Contra, the NES classic is back again and ready for more action. We all remember those good old days, don’t we? Killing the endless supply of aliens as we side scrolled are way to the boss man. In Neo Contra, Konami takes that same old fire and adds a bit of fuel. New weapons, longer levels, and uglier bad guys are just some of the upgrades to look out for.

     Konami is also going to give the characters more depth this time round, Jaguar (AKA Player 2) is now a new type of samurai. This is good; you never know when you need one of those. Did you ever dream you’d be riding a dinosaur? No, well you get to do just that. Riding your scaly friend as you dispatch all of the enemy’s before you. If you gain one thing you lose another. Because of Neo Contras 3D world, you will not be able to jump. This should not hurt the game that much and may even help some of those people, who never could make the jump, save a life or two.

     If change is something you’re not really fond of, you’ll be happy to know that some of the classic guns like flamethrower and spread will be available for your killing pleasure. Also, instead of obtaining your weapons as you go through the mission, you’ll select 3 guns before the level begins. Speaking about the level, is seems that most of the levels in Neo Contra will be in a 3^rd person view above the players head. This should not affect the difficulty of the level, only the strategy in which you play the game.

     There are many skeptics that think Neo Contra will just be another failed attempted to restore Contra to it original glory. I for one hope that they are wrong, and think that Neo Contra is going to rock. Will Contra cast its magic on fans once again and prove the skeptics wrong …. We shall see at this year E3, which also happens to be the Big Ten, that’s right this year the IDSA puts out the 10^th year Anniversary Show.

Publisher   Konami   Developer   Konami Of Japan   Platform   Playstation 2   Player   Two Player   Release Date   November 2004

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