Gradius ReBirth
Blast your way through levels filled with alien spaceships and otherworldly creatures in this retro side-scrolling shooter. Pick your weapons carefully and upgrade them to create a devastating arsenal of…
Gradius ReBirth is a shooter developed by M2, released 2 September 2008 on Wii.
What Gradius ReBirth is
Gradius ReBirth is a shooter game developed by M2 and released in 2008. It was published by Konami. It is available on Wii only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Blast your way through levels filled with alien spaceships and otherworldly creatures in this retro side-scrolling shooter. Pick your weapons carefully and upgrade them to create a devastating arsenal of space-aged weapons that will aid you in your challenging mission. Players can post their high scores to worldwide leader boards via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and see where they rank against all the other Gradius ReBirth players. Test your skills with Gradius ReBirth and see if you have what it takes to beat this action-packed arcade shooter.
How it plays
It is played from a third person 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 ReBirth is the 48th of 54 entries we hold in the Gradius series. It arrived 8 months after Salamander Portable. The next entry was Otomedius Gorgeous! in 2008. Its critic score of 80 is 4 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Gradius V at 85.
How it was received
Gradius ReBirth holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Gradius ReBirth launched on 2 September 2008, within three weeks of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Rock Band 2 and The Witcher: Enhanced Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Rock Band 2, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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