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He was redrawn to look just like an actual salamander in the overseas versions.

Contra ReBirth was changed when brought overseas - when a photograph of Chief Salamander is shown at the beginning of Stage 3, he looks strikingly like Adolf Hitler in the Japanese version.

Most of the dialogue and some scenes were cut, which made several events such as Bahamut turning into an alien monster completely unexplained.

As few Contra games had dialogue or a focus on plot, the change to robots typically didn't affect much with the exception of Contra: Hard Corps (which actually had a storyline).

The German "indexing" of the original Contra still holds until today and will only be reconsidered in 2014. The Probotector robot later appeared as an easter egg in Contra 4.

Contra hard corps sheena sprites series#

The first console game in the series that was released in Europe intact was ironically Contra: Legacy of War and later Contra: Shattered Soldier.

This was due to a censorship law in Germany that prohibited selling games to children that depicted human characters killing each other with guns. Bowdlerize: When the console versions of the Contra games were released in PAL territories, the main characters and some of the enemies were replaced by robotic counterparts and the series was renamed Probotector.The ones who weren't? The final bosses from the previous games and the Stage 4 boss from the Arcade version of Super Contra. Boss Rush: The final stage of Contra III has six bosses in a row ( seven if you're playing Hard mode), though the last two bosses were new to the series.Boss Game: Contra: Hard Corps and Contra: Shattered Soldier.Bait and Switch Boss: The Stage 2 boss in Contra 4, and Slave Beast Taka (the Stage 1 boss) in Contra: Shattered Soldier.Ambidextrous Sprite: Brad Fang's gun-arm changes sides if he faces left.Always Save the Girl: At the beginning of Contra ReBirth Stage 2, the heroes choose to jump into the mecha's head (knocking it off) in order to save a little girl, rather than just shooting it.Also, you wouldn't know that Contra: Hard Corps took place during the holiday season if you haven't looked at the manual.

All There in the Manual: The plot for most of the games prior to Contra: Hard Corps, which is how the American version of the series managed to get away with a different continuity for several years until Contra: Shattered Soldier (aside for the fact that the Famicom version of Contra had cut-scenes which were removed from its NES counterpart).After the End: "Calamity on a global scale.If you have the Laser it won't even get close. It's on the cover, it's mentioned in the manual, it is heralded by a music switch, and it's just a Mini Boss who is vulnerable to a Cranium Ride. Advertised Extra: That robot spider from Super C.Tropes used in Contra (video game series) include: Known as Gryzor or Probotector to rightpondians. Hard Corps: Uprising (PSN and Xbox Live Arcade).Contra 4 (Nintendo DS, developed by Way Forward Technologies).Neo Contra (PS2, another attempt at a 3D Contra).Contra: Shattered Soldier (PS2, returned to 2D).C: The Contra Adventure (PS, the other Appaloosa-developed installment).Contra: Legacy of War (PS/Saturn, first of the two Appaloosa-developed installments).Contra Force (NES, a Dolled-Up Installment originally planned as an unrelated game titled Arc Hound).Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES/GB, released as Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX on the GBA).Super Contra (Arcade, released as Super C on the NES).The NES version of the original Contra popularized what is now known as the " Konami Code": Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A. The games are notoriously difficult, but fast-paced enough that most players don't mind the challenge. Contra is a run-and-gun action game series produced by Konami in 1987, starring Super Soldier Bill Rizer (accompanied by his partner Lance Bean in the early games) who must defend the Earth using a variety of weapons, including Machine Guns, Fire Balls, Lasers, Bombs, and the ever-popular Spread Gun.