Contra (video game series): Difference between revisions

* [[Mutually Exclusive Powerups]]: In the arcade ''Super Contra'' and ''Contra 4'', your weapon can be upgraded to a second level, but the extra power-up is lost if the player changes weapons. This also applies to the "Rapid Bullets" power-up in the two NES games, in which the increased bullet speed is lost when the player changes weapon. Averted in the arcade version of the original game, in which the Rapid Bullets power-up is still in effect after changing weapons (presumably due to the fact there are only two Rapid Bullets power-ups in the entire game in that version and they can only be acquired when the player is wielding the default gun).

* [[Naked on Arrival]]: Bill in ''Contra Rebirth''.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Every entry in the series.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Bill and Lance, especially in the original game, are obvious pastiches of '80s movie stars [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and [[Sylvester Stallone]].