ReBirth also includes (gasp!) unlimited continues, a first for the franchise. And you don't even want to know how hard on the thumbs Nightmare Mode is. Although Hard Mode is still just as much of a bloodbath as any previous game in the series. The game's Easy Mode also ensures that you're always equipped with adequate firepower as dying does not take away any special weapons (Spread Gun, Homing Missiles or Laser) that you've acquired. But ReBirth is very accessible to new players by including the ability to customize the number of lives at the start of the game and the difficulty level. Like other games in the Contra series, Contra ReBirth is hard and you will die, a lot. While I preferred Contra III to Hard Corps, the only game in the series to appear on the Genesis is a solid inspiration for the 16-bit look of ReBirth. The slightly less detailed art style of Hard Corps is also used in ReBirth as is the general feel of how the characters move. ReBirth falls in with the robots as nearly every boss is a robot of some kind. There's the alien horror style popularized by Contra III: The Alien Wars and then there's the robotic menace style first seen in Contra: Hard Corps. Now, they've gone further back to the franchise's roots with Contra ReBirth, a new entry in the series available only as a WiiWare download, and the second "ReBirth" reimagining of a classic Konami series ( Gradius ReBirth was the first).Įver since the Super NES/Genesis days, titles in the Contra series have relied on two slightly different aesthetic styles typified by the type of enemies your Contra soldier will face. The premier run 'n gun shooter of the 80s/early 90s received an amazing side-scrolling sequel on the PS2 ( Contra: Shattered Soldier), an above-average overhead shooter a few years later ( Neo Contra) and one of the greatest DS games of all-time ( Contra 4) two years ago. Titled Dracula Densetsu ReBirth & Contra ReBirth Original Soundtrack, it includes the complete soundtracks for this game and Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, as well as a medley containing two unused arranged tracks (the Stage 1 theme from Contra Force and the ending theme from Operation C).After the "dark times" of the PSone and N64 era, Konami has done a fantastic job reinventing and resurrecting the Contra series. The game later received a CD soundtrack on March 24, 2010, released exclusively on Konami's "Konami Style" website. Ending: Return in Triumph (original track).Stage Clear: Triumphant Return 1 (from Contra).Final Boss: Last Springsteen (from Contra: Hard Corps).Boss B: GTR Attack! (from Contra: Hard Corps).Boss A: Hotter than Hell (from Super Contra).Stage 5: Horrible Heartbeat (from Contra).Stage 4A: The Foggy Cave in the Darkness (from Contra: Hard Corps).Stage 3: Contra Area 2 BGM (from the Operation C).Stage 2: It's Time for Revenge (from Contra III: The Alien Wars). ![]() Character Select: Player Select (from Contra Force).Demo: Alien's Den (from Contra: Hard Corps).Each track is rendered in a synthesized fashion similar to older Konami arcade games. With the exception of the ending theme, all of the soundtrack in Contra ReBirth is re-arranged from older Contra games. Both BR-W9 and Plissken are playable as unlockables.Īs of January 30, 2019, the game can no longer be acquired due to the closure of the Wii Shop Channel. Players reprise the role of either Bill Rizer or Genbei Yagyu, two members of the four-man Contra squad circa 2633 (along with small android BR-W9 and Reptilian alien recruit Plissken), as they also travel back in time to stop Neo-Salamander. The game' story is set in 1973, where the Neo-Salamander Force (led by the mysterious Chief Salamander) traveled back in time from the year 2633 to take out the original Contra force. The second in Konami's ReBirth trilogy (between Gradius ReBirth and Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth), Contra ReBirth is a deliberately-retro re-imagining of the Contra series, combining classic gameplay mechanics from earlier games in the series while including synthesized rearrangements of the series' musical tracks. Contra ReBirth is a 2D sci-fi fantasy action platformer developed by M2 and published digitally by Konami for the Wii in Japan on May 12, 2009, in Europe on September 4, 2009, and in North America on September 7, 2009.
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