History YMMV / Otomedius

* EvilIsSexy: Almost every villain plays to some kind of fetish, from Playboy bunny suit to labcoat and miniskirt, because it ''is'' a fanservice game, after all.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This game was very controversial in the west at the time of its release (2007) due to its {{Fanservice}}y nature. Nowadays however, the game's fanservice feels downright ''chaste'' thanks to Konami's later title ''VideoGame/{{Bombergirl}}'' which is widely considered to be far more provocative than this game. This, along with increased Western awareness of ''Sexy VideoGame/{{Parodius}},'' has made some newer ''Gradius'' fans wonder what people were getting so worked up over.
%%Zero-context. Why is this sad?* TearJerker:
%%--> '''Tita:''' Spirit extinction confirmed... Good night, baby.

* ValuesDissonance: The name "Poini Coon" is clearly because she's meant to resemble a raccoon, much like Diol looks like a catgirl. However, her last name was changed to "Kune" in the English release as "coon" is a racial slur that the developers likely hadn't been aware of.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: This game is best known for being a 'sexy flying {{Biker Babe}}s' clone of ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''. Oh, there's a little something about guest stars from Life Force/Salamander, ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', and ''Toys/BusouShinki'', but when all the promo posters for the game shove the protagonist and her twin 'fuel tanks' in the audience's face, there's only a couple of things that will stand out for them.

** In ''Gorgeous'', Gravity Bullet (as used by Poini) was quite broken. In ''Excellent'', it's [[UpToEleven even nastier]].

* AmericansHateTingle: At the time of its release, this series was ''thoroughly despised'' by a lot of American ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' fans and critics for its HotterAndSexier approach to the series. However, [[VindicatedByHistory this has cooled down]] a lot in the decade since the game's release and it's now considered a CultClassic.

%%* EvilIsSexy:
%%** Titi XIV
%%** Meta Lium
%%** Ruby and Cobalt
* FandomRivalry: Some ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' fans seem to hate Otomedius for "What Konami did to Gradius". The same goes for fans of anything else the game references. ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' (and that game had assistance from Creator/HideoKojima) gets less hate than poor Kokoro does from the Castlevania fandom.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This game was very controversial in the west at the time of its release (2007) due to its {{Fanservice}}y nature. Nowadays however, the game's fanservice feels downright ''chaste'' thanks to Konami's later title ''VideoGame/{{Bombergirl}}'' which is widely considered to be far more provocative than this game. This, along with increased Western awareness of ''Sexy VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' has made some newer ''Gradius'' fans wonder what people were getting so worked up over.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: At no point is it ever addressed that both Erul's brother David and Kokoro's brother Julius have been missing for a long time (with Erul discovering what happened to David in the first game), and not only do they never commiserate about it, the two girls don't seem to interact at all outside of group gatherings. We could have at least gotten a manga chapter about them bonding or something.

* FandomRivalry: Some ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' fans seem to hate Otomedius for "What Konami did to Gradius". The same goes for fans of anything else the game references. ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' gets less hate than poor Kokoro does from the Castlevania fandom.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: This game is best known for being a 'sexy flying girls' clone of ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''. Oh, there's a little something about guest stars from Life Force/Salamander, ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', and ''Toys/BusouShinki'', but when all the promo posters for the game shove the protagonist and her twin 'fuel tanks' in the audience's face, there's only a couple of things that will stand out for them.

* FandomRivalry: Some Gradius fans seem to hate Otomedius for "What Konami did to Gradius". The same goes for fans of anything else the game references. ''Lords of Shadow'' gets less hate than poor Kokoro does from the Castlevania fandom.

* AmericansHateTingle: This series is ''thoroughly despised'' by a lot of American ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' fans and critics for its HotterAndSexier approach to the series.

* AmericansHateTingle: This series is ''thoroughly despised'' by a lot of American ''VideoGame/Gradius'' fans and critics for its HotterAndSexier approach to the series.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks:
** Every major US reviewer panned ''Excellent'' quite harshly, in ways that are commonly taken to reveal none of the reviewers even liked ShootEmUp games and/or fanservice games and have no business reviewing one.
** Other reviewers gave the game harsh treatment despite clearly never even ''playing'' it. For instance, Destructoid's review of the game uses only the promotional artwork and screenshots to base the entire review on, and did it in an extremely offensive way to boot.
%%There is no BrokenBase entry** This extends to the actual fanbase as well, as noted in BrokenBase.

