Otomedius Excellent

Otomedius Excellent
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
Director(s)Toshiyasu Kamiko
Kimihiro Taniyama
Producer(s)Koji Igarashi
Artist(s)Mine Yoshizaki
Writer(s)Kazuhiko Maeda
Composer(s)Nobuhiko Matsufuji
Atsushi Sato
Naoyuki Sato
Norihiko Hibino
SeriesOtomedius
Gradius
Platform(s)Xbox 360
Release
  • JP: April 21, 2011
  • NA: November 1, 2011[1]
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Otomedius Excellent (オトメディウスX（エクセレント, Otomediusu X (Ekuserento!)) is a scrolling shooter video game, developed and published by Konami for the Xbox 360 video game console. It is the sequel[2][3] to the 2008 game Otomedius G (Gorgeous!),[4][5] a spin-off of the Gradius series. It was released in 2011 on April 21 in Japan and in North America on November 1.

Otomedius Excellent features female characters representing different Konami franchises.

  1. ^ "Konami Announces Otomedius Excellent Now Available" (Press release). Konami. 2011-11-01. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  2. ^ Konami (June 16, 2010). "KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES OTOMEDIUS EXCELLENT (Official Press Release)". Gamasutra. UBM TechWeb. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2011. The highly-anticipated sequel to the Japan-exclusive[...]As the sequel to the 2008 Japanese hit Otomedius Gorgeous, Otomedius Excellent boasts...
  3. ^ Konami. "Game Outline". Otomedius Excellent Official Japanese Website (in Japanese). Konami. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2011. オトメディウスG（ゴージャス！）の続編が. Translation: The sequel to Otomedius G (Gorgeous!)
  4. ^ "Otomedius Excellent Special Edition for Xbox 360". GameStop. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  5. ^ JC Fletcher (2011-04-22). "Otomedius Excellent still on the way in 2011". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2012-09-25.