Death
Other Name(s)	DES, Death MK I
Appears In	Salamander Otomedius Otomedius Gorgeous Gradius Gaiden
Theme Music	Burn the Wind from Salamander Otomedius Gorgeous (Xbox 360)

Background

Death MK I is the first of the infamous Death bosses in the Gradius series. This one was the boss of stage 5 of Salamander, but not Life Force (this role was given to Gau). Unlike its later brethren, this one lacks the "Beam of Death".

In MSX version of Salamander, Death is called 'Seducer' for some reason.

Death reappeared in Otomedius Versus mode, and its spell changed into 'DES' instead of Death. DES in Otomedius attacks with every pattern it and its variations had.

Attack Patterns

The doors open and release a small, common enemy. Eventually, the core will glow red for a second and release a bouncing core, similar to the Center Core in stage 4. It will occasionally release another core until it's destroyed.

Death adds one more move if the player choose to play Loop 2+ in Gradius Gaiden after the Parasite Core is destroyed, it will fire a stream of lasers. After that, it will fire missiles that follow your direction.

Appearances

• Salamander
• Otomedius
• Gradius Gaiden

See Also:

• Death MK II
• Death MK III
• Gau

Core Warships
Big Cores	Big Core MK I • Big Core Rev. 1.2 • Big Core MK II • Big Core MK III • Big Core MK IV
Big Core variants	• Beacon • Blaster Cannon Core • Bubble Core • Circle Core • Coreship• Crater Core • Crystal Core • Dellinger Core • Desert Core • Heaven's Gate • Juggler Core • Lizard Core • Master Core • Neo Big Core • Perla Meralda • Rexion Core • Rolling Core • Shining Core • Super Big Core • Terra Core • Triple Core (Life Force) • Vanishing Core • Viva Core • Genocide Core
Core-style bosses	Abandon Warship • Bubble Eye • Covered Core • Covered Core MK II • Dead End • Death (Gau) • Kraken • Mayhem Warship • Metal Slave • Misfit Warship • Queensrÿche • Riot Warship • Plate Core • Scrap Wall
Pseudo-Cores	Death MK II (DeathDouble) • Death MK III • Grave • Triple Core
Tetran variants	Covered Tetran • Crystal Core D-X02 • Laser Tetran • Tenny Rop