After countless epic fails of games, the name COntra is almost a joke, this is its only shot to redeem itself.
Gameplay:Contra 4 is a return to what made Contra great. Side-scrolling, spread shot shooting, explosive ACTION! Many games on the DS have gimmicky touch screen controls, not Contra, everything you do you use buttons. Contra 4 also has many extras, if you beat the game even on easy you get Challenges, and after beating these you can get extra characters, music, and best of all, you can play the full version of Contra, and Super C, both of them with there codes, and it actually has quite a nostalgic feeling, because it uses both screens like there one, just like the arcade version, but that also is a problem, because sometimes there may be a enemy in the space you cant see, and missiles sometimes stop there. Luckily, it isn't too bad.
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Presentation: What I really like about Contra 4's presentation, is that its graphics don't try to go 3-D like it did on the last couple Contra games. It looks a lot like Contra III which is really cool to me, and the music is really nice, because it is the same as the first one except it has more detail.(is that the right word?)