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Konami explains why now was the right time for Contra to return with Contra: Rogue Corps
Contra: Rogue Corps is available now, ending quite the hiatus between Contra releases. Why did it take so long for this classic IP to get a new installment? Director Nobuya Nakazato explained in an interview with NintendoEverything.
As you may now, it’s actually our 32nd anniversary for Contra. What a better time to celebrate the series as a whole? One of the reasons why we kicked off this project is because we’ve seen a lot of just fan hype based around when the games were released within the Famicom Mini series. So that’s when we realized we have such a huge fan base, and there’s a lot of people who actually love Contra out there worldwide. Right now there’s a retro gaming boom, it’s trending, and we thought this would be a perfect time to bring such an iconic, retro IP back into modern gaming.