JAPANESE TITLE
オトメディウス
Otomediusu
DEVELOPER
Konami
PUBLISHER
Konami
SERIES
Otomedius
DESIGNER(S)
Mine Yoshizaki
PLATFORM(S)
Arcade
RELEASE DATE
October 15, 2007
GENRE
Horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up
WRITTEN
Seth Macfarlane (Family Guy & American Dad), H Rhoma Irama (Thunder Force & Variable Geo), Masami Kurumada (Saint Seiya), Matt Groening (The Simpson & Futurama), Nagai Gou (Cutey Honey), Ippei Kuri (Gatchaman & Casshern),
オトメディウス
Otomediusu
DEVELOPER
Konami
PUBLISHER
Konami
SERIES
Otomedius
DESIGNER(S)
Mine Yoshizaki
PLATFORM(S)
Arcade
RELEASE DATE
October 15, 2007
GENRE
Horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up
WRITTEN
Seth Macfarlane (Family Guy & American Dad), H Rhoma Irama (Thunder Force & Variable Geo), Masami Kurumada (Saint Seiya), Matt Groening (The Simpson & Futurama), Nagai Gou (Cutey Honey), Ippei Kuri (Gatchaman & Casshern),
And Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter X Hunter & Hyper Duel)
Otomedius (オトメディウス, Otomediusu?) is a side scrolling shooter by Konami which featured personification of space fighters from various Konami games. The main characters are females, designed by Mine Yoshizaki, with a set of equipments resembling space fighters from the side-scroller games by the same company Gradius, Xexex, Salamander and Parodius. The name is a pun, being a portmanteau of the terms "otome" (meaning "maiden" in Japanese) and "Gradius". The arcade version makes use of Konami's E-amusement service to store player's data. It was first shown at august 2007 and later released on October 15, 2007. A port called Otomedius Gorgeous was later on released for the Xbox 360 in November 20, 2008 in Japan.
MMS2nd
In 2008, Konami released a set of figures based on the main characters on the game. These designs use the Konami MMS2nd figure as their base, the same used in their Busou Shinki line. The sets also each contained 2 penguin mascots which are common enemies in the game Parodius.
Gameplay
The game plays similarly to Gradius but with some differences. For starters, the player character already have a force field upon starting and re-spawning. When the character gets killed, they instantly respawn ala Salamander. And finally, they can use a D-Burst attack that acts as a bomb weapon which clears the screen of enemies and bullets.
Even how the stages are laid out are different. Instead of the traditional 6-10 stages that must be tackled in order, Otomedius allows the player to pick up to three stages in any order and set a difficulty for each stage. After playing the stages, the game ends, the player receives an Otome card and the his/her progress is saved to the e-amusement pass
Character design
The character design is done by Mine Yoshizaki who already participated in the manga adaptation of Detana!! TwinBee, fifth game in the series TwinBee and second to appear in arcade. Among other works, Mine Yoshizaki is famous for his manga Arcade Gamer Fubuki addition to the well-known Keroro Gunso and design of Angol Fear for the game Soul Calibur IV.
Characters
Protagonists
Aoba Anoa: pilot of Vic Viper (from Gradius)
Eru Tron: pilot of Lord British (from Salamander)
Emon • 5: pilot of Xel Viper (inspired by Ganbare Goemon)
Madoka: pilot of Murdoch Viper (from TwinBee)
Diol Twee: pilot of Serenity Viper (Flintlock from Xexex)
Tita Nium: pilot of Big Core Examiner (Core battleship-inspired Viper)
Operetta: (Operator)
Antagonists
Eliza: from Gokujō Parodius!.
Titi XIV: from Martial Champion.
Irene La Tias: from Xexex.
Gofer Sisters
MMS2nd
In 2008, Konami released a set of figures based on the main characters on the game. These designs use the Konami MMS2nd figure as their base, the same used in their Busou Shinki line. The sets also each contained 2 penguin mascots which are common enemies in the game Parodius.
Gameplay
The game plays similarly to Gradius but with some differences. For starters, the player character already have a force field upon starting and re-spawning. When the character gets killed, they instantly respawn ala Salamander. And finally, they can use a D-Burst attack that acts as a bomb weapon which clears the screen of enemies and bullets.
Even how the stages are laid out are different. Instead of the traditional 6-10 stages that must be tackled in order, Otomedius allows the player to pick up to three stages in any order and set a difficulty for each stage. After playing the stages, the game ends, the player receives an Otome card and the his/her progress is saved to the e-amusement pass
Character design
The character design is done by Mine Yoshizaki who already participated in the manga adaptation of Detana!! TwinBee, fifth game in the series TwinBee and second to appear in arcade. Among other works, Mine Yoshizaki is famous for his manga Arcade Gamer Fubuki addition to the well-known Keroro Gunso and design of Angol Fear for the game Soul Calibur IV.
Characters
Protagonists
Aoba Anoa: pilot of Vic Viper (from Gradius)
Eru Tron: pilot of Lord British (from Salamander)
Emon • 5: pilot of Xel Viper (inspired by Ganbare Goemon)
Madoka: pilot of Murdoch Viper (from TwinBee)
Diol Twee: pilot of Serenity Viper (Flintlock from Xexex)
Tita Nium: pilot of Big Core Examiner (Core battleship-inspired Viper)
Operetta: (Operator)
Antagonists
Eliza: from Gokujō Parodius!.
Titi XIV: from Martial Champion.
Irene La Tias: from Xexex.
Gofer Sisters
Otomedius Gorgeous bosses
• Eliza's Pet Seal •
• Eyegol
• Big Core DX-01 •
• Scrab Core •
• Crystal Core D-X02 •
• Big Core
• Abaddon Warship
• Mayhem Warship
• Tetran
• Viva Core
• Manbow
• Big Core MK II
• Rolling Core
• Covered Core MK II
• Death
• Zelos Force Fortune
• Odin Core
• Eliza's Pet Seal •
• Eyegol
• Big Core DX-01 •
• Scrab Core •
• Crystal Core D-X02 •
• Big Core
• Abaddon Warship
• Mayhem Warship
• Tetran
• Viva Core
• Manbow
• Big Core MK II
• Rolling Core
• Covered Core MK II
• Death
• Zelos Force Fortune
• Odin Core
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