Contras, Probotectors, and the legacy of war

[LBD_Nytetrayn]

I need to get back and finish that game. I'm at the last level.

Then life became a gauntlet match that it feels like I'm coming out on the losing end of. x_X

 

[Tomm Guycot]

Oh, wait, it looks like it's maybe not the soundtrack? Just when it's a level 2 Overload? Or it also does it with the Castlevania soundtrack?

Also, I clearly haven't unlocked "Konami Code," which I assume is a perk that comes after everything else?

Oh you're right. It's the L2 unless you are using Konami Code.

No, you have to do something special to make the Perk appear for sale. You'll never guess what.

 

[LBD_Nytetrayn]

Happy Birthday, Lance!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1826055888760938760

https://twitter.com/x/status/1826065165734813859

 

[Ghost from Spelunker]

Hey wait a minute. The dog tag in Contra Shattered Soldier says Lance is AB+. That pic says his blood is A.
Happy birthday anyways!
I liked it how he had two green guns in Contra III.

 

[ShakeWell]

Oh you're right. It's the L2 unless you are using Konami Code.

No, you have to do something special to make the Perk appear for sale. You'll never guess what.

...Enter "ABACABB" on the title screen?

 

[ShakeWell]

I was playing last night and had an idea. @Tomm Guycot I don't know what you're working on, if there's any plan for any kind of update or DLC (or maybe even if it's in the game, since I haven't 100%'d the achievements yet), but a perk that let you do a Gradius-series thing and let you pick your weapon loadout, no matter who you're playing as, would be dope as hell. Like, if I want to have Stanley's backwards machine gun AND Lucia's charge-shot spread, I can have both! While playing as Lance!

 

[LBD_Nytetrayn]

I was playing last night and had an idea. @Tomm Guycot I don't know what you're working on, if there's any plan for any kind of update or DLC (or maybe even if it's in the game, since I haven't 100%'d the achievements yet), but a perk that let you do a Gradius-series thing and let you pick your weapon loadout, no matter who you're playing as, would be dope as hell. Like, if I want to have Stanley's backwards machine gun AND Lucia's charge-shot spread, I can have both! While playing as Lance!

I like it.

 

[ShakeWell]

Had anyone else discovered this fun Easter Egg?

If you're listening to the Classic Konami soundtrack, and you use the Overload for the Homing Missile the drones turn into pixel art Vic Vipers. I haven't seen anything else like this, but I'm definitely curious now.

Overloading Fang's F power-up does a similar thing: the fire dragon from Salamander chases enemies down. Pretty fun!

 

[gogglebob]

I will say that I was surprised that there was no eventual "custom Contra" option that would allow you to mix and match. Playing as that spoilered character from the previous post who has all the alternate weapons confirmed there are some neat places where those unique weapons work wonderfully... but some feel like a death sentence depending on the stage. It would be cool just for fudgin' around purposes to have the expanded toolkit available and customizable by stage.

Also, while I'm asking for the moon, the ability to have (say) machine gun in one hand, and alternate machine gun in the other would be rad.

Quick Addendum: It occurs to me that my dream "this might be crazy" combination would be flamethrower + alternate flamethrower. Feel like that would be almost a sword/shield melee version of Contra.

 

[LBD_Nytetrayn]

I will say that I was surprised that there was no eventual "custom Contra" option that would allow you to mix and match. Playing as that spoilered character from the previous post who has all the alternate weapons confirmed there are some neat places where those unique weapons work wonderfully... but some feel like a death sentence depending on the stage. It would be cool just for fudgin' around purposes to have the expanded toolkit available and customizable by stage.

Also, while I'm asking for the moon, the ability to have (say) machine gun in one hand, and alternate machine gun in the other would be rad.

Quick Addendum: It occurs to me that my dream "this might be crazy" combination would be flamethrower + alternate flamethrower. Feel like that would be almost a sword/shield melee version of Contra.

Or just cut to the chase, and include either Jaguar or

Spoiler

Beowulf

.

 

[chud_666]

Finally got this. Loving it. Busting through Arcade on increasing difficulty.

I have a question about lore though!

Oh and double crush is baller

 

[Tomm Guycot]

I have a question about lore though!

Lore you say?

 

[chud_666]

Lore you say?

Yes!

So I didn't pay attention to story until Hard Corps and Shattered Soldier.
Been a minute, but in Shattered, the Triumvirate had located a thing in Jupiter or whatever that drew the attention or ire of the aliens. Like basically it was stolen. Now in Operation Galuga (OG?) we have an opposite situation with the Lemris. This is all a big roundabout way to ask if the new game is a full reboot, or a creative retelling of pt1?

 

[Tomm Guycot]

Yes!

So I didn't pay attention to story until Hard Corps and Shattered Soldier.
Been a minute, but in Shattered, the Triumvirate had located a thing in Jupiter or whatever that drew the attention or ire of the aliens. Like basically it was stolen. Now in Operation Galuga (OG?) we have an opposite situation with the Lemris. This is all a big roundabout way to ask if the new game is a full reboot, or a creative retelling of pt1?

It is more or less a full reboot.

 

[chud_666]

Killer. Hope more is coming!

 

[Tomm Guycot]

Surprise (happy 1 year anniversary)

 

[LBD_Nytetrayn]

Awesome!

 

[Daikaiju]

Big Transformers G1 box art energy