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Arcade Archives: Gradius II

Arcade Archives: Gradius II is a port of the shooting game Gradius II. Players will control the super dimension fighter Vic Viper in order to protect planet Gradius from the Gofer special forces. This is the…

22 April 2016

Arcade Archives: Gradius II is an arcade developed by Konami, released 22 April 2016 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Arcade Archives: Gradius II is

Arcade Archives: Gradius II is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 2016. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Arcade Archives: Gradius II is a port of the shooting game Gradius II. Players will control the super dimension fighter Vic Viper in order to protect planet Gradius from the Gofer special forces. This is the best title from the Gradius series and a title of fame in the shooting game history having won multiple awards.
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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. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Arcade Archives: Gradius II launched on 22 April 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016) and Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Doom, DOOM (2016), Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.

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When did Arcade Archives: Gradius II come out?
Arcade Archives: Gradius II was released on 22 April 2016 for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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