I bet Contra is gonna turn out to be a FPS, not a Gears clone. Konami (and every other japanese company) reeeeeaaally wants a piece of the Halo/CoD/Battlefield cake, but none of them seems to know how to do it. I'm prepared for a shitty Contra that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the sidescrolling ones, except maybe some aliens.
I would much rather have a GoW clone than a FPS, but something tells me it's not gonna be like that. Dunno.