LBP Gradius Recreation

I had to steal this from Kotaku (who mislabeled it as R-Type, but I can't read Japanese either)- Gradius' first level entirely recreated in LittleBigPlanet, even down to those damned volcanoes.

I would love to write an article about the Gradius series, but it would be grossly incomplete; I have no access to a MSX or some of the arcade-only games. Maybe just Salamander (Life Force) then.