game's fairly easy once you're powered up and continue to get forcefields, because unlike traditional Gradius games, the forcefields act as health, as opposed to just c...
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