5/30/2023 0 Comments Contra returns xbox one![]() An interesting bit of trivia, the ideas and assets of this supposed Contra reboot found a home in MercurySteam’s own Spacelords – don’t get too excited though, it’s not even close to a good game.Ĭontra Anniversary Collection for now marks the trifecta of the anniversary trilogy unless Konami (hopefully) announces more. ![]() It’s great to see Rogue Corps realised after MercurySteam’s fabled Contra reboot, which got cancelled after the commercial and critical failure of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. This long overdue sequel looks highly stylised and entertaining, giving the series a new personality facelift and should be a great way to bring old fans and newcomers. This is now rectified with the surprise E3 2019 release of Contra Anniversary Collection, which was accompanied by the announcement of the next canonical entry in Contra: Rogue Corps. The process of rebuilding and rebranding starts with reminding everyone of the glorious past, and the trilogy of anniversary collections which included Arcade Classics, Castlevania, and now Contra, is the right way to go about.Ĭontra might arguably be Konami’s greatest action IP second only to Metal Gear, and not since the hidden classic Hard Corps: Uprising (2011) has the franchise seen any major release aside from watered down mobile spin-offs and pachinko machines. There were a string of questionable moves and errors made by the company over the last few years which included: 1) games being cancelled (Silent Hills), 2) key developers and producers being managed out (Hideo Kojima), 3) major IP sequels not meeting the standard ( Metal Gear Survive), and 3) seminal franchises being outright shelved (Castlevania, Gradius, Suikoden, to name a few) in favour of safer options like Pro Evolution Soccer and… pachinko? It’s certainly no secret that Konami lost a lot of its prestige in recent years, but still, for a company which has existed for five decades and counting it will always have enough legs to remedy their image.
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