Contra: Spirit of War Redux is a fan game based on the Konami Contra series with 8-bit graphics and gameplay features typical of the later games in the series.
Contra: Spirit of War Redux has pet system from Contra: Return. This video shows one of available pet - Vic Viper from Life Force, or, how they called in in Return, V Type Cobra. This pet has Ripple Laser as main weapon and missiles as subweapon.