Contra Tier List and Feat Discussion Thread

[Papa Nier]

I'll start by listing some feats from Contra on the Famicom via Japanese version with translation. The Famicom version has cutscenes and some dialogue.

Here's the plot synopsis copy and pasted from Wikipedia.

"According to the Japanese promotional materials, Contra is set in the distant future of the year 2633 A.D., when the evil Red Falcon Organization have set a base on the fictional Galuga archipelago near New Zealand in a plot to wipe out humanity. Two commandos, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean of the Earth Marine Corp's Contra unit (an elite group of soldiers specializing in guerrilla warfare), are sent to the island to destroy the enemy forces and uncover the true nature of the alien entity controlling them. The promotional materials for the US arcade version downplays the futuristic setting of the game, with the manual for the later NES and home computer versions changing the game's setting from the future to the present day and the location from Galuga to the Amazon Jungle."



0:09 = An explanation of what Contra is, a soldier possessing almost super-human drive and ability.
0:42 = An alien meteorite crash landing in the Galuga archipelago near New Zealand. Creates a huge explosion (seems the aliens are durable enough to survive the impact).
1:06 = Two years later the aliens have brainwashed a bunch of people, they form an evil organization called the Red Falcon and plan to cause the downfall of humanity.
1:30 = Bill Rizer and Lance Bean from the Earth Marine Corp's Contra unit are given the task to destroy Red Falcon's base.
1:59 = During gameplay it's very possible for Bill and Lance to dodge bullets and lasers. Their rifles are strong enough to destroy big heavy guns. The player starts with the Rifle that can fire up to four bullets on-screen. There are many powerups they can obtain such as Rapid powerup that increases the firing rate of all weapon except for the laser rifle, Machine Gun powerup that has a very fast firing rate (can be combined with Rapid) and can shoot up to six bullets on-screen, Laser powerup that can take out an entire line of enemies in one shot and it's also safe to say that this is a real laser, Fireball powerup is not a traditional flamethrower but instead it shoots out a small fireball that moves forward in a corkscrew pattern making small loops and has an on-screen capacity of four fireballs, Spread powerup makes your rifle fire several bullets in a wide arc with the capacity of ten bullets on-screen, Barrier powerup it protects you from anything for roughly twenty seconds and any infantry that touches you will instantly be killed (except for vehicles and heavy guns), and Falcon powerup is basically a big explosion that destroys every basic enemy on the screen.
3:25 = Rifle/machine gun strong enough to destroy the fortress gate/door/wall.
4:04 = Bill/Lance constantly destroying metal doors/walls.
5:02 = Bill/Lance defeating some sort of defense mechanism via Garmakilma.
7:45 = Bill/Lance defeating a gargantuan alien beast via Gromaides.
8:41 = Bill/Lance constantly destroying more metal doors/walls.
10:27 = Bill/Lance defeating another defense mechanism and two hovering automatons via Godomuga that can create illusory split images of itself.
12:48 = Bill/Lance defeating a heavily armored snow sweeping vehicle via Dogra.
14:21 = Bill/Lance defeating a hovering deployment carrier via Guldaf.
17:01 = Bill/Lance defeating a gigantic armored soldier via Gordea.
20:27 = Bill/Lance destroying another gate.
21:10 = Bill/Lance arriving at the Alien's Lair while also killing and destroying everything in their path.
23:50 = Seems like destroying the lair ended up destroying the island also.

Here's Contra: Evolution which is a high-definition remake of the original Contra that adds some new features (like the Homing Missiles powerup for Bill and Lance, ) and two new characters Erica Ricci (a female soldier from the German Special Force) and Sally Inohara (a female soldier from the Asian Special Force, and is a descendant of a clan of ninjas).

Erica and Sally have their own unique weaponry.

Erica's Machine Gun powerup is submachine guns, Laser powerup shoots instead very fast and straight armor-piercing missiles, Fireball powerup is throwing grenades, Spread powerup is large energy projectile that splits up into four fragments, and Homing Missile powerup is the same as Bill and Lance but slower.

Sally has a Katana as her melee weapon (she's the only one with a melee weapon), and instead of using guns, she uses throwing weapons such as kunai instead of a rifle. Sally's Spread powerup is five-way kunai, Laser powerup is Sally throwing longer spears/Yari with superhuman strength and speed, Machine Gun powerup is Sally throwing spikes in rapid succession, Fireball powerup is Sally throwing three shurikens set in y-axis traveling straight, and Homing Missile powerup is Sally throwing boomerangs with homing capability.



1:50 = Bill/Lance/Erica/Sally destroying the fortress gate/door/wall.
2:21 = Bill/LanceErica/Sally constantly destroying metal doors/walls.
3:12 = Bill/Lance/Erica/Sally defeating some sort of defense mechanism via Garmakilma.
5:48 = Bill/Lance/Erica/Sally defeating a gargantuan alien beast via Gromaides.
6:37 = Bill/Lance/Erica/Sally destroying more metal doors/walls.
8:45 = Bill/Lance/Erica/Sally another defense mechanism and two hovering automatons via Godomuga that can create illusory split images of itself.
11:24 = Bill/Lance/Erica/Sally defeating a heavily armored snow sweeping vehicle via Dogra.
13:09 = Bill/Lance/Erica/Sally defeating a hovering deployment carrier via Guldaf.
15:51 = Bill/Lance/Erica/Sally defeating a gigantic armored soldier via Gordea.
20:34 = Bill/Lance/Erica/Sally arriving at the Alien's Lair while also killing and destroying everything in their path.
23:05 = Just like the Famicom version seems like destroying the lair ended up destroying the island also.

 

[Papa Nier]

Next is Super Contra, also known as Super Contra: The Alien Strikes Back. I'll list some feats from the Arcade and the NES.

Here's the plot synopsis copy and pasted from Wikipedia.

"A year after the battle with the Red Falcon Organization, Bill and Lance are sent on another mission. This time, the alien forces have taken over an allied military base, possessing most of its troops. Bill and Lance must not only fight against their former comrades-in-arms, but also a new mutated form of the same alien creatures they fought during their previous mission."

First the Arcade version.



