Official Weekly Nintendo Downloads Thread

[7th lutz]

I believe it's due to the extra licensing fees required to get the game up on the VC.

That is correct.

[7th lutz]

The two games for Monday are:
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards -n64 1000 Wii points
Psychosis -tg16 600 Wii points

The source is http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129709&page=370 with the post coming from Jsnake. He got it from his pr person.

I wasn't sure if there would a n64 game release for the vc this month before tonight. There were ratings or nothing to go by ahead of time unlike most n64 vc releases.

Psychosis is a shooter. Here is a gameplay video of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diMtgy_H-eU

[7th lutz]

Three games have been rated the OFLC.

The games are the following:
Double Dragon-nes
Break In (TG, import)
Final Soldier (TG, import)

The source is Http://www.vc-reviews.com

Break In is a pool game.

I will be suprised Double Dragon will be released in the next couple months. I am saying that because River Ranson City was released in Europe on Friday, and North America will not be getting it for Monday.

I guess Double Dragon is not in license purgatory with the OLFC saying Double Dragon's Publisher is Nintendo. I found it interesting because Atlus released Double Dragon Advance in North America.

I think it is possible that Break In or Final Soldier being released next month for Europe or North America. I should know for sure on Hudson's vc website next Friday. Hudson's vc site shows next months games on every last Friday of the month.

It also tells me Hudson has more tg-16 games that they are willing to release on the vc for Europe and North America.

[7th lutz]

This thread is for Wiiware games already announced, game play videos of upcoming Wiiware games, and other stuff concerning Wiiware games including posting updating releases here and trailer videos for wiiware games.

Defend your castle has been announced by XGen Studios'. The source is http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/26/defend-your-castle-coming-to-wiiware/

It is a version of the flash game. The flash game can be found here: http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/castle

The difference is there will be updated graphics. It will be a wiiware launch title. The source of the game being launch title is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/02/defend_your_castle_coming_to_wiiware .

The first Wiiware games will be released on May 12th. The fist games that will be released will be creating Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, and Lost winds. The source is: http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=14682

Here is an update of Everyone's Pokemon Ranch: Renamed Everyone’s Pokémon Ranch (was Pokémon Farm)
Transfer Pokémon from Diamond and Pearl, storing up to 1000 creatures on the Wii.
Interact with your Poké-friends through activities, e.g. sitting around a campfire.
Take photos with your collection, saving them to an SD card or onto the Message-board to share with friends.
The ranch is owned by Yukari, a friend from Diamond/Pearl.

the source is: http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/02/everyones_pokemon_ranch_wiiware_new_details. It didn't mention the games website due it being in Japanese.

[7th lutz]

I looked at Hudson's vc site, and I only seen new 3 tg-16 vc games for Japan and no new tg-16 vc games for Europe and North America.

I will give the info from Jsnakes post sometime this weekend. I am saying that because jsnake didn't get info yet from his rep.

[Lothars]

I really hope the game that's released on monday is Smash Brothers 64 but I doubt Nintendo is going to even though that's easily in my top 5 vc games that I want released especially before Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

[Neil Koch]

I doubt it will, given how stingy Nintendo has been with the 64 releases, and we got Kirby 64 last week.

I think Europe might be getting it soon though, to make up a bit for the SSBM delay there.

[Gamingking]

I recently purchased Harvest Moon on the Virtual Console.

[7th lutz]

Defend Your Castle now has a website. It is: http://www.xgenstudios.com/defend-your-castle/



The site have screenshots of the game. The sites says the game is be released on May 12th. The website also gave info about it. Here is the info:
4 Player jump-in cooperative gameplay - Defend your Castle with up to 3 pals!
Compete with your friends for kingship - Get crowned for dominating other players and earn the right to manage the Kingdom!
Completely new visuals and animation
Enhanced physics & particle effects
Repel even faster and more massive waves of invaders
Not a port of the original - Defend Your Castle has been re-created from the ground up to utilize the unique capabilities of the Nintendo Wii™ and Wii Remote™
Unlimited levels - Continue to grow the strength of your Kingdom indefinitely
Play on your big screen TV, from your couch!
All this and more for only 500 Wii Points™

The site also will have a trailer soon.

[Rob2600]

IGN.com - New WiiWare Game: Major League Eating (http://wii.ign.com/articles/856/856016p1.html)

"Major League Eating will debut with the launch of Nintendo's WiiWare service on May 12, 2008, but the company has not yet set a Wii Point value.

According to developer Mastiff, the project will make extensive use of the Wii remote to simulate the fast and furious action of a professional eating contest.

