<s>
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Shattered	I-Application
Soldier	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Contra	B-Application
series	I-Application
by	O
Konami	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
marks	O
a	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
two-dimensional	O
gameplay	O
style	O
employed	O
by	O
the	O
series	O
prior	O
to	O
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hard	I-Application
Corps	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
in	O
2002	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
in	O
both	O
2012	O
for	O
Japan	O
and	O
2013	O
for	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shattered	O
Soldier	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
classic	O
game	O
system	O
employed	O
by	O
the	O
series	O
prior	O
to	O
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
controls	O
and	O
abilities	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
ones	O
featured	O
in	O
Contra	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Alien	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
mobility	O
still	O
while	O
aiming	O
and	O
shooting	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
keep	O
their	O
character	O
's	O
aim	O
still	O
while	O
moving	O
as	O
well	O
(	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
C	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Contra	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
and	O
retroactively	O
ported	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
Game	O
Boy	O
Advance	O
version	O
of	O
Alien	O
Wars	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hard	I-Application
Corps	I-Application
,	O
Shattered	O
Soldier	O
has	O
multiple	O
endings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	B-Application
Rizer	I-Application
,	O
the	O
hero	O
of	O
the	O
Alien	O
Wars	O
,	O
was	O
held	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
incident	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
murdering	O
his	O
partner	O
,	O
Lance	B-Application
Bean	I-Application
,	O
who	O
reportedly	O
tried	O
to	O
stop	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ruling	O
government	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Triumvirate	O
"	O
,	O
decides	O
to	O
release	O
Bill	B-Application
Rizer	I-Application
prior	O
to	O
completing	O
his	O
sentence	O
,	O
in	O
view	O
of	O
his	O
previous	O
successes	O
in	O
defending	O
Earth	O
,	O
in	O
hope	O
of	O
neutralizing	O
Blood	O
Falcon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucia	O
,	O
an	O
advanced	O
cyborg	B-Application
soldier	O
built	O
by	O
the	O
government	O
from	O
Dr.	O
Geo	O
Mandrake	O
's	O
research	O
,	O
is	O
sent	O
to	O
accompany	O
and	O
assist	O
Bill	O
's	O
endeavors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	B-Application
Rizer	I-Application
-	O
The	O
Alien	O
Wars	O
hero	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
protagonists	O
of	O
earlier	O
Contra	B-Application
games	O
,	O
Bill	B-Application
Rizer	I-Application
is	O
brought	O
back	O
from	O
his	O
cryogenic	O
prison	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
was	O
located	O
since	O
he	O
was	O
framed	O
for	O
an	O
accident	O
with	O
a	O
malfunctioning	O
hyper-magnetic	O
weapon	O
grid	O
that	O
killed	O
80%	O
of	O
Earth	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
accusation	O
of	O
murdering	O
his	O
old	O
partner	O
Lance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucia	O
aka	O
Bionoid	O
LCR	O
-	O
A	O
female	O
cybernetic	O
supersoldier	O
and	O
partner	O
of	O
Bill	B-Application
Rizer	I-Application
since	O
she	O
released	O
him	O
from	O
his	O
prison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Geo	O
Mandrake	O
(	O
from	O
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hard	I-Application
Corps	I-Application
)	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
finish	O
her	O
due	O
to	O
his	O
death	O
,	O
so	O
Lucia	O
was	O
developed	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lance	B-Application
Bean	I-Application
-	O
Bill	O
's	O
former	O
partner	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
protagonists	O
of	O
earlier	O
Contra	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
commissioning	O
Appaloosa	O
Interactive	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
C	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Contra	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
Konami	O
assigned	O
their	O
internal	O
Konami	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
Tokyo	O
team	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
next	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
Shattered	O
Soldier	O
,	O
Konami	O
had	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
installment	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
titled	O
Contra	B-Application
Spirits	I-Application
64	O
that	O
would	O
've	O
been	O
handled	O
by	O
Konami	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
Osaka	O
,	O
but	O
those	O
plans	O
were	O
aborted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Shattered	I-Application
Soldier	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
