Tetranducker (テトランダッカー Tetorandakkā?) is a miniboss in Contra III: The Alien Wars. It is a bipedal robot that can run at high speed.
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Contra III: The Alien Wars[]
A large bipedal robot with a mounted cannon. Despite moving only with two mechanical wheeled legs, it can run at a very high speed, even matching that of the player's Jet Motorcycle. It attacks midway through the Air Battle level, right after Sergeant Dodriguez takes off.
It descends from the sky without warning and starts jumping in front of the player; every time it does so, it quickly curls and uncurls its legs in an attempt to smack them off their vehicles. It then starts running in front of the player while firing missiles from its cannon. Its cannon/head is the weak point and during its highest point in its jumps, a player can quickly pass underneath the robot, if need be. If enough consecutive damage is inflicted, during its ground movement it will quickly jump again without prolonged ground exposure. If aimed carefully, the Tetranducker can effectively be stun locked to only its jumps, though caution should be advised as to where it will land at as its landing can sometimes force the player to be boxed in between the robot and the screen, potentially killing the player by the robot's legs.
Using a strong weapon, like the Crush Gun, and keeping constant fire at its cannon/head, will both force it to constantly jump and destroy its missiles; generally not requiring the player to pass below it even once, and destroying it in just a few well aimed shots (even on Hard difficulty).
Notes[]
- This enemy does not appear in the Game Boy port, Contra: The Alien Wars.
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Trivia[]
- Both the appearance and name of this enemy are references to two enemies from the Gradius series (also by Konami), the Tetran and the Ducker. It has a turret-like body, like that of the Ducker, and long tentacle-like legs, like the limbs of the Tetran.
See also[]
- Fire Dragon - A similar four-legged robot stemming from the Hard Corps subseries of Contra.
- Rotating Ducker