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8104914 No.8104914 [Reply] [Original]

Admit it - the game is much more enjoyable when you patch it to restore the Japanese health bar and extra lives. To play without these features is a frustrating slog with barely sufficient opportunities to learn boss patterns.

>> No.8104921

>>8104914
Contra never had life bars so I believe the story that they added them to the Japanese version because Japanese gamers were becoming increasingly casual what with the RPG craze at the time.

>> No.8104941

>>8104914
I've 1cc'd the American version's train route and the alien mother route with the dude, you just need to get fucking good and practice. It's not that hard.

Also, the US version came out first -- the health bar was added later because Japs are babbies.

>> No.8104943

>>8104914
>Admit it - the game is much more enjoyable when you patch it to restore the Japanese health bar and extra lives
Nope

>> No.8104962

>>8104943
You misspelled Cope.

>> No.8104984

>>8104941
If you remove the health bar then you may as well remove two player mode along with it, because there's no way your friend who has not bought and memorised the game is going to be able to have any fun in your GIT GUD USA!! version.

>> No.8105157

I beat the US version as a 12 year old. Japanese version is literally too easy. Same with Bare Knuckle 3 it's too easy even on hard mode.

>> No.8105160

>>8105157
Of course it's easy if you beat the US version first.

>> No.8105163

>>8104921
why do you hate RPG so mucH!?? it requires tactical logiccal thought like chess with complex engaging storylines. it is not a monkey game like so many other games....

>> No.8105164

>>8105157
I beat all those games as a six year old, you must've been on the short bus.

>> No.8105190

>US version is better
Just because american public schools are hell on earth, graduating one doesn't mean it's better than a japanese school.

>> No.8105671

Contra ended after Super C. Newer games are too gimmicky.

>> No.8105706

I 1 life cleared it awhile back on two different routes. It's not that hard if you play these sorts of games still. Most of the boss patterns are really painfully basic: very "die first time you see it then never ever again" type shit. There's much less randomized elements and twitch reaction dodging than Contra or Contra 3, though it does have a few bosses here and there like that.

>> No.8105726

>>8105671
Contra ended after The Alien Wars. Everything after was just an attempt to repeat classic.

>> No.8105739

>>8104914
Yeah, I don't like Hard Corps that much, either. I prefer Contra 1 and Super C instead

>> No.8105820

>>8104962
Hard Cope

>> No.8106514

Also, the game's voices sound like pure shit. They sound like they were recorded by a walkie talkie underwater

>> No.8106518

>>8106514
That's the part of the charm
>>8104914
Play it with health bar cause Im a baby, also just more enjoyable
Of course after I git gud Im switching over to american version

>> No.8106523

>>8104914
>Admit it - the game is much more enjoyable when you patch it to restore the Japanese health bar and extra lives.
No? The game is legitimately not that hard.

>> No.8107037

I have no problem clearing the game without losing a single life.