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Title: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: famicomplicated on May 09, 2009, 08:47:23 PM

The twelfth game in the series will be exclusive to Nintendo's online store.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=18391

 Recently, Konami announced via their official Japanese website that a brand new entry in the Contra series will be released for WiiWare under the title Contra: Rebirth.    

Contra is a run-and-gun shooting arcade game in which players control a commando fighting waves of enemies. The 1987 original was first ported to the NES and made famous by its simultaneous co-operative play. The last sequel in the main series to appear on a Nintendo console was Contra III: The Alien Wars on the SNES in 1992.    

Contra: Rebirth will feature updated 2D visuals, and retain the classic co-operative gameplay that made the original famous.    

Contra : Rebirth will cost 1000 Nintendo Points and will be available via the Japanese Wii Shop Channel on May 12.    

Currently there is no word on release outside of Japan.

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: Tansunn on May 09, 2009, 08:09:52 PM

"The last sequel to appear on a Nintendo system was Contra 3: The Alien Wars on the Super Nintendo in 1992."

Don't you mean "Contra 4 on the Nintendo DS in 2007"?

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 09, 2009, 08:18:33 PM

*Loud speaker crackles*
"Can we get a fact check on aisle 7? fact check on aisle 7."

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: NWR_Lindy on May 09, 2009, 09:20:44 PM

Small oversight on James' part.  Corrected.  I'm sure he meant Nintendo consoles, not Nintendo systems period.

The last Contra game on Nintendo systems was obviously Contra 4 (DS).  The last console entry in the main series was Contra III: The Alien Wars (April 1992, SNES), while the last Nintendo console entry overall was the spin-off Contra Force (September 1992, NES), which was released here but not in Japan.

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: NWR_Neal on May 09, 2009, 10:50:17 PM

Not that I disliked Contra 4, but I'm glad to see this on WiiWare. I want to run-and-gun with a friend again.

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: famicomplicated on May 10, 2009, 01:02:37 AM

Thanks for pointing that out guys, funny how one word makes all the difference! ;-)

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: Michael8983 on May 10, 2009, 06:58:24 AM

Can people NOW shut up about the Wii not being for "hardcore" gamers.

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: GK on May 10, 2009, 10:10:53 AM

Wonder if it'll be as brutally hard as Contra 4.

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on May 12, 2009, 08:16:21 PM

Gameplay footage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rmLzDl-o8)

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 12, 2009, 08:23:55 PM

Quote from: Flames_of_chaos on May 12, 2009, 08:16:21 PM

Gameplay footage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rmLzDl-o8)

Looks good like SNES grafix
actual game play starts at the 2:20 mark

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on May 12, 2009, 09:25:00 PM

I don't mind the SNES graphics because I love SNES era graphics.

Title: Re: Konami Announces Contra Rebirth for WiiWare
Post by: NovaQ on May 13, 2009, 07:48:48 AM

The video looks good. That's a pretty cool idea for a boss fight (pssh, oxygen? Who needs that?).