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New Contra Game Announced, Promises A "Fresh Twist" For Mobile

Contra Returns is launching on July 26, and you can check out a trailer now.

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Konami has announced a new entry in its popular Contra series, as Contra Returns will launch in July on mobile devices. The game was developed by Tencent's TiMi Studio alongside Konami, and the publisher promises a "fresh twist" on the retro shooter.

Pre-registrations are open now on Google Play and iOS, and signing up gets you "exclusive rewards." The full game, meanwhile, is slated to release in North America on July 26.

Here is the full description for Contra Returns:

"Contra Returns brings fans of the franchise an authentic new take on the Contra series, enhanced with all new graphics, gameplay upgrades, and more. New characters, storylines and customizable weapons allow players to unlock skills and conquer the battlefield with the same thrill of the arcade originals. Contra Returns offers over 200 levels, new game modes including One Life Mode, 1v1, and 3v3 modes, player and equipment upgrades and customization, and more, creating the ultimate Contra experience."

Konami's Contra series premiered back in 1987 and the publisher released a number of sequels leading up to the latest game for consoles, Contra: Rogue Corps, in 2019.

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Contra Rogue Corps was a$$ and this will be even worse because mobile.

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Got very excited, then saw mobile… 🤦‍♂️😭🤦‍♂️😭🤦‍♂️😭

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New Contra Game Announced -->Yeah!

Promises a "Fresh Twist" --> Sounds good!

For Mobile --> screw you I'm out

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At this point I'm just waiting for Blazing Chrome 2. Screw this.

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lost me at mobile and tencent

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I'll bet its a looter/shooter.

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Only on mobile...
Means we dont know how to make a proper Contra for consoles anymore.
The last good Contra game was on Saturn and one on the PS1 i believe...do your math how long that was ago.

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@sladakrobot: Contra Shattered Solider on PS2 was a solid game, but it was rock hard. But all the Contra games are hard TBH

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@sladakrobot: Contra Re:Birth on the Wii digital store wasn't bad, but I know what you mean.

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I think I speak for everybody when I say that a franchise that hasn't had a proper game release in at least 10 years doesn't need a "fresh twist"... it needs the original recipe. And there's nothing fresh about injecting dog shit into the original recipe. Streets of Rage 4 sold over 1.5 million copies as of September of 2020... it's not hard to just do what the franchise is known for. Nobody's asking you to reinvent the wheel.

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We already have a new Contra game, it's called Blazing Chrome; it's amazing, and it's on Steam.

No one needs to wait for this.

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@rekonym: That game is so underrated and deserving of far more praise than it got.

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Mobile? Tencent? F*** No.

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Wow so now they can't even afford to make CGIs...couldn't look more outdated lol

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veryone wants in to the gambling loophole that is cell phone games where you can hire 2 teenagers, whip up a crappy game and add tons of unethical and unregulated gambling elements to it to bleed the idiots dry of their credit card's balances.

The dark times of "gaming"

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So it's trash. Did anyone suspect anything better from Konami?

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@Thanatos2k: im surprised its not a pachinko machine (or whatever thosse things are called)

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For a second there I thought I had to open my wallet.

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@Art3Zero: Did you open for wallet for the last Contra game Konami made? That garbage Rogue Corps?

....Why?

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You lost me at "mobile."

"What? You guys don't have phones?"

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I really wish Konami would just sell off their video game IP and go off and die somewhere, but the truth of the matter is that they're probably making boatloads of cash off of milking those IP on mobile and pachinko, so they're here to stay.

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mobile? no thanks, Konami has nothing left i care for other then "maybe" PES

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The twist is that it's free to download, but they've gone back to charging $0.25 for each play.

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New twist "build your Contra world with gems and crystals"

Also it looks like Metal Slug which was always a sucky version of Contra

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10 seconds of gameplay in an almost 2 minute video. 😐

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Opens door, "mobile", closes door and leaves....

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I have already played that game here in China, it is already a couple of years old and is just terrible. The missions are really short, and yes, is riddle with a lot of microtransactions and grindy as hell. Even by Chinese standards it has a bad rating so dont expect too much.

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The "new twist" will be microtransactions.

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>new contra announced: “real shit?”

>tencent mobile game: “I sleep”

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Ah yes, just what people want in their classic, retro games, "a new twist." Gamers just love when you take a classic franchise, change everything up and stick it on phones. Konami definitely know what they're doing.

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"@voldrik: screw video games and forget Kojima! Pachinko is the future!"

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new contra game but for mobile? make 7up yours konami this is why yall are a laughing stock in the gamers community

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They lost me at Mobile.

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@ezio899: they lost us all at mobile

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