The traditional flamethrower, however, is missing. The power-ups in this installment consists of a Spread Shot, a Laser Gun and a Homing Gun. The dual weapon system from Contra III: The Alien Wars returns and the player's normal gun can now shoot in autofire once again. Two additional characters: Brownie (Tsugumin in the Japanese version), an android shaped like a small girl and Plissken, a tall reptilian humanoid alien (whose name is a tribute to the Snake Plissken movie character), can also be selected once the player has completed the game on Easy (Brownie) and Normal (Plissken). The player initially has a choice between two different player characters: Bill Rizer, the traditional Contra hero, or Genbei Yagyu from Neo Contra. As with most Contra games, up to two players can play simultaneously. The game can be played with the standard Wii Remote, as well as with the Classic Controller or a Nintendo GameCube controller. Personally, I find the differences between the two negligible.Contra ReBirth retains the same sprite-based side-scrolling gameplay as the series' earlier installments. it is fundamentally the same track, though it's apparent that it went through a few changes in the final mix. A well-placed bit of fan service, but still one hell of a tease I, too, was hoping for more classic remixes in Hard.Īs for the Ocean theme. The only classic stage arrangement in the game is 'Jungle 2' - all the rest of the Hard mode tracks are exactly the same as in Normal. Are there more tracks in the game that haven't been recorded? However, Angela's rip only has a track like this for the first stage. I've heard from various sources that the Hard difficulty has straight arrangements of the classic Contra tracks. I wonder if this is the Hard difficulty version? I was kind of disappointed when I found out there is a different version in the game, but it's still a great song and it sounds almost the same. I wonder if the version of the 'Ocean' theme that is in the youtube video is out there somewhere. However, a different version was put into the game. I was browsing trailers on youtube before I got the game, and there was one song that really caught my interest.

There is one thing I've been wondering about one of the songs, though.

Contra rebirth soundtrack