Gradius ReBirth

[Seahawk]

About the Gradius cheats section posted on this site, you should place a note that the indications of the extra stage locations (the infected skulls, ground, etc) do not appear in the non-updated US verison.

Also the buried red-eye moai for the extra 5000 pts does not appear either.

*goes back to waiting for Konami to release update in US =(*

[GameStone]

Thanks for the info.

The page has been changed.

Has the original release got any hidden stages etc...?

[Seahawk]

The original Gradius Rebirth release does include the hidden stages. As mentioned before they do not have any colored indication that they are there (although the loop 2 stage 2 one is obvious), but the the triggers are still in the spots.

It was really surprising to find the one in loop 2 stage 4. I was pinned and the worm was going to get me, but off to the bonus stage I went ^^.

[Captain Cab]

*waves* Hi, new member here.

Just wanted to say it's a shame that the NA rev still hasn't gotten the update.

Rebirth editions of Salamander, Twinbee and Parodius would be awesome. :)

[Seahawk]

I'd be happy if they just released the originals on Wii's Virtual Console arcade. But since since neither TwinBee or Parodius have ever been released in North America, and since North America apparently isn't a huge market for shooters anyways, fat chance =(......

But we can hope =).

[vgthing]

Yay, the Update is here!!!

[Seahawk]

REALLY?....in USA?!??

If so, then !!!! I'm not at home to be able to check!

It's about time Konami!

[Ace]

You're kidding, right? I'm gonna have to put back my Wii online to see if this is true!

[vgthing]

They didn't really change that much.
There's 2 added BGMs and the extra stage entrances are marked.
Also, before you enter the last level, there's a bunch of random asteroids and such.

[Ace]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

It's about time Konami!

I second that! WTF took them so damn long?! Seriously, it's as if Konami has something against North America and releases their games later here than anywhere else. Hell, Europe has Gradius Rebirth for 600 Points!

Either way, I'm gonna have to make YET ANOTHER Gaming Session for Gradius Rebirth, as it's not exactly the same. From what I was able to see:

-The Power-Up Bar has a few little graphical tweaks
-Less filtering on the graphics(looks less blurry)
-New background graphics for the Moai Stage(there are now Moai heads in the background
-Some of the group enemies have changed completely
-Some of the unused music from the Gradius Rebirth OST is now there

I like the new update, personally.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Ace

I second that! WTF took them so damn long?! Seriously, it's as if Konami has something against North America and releases their games later here than anywhere else. Hell, Europe has Gradius Rebirth for 600 Points!

Not to mention games never come to the US at all, no Twinbee or Parodius here =(. And maybe the 600 points price is takes into account the euro currency value?

Originally Posted by Ace

Either way, I'm gonna have to make YET ANOTHER Gaming Session for Gradius Rebirth, as it's not exactly the same. From what I was able to see:

A. The Power-Up Bar has a few little graphical tweaks
B. Less filtering on the graphics(looks less blurry)
C. New background graphics for the Moai Stage(there are now Moai heads in the background
D. Some of the group enemies have changed completely
E. Some of the unused music from the Gradius Rebirth OST is now there

I like the new update, personally.

A. Nice.

B. Oh thank goodness, it will no longer be the blurfest at 480i, it was fine at 480p before, I wonder if 480p looks better. Maybe I can get a decent recording of my replays now.

C. Nice again.

D. Noooooooo.......fudge. Will have to memorize again..

E. QUICK TELL ME WHAT SONGS ARE THEY?!?!?

Argh! I can't check until this weekend since I'm at college!!! Rawr!

And were the highscores reset? Not a big deal if they were, except bye bye to my #4 score. If you had replays saved, were they erased now that they are obsolete? At least now I will be able to pass stages 2-4 and 3-2 by getting the bonus stages....I used to have a 15 life dying fest at 2-4 because of the bone dragons, and would always get destroyed by return fire on 3-2.

[deadmario]

Originally Posted by deadmario

Added tunes in this update are:

'Fighter Blood' for Stage 2, Stage 4, and Stage 5 Middle Boss
'A Journey to the Start' for Stage 4 & 5 aerial battle
'Cosmic Heroes' for Stage 5 part 1.

What I forgot to wrote some months ago was, 'A Journey to the Start' is only available when you are playing with Metalion.

Also there are some bugfixes on this update. Ending sequence are not skipped anymore on loop 102 or higher. Score ranking display doesn't mess up on loop 102 or higher anymore. And enemies pump out even more bullets when destroyed in loop 102 or higher.

[Ace]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

D. Noooooooo.......fudge. Will have to memorize again.

You took that one the wrong way. The pattens are the same, but the enemies themselves look completely different than in Gradius Rebirth Version 1.

More differences:

-New asteroid background that scales in on the Final Stage
-The Big Core that was destroyed on Stage 4 now crashes into Antichthon just before you enter the planet on the Final Stage

As for the new music:

-Fighter Blood from Gofer no Yabou Episode 2(plays when fighting the Stage 2 boss, the second form of the Big Core on Stage 4 and the gun wall on the Final Stage)
-Cosmic Heroes from Gofer no Yabou Episode 2(plays during the first section of the Final Stage)
-A Journey to the Start from Nemesis '90 Kai/Gradius 2 MSX(the Air Battle theme when piloting the Metalion)

There is also a slight update to the color palette(more defined and vivid), as well as some speech updates(you now hear "Destroy the Core!" when the orb first comes out of the giant Moai boss on Stage 3, and the "Warning!" speech now plays just before you reach the brain).

However, I can't tell if your high scores and replay data will be erased, as I formatted my Wii before downloading the new update and never played in Score Attack mode since then. I would assume it will, as the scoring system's been updated.

[John4300]

At least in Europe the scoreboards were er****d (Or are different for version 2), so I used the change and got myself to 3rd on Normal scoreboard (Only for a while though, haha)

[vgthing]

whoo! I just got the online highscore!!! made it all the way to 2-4 before the stupid weirdo black core killed me 18 times. :(