Major League Eating features offline play for two gamers, an online play mode, and leader board tracking."

[7th lutz]

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King will cost 1500 wii points to download.

The source is http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/01/ffcc-my-life-as-a-king-to-be-wiiware-launch-title-price-reveal/ .

[Emuaust]

Wii ware sounds like lots of fun... If my 512mb of storage space wasnt already full.

[Neil Koch]

Yeah, does anyone know how big the WiiWare games are? MY HD is full also, and even my SD card is getting up there.

I know I've said this several times, but Nintendo really needs to do an update that lets you play stuff directly off the SD card.

If I'm gonna have to sit and move a bunch of VC games off my HD every time I want to play a WiiWare game, I don't forsee myself downloading too many of them.

[7th lutz]

Jsnake didn't get the vc releases early from his pr person during the weekend. I think it means one out 4 things: No vc release, Nintendo is no longer letting employees of theirs to give out the info early, Nintendo has a suprise for tomorrow, or the pr delay in unreleated to the game themselves.

I will post on update on tomorrow on what the vc game are or I wil post their are no vc game update.

[7th lutz]

Super Turrican -Snes 800 Wii points

The source is http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129709&page=381 with schuelma posting it. The poster checked the wii shop and saw the game. Other posters on the site saw the same thing.

There was no leak at all. Nintendo didn't have their vc release on their site today yet.

Super Turrican was a long waited vc game. The games has been rated by the esrb since last June.

Hopefully, this means more long waited vc games will be released.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Did somebody say Turrican? Damn, I need a Points card and a crash cart stat! Last couple releases have been rather good. Made up for the long dry spell. Final Soldier... awesome. I'll have to save 600 for that one.

[DigitalSpace]

Super Turrican? Not bad. Wonder if we'll ever see Super Turrican 2 on the VC. Probably not, but since the game is so rare, it'd be a nice option for those who don't want to hunt the cart down.

[7th lutz]

Super Turrican? Not bad. Wonder if we'll ever see Super Turrican 2 on the VC. Probably not, but since the game is so rare, it'd be a nice option for those who don't want to hunt the cart down.

There is a chance for Super Turrican 2 to be released on the vc. It was esrb rated at the same time Super Turrican was. That was in June 2007.

I don't expect Super Turrican 2 to be released in the next 1 or 3 months though. It wouldn't make any sense, since Super Turrican just got released today.

[7th lutz]

Wayforward has announced an exclusive title for Nintendo's Wii Ware service called LIt.

Wayforward was the company behind Contra 4.

LIT is 3D horror puzzle game that sees you facing off against a high school packed with monsters. The game’s central character, Jake, is tasked with locating his girlfriend in the demonic educational facility and must successfully progress through a series of classrooms by solving puzzles. As the title would suggest, light plays a big part in puzzle solving.

The link is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/03/wayforward_developing_exclusive_horror_puzzle_titl e_for_wiiware .

D2C Games announced SPOGS Racing. According to the latest issue of Nintendo Power, you can take the several parts of an opponent's racer such as pre-owned engines, brakes, and tailpipes among others. These can then be used to upgrade your car.

The Article also says When you’re not busy going SPOG-to-SPOG with rivals, you’ll fly off ramps and negotiate loops. Obviously, the SPOGS Racers are not your parents’ Camry. They’re designed to spin, drift, flip over, and (most of all) crash a lot.

They’re also equipped with six kinds of weapons, which you can use to slow down your opponents so that you can mug them.

The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/03/d2c_games_spogs_racing_coming_to_wiiware.

[7th lutz]

Monday's games are:

DoReMi Fantasy: Milon’s DokiDoki Adventure- Snes 900 Wii points

Puyo Puyo 2: Tsuu- Sega Genesis-900 Wii points

The source is http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129709&page=386 with the post coming from Jsnake. He got it from his pr person.

DoReMi Fantasy: Milon’s DokiDoki Adventure is a platform game.
Here is a youtube gameplay video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T13NBQM-x8Y. It looks fun to play. This is a game that I want to download despite the fact I already preordered Super Smash Bros. Browl a couple months ago online.

This the first snes vc game Hudson has released.

Puyo Puyo 2: Tsuu is a game that some of you already played for the Snes and the Sega Genesis. The gameplay is the same as Kirby's Avalanche and Dr. Robotinik's Mean Beam Machine. The only difference is the game has different characters in the game and has different text.

Sega announced Yesterday that Puyo Pyo 2 and Powerball will be released on the vc this month. The Source is http://wii.ign.com/articles/857/857782p1.html.

