Another day, another rapturous Contra 4 post
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jul 13th 2007 at 10:40AM }
Kohler cites the classic weapons, the cleverly dual-screen-enhanced level design (which we don't think counts as DS gimmickry) and the Contra-appropriate sound design as features that contributed to his positive impressions. Oh, and the difficulty. Apparently action games are hard when you've been at a trade show all day, doing interviews and lugging a bunch of computer equipment around. We hope Contra will be sufficiently challenging even in more comfortable conditions.
We think we're going to have to find an excuse to post about Contra 4 every day until more developers get the message that there are plenty of strategy RPG's, sports games, mascot platformers, first-person shooters, puzzle games, and such out there. But there is a huge hole in the market for REAL ACTION GAMES like this one that are about jumping and shooting and synthesized guitar, and God knows there's enough of a userbase on the DS to support both awesome run & gun games and whatever else people want to put on there.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nushio @ Jul 13th 2007 11:30AM
Huge Contra fan.
Bought Contra III on the SNES VC the day it came out.
Can't wait!
Commonc @ Jul 13th 2007 12:05PM
Do we know when this will be released?