Fun facts: - Famicom Gofer says something oddly unintelligible, until you speed up his quote, which is just the DPCM for all of the powerups in order. - SFC Bacterion does say something different at the start of his fight only, but it's actually either Japanese or something unintelligible still - You forgot Salamander 2, but I forgive you. "I shall take you to hell with me!" I think it's what it says upon death.

Fun fact is that Gofer can actually attack you if you sit there long enough in some versions. But nothing beats Bacterian's attacks being a portal to bonus levels

The reason Bacterion says what he says is probably because it's a classic type of thing - the same is the entire point of Dracula in the Castlevania series, another Konami franchise, and I swear there was something like that about Contra's Red Falcon too, but I might be misremembering. The entire "as long as people live and have evil thoughts I WILL RETURN" is a usual thing for Konami. I also found it really nice how Bacterion in III is basically a fake out, as the *real* final boss is the absolutely merciless escape section (though it's not the hardest section in the game) that doesn't even have a checkpoint.

Pretty cool analysis. The final “boss” is usually the gauntlet of difficulty prior to the brain entity. The brain is just a figurehead… pun intended hahaha

Gaiden's final boss is still quite epic looking.

The Rebirth final boss reuses Salamander 2's final boss's voice when you get a game over

Okay, Gofer is the best Gradius character. The second best are those Gradius Gaiden Moia Heads: "You think you can beat me with that, loser?"

0:25 Dude you know that Gradius 2 was released in Europe too under the name of Vulcan Venture (and not only in Japan)?

They talk all that smack but go down so dang easily, even Bacterion (Gradius III) himself. Only one to back up that jazz was Doom/Gigas from Salamander 2. 🤪 I thought the better-written antagonist in V sounded pretty sinister and badass. Shame we'll likely never get a Gradius VI that'll expand upon that threat. And how Dr. Venom became that thing (to whatever extent at least) over the centuries. Gradius Rebirth (and his first appearance, the MSX Gradius) takes place from 6664 to 6666, and Gradius V in the year 8010. Actually a fun bit of consistent, albeit obscure lore and a timeline throughout the games. 🥰

Are Gradius final bosses jokes!? Edit: Bacterion actually had a poem about his origin, I loved it!

The reason most of them don't fight back is because at that point, you've already exhausted their resources and what else is there to do. Also, what's the point on destroying them? Gradius IV's Gofer is telling you EXACTLY what's going to happen when you destroy them. By destroying the Cyberbrains at the end of each Gradius game, you are spreading them throughout the cosmos. And in every piece, a new one will be born. Gradius Galaxies(the GBA one), while the final boss doesn't have anything to say, the game's manual details a bit of the story, because your direct actions Gradius IV, another planet has been consumed by the Bacterian. And at the end of it, you weren't lucky this time and destroyed the planet you were trying to save but you're still spreading them out across the cosmos. Dr. Venom is just one of the few unfortunate souls that is constantly being kept alive by the Bacterian by making him into a Cyberbrain. He originally started a coup de etat to oppose the current monarch of planet Gradius. And he weaponized the Cyberbrain from the first game/rebirth. They were supposed to just contain the Bacterians but he got what he wanted became an eternal thorn to Planet Gradius, knowing that someday, there will be no one to stand up to him because he'll just keep getting back again and again for all eternity. "You will never escape the shadow of my fear. My hatred for your kind is eternal!"

Gradius stages has a New Smash bros

Rebirth was made by M2

2:06 Idk about that. I think that a more clear explanation is that Bacterian was originally a bioweapon created by a corrupt faction of humans who were blinded by their ambition and greediness. A living weapon powerful enough to spread across the cosmos and turn entire planets into mechanical fortresses. But this is just my headcanon about that. If only we had a new spinoff or even a Gradius VI that actually expanded upon the backstory behind the Bacterian Empire (especially their true origins) and why they keep trying to conquer Gradius despite failing every time.

arcade version of gradius 2 *did* released in US under the title vulcan venture arcade archives port proves

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Who Did The Voice Of Xaerous Brain, Gofer, Bacterian and Dr Venom?

I played gradius 1 2 and 3

5:37 M2

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No Salamander?

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Why all final boss just standing and nothing

0:26 Vulcan Venture?

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What about salamanders final boss

I find it too disturbing and creepy like, there's more to it

The final bosses in gradius games ate absolute trash. Because when I was, I remember watching video game play walk-throughs of the gradius but the only thing I noticed about the final bosses is that they just here doing absolutely nothing waiting for their for death to come