* EvilIsSexy:
** Titi XIV
** Meta Lium
** Ruby and Cobalt

* FanficFuel: Fan theories for what an ordinary human girl like Shiori is doing with a piece of Bacterian military hardware.
** Her dialogue even [[LampShade lampshades]] it.
--> '''Shiori''': "Surprised? Here I go! Good luck!"

* TearJerker:
--> '''Tita:''' Spirit extinction confirmed... Good night, baby.

** Big Core DX. [[MeaningfulName The DX is the face you make when it appears]]. There's just something incredibly intimidating about a Big Core gunship with ''[[OhCrap six Options]]''.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks:
** Every major US reviewer panned ''Excellent'' quite harshly, in ways that are commonly taken to reveal none of the reviewers even liked ShootEmUp games and/or fanservice games and have no business reviewing one.
** Other reviewers gave the game harsh treatment despite clearly never even ''playing'' it. For instance, Destructoid's review of the game uses only the promotional artwork and screenshots to base the entire review on, and did it in an extremely offensive way to boot.
** This extends to the actual fanbase as well, as noted in BrokenBase.

* ScrappyMechanic: To get new weapons added to a character's selection, you need to either make money or hope to unlock the weapon card for the first and second game respectively. This effectively forces numerous replays just to get a decent selection. The second game is better about it as weapon cards apply to all characters that can use them compared to the first game where you had to grind for each character. This is often a point of complaint in fan written reviews and articles.

* AmericansHateTingle: See BrokenBase and [[HePannedItNowHeSucks They Panned It, Now They Suck]] below.

*** Averted with Kokoro's soundtrack, which many players hate because it doesn't sound like the music of the series that inspired her. She doesn't even have a remix of Heart of Fire, the track she's ''named after.'' It was bad enough that a pair of industrious Internet Heroes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP65Rg7J-Rw set out to fix it]].
* BrokenBase: [[AmericansHateTingle Many non-Japanese fans]] of Konami's previous {{Shoot Em Up}}s have a cold reception towards the series. The complaints usually aren't about the gameplay, but the amount of GagBoobs, {{Fanservice}}, and {{Stripperific}} characters. Some do have complaints about its grind-heavy but otherwise very basic Gradius gameplay to the point of considering other cute'em ups superior in this regard.

* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9QeMrPlK0 Aircraft Carrier]] is in ''this'' game, too. ''Twice''. And just like every other game this theme appears in, it gets in your brain and ''refuses to leave''.

* [[HePannedItNowHeSucks They Panned It, Now They Suck]]:

* AntiClimaxBoss: Compared to her previous forms, Dark Force's final form is quite easy to fight.

*** Averted with Kokoro's soundtrack, which many players hate because it doesn't sound like the music of the series that inspired her. It was bad enough that a pair of industrious Internet Heroes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP65Rg7J-Rw set out to fix it]].

* AccidentalInnuendo: All over the place. Especially from Tita, which might not be so accidental.

*** It's generally felt that Kokoro Belmont's soundtrack is a a subversion, ergo, ''Crowning Music of Suck''. It was bad enough that a pair of industrious Internet Heroes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP65Rg7J-Rw set out to fix it]].

* CultClassic: Getsu Fuuma Den was... obscure, and yet gets a prominant reference in Otomedius in the form of Gesshi Hanafuuma.

* FandomRivalry: Some Gradius fans seem to hate Otomedius for "What Konami did to Gradius".

** Every major US reviewer panned ''Excellent'' quite harshly, in ways that are commonly taken to reveal none of the reviewers even liked ShootEmUp games and have no business reviewing one.

* BrokenBase: [[AmericansHateTingle Many non-Japanese fans]] of Konami's previous {{Shoot Em Up}}s have a cold reception towards the series. The complaints usually aren't about the gameplay, but the amount of GagBoobs, {{Fanservice}}, and {{Stripperific}} characters. Some do have complaints about its grind-heavy but otherwise very basic Gradius gameplay to the point of considering other cute'em ups superior in this regard.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: