Gradius Rebirth (WiiWare)

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:05 am

I'd like to warn that Stage 4 will most likely be the first time in a Gradius game that you DO NOT want to be using one button for missile and shot.

(Okay, 2nd, for those who haven't wiped away horrible horrible memories of Gradius III AC stage 7.)

I myself have, on my Classic Controller, rapid shot mapped to B and X, missile to Y, and powerup to A.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:14 am

Yeah, it's annoying that. The only reason why that is the default is so people can play using just the WiiMote.

steveovig · Post by **steveovig** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:51 pm

Well, I finally beat Gradius Rebirth with an abysmal score of 412,000! By the time I beat it and got to the loop, I hadn't yet beaten my old high score. I only really cared about getting a 1CC, so I'm happy. This marks my 7th shmup ever that I've 1CCed and the 2nd easiest (behind Monkey King for the Wii that I beat easily last month).

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:54 pm

Does anyone actually use the bonus stages? I tried them for a while, but it seems to me that you can get much better scores by continuing through the rest of the normal levels.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:36 am

I realized this too, so I stopped using the bonus stages.
I had an awesome run today as well, no-miss up to 3-4, and I pretty much lost everything in the goddamn intermission BEFORE the stage itself!

Ah well. 1st place with something like 1.18mil.

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:19 am

I gotta get all my equipment back so I can play this again.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:20 am

DJ Incompetent wrote:I gotta get all my equipment back so I can play this again.

You should. You've been knocked down to somewhere between 6th and 8th.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:47 am

MathU wrote:Does anyone actually use the bonus stages?

Bonus stages??

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:09 pm

SFKhoa wrote:
DJ Incompetent wrote:I gotta get all my equipment back so I can play this again.
You should. You've been knocked down to somewhere between 6th and 8th.

crap

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:47 pm

Okay, I'm staring to feel bad for Konami & M2. If I can place 15th on a shmup with a leader board, then this game must not be selling well at all.

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:53 pm

pssst. It's locked to regions.

fairly narrow regions.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:56 pm

That and it's capped to 30 spots.

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:01 pm

I'd of assumed all of North America is encompassed in our top 30 right?

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:02 pm

As with most WiiWare online score boards, it's a complete waste of space. Nintendo are completely retarded when it comes to online functionality.

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:21 pm

Xexyz wrote:I'd of assumed all of North America is encompassed in our top 30 right?

I honestly don't think so. I haven't looked lately, but you'd think we'd recognize more names than me and Khoa in the US West. I recognize Garm from other games, but dunno who he is.

You're New York, so I assume we'd be on the same board as Khoa is north of us.

Star Soldier R divided US into 4 regions by corner.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:07 pm

Well I'm at .9 million now, but I don't have scoreboard access at the moment. Rest assured, I will catch up to you guys.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:42 pm

So, nobody willing to divulge any info regarding the bonus stages?

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:16 pm

There are two known bonus stages. One in 1-4, and another in 2-2.
1-4's bonus stage should be located inside the skull on the ground on the right of two pillars (one long, one short), and 2-2's is some narrow passageway near the ceiling.

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:54 pm

bcass wrote:So, nobody willing to divulge any info regarding the bonus stages?

*cough*

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:18 am

1-2's bonus stage is gotten to by flying up into that first pit in the ceiling around the middle of the stage.

Diebythesword · Post by **Diebythesword** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:29 am

This game rules. At stage 3.

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:22 am

Got in the million club. Right back in number 2. Aaaand the world is whole again.

I'llll get you nexxt time, Khoa. Nexxxt tiiime.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:36 am

Nice to see you've regained your spot.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:44 am

Purchased this shmup this week finally. Took my time due to being hesitant about huge expected downgrade compared to Gradius V and Gaiden. Pleasantly surprised by how charming the throwback style of it is. Stage 2 is almost C64-esque in its old skoolness. Gameplay seems more fun than I remember the older Gradius games being.

Nice audio too. And nice price tag... Easy to recommend to retro shmup fans.

mumu · Post by **mumu** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:18 pm

Konami released a free update.

http://www.konami.jp/products/dl_wii_gr ... .html#info

kozo · Post by **kozo** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:23 pm

Wow, interesting. Says there are graphical, musical and score adjustments. Going to check this out.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:26 pm

Is it just the JPN version that's been updated?

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:40 pm

What exactly is in the update? And how many years before US players get it?

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:13 pm

I wonder whether we just delete & re-download the game to get the new version, if/when it's available on our regional Wii Shop, since the Wii doesn't have support for patches afaik.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:09 am

Thunder Force wrote:I wonder whether we just delete & re-download the game to get the new version, if/when it's available on our regional Wii Shop, since the Wii doesn't have support for patches afaik.

I think most updates are done via re-download if I'm not mistaken. In anycase, the Japanese site just tells you to look up Gradius Rebirth in the WiiWare section and download the update if it applies.

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