0:05 = Brief summary of what happened in the first game and after.
0:52 = Bill/Lance surviving a high drop from a helicopter with no injuries.
1:46 = Bill/Lance destroying an M4A4 Tank.
2:09 = Bill/Lance destroying a large heavily armed helicopter.
3:34 = Bill/Lance destroying multiple tanks and large turrets.
4:39 = Bill/Lance destroying a metal door.
4:50 = Bill/Lance destroying a heavily-armored tank that larger than previous ones via Magnus.
6:32 = Bill/Lance killing a large alien via Dethgerbis.
7:55 = Bill/Lance destroying a large alien battleship via Giralal.
8:40 = Bill/Lance killing/destroying a metal winged xenomorph-like alien.
9:26 = Bill/Lance killing multiple giant alien head things.
10:09 = Bill/Lance killing a multi-headed alien.
10:37 = After killing the previous alien Bill/Lance has to fight and kill another alien via Emperor Demon Gava, who is the main leader of the Red Falcon Organization and a recurring enemy in the Contra series.


Next is the NES version, this one seems to after more areas and bosses after Gava.



0:12 = Bill/Lance surviving a higher drop from a helicopter with no injuries.
1:45 = Bill/Lance destroying a large heavily armed helicopter.
2:36 = Bill/Lance destroying multiple tanks.
3:09 = Bill/Lance destroying multiple large turrets.
3:55 = Bill/Lance destroying a large metal door.
4:00 = Bill/Lance destroying a heavily-armored tank that larger than previous ones via Magnus.
6:31 = Bill/Lance destroying a four-legged giant robot via Spidal.
7:28 = Bill/Lance destroying a gigantic automatic defense mechanism.
11:33 = Bill/Lance destroying a large mechanical device that has several cannons affix to it.
14:33 = Bill/Lance destroying a large alien battleship via Giralal.
15:34 = Bill/Lance killing multiple giant alien head things.
16:12 = Bill/Lance destroying an alien wall.
16:20 = Bill/Lance killing a multi-headed alien.
16:32 = After killing the previous alien Bill/Lance has to fight and kill another alien via Emperor Demon Gava, who is the main leader of the Red Falcon Organization and a recurring enemy in the Contra series.
17:07 = New areas.
18:59 = Bill/Lance killing a large alien via Dethgerbis, the alien is the boss of this stage in the NES version.
22:05 = Bill/Lance killing a large alien called Kimkoh who is also a recurring enemy in the Contra series, it's assumed that Kimkoh is second in command and continues to lead the alien army after Gava is killed off.

 

[Papa Nier]

Operation C, released as Contra in Japan for the Game Boy. I'll list some feats from Operation C on the Game Boy, and Probotector on the Game Boy Color.

Here's the plot synopsis copy and pasted from Wikipedia.

"The player takes the role of Bill Rizer, who must neutralize an enemy force that is secretly storing an alien cell in their base.
As with the previous Contra games for the NES, the exact details of the game's settings varies between supplemental materials: in the Japanese version, the enemies are identified as the army of an unnamed hostile nation in an isolated South Pacific island that is seeking to use an alien cell to produce military weapons of mass destruction; in the American versions, the enemies are working for an alien entity calling itself "Black Viper".

Likewise, the main character's identity was changed from Bill (the Player 1 character from the previous arcade and console games) to Lance (the Player 2 character from the previous installments as well). In Contra 4, the main character(s) was changed from Bill/Lance to Mad Dog and Scorpion."

First the Game Boy version.



1:56 = Bill destroying a bunch of submarines.
2:52 = Bill destroying a ballistic missile submarine via Nouei.
4:24 = Just like Super Contra, Bill is destroying multiple large turrets, tanks, and a large metal door (6:45).
5:23 = Also including a large armored truck.
6:55 = And a long giant tank with plasma cannons.
10:22 = Bill destroys the lower part of the small armored hovercraft via Kazart 408 and it escapes.
11:48 = Bill finally destroys Kazart 408 who is accompanied by its heavily armed dock.
14:55 = Bill kills a giant insectoid alien via Giwala, apparently the product of experiments carried by using an alien cell.
19:16 = Bill killing a large super-powered android via Hayanos 614 and is also a personal bodyguard of Black Viper.
20:40 = Bill killing Black Viper's cell in stasis and doesn't give her a chance to evolve to her next form. Black Viper is the sister of Gava and is also a recurring enemy in the Contra series.
21:16 = After Bill's mission being another success you can see a puff of smoke from the island in the background.


The Game Boy Color is the same game but in color.



2:54 = Bill destroying a bunch of submarines.
3:42 = Bill destroying a ballistic missile submarine via Nouei.
4:32 = Just like Super Contra, Bill is destroying multiple large turrets, tanks, and a large metal door (6:28).
5:21 = Also including a large armored truck.
6:39 = And a long giant tank with plasma cannons.
9:43 = Bill destroys the lower part of the small armored hovercraft via Kazart 408 and it escapes.
10:54 = Bill finally destroys Kazart 408 who is accompanied by its heavily armed dock.
13:45 = Bill kills a giant insectoid alien via Giwala, apparently the product of experiments carried by using an alien cell.
17:39 = Bill killing a large super-powered android via Hayanos 614 and is also a personal bodyguard of Black Viper.
18:27 = Bill killing Black Viper's cell in stasis and doesn't give her a chance to evolve to her next form. Black Viper is the sister of Gava and is also a recurring enemy in the Contra series.
18:52 = After Bill's mission being another success you can see a puff of smoke from the island in the background.

 

[Papa Nier]

Contra III: The Alien Wars for the SNES, later ported to Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance. The Game Boy version is a downgrade compared to the SNES and GBA, so I'm only going to view the SNES and GBA. The only notable difference between the SNES and GBA is Stage 2 and 5 were replaced by two stages from Contra: Hard Corps. I'll also include the two GBA stages.

Here's the plot synopsis copy and pasted from Contra's wiki.

"Set in the futuristic year 2636, the alien invaders that were defeated during the previous installments have decided to launch a full-scale war against mankind on Earth, starting the "Alien Wars". Unlike the previous Contra games for the NES and Game Boy, the futuristic setting was kept for the American version. However, the identities of Bill Rizer and Lance Bean", the original Contra heroes, were changed to their "descendants", Jimbo and Sully, maintaining the continuity of the previous localizations. Likewise, the alien invader was once again changed to "Red Falcon"."

The F/Fireball powerup acts like a flamethrower now.

Bombs are also powerups you can use anytime you want now.



0:20 = The alien invaders decimate an entire city.
2:01 = Bill/Lance destroying multiple fortresses as they press onwards.
2:33 = Bill/Lance is skilled enough to use rifles/machine guns in each hand.
3:02 = An armored tank is powerful enough to take down an entire building, Bill/Lance easily destroys it.
3:28 = A Federation's air force plane can be seen bombarding the targeted area, engulfing everything in lethal flames as a result.
3:36 = Bill/Lance is able to grab onto poles or ceilings and navigate them in a monkey bar fashion, and can also climb walls and ladders.
4:04 = A giant tortoise-like alien via Taka emerges from the high wall, Taka is also a recurring enemy.
4:15 = Bill/Lance kills Taka.
5:55 = Bill/Lance destroying a giant robot spider that is heavily armed with six turrets, one on each limb, and a mobile laser railgun.
7:35 = Bill/Lance while hanging on a railing fighting a flying mechanical pod that can transform into three different forms.
8:00 = Bill/Lance climbing a wall/ladder while also still fighting the mechanical pod.
9:21 = Bill/Lance finally destroys it.
9:45 = Bill/Lance destroying a heavily armed carrier via Garth Base.
10:26 = Bill/Lance destroying another metal door.
11:13 = Bill/Lance fight and destroy two robot brothers (both called Kenny) with mounted machine guns for arms.
11:56 = A gigantic, skeleton-like robot via Big Fuzz forces the large metal door to open with its physical strength, can also shoot lasers with its eyes, and it's also a recurring enemy.
12:57 = Bill/Lance eventually kills/destroys Big Fuzz.
13:20 = First time you see Bill/Lance riding hoverbikes.
13:57 = Bill/Lance destroying a tank that can catch up to their hoverbikes.
15:05 = Bill/Lance destroying bipedal robot that can catch up to their hoverbikes.
15:26 = Bill/Lance hanging onto a missile attached to a heavily armed helicopter, they don't seem to strain or be bothered by high altitudes.
15:35 = Bill/Lance destroying/killing a very agile ninja android by the name of Rocket Ninja Sasaki who flies via a rocket-pack on his back. He's also a recurring enemy.
15:50 = Bill/Lance still hanging onto the missile while it's being fired off. Bill/Lance is also dodging, jumping, and riding other missiles while in midair still.
16:06 = Bill/Lance destroying a gigantic airship via Anti-Contra Battleship Dodriguez.
16:55 = Bill/Lance survives an explosion from Dodriguez.
18:43 = Bill/Lance killing some sort of alien organism inhabited by giant centipede-like creatures via Anthell.
19:36 = Bill/Lance killing a worm-like alien creature via Emperor Demon Dragon God Java, is also in the first Contra and a recurring enemy.
20:10 = Bill/Lance killing a giant alien beating heart via Gomeramos King, is also the last boss in the first Contra and a recurring enemy.
20:34 = Bill/Lance killing Shadow Beast Kimkoh again.
21:09 = Bill/Lance killing/destroying the metal winged xenomorph-like alien again, who can now teleport.
21:38 = Bill/Lance fighting Gava again eventually destroys his physical body.
22:24 = Gava's brain via Living Brain Organism Searle is sentient and mobile, and won't stop fighting even after its body has been destroyed. It can levitate, and summon eight orbs/mines with different attacks. Bill/Lance eventually defeat it.
24:55 = Searle eventually comes back to life in another form and clad itself inside a hard carapace bearing four tentacle limbs tipped with skeletal hands.
25:10 = Bill/Lance finally kill it for good.

I'm also going to list the Contra: Hard Corps levels (these are non-canon).



1:06 = Bill/Lance can drive tanks (I think this is possible in the SNES version)
4:23 = Bill/Lance destroying a pair of robots via Pulley Gunner Bros, each armed with a large cannon hanging from their metal spines below.
5:13 = Bill/Lance destroying a plasma cannon affixed to a robotic arm by using its weapon against itself.
5:57 = A gigantic, superpowered robot via Powered Ninja Yokozuna outrunning and stopping the ongoing train with its bare hands. Yokozuna is a recurring enemy in the Contra series.
6:14 = Yokozuna can shoot plasma from its eye, can lift the train, and constantly slam it.
6:54 = Bill/Lance eventually destroy/kill Yokozuna.
17:16 = Bill/Lance destroying flying pod piloted by Deadeye Joe (one of the main antagonists in Contra: Hard Corps).
18:13 = Bill/Lance killing Doctor Geo Mandrake as Doctor Spider.
18:46 = Bill/Lance killing Colonel Bahamut as the Ultimate Super-Being via Bahamut Overdrive.
19:03 = Bahamut's Overdrive form becoming very unstable and unable to contain its own power. He ends up losing control and transforming into a giant and amorphous two-headed monstrosity.
19:56 = His form grows even more unstable, it mutates once again, this time into a beating heart-like organ surrounded by tormented-looking humanoid faces that pulsate outward whenever the heart is hit.
20:12 = Bill/Lance eventually kills it.

 

[Papa Nier]

Contra: Hard Corps for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. This is the first game in the main timeline to feature characters that aren't Bill or Lance.

Here's the plot synopsis from Wikipedia.

"In 2641, an elite team of commandos called the "Unified Military Special Mobile Task Force K-X", also known as the "Contra Hard Corps", has been assembled to combat the rapid spread of crime and illegal activities following the war. When an unknown hacker infiltrates the city's security system and reprograms a group of unmanned robots to cause havoc, the Hard Corps are deployed to handle the situation. Members include male soldier Ray Poward; female soldier Sheena Etranzi; Brad Fang, a wolf-like humanoid with two cybernetic arms; and Browny, a small robot capable of hovering. Ray, Sheena and Brad later made a brief cameo appearance in the interactive game TwinBee Paradise in Donburishima.

The game begins when the Hard Corps are deployed on a big city to destroy a group of unmanned weapons that had been reprogrammed to attack civilians. At the end of the first stage, the player confronts a robot piloted by cyborg mercenary Deadeye Joe, who escapes after the battle. At this point, the Hard Corps receive an emergency call from Dr. Geo Mandrake informing them that the government's research center is being attacked by an unknown group. The player can choose to pursue Deadeye Joe or go to the research center to thwart the terrorists, each path leading to a different second stage. Regardless of the chosen path, both stages converge to a common route. In the third stage, the player is sent to a junkyard to apprehend the notorious hacker Noiman Cascade, while the fourth stage is set in the jungle, where the enemy's hideout is located. In the fifth stage, the Hard Corps will be caught in a trap by the enemy leader, Colonel Bahamut, and the player is given another choice. From this point on, depending on the player's choices, the storyline splits into four possible paths, each with its own outcome. There's also a hidden coliseum stage with its own ending, for a total of five possible outcomes."

The four new characters have their own unique weapons just like Erica and Sally.

Ray has Vulcan Laser gun via short-range rapid-firing laser gun, Crash gun via explosive bullets, Spread gun and Homing gun.

