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Well great, now Konami might sue you instead [Super-Fun-Pak Comics] (lemmus.org)

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Super-Fun-Pak Comix by Ruben Bolling for September 11, 2024.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

And for those of you not in the know...

Gradius, right? Konami's many-sequeled, side scrolling shoot-'em-up game? They made a spin off series called Parodius (parody + Gradius, geddit?) and it was utterly bizarre.

I'll just leave this here as an example:

This is the 2nd level boss from Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius, one of the SNES incarnations. You are a cat wielding a loaf of bread as a shield, fighting not just a kaiju sized schoolgirl wearing bunny ears, but two of them, one standing on the other's shoulders. Who attack you by throwing angry Moai heads at you riding on paper airplanes and stuff. This is after you fought your way through a shmup stage that's a Japanese high school based on Konami's visual novel property, Tokimeki Memorial.

In the first level you ultimately fight your way through a disco, blasting at, among other things, multicolored penguins who are wearing afro wigs. While a SNES chiptune rendition of KC & The Sunshine Band's "That's The Way I Like It" plays in the background. The boss of that stage is an opera singing panda. I promise you I am not making this up.

Just... Just look at this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDEl1-tuzc4

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I recommend checking out Parodius Portable for PSP which has all of them.

[–] esc27@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It is also the origin of the anime "wow" sound effect. https://soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/Anime_Wow_Sound

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Thank you for this.

I wasn't aware of this before and I absolutely love shit like this.

[–] sweetgemberry@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I used to own this game as a kid! It was a lot of fun, especially when you first meet a new boss and it's the most bizarre, out of place character. I have so many fond memories of it. It's strange to think the only reason I had it was because the box art looked really interesting. I guess that was also the case for most games at the time. I never knew until years later that it was a parody of gradius.