Anyone know all of the Rebirth games for Wii?

[Gavica]

I know there are Contra, Gradius and Castlevania, but are there anymore? and are they worth buying?

[Gabriel]

I know there are Contra, Gradius and Castlevania, but are there anymore? and are they worth buying?

 

I think that's it.

 

Gradius = No. Avoid it. It stinks and is an insult to the name.

 

Contra = no opinion.

 

Castlevania = It wasn't bad, but I found myself abandoning it to play my other Castlevania games which are much more fun.

[Austin]

I thought they were all done well enough. It would be cool if Konami would revisit some of the other classics in their library as well, or do sequels to the ones that are currently available.

 

Contra Rebirth doesn't take itself as seriously as other Contra games do, but the difficulty level is still wild. Actually, it's like Contra Hard Corps and Contra III, but on crack.

 

Castlevania was fun, but I admit I have some mixed feelings about it. The visuals, soundtrack, and gameplay are great, and I especially like how they brought back the fireball whip and enemies from Castlevania Adventure. However, the general song selection was lackluster (none of the most-popular Castlevania tunes are to be found), and I dislike how each stage is technically two stages in one--When you get to the halfway point and defeat a boss, the music stays the same for the second half of the stage (essentially, the length of a normal Castlevania stage). It just seems like a missed opportunity to bring in some other great CV tunes that we all know and love, as well as vary things up a bit. Oh well.. Still worth the money though.

 

I don't quite understand the hate for Gradius--I thought it was a good mixture of the original Gradius with some of the newer ones, like Gradius Galaxies (GBA) and Gradius Gaiden (PSX). It controls well, plays well, sounds good and looks decent.

[SoulBlazer]

Any chance of these coming out for XBox 360 and/or PS3?

[MagitekAngel]

Any chance of these coming out for XBox 360 and/or PS3?

 

Yeah, for whatever reason I'm loath to put down my hard earned monopoly money for WiiWare games, but I've got about 20 XBLA games.

[Gabriel]

Any chance of these coming out for XBox 360 and/or PS3?

 

I doubt it. If there were, we would likely have already seen Gradius Rebirth (the oldest of the releases) on Live Arcade already.

[Gavica]

thanks for the info, will buy contra then

[toptenmaterial]

the only one that I have played is Castlevania: the adventure. it's more of a reimagining of the game, as opposed to a straight remake or port. there are two extra levels, your Belmont is less stiff, and the music is from other CV games like Belmont's Revenge. There are also two additional stages, with some non-linier paths similar to CV3 and Rondo. It's almost like a "greatest hits version" of old school, pre-SOTN Castlevania. The graphic/sound style feels like early 90s arcade. I say, buy it!