Sheena has Genocide Vulcan gun via large-caliber machine gun, Shower Crash gun via explosive shells that rains down, Break Laser gun via a powerful long-range laser, and Ax Laser gun via a wide-beam homing laser.

Brad has Beast Shooter via a Vulcan cannon with devastating power, Power Punch via damages enemies with hurricane-force winds created by the speed of his punch, Flame Thrower, and Psychic Blaster via Brad can store up his psychic power. Releasing it shoots a beam of mental energy. The longer Brad holds, the stronger the blast.

Browny has Victory Laser gun via rapid-fire laser which shoots a V-shaped beam, Gemini Scatter gun via projectiles that return like a boomerang, Electromagnetic Yo-Yo via automatically attacks an enemy, and Shield Chaser via Browny can hold it in place and cause it to rotate around himself, can release it which fires it at an enemy. Browny also the only character who can hover in midair.



0:34 = The Hard Corps first mission giving by their leader Commander Doyle is to stop the unmanned robot. Also, some unknown hacker has breached into their security.
0:51 = Our heroes start off their action-packed adventure by straight-up ramming their vehicle into a massive payload of robots. It then soon crashes into a destroyed car blocking the road.
0:57 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny is capable of performing similar feats to Bill and Lance.
1:04 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying pieces of the building.
1:13 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying a truck.
1:18 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying a large multi-legged mechanical beast via M78.
1:26 = A four-legged robot emerges by smashing out from a building's wall.
1:32 = As Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroys the four-legged robot, it performs its one last charge and crashes onto an adjacent building via making it tip over.
1:53 = A gigantic humanoid alien robot via Maximum Jumbo that bears a cannon installed on its singular eye appears from the ruins of the city, from which it fires a devastating energy beam causing multiple explosions. Jumbo is a recurring enemy in the Contra series.
1:58 = Jumbo spots the Hard Corps squad then jumps high in the air and lands in front of them. Bits of rubble rises up from the ground from its presence.
2:11 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying/killing Jumbo. Note: one of its attacks is picking up cars and throwing them at the heroes.
2:27 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny is able to grab onto poles or ceilings and navigate them in a monkey bar fashion, and can also climb walls and ladders.
2:33 = Still hanging onto the railing during its chaotic ride and smashing into multiple cars. It gets shot down by the next enemy.
2:44 = Find out the unmanned robot is being piloted by someone. It jumps down and lands on the car. destroying it. The robot is called Powered Ninja Murasame.
2:55 = Shooting the same projectile that shot down the railing.
3:12 = Murasame is strong enough to slice clean through a pretty large building in the background, making it crumble.
3:18 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroy the robot, as it explodes and its pilot will come out from the wreckage, introducing himself as "Deadeye Joe". He then taunts the Hard Corps to come after him if they really want to know who he is. The player is then given another option to either "Go after Deadeye Joe" or continue their mission and "Rescue the Research Center".
3:52 = This is stage is chosen if you choose to "Go after Deadeye Joe". Also shows Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny being capable of riding hoverbikes, also able to jump.
3:56 = A bunch of flying robot units seen far in the background coming out from an airship and soon arrives at the Hard Corps location. They're able to catch up to the heroes.
4:12 = A rollerskating robot rushing over to the Hard Corps while carrying a giant missile over its head.
4:19 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny encounters a large mechanical spider moving at great speed, also able to keep up with the heroes hoverbikes.
4:41 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying the mechanical spider.
4:47 = The hoverbikes are able to go faster via some sort of turbo/boost. You also see Deadeye Joe going at the same pace.
5:00 = The hoverbikes are able to transform into some sort of bipedal mech.
5:10 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually destroys the large metallic flying vessel piloted by Deadeye Joe. Joe somehow survived the blast and comes in possession of a giant robot.
5:22 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny is able to outrun and run at the same pace as the giant robot while on the motorway at superhuman speed.
6:16 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroy the giant robot. Joe survives the explosion. After the robot is destroyed, Joe will reveal he was just a decoy and blows himself up (the Hard Corps aren't fazed by the blast radius).
6:53 = This is stage is chosen if you choose to "Rescue the Research Center".
6:59 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny is offered a lift from the Air Police's cruiser.
7:18 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny being pursued by a fast armored tank that launches an infinite supply of missiles which hold Rocket Soldiers inside them. The Hard Corps easily dodge out of the way and eventually destroy it.
7:38 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny is still able to hold onto the Air Police's cruiser while at high altitude.
7:50 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny encounter Rocket Ninja Sasaki from Contra III, they seem to have defeated him.
7:55 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny jump on top of the Air Police's cruiser, they don't seem to lose their balance or be bothered by the speed or high altitude.
7:58 = Sasaki is still in pursuit of them and shooting lasers at them.
8:13 = Sasaki eventually dies.
8:24 = A heavily-armed jet-like aircraft via Wonderbird pursues the Hard Corps squad while they are still soaring through the sky, hitching a ride atop an Air Police's cruiser.
8:29 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually destroys the Wonderbird but crashes into the cruiser. The Hard Corps isn't too bothered by this, even by the crash landing.
8:48 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying the metal door.
8:54 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny rescue a scientist by the name of Doctor Geo Mandrake. He tells the squad that the terrorists are after the Alien Cell, that the research center got ahold of from the alien mother during the Alien Wars via five years ago (Contra III). Also that the rampaging robot via Deadeye Joe was just diversion.
9:30 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny is able to climb walls and ceilings sort of like Spiderman.
9:50 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny fight a robotic being based on Emperor Demon Gava, and eventually destroy/kill it.
10:35 = Three days later the Hard Corps are giving their next mission. The hacker has been identified as Noiman Cascade who used the panic caused by the robot as a distraction so he could steal the Alien Cell, he most likely has an organization working behind him.
11:09 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying multiple robot soldiers riding motorcycles (they can also be seen in the far background) and tiny junkyard robots.
11:37 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying multiple purple robotized cars, that has a big gun inside its front lid.
12:04 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying a big junkyard robot via Dustman.
12:55 = Right before entering the room to fight Noiman Cascade, if the player climbs up the wall, they will reach a secret screen where they'll find the Mysterious Character. Who offers the Hard Corps to make some money by fighting in the battle arena.
13:12 = Ray's/Sheena's/Brad's/Browny's first opponent is a android carrying what looks to be a guitar case with a sad face sticker on his back. His name is Simondo Belmont who is a parody of Masato Shimon, and a reference to Simon Belmont from Castlevania series. The Hard Corps eventually kill him.
13:39 = Second opponent is a large ghoulish creature pushing an armored baby carriage featuring a mobile cannon. Her equally gigantic and ghoulish child also rises from the carriage. The Hard Corps eventually kill them both.
14:06 = Final opponent is appears to be a mixture of flesh and metal with a fiendish face at the center and steel plates on its sides. It can escape into an inter-dimensional portal and emerge in another one in a different location.
14:25 = After Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny kill it they're flung into the inter-dimensional portal and have gone back in time where there are dinosaurs. This is one of the endings where the Hard Corps are trapped in the past (1/6).
19:04 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny find Noiman Cascade but gets trapped in his virtual zone by his virtual reality machine.
19:23 = Noiman does not fight the Hard Corps by himself but instead makes use of his virtual zone and creates moving constellations to attack for him. The first constellation is Taurus, the second is Sagittarius, and the final is Gemini. Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroy them all.
20:14 = Noiman isn't finished just yet, Noiman will now turn into a red square with a central core that will serve as the boss's weak point, and surround itself with several yellow squares forming a 5×5 array around it. Can take the form of a tank and a helicopter. Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroys them and defeats Noiman again.
21:14 = They've successfully capture Noiman Cascade.
21:42 = The Hard Corps learn that Colonel Bahamut is in charge of the terrorist organization. He used to be a hero who fought during the Alien Wars (might be the same Bahamut from Hard Corps: Uprising). Two years ago he planned to overthrow the government but was stopped, so Bahamut fled. Bahamut now has the Alien Cell, and his hideout is deep in some jungle.
23:01 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny killing/destroying a giant insectoid creature with a strong exoskeleton via Miyao K/appa (its face looks like Kylo Ren's mask).
23:26 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny survive a pretty big fall while landing on the back of a dinosaur (dinosaurs seem to exist in the future).
23:59 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying a composite robot made out of two smaller spherical robots via Evil Snowman.
25:46 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying another metal door.
25:55 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny being chased by the bipedal oval-shaped mecha via Long Hand Guy while also fighting back. Deadeye Joe can actually be seen piloting this machine if the player selected "Rescue the Research Center" at the end of the first level.
28:17 = Long Hand Guy is now being chased by Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny.
29:44 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually destroy it. Deadeye Joe survives the explosion.
30:03 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny encounter Colonel Bahamut. Also turns out Doctor Geo Mandrake has been working with Bahamut all along in order to research the Alien Cell which has Emperor Gava's DNA.
30:58 = The Hard Corps are surrounded and trapped. The player is then given another option to either "Fight to the end" or "Surrender and fight later".
31:03 = This stage is chosen if you choose to "Go after Deadeye Joe" and "Surrender and fight later". The Hard Corps arrive at Bahamut's headquarters while restrained but handcuffs/rope. Bahamut is speaking to them through a monitor from his space station. With the Doctor's assistance, Bahamut has builts a Space Station outfitted with the Alien Cell.
31:28 = Bahamut has transferred all energy functions from his headquarters straight to the top of his space station, so he decides to blow up his headquarters along with the Hard Corps and his own men.
31:52 = Doctor Geo has a machine that mutates people. Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny is currently escaping from the burning hallway.
33:21 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny riding the elevator to the space station. Along the way, Doctor Geo teleports in front of them with his bipedal mecha via Mach 777.
34:48 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually destroy Mach 777 along with Doctor Geo.
35:17 = Colonel Bahamut piloting Big Magnum, a weapon of mass destruction that is powered by the Alien Cell.
35:28 = Bahamut firing Big Magnum's huge cannon at the Earth, that can be seen in the far background. Seems to make a pretty gigantic explosion (kinda says a lot of how strong Gava is if one of his cells has enough power to destroy countries/continents. Bill and Lance even kicked Gava's ass a few times).
37:12 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually destroys it along with Colonel Bahamut and his space station (looks like Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny also die fighting :sniff) via the end (2/6)
41:17 = This stage is chosen if you choose to "Rescue the Research Center" and "Surrender and fight later". The Hard Corps arrive at Bahamut's military train and surprisingly gets rescued by Deadeye Joe (who can also easily destroy metal doors).
41:48 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying another metal door.
41:57 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying a pair of robots via Pulley Gunner Bros, each armed with a large cannon hanging from their metal spines below.
42:47 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying a plasma cannon affixed to a robotic arm by using its weapon against itself.
43:18 = Powered Ninja Yokozuna (Contra: Hard Corps is its first appearance) outrunning and stopping the ongoing train with its bare hands.
43:36 = Yokozuna can shoot plasma from its eye, can lift the train, and constantly slam it.
44:18 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually destroy/kill Yokozuna.
45:43 = This stage is chosen if you choose to "Fight to the end". Doctor Geo decides to use the Hard Corps as food for his experiments.
45:56 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny face the doctor's terrible Monster Genesis Machine, that can merge two creatures into one creature. His mutations consist of Wing Lizard + Woodlouse = Flying centipede, Ukki + Wing Lizard = Flying beast, Wing Lizard + Peni Flower = Flying flower, Peni Flower + Woodlouse = Inoffensive walking flower (gives power-ups, only has 5 HP), Woodlouse + Ukki = Large centipede beast, and Ukki + Peni Flower = Beast with a large flower growing on top.
47:43 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny face an amalgamation of several creatures fused into one, who ironically grabs Doctor Geo and eats him.
48:13 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually kills it.
48:25 = This stage is after Bahamut's military train (the order in the video is weird) via if you choose to "Rescue the Research Center" and "Surrender and fight later". Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroying another metal door, and reach Doctor Geo's and Bahamut's research laboratory
48:44 = Deadeye Joe arrives with his flying pod via Crab the Joe
49:43 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually destroy Crab the Joe, Deadeye Joe somehow survives but gets killed off by Colonel Bahamut himself.
50:19 = Colonel Bahamut takes Doctor Geo Mandrake prisoner and, as the Hard Corps break into his base, he uses a ray (presumably) using Alien Cell technology on the doctor, making him mutate into a half-man/half-spider monster via Doctor Spider.
51:22 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually kill Doctor Geo Mandrake via Doctor Spider.
51:39 = Colonel Bahamut succeeds in merging his spirit with the corporeal qualities of the alien, which results in him transforming into an all-powerful symbiotic being via the Ultimate Super-Being or Bahamut Overdrive (has become a DBZ character).
52:38 = Bahamut's Overdrive form becoming very unstable and unable to contain its own power. He ends up losing control and transforming into a giant and amorphous two-headed monstrosity (now Akira).
53:26 = His form grows even more unstable, it mutates once again, this time into a beating heart-like organ surrounded by tormented-looking humanoid faces that pulsate outward whenever the heart is hit.
54:08 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually kill Colonel Bahamut.
54:28 = The whole place explodes but the Hard Corps squad escape and drive off with their hoverbikes via the end (3/6)
56:47 = This stage is after Doctor Geo's experiments via if you choose to "Go after Deadeye Joe" and "Fight to the end". Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny destroy another metal door and burst through into Colonel Bahamut's headquarters. Bahamut reveals his plans to turn the Alien Cell into the ultimate bio-weapon. Unfortunately for him, he's all out of resources and professional assistance. As a result, the Alien Cell has just broken free and is now overrunning the entire headquarters and transforming it into an alien nest.
57:20 = Bunch of enemy soldiers randomly mutating.
57:32 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny killing an aberrant mutated alien monstrosity via Gebolien.
57:58 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny killing Emperor Demon Dragon God Java.
58:40 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny killing Shadow Beast Kimkoh.
1:00:24 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny come across a grotesque monstrosity that resembles a giant female humanoid face held by two equally giant alien hands via Mother Alien, they eventually kill it. She also kinda resembles Emperor Demon Gava.
1:01:08 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny killing a giant alien beating heart via Gomeramos King.
1:02:08 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny escaping the Alien's Lair. Outside they can see Colonel Bahamut also escaping via the end (4/6).
1:04:53 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny get another mission from Commander Doyle, this happens after Doctor Geo's experiments but you have to choose "Rescue the Research Center" and "Fight to the end". The Hard Corps' next location is overseas.
1:05:22 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny fighting a trio of robots.
1:05:45 = One of the robots manages to sink their ship, resulting in them riding their hoverbikes (can go on water).
1:06:38 = All three robots combining into one via Takedda Robot in it's Runner form (Megazord ).
1:07:14 = Robots combining into its Bird form that can shoot a lightning blast from its mouth.
1:07:50 = Robots combining into its Tank form.
1:08:17 = Robots going haywire than they explode and die.
1:08:30 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny slide kicking a metal door (because why not at this point) arriving at Colonel Bahamut's headquarters.
1:08:56 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny facing a team of Zako Soldiers (recurring enemy in Contra) that are highly trained in gymnastics and seem to tank some of the Hard Corps projectiles. They eventually kill them all.
1:09:50 = Colonel Bahamut offers the Hard Corps squad to join him. If they agree to join they become the evilest dictator of all time and mankind becomes propelled into a long age of darkness and gloom. This only results in a game over but it still counts as a ending (5/6)
1:12:11 = Refusing his offer results in Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny fighting Colonel Bahamut with his large metal claw, also shows incredible superhuman strength and agility.
1:12:55 = Bahamut is eventually defeated but before he dies he tells the Hard Corps that a missile armed with the Alien Cell will take off that will make the world burn.
1:13:30 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny ride one of the smaller sub-missiles towards the Alien Cell missile, but they're interrupted by Deadeye Joe flying with a jetpack who wants to settle the score amid this crisis with the Hard Corps squad.
1:13:55 = Deadeye Joe eventually dies. The sub-missiles are malfunctioning and are falling back to Earth (safely of course). Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny catch up to the main giant missile housing the Alien Cell.
1:14:16 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny have no problem climbing the Alien Cell missile. There are quickly eroding cracks in the outer wall of the missile, and Alien contaminants as well as insect-like parasites are leaking out.
1:15:00 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny killing a large insectoid alien.
1:15:27 = The Alien Cell emerges and it resembles a hideous humanoid face that can sprout huge claws, skeletal arms from its left and right sides. Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny eventually kill it and destroy the missile safely.
1:16:28 = Ray/Sheena/Brad/Browny falling from a great height but safely lands on the Air Police's cruiser.
1:16:50 = The aftermath of the missile via the end (6/6)

 

[Papa Nier]

Contra: Shattered Soldier for the PS2. Set six years after Contra: Hard Corps.

Here's the plot synopsis copy and pasted from Contra's wiki.

"In 2642 A.D., Earth remains scarred from previous alien conflicts as environmental problems grow beyond humanity's control. 80% of the planet's population was completely devastated by a malfunctioning hyper-magnetic weapons grid during development. Bill Rizer, the hero of the Alien Wars, was held responsible for the incident, as well as for murdering his partner Lance Bean who reportedly tried to stop him. He was given a sentence of 10,000 years in cryogenic prison. However, five years later (in the year 2647), Earth faces another threat as the terrorist organization "Blood Falcon", led by a mysterious superhuman commander, spreads panic over the world. The ruling government referred to as the "Triumvirate", decides to release Rizer prior to completing his sentence, in view of his previous successes in defending Earth, in hope of neutralizing Blood Falcon. Lucia, an advanced cyborg super-soldier built by the government from Dr. Geo Mandrake's research, is sent to accompany and assist Bill's endeavors.

Bill eventually finds out that Lance is still alive and is, in fact, the commander of Blood Falcon himself. After defeating Lance, it is revealed that the aliens from the past games attacked because the Triumvirate secretly stole a mysterious, powerful "relic" from them. With this information, Bill and Lucia have to confront the Triumvirate and uncover the secrets of the alien relic."

The power-up capsules and pill-box sensors from previous games are gone. Shattered Soldier has a new weapon system, which consists of three weapons and three special shots, Bill and Lucia automatically start with these weapons. The primary weapons are a rapid-fire automatic machine gun (Heavy Machine Gun), a flame thrower (Flame Whip), and a grenade launcher (Diver Mines). These primary weapons may be charged for a more powerful attack: the Round Sweeper, which launches out a "gun pod" that sprays bullets in multiple directions (this is the Heavy Machine Gun charged shot); the Energy Shot, a large gunshot which delivers great damage (this is the Flame Whip charged shot); and a barrage of Homing Missiles that traces the nearest target (this is the Diver Mine charged shot).



0:23 = The opening that shows a brief introduction of Bill being set free from his cryogenic prison by Lucia, working together with Lucia to defend the Earth from Blood Falcon.
0:59 = You can also see Bill casually kicking a metal door off its hinges, surviving really high fall, and making mincemeat out of the robot enemies.
1:35 = Lucia hanging on to a launched missile.
1:53 = Lucia reacting and shooting multiple missiles that have already been fired in midair.
1:59 = A helicopter transforming into a giant mech with a rifle/machinegun, both stand on top of an air cruiser with the mech and Bill shooting at each other point-blank.
2:12 = Bill shooting it to bits.
2:50 = Bill's/Lucia's first mission "We have information that the enemy commander is inspecting the front lines at their mountain base. Infiltrate and neutralize him."
3:18 = Bill/Lucia destroying an armored truck.
3:26 = Bill/Lucia destroying a motorcycle along with its sidecar.
3:37 = Bill/Lucia destroying a watchtower.
3:49 = Bill/Lucia destroying a heavily-armored tank via Magnus.
4:16 = Bill/Lucia is able to climb walls and ceilings sort of like Spiderman.
4:31 = Bill/Lucia destroying a Factory Demolition Machine that has a flamethrower and can shoot lightning.
5:57 = Bill/Lucia surviving two missiles and a really big fall.
6:00 = Bill/Lucia knows how to ride a snowboard.
6:30 = Bill/Lucia killing a Snow Worm.
7:28 = It looked like Bill/Lucia was going to fight the helicopter transformer from the opening but gets squashed by Taka.
7:36 = Bill/Lucia fight against Taka (from Contra III) and eventually kill him (9:06).
9:26 = Turns out the enemy commander of Blood Falcon is Bill's former partner Lance Bean, who apparently supposed to be dead. He's been brought back to life and is nothing like his former self.
10:40 = Lance teleports away.
10:52 = Get to see what transpired 6 years ago with Lance trying to tell Bill something and dies.
11:35 = Next mission "A military transport train loaded with BC weapons has been hijacked. It's heading to a densely populated Area. Stop it immediately!"
11:48 = Bill/Lucia busting through a billboard on their hoverbikes.
12:21 = Bill/Lucia destroying the Battleship Anterior Cannon.
12:47 = Bill/Lucia shooting enemy soldiers riding a missile (this happens a few times in this stage).
12:52 = Bill/Lucia destroying a part of the large heavily armored battleship that's now a helicopter.
13:37 = Bill/Lucia eventually destroy the large heavily armored helicopter.
14:28 = Bill/Lucia destroying multiple homing plasma projectiles.
14:53 = Bill/Lucia destroying the Train Plasma Cannon.
15:47 = Bill/Lucia destroying the unmanned mobile weapons via Zweihander.
16:40 = Bill/Lucia destroying multiple large train turrets.
17:10 = Yokozuna from Contra: Hard Corps makes an appearance by launching a rocket-propelled punch and blowing up the cart behind the locomotive Bill/Lucia. Seems to be an upgraded version of the original model, as it now has three forms.
17:59 = Yokozuna stopping the train and picking it up rather easily.
18:26 = Yokozuna's second form, he disposes his large arms in favor of more aerodynamic ones and then hovers onto the train. He kneels on the back of the train and his abdomen opens up, releasing fast-traveling saws that ricochet back off the train. Yokozuna's third form, he adopts a jet-like form and starts flying around (this isn't shown in this video though).
18:41 = Bill/Lucia shoot Yokozuna enough times and his jetpack blew up, leaving him severely damaged. An overpass severs him in two with Bill/Lucia finishing his legs off.
19:16 = Next mission "The enemy has launched a major offensive towards the city. Take out the core units to eliminate the threat.".
19:51 = Bill/Lucia destroying another armored truck.
20:08 = Bill/Lucia destroying Garth Base from Contra III (20:55).
21:18 = Bill/Lucia killing the caterpillar-like alien creature via Mince Worm (22:03).
22:31 = Bill/Lucia killing Java's first incarnation via Gluttonous Ugougo (22:59).
23:30 = Bill/Lucia destroying/killing long-bodied machine shaped like a mechanical caterpillar via Crawler Tank (25:48).
26:07 = The federal government the Triumvirate is a trio of ancient men Nero, Gaius, and Commodus. They seem to be hiding something. They're also almost done analyzing the "relic" (whatever that is).
27:13 = Next mission "The deep sea power plant has been taken. Neutralize the enemy and secure the remaining lifelines so that hostages can be evacuated.".
27:27 = Bill/Lucia hanging onto a missile even as it spins.
27:34 = Bill/Lucia destroying some more missiles.
27:58 = Bill/Lucia being pursued by a huge battle robot via Burstrick Rider who comes from the sky and then proceeds to attach the boat to a long chain.
29:02 = Bill/Lucia destroys the back part of Burstrick Rider.
29:17 = Bill/Lucia destroying Burstrick Rider's boat.
29:31 = Bill/Lucia destroying Burstrick Rider's gun.
30:40 = Bill/Lucia eventually destroy Burstrick Rider.
30:56 = Bill/Lucia arriving at the power plant.
32:06 = A semi-mechanical life form that resembles a human head via Big Head appears out of nowhere.
32:40 = Doing enough damage to it reveals its true form, Bill/Lucia eventually kill it (32:57).
33:54 = A gigantic fish-like alien mutant abomination bearing a humanoid face and three pairs of eyes on the sides of his face via Jinmen Gyo appears.
36:30 = Bill/Lucia eventually kill Jinmen Gyo.
37:00 = Next mission "The enemy HQ has been located at Galuga Archipelago. This is where it all began before, and where we can put a close to this war.".
37:17 = Bill/Lucia destroying another armored truck.
37:36 = A large gooey snail-like creature that lives under a car via Cochlear Armored Car appears.
38:15 = Bill/Lucia eventually kill Cochlear along with its armored car.
38:46 = Bill/Lucia destroying a fortress.
39:02 = Bill shoots the door open of its hinges.
39:05 = Bill/Lucia meets up with Lance again, they have no choice but to fight him.
39:18 = Lance using some sort of ability that claws the monitor to pieces. Also has the ability to fly.
39:28 = Lance seems to have gained some other special abilities such as firing large blue energy balls, lightning spokes, some blue projectile that travels really fast, can create fireballs, and can curl himself into a glowing ball of energy.
40:15 = Bill/Lucia eventually defeat Lance, but Bill/Lucia is taken to an area where they fight Gomeramos King. Seems like Lance might be merged with an Alien Cell. It can be speculated that the two heroes were teleported either inside his radically altered body or inside the implanted alien embryo that was contained within his body, containing all of the genetic information needed to reproduce the creatures battled by Bill/Lucia.
41:00 = Bill/Lucia eventually kills Gomeramos King but is taken to a place to fight the enormous earthworm-like alien via Tissue Helminth the second incarnation of Java.
41:31 = Bill/Lucia eventually kill Tissue Helminth but are taken to fight Kimkoh, they eventually kill them both.
42:26 = Bill/Lucia faces an alien monstrosity via Presshand.
42:55 = Bill/Lucia eventually kill Presshand but are taken to fight Gava.
44:08 = Bill/Lucia eventually kill Gava.
44:33 = Lance tells Bill and Lucia the reason he turned against them. I'll just describe what Lance basically says, 20 years ago a miner on Jupiter discovered a Moirai Ruins. The Moirai are "omniscient beings" who are a tribe that ruled the galaxy before the birth of mankind and their civilization have reach heights that humans can't even possibly begin to imagine. They left this galaxy for a higher world, the ruin on Jupiter was their shrine and sanctuary. Humanity being an arrogant species monopolize the highly advance technologies of an unknown civilization, they sent the army. Not only did they violate the sanctuary, but they also brought the "relic" back to Earth. Several years later, aliens began an attack on Earth. The aliens from previous games were apparently no aliens or invaders. They were guards programmed to protect and retrieve the Moirai relic. So the truth was kept from the public eye by calling Bill and Lance heroes of the war against aliens. They hid the truth from the media and the people. Lance stumbled upon the truth by accident, before he could go public he was eliminated as a scapegoat. It was also because of them that 80% of the planet's population was completely devastated by the malfunctioning hyper-magnetic weapon. Lance wanted to stay alive and warn people so badly that he implanted an Alien Cell/Embryo into himself. They have to stop Triumvirate from analyzing the relic or otherwise the world is doomed. Lance also dies.
47:04 = Straight on to the next stage with no mission briefing. Bill/Lucia also encounters the helicopter transformer via Mr. Heli-Robo who they have to fight. They're not too bothered about being up top of an aircraft while in high altitude.
48:41 = Bill/Lucia eventually destroy Mr. Heli-Robo.
48:53 = The aircraft goes faster and through a portal.
49:07 = Bill/Lucia arrive at some dimension, the aircraft disappears. They arrived at the Triumvirate's sanctuary. The Triumvirate unleashes the power of the relic of Moirai and transcends to a higher life form but the power resulted to be much greater than expected and ends up consuming them, merging them into the Ultimate Being.
50:13 = Bill/Lucia has to fight the Ultimate Being. The first form resembles a humanoid. It attacks by performing a punch which extends to a blade-like appendage and throwing two energy orbs while phasing about.
50:42 = Bill/Lucia shoot it enough times to make it morph back into the relic itself.
50:49 = The relic morphs into its second form via Celestial Frog that resembles a giant amphibian that swims around. It attacks by going to the side and belching out organic projectiles that resemble cotton swabs, swimming to gain momentum and charges at Bill/Lucia in a beam of light.
51:32 = Bill/Lucia shoot it enough times to make it morph back into the relic once again.
51:39 = The relic morphs into its third form via Celestial Jellyfish that resembles a giant jellyfish that simply floats left and right, and summons pink jellyfishes that slowly dance toward the bottom. It will also occasionally swoop down and sweep across the bottom and go back up.
52:15 = Bill/Lucia shoots the core at the bottom enough times for it to morph one last time before turning into what may have been its original form prior to gaining power.
52:29 = The relic's fourth form via Celestial Atomic Cell is a giant cell that sends out homing enzyme-like projectiles that glow as the player shoots its membrane. It floats around, shooting said enzymes, while the player must shoot the nucleus by blasting into the membrane enough. Once damaged enough, Bill/Lucia will suddenly be transported inside of it, to its primal core.
53:07 = Bill/Lucia has to fight the Primal Core which is and it has a plethora of bacteria-like creatures swimming at the top.
53:52 = Bill/Lucia finally defeat the Primal Core.
54:18 = Next and final stage, the explosion from the relic has an amalgamation of the prior forms come out, which shoots fireballs from the frogmouth. It will grab the plane and shoot fireballs, throw bouncing energy orbs, and at the last stretch, it will attempt to drag Bill/Lucia into the explosion.
55:24 = Bill/Lucia final kill the Moirai relic.
55:58 = Bill and Lucia safely make it out of the sanctuary. This moment marks when the Red Falcon army suddenly stops being so aggressive, as they no longer have an organized goal to take back the relic as it has died.

