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Contra rebirth characters8/8/2023 In the first half of stage 2, the player occasionally encounters birds that sneak-attack the player after seemingly idling in the background. These rings are similar in design and move in similar motion to the rings shot by many enemies in the Gradius series. When playing on the Nightmare difficulty setting, most enemies emit a destructible blue ring toward the player after they’re destroyed. The alien organization is called Neo-Salamander and their weapon is the Zelos Force. In fact, there are many Gradius references in this game. This may be a reference to the expression Pushing up daisies, in referencing someone who has died. The character Brownie (Tsugu-Min) bears a striking resemblance to Drossel Von Flugel, the gynoid duchess from the Fireball anime series.Īdditionally, notice the death animation for Brownie, as a flower appears to rise out of it. The ninja sub-boss of the third stage (Rocket Ninja Sasaki) bears a resemblance to the Lin Kuei faction of the Mortal Kombat series. This is a reference to the MSX Gradius games that involve a Gradian calender. In the cut scene before the first stage, the text states the year of 2633 with “Contra” as a prefix: The same thing happens to Konami Lady in the Famicom-exclusive title Konami Wai Wai World (Parody World): Incidentally, the Gradius series would also receive a Rebirth title for the WiiWare service.Īs if the feel and tone of the game didn’t seem at least somewhat like a parody, Tsugu-Min (BR-W9)’s death animation includes a flower blooming out. The significance of the caption “I JUST” is unclear, but the character on that billboard is Dr. In the second stage, you may notice this billboard in the background: The PAL version is also a special case as it contains a debug menu not seen in the other 2 versions. In addition to this, a “Whoop!” chant is heard, similar to the one in the jungle stage theme of the arcade version of Super Contra, as the text scrolls. The text in the intro (“It’s now time for the legendary Contra to be reborn…”) is red and scrolls leftward, the same as the text in the intro of arcade Super Contra (“The quest for freedom continues…”). This is a rare instance of the PAL version not being released the latest instead, the North American release holds this distinction. The PAL release is a special case, not just for Contra ReBirth, but for the series as a whole. They can get away with things like this in Japan. It was indeed a form of censorship, regardless of losing symbolism to maintain visual consistency, as this is the portrait seen in the Japanese version:Īs is obvious, that is Adolf Hitler. Olive, the representative of the Contra series in the maze battle multiplayer game, Bombergirl, uses a broom-like tool/weapon called "Tsugumin", which was allegedly created by BR-W9, who also happens to be nicknamed "Tsugu-Min".In the North American and PAL releases, Chief Salamander’s portrait is the following:.Furthermore, both share some similarities, such as being tiny robots proficient in the use of heavy weaponry. She is apparently an updated model of the CX-1-DA300 Combat Robot, better known as " Browny", from Contra: Hard Corps.Her model number, BR-W9, is a play on "Brownie". BR-W9 can be unlocked as a playable character by completing the game on "Easy Mode".īR-W9 informs the clone he is Bill Rizer.Whether she really betrayed the Contra Force or if it was actually part of a scheme to buy some time by pretending to play along with his plans is unknown, as this story was never continued in any of the sequels. BR-W9 responded to this threat by offering him to become allies, to which Plissken apparently accepted. Once this was taken care of, fellow Contra commando Newt Plissken threatened her at gunpoint and revealed that he was actually none other than Chief Salamander, the leader of Neo-Salamander. After the Neo-Salamander army was defeated, and following her programming, BR-W9 proceeded to put "Bill" back into cryostasis. BR-W9 then sent "Bill" on a mission to stop this threat along with fellow combatant Yagyu Genbei. BR-W9 then proceeded to play him a video message from the Galactic President, where the mandatary explained that the planet was under attack from an alien army known as the Neo-Salamander Force, which traveled back in time to the year 1973 in a campaign to annihilate the Contra Force of that era with their superior firepower. This individual, however, was presumably a clone of the real Bill, as he did not know anything about his past or even who he was. BR-W9 was given the task of awakening " Bill Rizer" from cryogenic stasis.
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