Contra Anniversary Collection

Contra Anniversary Collection
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Release Date(s)
Nintendo Switch	NA: June 11, 2019 JP: June 11, 2019 EU: June 11, 2019 AU: June 11, 2019
Nintendo Switch	NA: June 11, 2019 JP: June 11, 2019 EU: June 11, 2019 AU: June 11, 2019
Platform(s)
Genre(s)	Run and Gun Compilation
Rating(s)
ESRB	04
PEGI	03
CERO	01
USK	03
ACB	02

Contra Anniversary Collection is a compilation that includes ten selected classic titles from the Contra series. It was released on June 11, 2019 on the Nintendo Switch.

The product is part of Konami's "Anniversary Collection" series, celebrating the company's 50th anniversary, with the other two compilations being Anniversary Collection Arcade Classics and Castlevania Anniversary Collection.

Features

All the games in the collection have been announced to be enhanced with modern features.

The package also includes a 74 pages bonus eBook packed with new information about the titles, including interviews with the development staff, behind-the-scenes insights, and sketches and design documents never before revealed to the public.

In a free patch to be released shortly after launch, players will receive the original Japanese versions of selected titles, plus Japanese scans from the bonus eBook.

Game List

The compilation includes ten titles overall: five selected classic titles from the Contra series, as well as a combination of five ports and different localizations of four of them (the latter mainly being their European "Probotector" counterparts):

• Contra (Arcade)
  • Contra (NES)
  • Contra (Famicom)
• Super Contra (Arcade)
  • Super C (NES)
• Contra III: The Alien Wars
  • Super Probotector: Alien Rebels
• Contra: Hard Corps (Genesis)
  • Probotector (Mega Drive)
• Operation C (Game Boy)

Reception

Contra Anniversary Collection received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic getting a metascore of 81/100 on Nintendo Switch. On whatoplay.com, it receives a criticscore of 7.62 based on 10 critic reviews.