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Contra III: The Alien Wars
Game Boy Advance
Released On: Nov 3, 2002
70
7.3
All Platforms
Metascore
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Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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31% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
70
31% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
69% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Negative
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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.
Features stupendously well-animated characters and a boopy-yet-catchy soundtrack. The control's spot-on, too.
User Score
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Based on 11 User Ratings
7.3
73% Positive
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User Score
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Based on 11 User Ratings
7.3
73% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
9% Mixed
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18% Negative
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I do have to admit that smashing my GBA with a hammer out of sheer frustration was kind of fun.
A good, fun shooter, but surprisingly short and just not as great as I was expecting it to be.
Frustratingly difficult. [Dec 2002, p.270]
The SNES port looks great, it really comes to life on the GBA but the NES levels are embarrassing. This Frankenstein piece-together must have been getting the bum's rush out of the lab and into the stores in time for the Christmas cash grab.
It uses outdated visuals with no changes, cobbles together levels which the GBA can handle in order to avoid problems, uses a lazy password system which is totally unwieldy, and continues to rely on a ten-year-old gameplay dynamic.
Summary Welcome to 2636, the year the Notorious One gets even, with an unprecendented alien onsalught orchestrated to push 16-bit technology and its commandos to their ultimate reaches. Plunge through a molten hot massacre on a high speed voyage to the guts of the archenemy alien. Scope out the side and top perspectives and backgrounds that do ...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- Game Boy Advance
Initial Release Date: Nov 3, 2002
Developer:
- TOSE
Publisher: Konami
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