Talk:Contra (series)

Pirate section
Thizz 19:45, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

The pirate section should not be deleted. It is worth notifying as it informs the readers of very interesting pirated games.

Weapon Upgrades in Super Contra
The North American version of Super Contra does have upgradeable weapons, unless Fire and Spread aren't upgrades and I misunderstand. I am going to change the article and feel free to change it back if I'm wrong, but please put a note here about it so I know its not vandalism or something.98.212.169.18 (talk) 02:10, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Scorpion and Mad Dog's appearance in Contra 4
I removed a mention of an in-game reference of Mad Dog and Scorpion being modelled after Vin Diesel (from xXx) and Weasly Snipes (from his appearance in Blade) since the game clearly depicts both Mad Dog and Scorpion at the opening credits. Both of whom look completely different from what the wiki article stated; Scorpion has hair and Mad Dog has a bandana, which contradicts the statement that they are modelled after Diesel in xXx and Snipes in Blade.

True, the promotional poster by Nintendo Power has the two looking like Diesel and Snipes, but the poster may not be official and is probably drawn by one of the Nintendo power staff. It is also possible that the poster was drawn before Wayforward games decided a final look for Mad Dog and Scorps. Therefore, the image might be a concept art of the two. However, the promotional art is not shown under the gallery section in the Contra 4 site, so the poster is probably not official. As such, does anyone agrees that there is lack of evidence to support that the two new Contra members look like the two hollywood actors and because of that, shouldn't be mentioned in the article?

I also included a s.shot of the opening to show that the two do not look Snipes and Diesel in the game. --Doomzaber (talk) 09:55, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Trivia Section?
This thing needs a Trivia section. And I've got the first bit of trivia!
 * Parts of Yae's boss stage in Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake directly resemble the final stage of Contra in that the ceiling and floor are alien-like and there are pods -- or eggs, in this case -- which spit out little jumping creatures.

Just a thought. ~ Joseph Collins (U)(T)(C) 09:03, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It's common practice for information of trivial value to be integrated into appropriate areas of an article or removed entirely, as per WP:TRIVIA. As for that particular entry, it's original research and POV, so the answer is no. Combination  11:29, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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NPOV violation?
"Germany has relatively strict laws regarding protection of minors"

"protection" judges the German laws as protecting 'minors', asopposed to simply censoring video games. I changed it to "laws regarding the censorship of video games", to remove the implied age discrimination of the original text. Objections?


 * Nein, good call there. Combination  14:03, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Difficulty
I deleted the last paragraph of Difficulty as it repeats something that it is implied early on that same section.

--192.88.212.44 20:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

It's a damn good thing, too. Because, first of all, the code he showed is "up down up down left right left right b a b a select start". That code is NOT THE KONAMI CODE. IT IS NOT EVEN A CODE IN THE GAME. First of all, it's up up down down, NOT up down up down. Second, the select button is optional as doing so gives 30 to each player (pressing select brings the cursor to 2 players). Finally, the code DOES NOT GIVE INFINITE LIVES AND INVINCIBILITY! What a lamer. It's the 30 lives code.

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Bosses Flashing Yellow
Call me a stickler, but... The line currently reads "Like most Konami games, the bosses have weak points that blink yellow or red when receiving damage." But that's not true in the NES games. If no one objects, I'm changing it to "the bosses in games made after the NES have weak points that blink yellow or red when receiving damage" I wasn't sure how to word it, so someone feel free to change the wording to something more readable. --AnticScarab3 (talk) 06:24, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Uhhhh, no. You're wrong. The bosses do NOT flash yellow or red when being damaged. They flash white. In Contra: Hard Corps, they flash a rainbow-esque wavy color. So, I'm going to change that myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.216.186 (talk) 20:13, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Spread Gun Info
I remember seeing this thing that rated the top ten video game weapons of all time, and the spread gun from Contra was in there. I don't remember what its placing was or what the video was called/who made it, but I'm pretty sure it was a respectable site or something. I don't really have time to look it up right now, so if someone else could go do that (or I'll just do it tomorrow), it seems like it's worth including. If it's one gamer's POV I won't include it, but if it is something respectable, I'll post more info here first. --AnticScarab3 (talk) 06:35, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Update: The site was Gametrailers.com and the spread gun earned 8th place. The URL for the video is http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/44738.html This site seems noteworthy enough to me, so I added it in to the article. Should I add that link in as a reference? and if so, how? --AnticScarab3 (talk) 01:01, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

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Red Falcon
The page Red Falcon presently redirects here, and in fact links to a section which no longer exists. I would suggest that it would be better redirecting to MV Red Falcon, a ship which actually exists rather than a fictional race of aliens in a computer game. I am changing the link, using a disambiguation hatnote on the ship's article. If anyone sees this differently, I'm very welcome to hear it, preferably on my talkpage. --Peeky44 (talk) 20:13, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Listing the sales figures of each game would be useful to know
Anyway to find the sales figures of the games? Listing those numbers next where their names where the games are listed, helps put the series into proper perspective.  D r e a m Focus  01:03, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Contra: Evolution
First version of Contra: Evolution was released in 2010 for j2me mobile phones in China. It was called Contra: Evolution of Revolution. Arcade version is not first.

Not completely correct. Just because J2ME version was released first, does not make it the true first version. Contra: Evolution Revolution had begun as an arcade game subject to public testing in a store in China. Concurrently, the J2ME conversion had been developed in hopes of coinciding with the arcade version's release. However, the initial scheduled releases did not go as planned. The J2ME version, having been completed, had been released first, in 2010; following delay, the arcade version had been subsequently released in 2011. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.30.147 (talk) 02:52, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Add Contra Rogue Corps and make an article for it too.
It was just announced. It needs an article. --70.52.140.77 (talk) 20:46, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Chronology Considerations Concerning Contra
Considering the fact that each canonical installment within the long-running Contra series has an overall connecting story that connects each installment by various in-story year dates, I am asking for assistance, discussion, and voting approval regarding my desire to add this Template:Contra chronology to highlight the official timeline.

Citing that the long-running Metal Gear series has a chronology template for example, shouldn't Contra also have one as well? I already took the matter over to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games to see what will take place eventually.(LonerXL (talk) 20:02, 20 September 2019 (UTC))