Sexy Parodius
| Sexy Parodius | |
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 PlayStation Boxart | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Composer(s) | Mayuko Kageshita |
| Series | Parodius |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable (as part of Parodius Portable) |
| Release | Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Horizontal scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player Multiplayer (simultaneous) |
| Arcade system | Konami GX |
Sexy Parodius (セクシーパロディウス, Sekushī Parodiusu) is a scrolling shooter arcade game. It is the fifth installment of the Parodius series, produced by Konami. Like the rest of the series, it is a parody of the Gradius series and other Konami games. It also contains explicitly sexual level and enemy designs and risqué innuendo. Many level bosses are women in various erotic costumes (such as the "bunny costume" modeled on Playboy Bunnies) or various states of undress.
Plot
Sexy Parodius has a plot, but it is not well touched upon. The story is that Lecher Tako A (aka Takosuke) has opened-up an agency of some sort that helps clients with problems and has hired Pentarou as his secretary. He has also recruited "workers" (the playable characters, who have gone their separate ways) that will solve the problems of each client.
Gameplay
The gameplay in Sexy Parodius is similar to the rest of the series, but with a new catch. Instead of just playing through each level and destroying enemies while avoiding getting hit, the player must also complete a special mission for each stage as well. Some of these missions range from collecting a certain amount of coins in a stage to destroying a certain object or enemies. Depending whether or not the player completes the mission will determine whether the player can continue to the next stage or what the next stage will be. Unlike the past versions, home ports of the game (exception of the PSP version) has cooperative multiplayer intact (where both players play simultaneously). It's also improved in that the game continues to play even when one player is choosing a character upon continuing.
In a 2-player game, when certain characters are near enough, a third-shot appears between them which can be purple shots that swirl all-over the screen, hearts that home in on enemies, or rockets that shoot straight ahead. This feature was first seen on Konami's arcade game Trigon.
The playable characters in this game are:
- Vic Viper/Lord British
- Michael/Gabriel
- Hikaru/Akane
- Ivan/Toby
- Mambo/Samba
- Koitsu/Aitsu
- Option/Multiple
- Shooting Star/Black Viper
Music
Ports
Sexy Parodius was ported to the Sega Saturn and PlayStation in 1996 for Japan. These versions allow the Special Stage to be selected on the Title Screen after finishing the game with all conditions passed. They also come with unlimited continues (the game doesn't keep track of credits). The PlayStation version was also included in Parodius Portable (albeit with music from some stages replaced with other remixed classical songs) for the PlayStation Portable.