Gradius Advance is a horizontally scrolling shooter handheld video game developed by Mobile21 and published by Konami, originally released in Europe in November 2001.

Various traditional elements of Gradius are present — the moai, an undefended final boss, and the upgrade power meter.

The weapons system remained mostly unchanged as the configurations available are identical to Gradius III, with the exception that the edit mode is missing.

There are four different types of weapons configurations: Balanced, (traditional Gradius) wide area (Salamander) power, and air-to-ground.

The crisp graphics hold up fine on the small screen, but the music is standard, forgettable fare.