Just downloaded it and played a few levels.
2D Contra fans rejoice!
It's brutally hard and it's awesome.
The graphics are a great tribute to the 16 bit era Contra games, the level bosses are cleverly designed, and the gameplay is silky smooth (though I can't understand why Konami would think that people using the Wiimote would want the "fix" button to activate AUTOMATICALLY by default in the default controller settings. I LITERALLY thought something was wrong with my controller ... experienced Contra players will want to assign the "fix" to a button immediately in the options settings if using the Wiimote as a controller).
I'm not sure how long the game is, but even if it is short, this is a great reason to drop $10 on the Wii online store.
It's been a while since there have been two great Contra games in a row (Contra 4 on DS and this) ... Konami typically insists on trying some type of top-down garbage in-between entries ... hopefully they've learned their lessons once and for all. This is the only way to go with Contra!
Spread gun and Homing missiles FTW!
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