Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX Game Boy Advance
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Nov 3, 2002
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  • Summary: In Contra Advance The Alien Wars EX™, take down massive hordes of aliens, robots, and monsters to stop the evil Red Falcon from taking over the world! Featuring all new levels and graphics from the original Super Nintendo® hit, Contra's fast paced shooting action will keep you on the edge of your seat!… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. TotalGames.net
    85
    Deep it isn’t, but there’s no denying that this is one of the most action-packed titles you’ll play on the GBA for some time.
  2. GameSpy
    74
    I do have to admit that smashing my GBA with a hammer out of sheer frustration was kind of fun.
  3. GameSpot
    74
    A good, solid 2D shooter, even if it is over before you know it.
  4. IGN
    70
    A good, fun shooter, but surprisingly short and just not as great as I was expecting it to be.

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  1. BorjaB.
    10
    I think this game explodes perfectly the graphics capacity of the Game Boy Advance.
  2. AndersonL.
    8
    Jo, I know that this game is almost the same as the snes contra game, but this serie is better because its has some new levels and because of the graphics.… Expand
  3. WilliamT.
    7
    A decent port of the SNES version with the two Hard Corps levels but suffers a bit by having only two difficulty levels and only one weapon slot. Otherwise, it's a worthy game to add to your GBA collection.… Expand