

The Collector’s Edition includes the game, a 2-sided pillow case, art book and CD soundtrack. Otomedius Excellent will be available in both a value-priced standard edition ($29.99) and a special Collector’s Edition ($49.99). He has a great sense of rhythm and melody throughout.
GRADIUS GAIDEN SOUNDTRACK SERIES
Norikazu Miura maintains the classic sound of the series while venturing into new territories with more modern jazz, rock, ambient, and even orchestral tracks. Future DLC ships will reference Castlevania and Getsu Fuma Den as well. The Gradius Gaiden Original Game Soundtrack is probably the most diverse of the Gradius scores but also probably the most rounded. They consist of the Vic Viper, the Lord British, Twinbee -and Xexes-themed ships, and more. Speaking of which, the girls’ ships will be instantly familiar to Konami fans. Since they’re people, they have plenty of voice lines and personality that you wouldn’t get from the ol’ Vic Viper, whose pilot has always been nameless and faceless in the past. Each one is an anime girl riding atop a Konami-themed ship.

Of course, Otomedius is best known for its unique playable characters. But it’s also a continuation of the Parodius games’ lighthearted spin on Gradius, with lots of jokey enemies (penguins, turtles, etc.) and humorous twists on traditional Gradius levels and bosses. Gameplay-wise, it plays exactly like a multiplayer Gradius game (specifically Gradius Gaiden), with a few additions and tweaks, of course. But more than that, it’s really the latest entry in both the Gradius and Parodius shoot-em-up series. Otomedius Excellent is a sequel to the Japanese-only Xbox 360/arcade title Otomedius Gorgeous. Co-Optimus has some good news for shmup fans today: Konami has informed us that the November 1 release date is now official! Retailers Amazon and GameStop have been playing the guessing game with Otomedius’ release date, giving it a November 1 placeholder release date. This has been mostly due to a few delays as they worked hard on preparing the English version of the game for release. Gradius Gaiden is a 1997 horizontal-scrolling shooter video game developed and published for the PlayStation by Konami. Since then, Konami has steadily updated the game’s Facebook page but hasn’t otherwise spoken about the game too much.

We first played Otomedius Excellent, Konami’s 2.5D shoot-em-up, at this year's E3 convention.
