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Contra 4

Contra 4 (XSX) game cover art
Platform: DS
Tags: Shooter, Run 'n Gun
Developer: WayForward Technologies
AKA: Contra: Dual Spirits (JP)
Publisher
Region
Released
NA
11/14/2007
JP
03/13/2008

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Reader Reviews

Contra 4 review

Reviewed February 14, 2019

CptRetroBlue says: "Contra with a vengeance"
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Contra 4 review

Reviewed January 22, 2015

dementedhut says: "Upon playing a good ten or so minutes of my first Contra 4 session, WayForward's contribution to the series prompted me to do something unexpected..."
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Contra 4 review

Reviewed January 25, 2008

disco says: "Heroes aren't what they used to be. There haven't been any good, mind-blowingly badass characters in years. Sure, there's the occasional exception like Solid Snake, but the vast majority of today's protagonists are either a bunch of generic gunmen clad in fancy armored suits or whiny, self-absorbed, spiky-haired teenagers. So we get better stories and understand these new characters' perspectives and motivations. That doesn't necessarily make a good game. What happened to guys like Mike Haggar,..."
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Contra 4 review

Reviewed December 17, 2007

timrod says: "Contra 4 is probably the hardest game I've ever wanted to review. On one hand, it's incredibly stupid to dock a game points for being too hard - case in point, the infamous case of an IGN staff member that gave God Hand a 3/10 because he set the difficulty too high and the game kicked his ass. Yet, in this case, it's the difficulty that keeps Contra 4 from being anywhere near as good as Contra 3 was. "
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