This revision modifies the scoring system, enhances the graphics, and adds background music.

Speed up! Gradius ReBirth finally arrives after being released in Japan six months ago and nabbing an ESRB rating in October. Konami’s shooter sticks to the basics ripple lasers, shooting the core, and rock chucking volcanoes. Those landmarks are in…

Virtual Console releases are getting scarcer every month. Next month Wii owners in Japan can look forward to torturing themselves with Mystery of Atlantis. Sunsoft’s side-scrolling platformer is notoriously difficult even if you know the warp order to get to the…

You didn’t think Konami would skip releasing Gradius Rebirth in North America did you? Well, if you were pessimistic good news is sitting in the ESRB database. Gradius Rebirth was just rated with a family friendly E for everyone. Shooting…

Hudson should be bringing us Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou. The TurboDuo import is reported to have a pre-Nintendo press release date of October 6, which is this Monday. However, Ys fell into this trap in August so it might not…

Konami hasn’t said much about Gradius ReBirth, but it’s one of next week’s three WiiWare titles in Japan. Midnight Bowling (aka Hamaru Bowling) and Strongest Silver Star Reversi are the other two sold for 1,000 Wii Points ($10) and 500 Wii…

I almost missed this during the gauntlet of E3 meetings, but Arcade Renaissance caught Konami’s first internally developed WiiWare game. Gradius Rebirth is a new entry in the Gradius series, but it isn’t clear if this is a remake of Gradius or…

Yujin is releasing a sweet set of ships from classic shmups. You can get the Vic Viper 301 from Gradius, the Silver Hawk from Darius Gaiden or my favorite the Arrowhead from R-Type with a force. I italicized can because…

Last week Konami released three more shoot ‘em compilations in Japan. You can pick up Twinbee Portable, Salamander Portable and Parodius Portable (< – favorite!) for around 3000 yen a piece. Even though Gradius Portable didn’t make it I hope (wish?) that Konami gives these three collections a shot in the USA. It’s probably not going to happen, it’s way more likely we’re going to see Dance Dance Revolution: So you think you can dance edition first. Anyway here are some videos of the three games.

Parodius Portable

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The rumor about Konami cancelling some of their PS3 line up is false. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu and the tentative Gradius title are still in development. Konami also clarified that their two unnamed projects, an action game and a RPG are…