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Gradius NEO Imperial

Is a horizontally-scrolling shooter game developed and published by Konami on March 1, 2004 for mobile phones, and was released on NTT DoCoMo's FOMA 900i line of phones in Japan.

1 March 2004

Gradius NEO Imperial is a shooter developed by Konami, released 1 March 2004 on Legacy Mobile Device.

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What Gradius NEO Imperial is

Gradius NEO Imperial 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 protagonist is the opposing force through the use of a customized version of the Big Core. However, since the Big Core in this game is a rogue ship escaping from the Lars Empire, which is the enemy in Gradius NEO, the protagonist will not fight against the Gradius Union. Also unlike Gradius NEO and other Gradius games and traditional shoot 'em ups where the scrolling is toward the right, in this game it is done toward the left.
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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 Imperial is the 44th of 54 entries we hold in the Gradius series. The next entry was Gradius V in 2004.

See all 54 Gradius games in release order →

What it launched against

Gradius NEO Imperial launched on 1 March 2004, within three weeks of Metroid: Zero Mission, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Katamari Damacy.

Released around the same time: Metroid: Zero Mission, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004, Katamari Damacy.

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When did Gradius NEO Imperial come out?
Gradius NEO Imperial was released on 1 March 2004 for Legacy Mobile Device.

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