'''[[Acrobatics]]''' (Bill can [https://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/Contra.pdf weave through mazes, and hop, skip, and jump up the Waterfall stage]<ref>HOW TO PLAY CONTRA Booklet (1987), page 8</ref>. [https://youtu.be/rD9G7OCmsfk?t=32 He can perform several consecutive mid-air flips]), '''[[Weapon Mastery]]''' ([https://youtu.be/rD9G7OCmsfk?t=24 Wields all types of firearms into battle]<ref>Contra (1987)</ref>), '''[[Curtain Fire]]''' (The Spread Gun [https://youtu.be/rD9G7OCmsfk?t=32 fires numerous bullets in several directions at once]), '''[[Resistance]]''' to '''[[Temperature Manipulation|Extreme Temperatures]]''' ([https://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/Contra.pdf Can fight through the Amazon jungle, and ice fields cold enough to freeze people to death]<ref>HOW TO PLAY CONTRA Booklet (1987), page 8</ref>)
'''[[Acrobatics]]''' (Bill can [https://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/Contra.pdf weave through mazes, and hop, skip, and jump up the Waterfall stage]<ref>HOW TO PLAY CONTRA Booklet (1987), page 8</ref>. [https://youtu.be/rD9G7OCmsfk?t=32 He can perform several consecutive mid-air flips]), '''[[Weapon Mastery]]''' ([https://youtu.be/rD9G7OCmsfk?t=24 Wields all types of firearms into battle]<ref>Contra (1987)</ref>), '''[[Unlimited Ammo]]''', '''[[Curtain Fire]]''' (The Spread Gun [https://youtu.be/rD9G7OCmsfk?t=32 fires numerous bullets in several directions at once]), '''[[Resistance]]''' to '''[[Temperature Manipulation|Extreme Temperatures]]''' ([https://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/Contra.pdf Can fight through the Amazon jungle, and ice fields cold enough to freeze people to death]<ref>HOW TO PLAY CONTRA Booklet (1987), page 8</ref>)
Being an elite commando of the Special Forces takes a special breed of hero. You need the cunning of a lion, the spirit of a Viking warrior, and the intelligence of a modern day field general. Only after these qualities are soaked into your soul can you stand a ghost of a chance saving humanity from the inhumane Red Falcon.
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Being an elite commando of the Special Forces takes a special breed of hero. You need the cunning of a lion, the spirit of a Viking warrior, and the intelligence of a modern day field general. Only after these qualities are soaked into your soul can you stand a ghost of a chance saving humanity from the inhumane Red Falcon.
Bill Rizer is the main protagonist of the Contra series.
This dropdown contains the synopsis of Bill’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!
On September 12th, 2631, a meteor crashed into the Galuga archipelago off the coast of New Zealand. Two years later, the archipelago was occupied by hostile aliens known as the Red Falcon, whose sole mission is to exterminate humankind. To combat this, the Earth Marine Headquarters dispatched Bill Rizer and Lance Bean with one mission: destroy the Red Falcon base.[1]
