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* [[Follow the Leader]]: A great many shooters followed the ''Gradius'' powerup system, sometimes expanding it into a between-levels "shop" where points could be exchanged for powerups, other times using it verbatim.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: The mainline games are fairly good about this, each game from ''I'' through ''IV'' having had about 1-3 [[Arcade Perfect Port|Arcade Perfect Ports]], but the ''Solar Assault Gradius'' sub-series never saw a console release (you may be lucky to find one at Chuck-e-Cheese's).
* [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros]]:
** Venom made his North American debut in ''V'' in 2005, 18 years after he debuted in the Japan- and Europe-exclusive ''Nemesis 2'' in 1987. Just to add insult to injury, his massive-brain form in this game looks nothing like how he does in the MSX games or in ''ReBirth'' where he's a comparatively normal green humanoid alien.
** James Burton, having also debuted in ''Nemesis 2'' in Japan and Europe, did not appear in any game released for the North American market until ''Gradius ReBirth'' in 2009, 22 years later.
** Gofer of ''Gradius II'' (1988) had to wait 10 years to appear in a game released in North America, namely ''Gradius IV''.
* [[No Export for You]]: Much of the series. In fact, in a world where <s>the U.S.</s> North America gets priority over Europe when it comes to video game releases, the opposite applies for not only this series, but the [[Affectionate Parody]], [[Parodius]], as well.
* [[Sequel First]]: ''Gradius II'' was released in 1988 in Japan and Europe, but ''not in North America'', where it was officially unreleased until its appearance on ''Gradius Collection'' in 2006. ''Gaiden'' is a milder example; ''IV'' and ''Galaxies'' came after it and were released here before ''Collection'' (which included ''Gaiden'' as well).
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