The soul still burns: Konami announces new WiiWare Contra

In a parallel universe, all the rampant Konami-Coded sites would have been viral prelude to this: Konami has just made the surprise announcement of a new WiiWare version of its venerable Contra series -- the very game that made the Konami Code famous -- due to be released in Japan next Tuesday, and, surely, the Western world not long after.

Konami offers few details other than saying the game will maintain its run/jump/shoot 'guerrilla tactic' core, which you can see in style -- along with at least one larger-than-full-screen boss, via the developer's newly opened site.

Contra Rebirth [Konami, google translated]