Contra Anniversary Collection
Advance through enemies and bosses, collect weapon power-ups and explore a collection of Contra's arcade and console games. Included entries vary the action with changing viewpoints, climbing and branching stage routes.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.1 / 10
About this game
Contra Anniversary Collection gathers arcade and home-console games built around moving through stages, collecting power-ups and shooting enemies and bosses. The original arcade Contra changes between horizontal, vertical and pseudo-3D sections. Contra III adds wall and ceiling grabbing, weapon switching and overhead stages where rotating the background changes how you explore. Contra: Hard Corps offers characters with different abilities and decisions that lead to different stages. The lineup also includes regional versions, such as the North American and Japanese home versions of Contra and the European Contra III counterpart, Super Probotector: Alien Rebels. Away from the action, a digital Bonus Book provides development documents, sketches, a chronology and an interview.
Collected in series
Contra is a run-and-gun action series where commandos jump, shoot and push through military fortifications and alien attacks. Weapon pickups, towering bosses and cooperative play turn each advance into a busy test of movement and aim.
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A collection for players who want to compare classic run-and-gun rules, stage ideas and regional variations.
Changes in viewpoint, climbing and weapon handling can give the included games different demands despite their shared shooting foundation. Hard Corps' branches and the Bonus Book also offer reasons to engage with the collection as both playable action and series history.
Strengths
- Distinct movement and stage systems can make comparing the included games more interesting than repeating one ruleset.
- The Bonus Book gives players interested in the series a way to connect play with development material.
Weaknesses
- Regional versions create some lineup overlap, which may matter to players seeking only entirely different games.
Who it is for: Players interested in classic action, comparing arcade and console design, or reading development material alongside the games.
Play notes: Supported multiplayer requires a compatible controller for each player.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Separate games provide different starting points, while Hard Corps adds route decisions within a single title, favoring players who like choosing what to tackle next. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Power-up shooting combined with climbing, weapon switching and character differences can reward learning each included game's own rules. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Side-view, overhead and pseudo-3D sequences can make the collection's encounters visually varied without relying on a claim of modernized graphics. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The controller-per-player requirement gives local multiplayer a concrete setup condition to account for when arranging shared play. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Publisher
- Konami
- Release date
- 2019
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Compilation
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genreShooter
- Tags
- Compilation2D GraphicsFast-pacedReal-time CombatSolo-friendlyShootingReplayablePlatforming
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Co-opSingle playerMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third personSide viewTop-down
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2019
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
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