The heroes from the get-go are Bill Rizer and Yagyu Jubei, the latter marking his second appearance after his debut in Neo Contra. It’s another 2D game, with a visual style much like Contra III, and it plays pretty much the same way, including the two-weapon system and the position lock without strafing abilities, although the bombs are gone like in Contra 4. If Contra 4 focused mostly on the first three games, Contra Rebirth also adds in some influence from Hard Corps, as well as bits and pieces from the other, later games. But wait – wasn’t that what Contra 4 was supposed to be? The Rebirth series began with Gradius, which brought the series back to its 16-bit roots using similarly styled graphics, music and gameplay. The purpose of this Wiiware game is initially a bit confusing. I WOULD have paid for it, because it is excellent and way worth the 1000 points they're charging, but Nintendo's nimrod approach to digital distribution will continue to guarantee that they won't be seeing any real money from me until they get their act together. I don't know when that'll actually go live, but in the meantime, here's a review of Contra Rebirth, which was released last month in Japan for WiiWare. It's maintained by Ed Oscuro now, and I believe he's moving it to a different server.Īt any rate, this is a long roundabout way of saying I'm working on an HG101 article to Contra, mostly to accompany another Konami themed write-up I'm working on. At least it's functional as a graphic and media archive. It was really cool that Contra 4 actually mentioned the site in the credits - I think those pictures from the Contra Shattered Soldier (Shin Contra OST) are the ones I'd scanned myself - but pretty embarrassed that the site really never became what it should've been. Then I redesigned it and brought it a bit up to par between jobs, then it fell through the cracks again. I started the site, went to college, and let it rot for four years, more or less. The site had always been mistreated by me, mostly for time issues. ![]() ![]() So while I was looking through the files of the Contra HQ, it was particularly distressing how BAD the reviews were, if there were any at all.
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