HOLY FREAKIN' CRAP! THIS GAME IS AWESOME!!!!!!
Story: 2 years after the Alien Wars, Black viper is back and he is ticked. He blows up cities and a bunch of other crap and the world is in chaos. The fate of humanity is in the hands of 4 four soldiers who must kill Black Viper once again.
Gameplay: It is very simple. D-pad is to move, Y is to shoot, B Jumps, A drops your weapon power up, X is your gappeling hook, L is to switch back and forth through your weapon power ups, and R is to stand in place so you can shoot around. The controls are awesome but no touch screen, in my opinion is good because I think this game would suck w/ touch controls. This game also uses both screens on the DS which is really cool.
Graphics: This is one of the best looking DS games on the DS. the Backrounds and enviorments are beautfil on the DS.
Music: The music in this game is good.
Difficulty: ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU THROW THE DS OUT THE WINDOW AND START BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF PEOPLE! (well maybe enough to throw the DS out the window).
Value: Contra 4 has tons of extras. From new characters to play as, comics, interveiws, challenge mode, and the 2 of the old contra games are here: Contra and Super C.
Cons: this game has multiplayer, Which is awesome, but its only multicard so that means both players must have the game in order to play it CO-OP and CO-OP is only in arcade mode. Plus there is no mutliplayer in the old contra games on the game. And online CO-OP would have been nice.
Overall: Contra 4 is the game contra fans have been waiting for and i highly recemend it to fans of contra and people who want a challenge. You will be curssing at your DS for weeks. 9.5/10