NFOpocalypse

One of the more interesting Pokemon spin-offs, there were actually two Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games before the two I’m focusing on in this article; Red Rescue Team on the GBA, and Blue Rescue Team on the DS. The second pair, both DS games, are Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness (sometimes collectively called Mystery Dungeon 2 since they’re the second set). Please note, I never played the first two, mainly because I had no idea what sort of games they were.

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Hopefully the portion of the gaming populace that will at some point read this is familiar with Contra 4. Just in case you’re not, here’s a summary (skip this if you’ve already played it).

Contra 4 for the DS is (as of this writing) the latest 2D release of the Contra series, Konami’s classic chronicle of run-and-gun action where everything that moves can kill you just by touching you. It was designed with a very similar engine to Contra 3: The Alien Wars, as it incorporates the same weapon-switching move, but it also throws together a lot of elements from the whole series.

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