This week marks the thirtieth anniversary of Contra III: The Alien Wars (or Super Probotector: Alien Rebels) on the SNES in Europe. That’s loopy, proper? Despite Konami’s moderately lacklustre try and revitalise the franchise with Contra: Rogue Corps in 2019, we right here at Nintendo Life nonetheless have a spot in our hearts for the run ‘n’ gun shooter sequence.
Starting with the unique Contra again in 1986 as a coin-op arcade title, the franchise has since gone on to spawn a sizeable handful of sequels on Nintendo platforms. Since many of those are identified by totally different names in Europe, it may well usually be a bit tough to know precisely the place to begin (though Konami’s personal Contra Anniversary Collection for the Switch goes a protracted option to rectifying this).
So, to assist type the Hard from the Rogue, we’re asking you fantastic people to price your favorite Contra titles beneath and assist us compile a rating of the highest Contra video games of all time!
Similar to our different reader-ranked polls, registered NL customers can click on on the celebs beneath and price the video games out of 10. The ensuing rating, which we’ll publish sooner or later, is created from these fluid NL User Ratings and is subsequently topic to vary, even after publication. If you’ve got beforehand rated these video games in our database, thanks! If not, you’ll be able to add your rating to the sport at any time, current or future, and it’ll nonetheless depend and doubtlessly affect the order.
So, seize Bill and Lance and let’s get probotecting contra-ing…
Note. Yes, we have included the Anniversary Collection for completeness’ sake — if you happen to’d moderately it weren’t there, merely faux it is not and the rating round it is going to be in precisely the identical order it might be in any other case. Easy!
Also, simply so that you’re all conscious of precisely what you are ranking right here, we thought we would record the video games which have totally different names in Europe to your comfort:
- Contra / Probotector (NES)
- Super C / Probotector II: Return of the Evil Forces (NES)
- Operation C / Probotector (Game Boy)
- Contra III: The Alien Wars / Super Probotector: Alien Rebels (SNES)
- Contra: Hard Corps / Probotector (Sega Genesis)
Rate every Contra sport you’ve got performed:
Click the celebs beneath to price out of 10 every Contra you’ve got performed:
Thanks for ranking your favourites and provides us a shout if you happen to assume there’s something lacking.
We’ll be revealing the outcomes quickly, however bear in mind: very similar to our platform Top 50s, the record can be fluid, so even if you happen to miss out on voting earlier than the outcomes are revealed, you’ll be able to nonetheless affect the rating after publication.
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