 

[Papa Nier]

Contra: Shattered Soldier has four endings in total, the previous video already showed one via Triumphant Return (this ending triggers if you beat the Final Boss with Total Rank of A or lower) - The aircraft prepares for landing in your homeland flying over crowds of people. Bill raises the left hand in celebration and everyone cheers. Bill and Lucia jump towards the crowd and the screen fades. The end.



1:05:06 = Satellite Weapon (this ending triggers if you beat Mission 5 with Total Rank of C) - After Lance dies, suddenly a satellite orbiting Earth projects a very powerful laser to the island that Bill and Lucia were on and destroys everything in a 60-mile radius. A voice over a transmitters states 'No sign of life in a 60-mile radius'. The end. You were killed.
1:05:44 = Return (this ending triggers if you beat Mission 6 with Total Rank of B or lower) - You fly out of the warp on the aircraft and the credits roll. The end.
1:06:44 = Contra vs (some kind of a funny face drawing) (this ending triggers it you beat the Final Boss with Total Rank of S) - It's just like a cinema that was created by some of the programmers. And the star of the show is Bill Rizer, going up against Sparkster, another Konami character who starred in 4 of his own games. Sparkster fires some flames. you will also hear in the background the voices of the programmers murmuring the sounds of the gun being fired by Bill Rizer. And in the end, Sparkster kamikazes towards Bill Rizer, and the "Game Over" message appears.

 

[Papa Nier]

Here are some notable feats so far or tldr version.

Contra (NES) = An alien meteorite crash landing in the Galuga archipelago near New Zealand. Creates a huge explosion (seems the aliens are durable enough to survive the impact).

Contra (NES) and Contra: Evolution (Remake) = Seems like destroying the lair ended up destroying the island also.

Operation C (GB and GBC) = After Bill's mission being another success you can see a puff of smoke from the island in the background.

Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES) = The alien invaders destroying the city with some sort of laser (maybe the satellite laser from Shattered Soldier).

Contra: Hard Corps (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive) = Bahamut firing Big Magnum's huge cannon at the Earth, that can be seen in the far background. Seems to make a pretty gigantic explosion (kinda says a lot of how strong Gava is if one of his cells has enough power to destroy countries/continents. Bill and Lance even kicked Gava's ass a few times).

Contra: Shattered Soldier (PS2) = Satellite Weapon (this ending triggers if you beat Mission 5 with Total Rank of C) - After Lance dies, suddenly a satellite orbiting Earth projects a very powerful laser to the island that Bill and Lucia were on and destroys everything in a 60-mile radius. A voice over a transmitters states 'No sign of life in a 60-mile radius'. The end. You were killed.