The best game of the Contra series is back and packs a big punch!

User Rating: 8.9 | Contra Spirits SNES
By dmish82 | Review Date:
This was easily the best Contra game of the entire series. It was also just as hard as the other games. This game is just as good today as I remember it from years ago. The game has a great variety of weapons, each with their advantages and disadvantages. Each level features a classic boss battle, almost all of which are challenging. And the icing on the cake is that the final level features multiple bosses, followed by a three-stage final boss fight.

I have just a few issues with this game. The first is that the two overhead levels can be very frustrating, especially level 5. If I could count how many times I made it to level 5 but didn't make it out alive...
The other complaint is don't even try to play this game with the Gamecube controller. The control scheme is terrible and very confusing. More than once I've found myself trying to fire the gun but detonating a bomb instead, or trying to jump a pit but switching weapons instead. Needless to say, I didn't last very long.

When all is said and done, this game is every bit as good today as it was in the past. The difficulty is hard, but not so hard that you don't want to play the game. The game is a bit short, but the difficulty more than makes up for this. If you get the chance, it's worth the download in my book.

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