OFLC rated Wonder Boy (sms). The Esrb rated the following games: Super Pitfall(nes), and Mercs (genesis).

[Ry Jon-Jinn]

Here is a great review of Doremi Fantasy: http://www.rvgfanatic.com/6501/22801.html

[Graham Mitchell]

Wow, I've always wanted a sequel to Milon's Secret Castle, but this looks a little lackluster. It seems like it's just trying to compete with Super Mario World. Too bad. I was hoping you had a whole new big castle to explore. This doesn't look nearly as cool as the predecessor. Think I'll pass.

[badinsults]

Hey don't knock it without trying it. Milon's DoReMi Fantasy is a great platformer, and it is surprising it never made it out to American shores during the snes era.

[7th lutz]

. Milon's DoReMi Fantasy is a great platformer, and it is surprising it never made it out to American shores during the snes era.

I think it was caused by the fact, the game was released in March of 1996.

Hudson stopped releasing games for the Snes in North America by then.

The snes popularity not its hight anymore in terms consumers wanting more games for the Snes.

The consumer were more interested in the playstation, Sega Saturn, or the N64.

A good amount of 3rd parties games in that year were no longer tramslating or developing games of the Sega Genesis or the Super Nintendo as a result.

There was not a lot of 3rd party games released in that year.

Most companies were focusing on the Sega Saturn, or the Sony Playstation at the time. There were some 3rd parties that were focusing on the n64, but the system itself was not released till the fall of 1996 in North America.

[7th lutz]

The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/03/tetris_is_coming_to_wiiware_online_play_included .

Tetris is coming to Wiiware. The most exciting aspect of this update is the ability to play online against people all over the world; according to the Japanese press release up to 6 people can participate in block-based multiplayer madness.

Tetris is produced by Hudson in conjunction with The Tetris Company. The game is supposed to be released Summer 2008.

[7th lutz]

Mondays games are:

Spelunker - Nes 500 Wii points
Super R-Type - Snes 800 Wii points

The Source is JSnake. He got it from his pr person Jsnake the vc update on http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129709&page=391.

[venturousviking]

I wonder if the "slow down" will be present in the VC release of Super R-Type....good game except for that...

[7th lutz]

Mondays games are:

King's Knights- Nes 500 Wii points
Powerball - Genesis 800 Wii points

The Source is JSnake. He got it from his pr person. Jsnake posted the press release on http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129709&page=395 .

King's Knights is Square's first game on the vc. Act Raiser wasn't a Square game, but an Enix game. I hope this isn't the last Square Enix vc release in North America.

Powerball is not based on the lottery game.

Powerball is a futuristic sports game that takes the brutal elements of rugby or American football and mixes it with soccer. It is one of the few 3rd Party genesis vc releases.

[DigitalSpace]

I paid $2.50 for King's Knight last month, and that's about what it's worth. It plays like a shmup and has some interesting elements, but unfortunately, the gameplay just wasn't there and the game was too difficult.

Powerball isn't too bad, but it's not worth the asking price.

[Graham Mitchell]

I actually kind of dig King's Knight. I play it on Nestopia semi often. It's so fucking hard that I've never really gotten too far with it, so it's been one of those great mysteries of life for me. It's got cool music, too. The actualy in-game visuals aren't that bad, either. They're a little wierd (think Mystery Quest) but they work. I'll probably get it.

I think this game is similar to Deadly Towers in that it gets a bad rep disproportionate to what it deserves because it's hard. Being hard doesn't make a game bad. Defender's hard but every DP member gets a boner over it anyway. I'm sure there are other elements of King's Knight that people dislike besides its difficulty, but I suspect most people just kind of suck at it so they don't turn it off before they see too much of it.

[Buns34]

Dracula X: Rondo Of Blood coming to the Virtual Console in April in Japan: http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/03/japanese_virtual_console_list_april_2008

This hopefully means that we get it shortly after.

[Sailorneorune]

Yay!

(Though I expect them to sit on it for at least 6 months...)

[7th lutz]

I know that Hudson has nothing for the vc for europe or North America for April.

There is some important info for North America Wii owners to remember for May concerning the vc. It appears like there will be no vc games being released on May 12th.

I am saying that because Japan didn't get any vc games on March 25th. It is their normal day to release vc games in Japan. Nintendo of Japan released 9 Wiiware games instead.

I expect Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe to do the same thing as Nintendo of Japan did as a result.

