This latest title from M2 Co., Ltd. requires you to master the art of burst attacks!

STORY

Thanks to the brave efforts of crown prince Lord British and the hero of the Gradius Army, peace was restored to the watery planet known as Latis.
However, that peace was short-lived as the seemingly defeated Salamander Force regained its strength and set out to conquer Latis once more.

Meanwhile, the Gradius Army found itself struggling against the Bacterian super weapon known as Dark Force, as the evil empire sought to spread its influence to the far reaches of the galaxy.
With no hope of calling upon their former saviors for help, Latis's imperial princess is forced to personally take the fight to the enemy in an upgraded version of her brother's beloved ship, the Lord British MK III fighter craft.
She is joined by the Vic Viper Type L, a brand-new ship made with Gradius's technology and Latis's latest scientific advances.

The legendary pioneer in side-scrolling shooter action games!

STORY

Gradius, our mother planet. Bacterian, a cluster of stars located in subspace,
has invaded this dazzling planet
and exposed it to a series of vicious battles.
Threatened with extinction in the face of such an onslaught,
the planet Gradius decides to deploy its final hope:
the super-dimensional fighter Vic Viper.

Its destination is the enemy fortress of Xaerous.
The only way to put an end to this conflict
is to plunge deep into the enemy's stronghold
and destroy the core that lies at its center.

Prepare to launch!

And so, Vic Viper takes off
into the vast blackness of space.

Featuring two-player co-op, horizontal and vertical scrolling, and various other new elements!

STORY(JP Ver.)

The water planet of Latis, a sparkling jewel in the depths of space.
There, a prophecy of fire has been passed down across countless generations.

A thousand light years away, a huge dragon will be born in a sea of flame.
When it awakens, it will engulf heaven and earth in darkness, shattering the light for all time.

The star cluster of Bacterian has continued its conquest of space with its vast forces. Now it has invaded the planet Latis with its Salamander Force.
The armies of Latis are helpless against the intense onslaught of the Salamander Force.
The prince of Latis threw himself into battle, piloting the super-dimensional fighter Lord British, named after himself. Coming back sorely wounded, he called for help from Gradius, the planet that had once defeated Bacterian's forces.
Upon receiving the distress call, one brave Gradius fighter joined Lord British
and set off for the immensely powerful Salamander Force's home planet.
Super-dimensional fighter Vic Viper, prepare for takeoff!

STORY(NA Ver. | LIFE FORCE)

Sentinel XR1 has been infected by 2 radiation. The half human, half bio-mechanicl warrior must be saved at all costs.
You will enter through the lower stomach wall and make your way through sentinel's body structure to his brain.
You must destroy the massive brain tumor that has infected his body. Two years have passed since the battle against the Bacterian star cluster.
Gradius has regained peace, but now faces an unprecedented crisis.
Life Force, a previously unknown super-organism, has suddenly appeared in outer space!
This shocking discovery takes a grim turn as Life Force begins consuming everything around it in an endless cycle of growth.
If it cannot be stopped, even the planet Gradius will be devoured!
Now the people's last hopes lie on the super-dimensional fighter Vic Viper.

New in-game voices and a strategic power-up system!

STORY

Sentinel XR1 has been infected by 2 radiation. The half human, half bio-mechanicl warrior must be saved at all costs.
You will enter through the lower stomach wall and make your way through sentinel's body structure to his brain.
You must destroy the massive brain tumor that has infected his body. Two years have passed since the battle against the Bacterian star cluster.
Gradius has regained peace, but now faces an unprecedented crisis.
Life Force, a previously unknown super-organism, has suddenly appeared in outer space!
This shocking discovery takes a grim turn as Life Force begins consuming everything around it in an endless cycle of growth.
If it cannot be stopped, even the planet Gradius will be devoured!
Now the people's last hopes lie on the super-dimensional fighter Vic Viper.

Hailed as a true evolution for the series!

STORY

Two years ago, the planet Gradius suddenly fell under attack
from the advancing Bacterian forces.
Struggling against these invaders, the Gradius Army
opted to deploy the super-dimensional fighter Vic Viper
as their last resort.
Diving right into the core of the enemy forces,
Vic Viper waged an epic life-or-death battle, ultimately destroying
the Bacterian fortress Xaerous and saving Gradius.

Now, once again, Bacterian has set its sights
on destroying the planet Gradius.
The attack is led this time
by the elite special-forces unit Gofer.
The Gradius Army wasted no time in sending out the order.

Vic Viper, prepare for takeoff!

Featuring a difficulty level off the charts, it also includes the legendary AM Show Version!

STORY

In the far end of the blackest reaches of space lies a galaxy built from layers upon layers of darkness.
Bacterian, the mysterious god of destruction born from this unknown region,
has once again emerged from his lair.
In order to achieve his wicked goals, Bacterian deploys
his Dark Force for one final attack.
The Dark Force promptly envelops all of space in an energy field more powerful than
any of us could have imagined as it carries out its rampage of destruction and carnage.
The dark invasion picks off one planet after another surrounding Gradius,
and now the home planet finds itself in mortal peril.
To deal with this threat,
the Gradius federal government orders its entire army
to build a massive defense network as it launches an all-out attack,
but against an army as unprecedented as the Dark Force,
even this desperate defense is about to break.
Now, once again, the super-dimensional fighter Vic Viper launches.
It takes off toward the boundless darkness, entrusted with the very fate of the universe...

The Option Shot system adds an all-new layer to cooperative play!

STORY

Year 0999 in the space calendar...
The subspace life form Doom began its invasion.
Their appearance caused distortions in the universe,
sending multiple colonized star systems hurtling into subspace.
Those who managed to escape with their lives fled to the home planet and final stronghold of Gradius, where they launched a counterattack.
Now two super-dimensional fighters are taking off, the final hopes of all mankind riding on their shoulders.
Vic Viper and Super Cobra!
Prepare for takeoff!