Candidates for a new Parodius?

The Parodius series has not had a new release for some time, save for Parodius Portable on PSP. I want to see a sequel to this, and if not official, then fanmade. Now say we did a fan-made new entry for Parodius, who would be your candidates for the roster?

Some that come to mind:

-Sparkster (Rocket Knight Adventures)
The space stage on RKA1 gave us a good example of how this could work. Sparkster in his flight mode, with the crescent shots as his ammo.

-Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Though characters like this may be considered too serious for the tone of these games, an SD rendition of folks like Snake would help keep in touch with the mood, and an obvious candidate.

-Koh (Azure Dreams)
Yes, the protagonist of the roguelike RPG (which IMHO was best on GBC) really has the potential to be a worthy candidate, with his familiar Kewne as his option powerup.

-Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
His whip would be unique as the only non-bullet weapon in the game, reaching farther as his powerups increase.

-Bill "Mad Dog" Rizer/Lance "Scorpion" Bean (Contra)
Another obvious candidate.

Notice the Konami-ness, keeping in touch with the spirit of the series.

So who else are we missing?

goemon and the rest from mystical ninja ?
that series is already weird enough that it can be a parodius on its own

silent hill ( well why not the ufo and akita endings are bloody weird ) either harry heather or james

I considered the Silent Hill characters, actually.

Goemon was actually featured in the series already, starting with the second (Gokujyou Parodius).

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Originally Posted by 5233

I considered the Silent Hill characters, actually.

Goemon was actually featured in the series already, starting with the second (Gokujyou Parodius).

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You have to go back a tad further for Goemon in a Parodius game, the original on MSX.

Highly doubt that another Parodius would get made due to Konami focusing only a few games now (Pro Evolution Soccer, Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania and maybe Silent Hill) but here goes.

The two main characters from Bishi Bashi Special (I don't know their names), they seem wacky enough to fit into the series as well as the characters from pop'n music and Poy Poy. I don't know if characters from the Tokimeki Memorial series, the Mario lookalike from Track and Field, the chef from Comic Bakery and Frogger have already been in the game but they probably might be doable. It's just hard to think of memorable Konami games that fit the oddballness of the game that haven't been in the series even as references. I would like to see Jackal from Silent Scope 2 to be in it but he obviously doesn't fit in at all unless one of the bosses is a parody of Silent Scope (say a huge skyscraper with eyes and a mouth) and he is there as a tiny sprite aiming things.

I want Gradius VI first.

Gradius V was bad ass.