Alien (Hard Corps)

For other uses, see Alien (disambiguation).

Alien
Alien as it appears in Hard Corps.
Alternate name(s)	Capsule Alien
Type(s)	Alien, infantry
Abilities	Breaks out of its glass container and attacks
Location(s)	Big Battle
Appearances	Contra: Hard Corps Contra Advance

The Alien is an enemy in Contra: Hard Corps. It is a malformed humanoid alien that breaks out and attacks from the glass tube it is contained in.

Description

Aliens are bizarre-looking creatures that are initially found contained inside of large glass tubes in a genetic engineering laboratory. They appear to be malformed, suggesting they could have been created artificially and possibly still are at a partial formation state. Appearance-wise, they bear a strong resemblance to the first form of the mutated Colonel Bahamut seen later within the same stage. There is a possibility these aliens could have eventually grown into mature forms similar to Bahamut Overdrive if not for their destruction.

When approached, they break out from their capsules and attack by leaping toward a player. They have 5 HP each and there are five Aliens to fight in total. Each Alien defeated grants the player who dealt the finishing blow to it 1,000 points.

Notes

• This enemy also appears in Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX, as Big Battle, the stage they appear in, replaces the second top-view stage from the original game. In this game, they possess 10 HP (Normal mode).
• If not destroyed and the player manages to reach the hallway leading to Deadeye Joe, they'll start jumping away toward the left and leave the screen.

Gallery

Aliens inside their glass tubes.

Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX

Sprite from Contra Advance.

Trivia

• These creatures have a low vertical hitbox. If the player is hanging on the wall before the tunnel to the first boss, they may not receive any damage from an Alien, unless the player is hanging on the wall at the lowest point.
• Buggers in Operation C are also initially found contained within glass tubes in the background and attack similarly, by breaking out from their containers as the player approaches.
• The Skeleton Glass, an enemy from Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (also by Konami), resembles the Alien. Like the Alien, it also breaks out of a glass container and attacks the player. The similarities are likely due to Takashi Takeda working on both creature's enemy programming.