Contra 4!

[mannerbot]

Eh, well I bought Border Down LE when it was new so that makes up for it.

[YellerDog]

The "Challenge" levels in C4 are fantastic. It's nice to have little gameplay-modified goals to run through, and it looks like you can fight the bosses from the main game at will as you clear 'em.

Just unlocked Super C, too. <3

[gameoverDude]

The return of Super C's Level 2 weapons rocks, especially the machine gun.

WFT did a great job, and the difficulty is just fine- with more challenge than the cakewalk arcade versions' default settings. Neo Contra and Shattered Soldiers can just get out. Here, Normal will kick your ass in the first stage for a little while- and the first boss has a cool surprise waiting for you. You're not going to just blaze through.

Should Konami port C4 to the Wii/XBLA/something, I'd buy it again.

The "dead zone" doesn't really cause any problems. Good thing there's no stylus fuckery of any sort in Contra 4.

[Low]

I wonder how many copies were sold at $10....

Ironic given how many TNLers said they wouldn't buy it for more than a $10 Live charge. *-neo

[Grave]

Ironic given how many TNLers said they wouldn't buy it for more than a $10 Live charge. *-neo

Hey, I bought it, and I don't even have a 360.

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[Gooch]

Nobody was even willing to spend $30 on Senko no Ronde, which at least looks like a game made in this millennium.

Yeah, but that's because Senko no Ronde is terrible. Senko no Good is more like it.

I forgot Contra 4 came out this week. It's good to hear the favorable impressions. I'll pick up a copy this weekend if I remember.

[mannerbot]

Possible, I haven't given my copy a spin yet but all I've heard since the arcade release is mediocre impressions. Regardless of quality the game was never going to move 100,000 units.

[Mikhal]

I bought Senko too at $10. Would be playing it still if VF5 didn't come out and take over my time.

[Melf]

What a great game. I can make it to the city at this point on Easy. The various pop-up traps on Normal make it basically impossible to clear it the first time through, which is a GOOD THING.

Don't expect to see many more games like this.

Fix your fucking sig, Yoshi.

Yeah, he needs to take out Contra and add RBI Baseball.

[Yoshi]

God damn it.