Contra 4 review at 1up.

"20 years since its debut, Konami's arcade-bred run-and-gun Contra franchise has seen its share of ill-advised series "reboots." From the schlocky 3D (via red-and-blue glasses, no less) visuals of PS1's Contra: Legacy of War to the blink-and-you'll-miss-it isometric action in PS2's Neo Contra, none of these tweaks improved upon the core Contra gameplay. And considering the fact that the worst-ever offerings in the Contra pantheon sprang from Western development houses, Konami's decision to hand Contra 4 over to Ping Pals developer WayForward seemed...questionable. Yet, the gamble has paid off: Contra 4's developers have eschewed innovation in favor of unadulterated mimicry -- 1992's brilliant Super NES installment (Contra III: The Alien Wars) serves as the main inspiration here -- and it's a winning choice."

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