Paro Wars (1997)

Developer

Konami

Platforms

PlayStation

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)

How it feels

A whimsical, comedic spin on turn-based strategy that pokes fun at its own shoot-'em-up roots while keeping tactics light and approachable.

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About

A turn-based strategy game produced by Konami in 1997 in Japan only. It features characters and conflicts based upon the popular Parodius series of video games which in turn is a parody of the long running Gradius series. It is the sixth installment of the Parodius series and is the Parodius equivalent to Cosmic Wars, a turn-based strategy game set in the Gradius universe, or R-Type Tactics, set in the R-Type universe.

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