Contra for wii game

For Contra ReBirth, Konami revived the old style of Contra play and made a new title that, while carrying over a lot of familiar elements from the old games, still stands as something different and enjoyable.

Running through levels filled with soldiers and alien creatures, you must dodge them and their gunfire while dishing out some of your own, but be careful, because you will go down to a single hit. When you start the game off, you might panic a little when you notice the options menu only lets you have up to 7 lives, but the game balances this out in a few ways.

Contra is well known for its difficulty and this leads to many players trying to work around it one way or another, so I prefer the game just giving you the option outright to continue the game instead of asking players to put in a code or something similar. Besides the continues, the game has another good way to keep itself accessible while maintaining difficulty.

The way it handled difficulty settings and continues was the clincher for its lower rating, but Contra ReBirth is both more rewarding and less punishing if you start on the Easy setting and working your way up to Hard. Thankfully, while it is upping the numbers on hazards and foes, it never does so lazily, with new threats positioned intelligently so they can be adapted to well enough. There is technically nothing barring you from throwing yourself into the deep end, but the game tries to make sure its worth your while to take on the difficulties in order.

Beating Easy will unlock the tiny girl robot Brownie as a playable character and beating Normal will unlock a large reptilian alien named Plissken for you to play as. Most bosses and stage designs keep the action going with interesting setpieces and challenging patterns, so even the returning threats are enjoyable rematches amidst interesting new gimmicks.

One thing I do like that returned from Contra III is the ability to hold two weapons, swapping between them whenever you wish. The weapon selection also mirrors Contra III quite a bit, with the homing rockets, a laser gun, the fan favorite spread shot, and of course your default machine gun fire. All this publication's reviews Read full review. Game Over Online.

Not just a simple remake of the classic, Contra Rebirth is a genuine, all-new injection of classic arcade action. More committed to the hardcore and nostalgic audience, it's nonetheless a great and classy production by Konami. Though Contra ReBirth may not enjoy the same level of variety as other recent installments in the series, it's ultimately well worth the asking price. Pelit Finland. It's pure neo-retro: It's done the way they used to be done and that's not necessarily a good thing.

All this publication's reviews. Game Revolution. A competent Contra game, but if you look at the 'ReBirth' in the title expecting to find updated visuals and new features as the name suggests, you are better off looking elsewhere. User Reviews.

Write a Review. Positive: 2 out of 4. Mixed: 2 out of 4. Negative: 0 out of 4. If you've never played a contra game, this is NOT for you. Its that good! Nostalgia element was fun and I was happy with the game, until less than an hour in I passed it. Yes I was playing on easy, but an hour?! Due to the length I just can't recommend it, there are much better and longer WiiWare games out there NyqQuest for example is at least hours long.

This game is short. Really, really, really short, with only 6 levels or so. I never played Contra before, so I'm not familiar with the This game is short. I never played Contra before, so I'm not familiar with the story, and I didn't share in any part of the nostalgia factor. Still, for forty five minutes, my friend and I had a great time.