http://imgur.com/a/bQKh8
I found that gem in the SNES Players Guide. It could have been the writers had Super Castlevania IV on the mind but there is a seperate section for Super Castlevania IV so it makes no sense.
Was Contra III for SNES originally gonna be called Super Contra IV?
http://imgur.com/a/bQKh8
I found that gem in the SNES Players Guide. It could have been the writers had Super Castlevania IV on the mind but there is a seperate section for Super Castlevania IV so it makes no sense.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
I also apollogize for the crudeness of the images I had to take the pictures with my cellphone because my camera's battery is dead.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
Either that's what Konami told Nintendo Power or no official title was given and the editors just took a guess. They (either Konami or Nintendo Power) probably didn't know at that point if Contra Force was going to be considered Contra III.
Didn't Contra Force get released after Contra III? Oversight on their part, though perhaps they counted Operation C on the Gameboy?
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Wikipedia says: "The American release of Contra Force was first announced in 1991 and was planned to be the third console installment of the series, which is why the working title of Contra III: The Alien Wars was "Super Contra IV"."
Originally Posted by TheShawn
Very nice detective skills!
Well that settles it lol, I think this book is interesting because it uses a title that Isn't the final title of the game.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
But then why was the canceled Famicom version of Contra Force called Arc Hound and not something with Contra in the title?
The other interesting thing is that the Super NES Player's Guide book also has some proto shots of Nosferatu (the book was clearly published in early 1992, but the game ended up not coming out until 1995. All other previewed games came out in 1992. So, if it didn't eventually come out, it would have been the only unreleased game previewed in that book.).
The book also shows a beta/debug shot of A Link to the Past where one of the Armos Knights is always red.
Last edited by SparTonberry; 09-10-2012 at 10:34 PM.
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