#GRADIUS REBIRTH WII UPGRADE#Pressing 2 on the Wii Remote (Gradius ReBirth is played with the Wii Remote held sideways like an NES controller) allows you to purchase an upgrade that could be a new weapon, a shield, a speed increase or a "Multiple" (an indestructible that flies next to you and doubles your firepower).Īnd that's it. Some enemies drop glowing orange power-ups that begin to fill a meter at the bottom of the screen. Enemy ships (or robots or mutants or giant Easter Island statues) charge your ship and you have to shoot them down. In Gradius, players control the Vic Viper in a side-scrolling space shooter. So, if you've played any of the previous games in the series, you'll know exactly what to expect from Gradius ReBirth.īut if you haven't, allow me to give you a crash course on the finer points of one of the best shooter series' to come out of the 80s. For example, the first level of ReBirth is a rough recreation of the first level of the original Gradius, while the first boss is a reworking of a boss found in Gradius V. Not a completely original game like Mega Man 9, ReBirth is closer to a remix of previous Gradius levels, enemies and concepts. Which brings us to this review of the WiiWare shooter Gradius ReBirth. From the wild success of the Virtual Console to the beautiful Mega Man 9 to the pending release of Punch-Out!!, older games and "new" older games rule the Wii. While people are quick to slap the dreaded "casual gaming" label on the Wii, Nintendo's little system that could has also brought about another revolution to the world of video games: It made retro gaming cool again.
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