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Gradius NEO

Is a horizontally-scrolling shooter game developed and published by Konami in February 2, 2004 for mobile phones, and was released on NTT DoCoMo's FOMA 900i line of phones in Japan and has been released in…

2 February 2004

Gradius NEO is a shooter developed by Konami, released 2 February 2004 on Legacy Mobile Device.

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What Gradius NEO is

Gradius NEO is a shooter game developed by Konami and released in 2004. It is available on Legacy Mobile Device only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game takes place in the future after the Bacterian Empire from the traditional Gradius series is gone. The Gradius Empire is no more and has been replaced by the Gradius Union, which is in battle with the Lars Empire; this new enemy force managed to obtain ancient Gradius and Bacterion technology, and makes use of it in their army.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Gradius series

Gradius NEO is the 43rd of 54 entries we hold in the Gradius series. The next entry was Gradius NEO Imperial in 2004.

See all 54 Gradius games in release order →

What it launched against

Gradius NEO launched on 2 February 2004, within three weeks of Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen and Pokémon LeafGreen Version.

Released around the same time: Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Pokémon LeafGreen Version.

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When did Gradius NEO come out?
Gradius NEO was released on 2 February 2004 for Legacy Mobile Device.

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