Konami has renewed a trademark for its Parodius series.
As spotted by @gosokkyu, a trademark for Gokujou Parodius Da! has been filed in Japan. This title is taken from the Parodius Da/Gokujou double-pack released on the PS1 (1994) and Saturn (1995).
The series began life on the MSX in 1988, and was seen as a parody of Konami's seminal Gradius franchise – but, over time, it lampooned other IP from the company, including Antarctic Adventure, Castlevania, Thunder Cross, Ganbare Goemon, Xexex, Tokimeki Memorial and TwinBee.
The final entry in the series is 1997's Paro Wars, a spin-off strategy game which was only released in Japan. In 2007, Konami released Parodius Portable on the PSP, which was the last release to feature the brand.
[source x.com]
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Konami… renewing something?! Don’t get me started, Konami. Got a lot of back-catalogue just sitting there..
Presumably they’re gearing up to release one of more of the games as part of Arcade Archives. I guess.
Knowing Konami, it'll be a Parodius-themed pachinko machine.
A new Parodius Collection for Switch would be nice.
That would be cool. But, what's the best if it is a new game in the series that they mess up the art style with either some overly rendered look or some high-res Flash style or some junk like that.
This and Axelay are just standard legal housekeeping. Same reason we aren't getting new Eternal Darkness
Given the filing is for the Saturn / PS1 version Gokujou Parodius Da!. I suspect we could be seeing either a city connection version or maybe a ps4/5 playstation version via premium.
I'd be very happy to see a Parodius collection. If Konami does that, only other things I'd ask for is a Goemon collection and a Twinbee collection.
Whatever this might be, I'd be happy with anything Parodius related.
Either way I’d love a collection.
It's a pachinko machine
Because of course it is
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