Contra III: The Alien Wars cover

Contra Series

Contra III: The Alien Wars

Shooter Adventure Action Science fiction
81
User Score
125 ratings
February 28, 1992
Released 12475 days ago
Arcade Super Nintendo Entertainment System Wii Wii U New Nintendo 3DS Super Famicom

About

This game is action from beginning to end, do not think that you will have a moment of peace, even because Aliens are at war with planet earth, and resting will be your least concern.

Storyline

Set in the futuristic year 2636, two years after the events of Super Contra (Previous version released for the NES). The protagonists Bill Rizer and Lance Bean are called once again, against an alien invasion. Taking advantage of Super NES technology, in this game the graphics are improved compared to previous games. It is considered by many the best game of the Contra series.

This game offers a lot of weapons, at first you have a precise but very weak machine gun, some of the weapons are: missiles, flamethrowers, laser, shot that reaches a wide area, extremely strong missile, among others, each with Their advantage and disadvantage.

The game bosses are a strong point of Contra III, they are very scary, big and well made, each with a different skill and different ways to be defeated, which leaves the game very unpredictable, you never know how to defeat that boss , And dying in them is almost certain. In most phases there is also a mini-bosses, this is very easy to defeat.

The gameplay is excellent, the joystick commands respond perfectly, the characters shoot in any direction, lay on the floor, jump, scale the wall, do almost everything. The graphics are great and original and the Aliens are different from what we are used to seeing and have a horrifying look.

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Trailer

Release Dates by Platform

Super Famicom Worldwide
Feb 28, 1992
Super Nintendo Entertainment System Worldwide
Apr 6, 1992
Super Nintendo Entertainment System Worldwide
Dec 31, 1992
Arcade Worldwide
Dec 31, 1992
Wii Worldwide
Jan 16, 2007
Wii Worldwide
Jan 19, 2007
Wii Worldwide
Jan 19, 2007
Wii Worldwide
Jan 29, 2007
Wii Worldwide
Apr 26, 2008
Wii U Worldwide
Nov 27, 2013
Wii U Worldwide
Nov 28, 2013
Wii U Worldwide
Jan 7, 2014
New Nintendo 3DS Worldwide
May 9, 2016
New Nintendo 3DS Worldwide
May 12, 2016
New Nintendo 3DS Worldwide
May 19, 2016

Game Info

Developer
Konami
Publisher
Konami, Hyundai, Nintendo
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective
Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Genres
Shooter Adventure
Themes
Action Science fiction

Multiplayer

Offline Co-op Up to 2 players
Split-screen Yes

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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