Parodius (series)

Parodius is a series of horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up games developed by Konami. It is a parody of another popular Konami franchise, Gradius, and is notable for including many Konami-related references, mascots and cameos throughout its titles, sometimes containing Castlevania characters.
==Gokujō Parodius! ~Kako no Eikō o Motomete~==
In the Super Famicom port of Gokujō Parodius!, two Castlevania-related characters appear: Dracula-kun and Kid Dracula. The relation between both has never been officially stated, although according to their descriptions it is quite possible both characters are the same, with Kid Dracula being the 9 years old son of Dracula who enters a 1,000 years slumber, and Dracula-kun being the same character in the future after waking up. In any case, the inclusion of Kid Dracula was most likely merely to provide an alternate version of the same character for the second player to control.
It is worth mentioning that the original Japanese name of the character is "Dracula-kun" and that he was renamed as "Kid Dracula" in the localized version of the Game Boy game Kid Dracula. Gokujō Parodius! went one step further and actually named the second player character as "Kid Dracula". For all means and purposes both characters look and behave almost the same, only having subtle differences such as their color scheme.
===Gallery===
Gokujo Parodius DRACULAKUN.PNG|Dracula-kunHe is the protagonist of Kid Dracula.(10,009 years old)
Gokujo Parodius KIDDRACULA.PNG|Kid DraculaHe is a sleepy, ill-humored boy before he enters a 10,000 years slumber.(9 years old)
===Videos===
Super Famicom - Gokujyou Parodius Stage 1
===External links===
*Castlevania Realm
==Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius ~forever with me~==
In Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius ~ forever with me ~, Dracula-kun and Kid Dracula made a return as secret playable characters in the Sega Saturn, PlayStation and PlayStation Portable ports.
===Gallery===
Oshaberi Parodius Kid Dracula.png
Paro3-psx1a.jpg
Paro3-psx3a.jpg
===Videos===
Kid-D - Final boss + ending (max difficulty, no damage)
Kid Dracula - Samurai Octopus + ending (no damage)
Kid Dracula - Bonus stage racing game
===External links===
*Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius at Wikipedia
==Sexy Parodius==
Sexy Parodius is the fifth game in the Parodius series and the final title to be released as a side-scrolling shooter. It was ported to the arcades, Sega Saturn and PlayStation in 1996-1997, and later on the PlayStation Portable.
One of the bosses is a giant Medusa. She is the boss of the first third stage, Dracula's Castle, which is only played through if the player fails to collect 300 coins in the previous level. This stage's musical theme starts with a reference to "Vampire Killer", and Medusa's theme starts with an excerpt of "Poison Mind".
===Gallery===
Medusa - Sexy Parodius - 02.png|Medusa on the Sexy Parodius cover artwork.
Medusa - Sexy Parodius - 01.png|Medusa artwork.
Medusa - Sexy Parodius - 03.png|Medusa boss.
Medusa - Sexy Parodius - 04.png|Medusa in the ending.
Medusa - Sexy Parodius - 05.png|Medusa on a special screen informing the user they need a RAM cart in the Saturn port.
===Videos===
Sexy Parodius - Castlevania Stage (Medusa Boss) (No Death)
Sexy Parodius (PSP) - All Bosses (No Damage) HD 1080p 60FPS
===External links===
*Castlevania Realm
*Sexy Parodius at GameFAQs
*Sexy Parodius at Wikipedia
**Sexy Parodius at Wikipedia (Japan)
*SHMUPS! - Dracula's Castle level page.
==Gokuraku Parodius==
﻿Gokuraku Parodius was one of the last titles in the Parodius series, distributed as a pachislot game in 2010. "Trezire de Spirit", a music track from Pachislot Akumajō Dracula, appears in this game, both developed by KPE.
===Gallery===
*Gokuraku Parodius Image Select Music
===External videos===
*Pachislot - Gokuraku Parodius - Time Paradise - Gameplay with the music of Pachislot Akumajō Dracula.
*Pachislot - Gokuraku Parodius - Select the Music and Play Now! (Part 3) - Select a track from Castlevania, Magical Halloween, Spy Girls and more.
===See also===
*Gradius (series)
*Trezire de Spirit - Music from the game with a slide show.
==External links==
*Parodius (series) at the Gradius Wiki
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