Blowing_Wind
Gradius Gaiden 1997
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Completed
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Time Played
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Days in Journal
2 days
Last played
March 7, 2024
First played
March 4, 2024
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Reuses a lot of older elements from the series (there's even a boss fight near the end I swear I remember from another Konami game called Axelay) but reinvents them into some really exciting and ingenious set pieces. I was already rolling my eyes at yet another planet of mountains after the previous Gradius and then a black hole just starts sucking everything through the whole level adding to the tension