The Boss Rush is a stage introduced since Gradius II, and features Bosses from past games like Gradius or Salamander. The rush consists mainly of 5 or more classic bosses, and always at the end, a new original boss from the game itself appears.

Usually, Zub Rush (or Zub Rush MK II) appears as a Sub Boss at the start of the level to give some power ups to the player.

TriviaEdit

The following boss rushes added theme songs for the respective bosses:

• Aircraft Carrier for the Zub Rush and Big Core

• Poison of Snake for Salamander / Life Force bosses

• Take Care! for Gradius II Bosses

• Dark Force for Gradius III Bosses

• Titans for Gradius IV Bosses

• Otomedius added musics from different stages or other games to supplement their boss rush like Burn the Wind, Mazed Music, Falsion Boss Theme, Eva's offensive Stars (Detana Twinbee), Gradius V boss theme, etc

AppearancesEdit

• Gradius II
• Gradius III Arcade and SNES
• Gradius IV
• Gradius V
• Gradius Gaiden
• Nemesis 3
• Garudius '95
• GR3
• Otomedius
• Otomedius Gorgeous
• Otomedius Excellent