It’s Contra… on the Nintendo DS… and it’s awesome. They’ve even got the freaking old school music in there! Contra is easily known as being one of the best (if not the best) side-scrolling shooting game of all time. And it will soon be portable. I wonder if the Konami code will work.
Here’s the official gameplay video from the E3 floor.
Oh man, Contra definitely rocks. I just got the Konami Classics for DS…which has old school Contra in all it’s glory! Also, Rush ‘N Attack, which was one of my favorite arcade classics. I can’t wait for Contra DS to come out. Do you have a DS, Michael?
What game consoles do you own, Michael?
I have owned:
NES
SNES
N64
GameCube
Game Boy (old school with spinach green screen)
I currently own:
Nintendo Wii
DS Lite
PSP
I have ready access to:
PS3
As you can tell, I’m a total Nintendo fanboy. I very rarely play with the PSP, though I do play Virtua Fighter 5 on the PS3 quite often and I enjoy Resistance: Fall of Man (but I suck at it).
Sweet.
I’ve owned (I still have them somewhere, whether they still work is another question 😛 ):
N64
GameBoy
GameBoy Colour
GameBoy Advanced
PS1
I own:
GameCube
PS2
I don’t think I forgot any, but you never know. 😛
I don’t really play games as much anymore. But, I did just get Company of Heroes (for PC), so I’ll be playing that. 😉
Oh yeah, I forgot that I had a GBA-SP at one point too.
I love contra! Michael, you should get the xbox 360, it rocks.
Buy an XBOX 360, with all the problems they’re having now? That’d be a bad move… 😛
Contra owned… up up down down… 🙂
Definitely a good idea on their part to keep the awesome old school soundtrack.
DUDE!! I’m a Nintendo fan too! I owned every system also, and even my classic Nintendo still works! I still play Punch Out, and Mike keeps kicking my ass every time. 007 373 5963!
Contra looks amazing. Just think of what a side-scrolling Contra would look like on the PS3? Or how you could intereact with it on the Wii?
I haven’t owned every system… I stayed far, far away from the travesty known as the Virtual Boy. 🙂
If you want a Contra-like experience on the Wii with Wii controls, you might want to check out Metal Slug Anthology (Metal Slug was “inspired” by Contra).
Contra was one of the best Nintendo games ever. That and Bo Jackson’s baseball!