Gradius: The Interstellar Assault
| Gradius: The Interstellar Assault | |
|---|---|
Japanese cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Designer(s) | Y. Daikai Hiroyuki Fukui Tamotsu Goto |
| Composer(s) | Yoshiyuki Hagiwara |
| Series | Gradius |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, released as Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero in Europe, and Nemesis II in Japan, is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy. It is the second game in the Gradius series released for the console. The game was later ported to the Konami GB Collection series of Super Game Boy and Game Boy Color compilations; it can be found in the Japanese Vol. 3 and the European Vol. 4. Like Gradius before it, these versions were renamed Gradius II for the Japanese Vol. 3 and Gradius II: The Return of the Hero for the European Vol. 4. It was re-released on the Nintendo Classics service for the Nintendo Switch in May 2025.