Dracula X: Rondo Of Blood will take a while to get release in North America. I question Hudson's focus of tg-16/turbo CD vc Turbo cd games right now in Europe and North America. Hudson announced they are working on 10 Wiiware games right now. I think Hudson is more looking at releasing Wiiware then the vc in North America and Europe right now as result.

I recalled Hudson saying Dracula X: Rondo of Blood will be released in North America if the amount of tg-16/Turbo cd vc game downloads is good according to interview last September. They talked about translating that game. They planned on using the vc money they get on translating Dracula X: Rondo of Blood. There wasn't a lof of Tg-16/Turbo Cd games that had a lot of downloads in North America.

[Sailorneorune]

That doesn't sound very promising at all... I guess Dracula X will join Pulseman in the "great imports we'll never see" section, as I shake my fist in the general direction of Hudson AND Sega.

[7th lutz]

Mondays games are:

Cruis’n USA- N64 1,000 Points
Wonder Boy -Sms - 500 Wii points

The Source is JSnake. He got it from his pr person. Jsnake posted the press release on http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129709&page=400 .

I found it odd that the Press release Jsnake posted had Wonder Boy for 500 Wii points. Sega Announced Sms games in North America will cost 400 Wii points to download. I will be checking the shop channel tomorrow on my Wii to make the press release was correct.

I will be checking due to the fact someone working Nintendo of America might've made a typing error or Sega of America made a mistake with price.

The other thing I could of is Adventure island costs 500 Wii points. It would've caused a big problem with all the people that already Downloaded Adventure Island. Wonder boy and Adventure Island is the same game except for graphics and sound.

I think the next sms vc game will be the true indicator of the price for Sms games on the vc.

Wonder Boy is a good Game in my opinion.

Cruis’n USA is an early N64 game and is an arcade port of the game.

[Graham Mitchell]

Cruisn' USA on the N64 is pretty terrible, which is too bad because the arcade version is a lot of fun.

And why would they make the first SMS game one that they already released the NES version of? Wonderboy may be a good game, but it's definitely not the most popular SMS game. They should have started, if anything, with Wonderboy in Monster Land--in my opinion.

And this is the second time they've released a different version of the same game (the first was Wonderboy in Monster World and Dynastic Hero) on the VC. I guess that's cool for completists and people who have a fetish for a particular version of games, but it does seem a little odd.

[7th lutz]

Here is the info from all the Wiiware games released in Japan so far.

The following info will help North American and European Wii Owners on What to Expect from Wiiware:

No vc games were released during Wiiware week in Japan.

3 of 9 Japan's Launch games have additional content to purchase. They are Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, Mojipittan, and LONPOS.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King has the following content to Purchase:

* Three Races Pack (800 points): All three new races in one slightly discounted set.
* Lilty House, Selkie House, Yuke House (300 points each): Houses that produce new adventurers of the other three races in the Crystal Chronicles world.
* King's Change of Clothes (100 points): Crazy eyepatch pirate outfit for the King.
* Chime's Dress-Up (100 points): A new outfit for your assistant Chime.
* Sacred Shrine (200 points): A shrine that lets warriors temporarily buff themselves up.
* Gorgeous House (100 points): A big house that many different people can live in.

This following Purchasing info is from http://kotaku.com/374924/more-about-final-fantasy-crystal-chronicles-dlc .

All the extra stuffs costs a total 2200 Wii points if you download all it. That is without counting the 1500 Wii points to download the game itself. I know the link says all the extra content costs 1300 Wii points, but the total is different. I added the cost of everything mentioned up including the Lilty House, Selkie House, Yuke Houses. Each of those cost 300 Wii points. That means those 3 house cost 900 Wii points combined. I added the houses and the cost of the other downloads.

Wii Ware game sizes revealed. Here is info for Size of each Wiiware game and the price:


Star Soldier R -141 Blocks and 800 Wii points Points
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King-303 Blocks and 1500 Wii Points
Tenshi no Solitaire-91 Blocks and 500 Wii Points
Okiraku Ping Pong- 274 Blocks and 500 Wii Points
Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii-285 Blocks and 1000 Wii Points
Saku Saku Animal Panic-302 Blocks and 1000 Wii Points
Dr. Mario & Virus Buster -86 blocks and 1000 Wii Points
Pokemon Farm-122 blocks and 1000 Wii Points
LONPOS- 99 blocks and 1000 Wii Points

The following games can be played using Wi-fi: Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii, Dr. Mario & Virus Buster, Pokemon Farm and LONPOS.

Pokeman Farm is able to be linked with Pokemon DS games.

The source is http://nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15604 .

[Neil Koch]

Jesus, talk about nickel and diming people. The "bonus" content costs more than the game itself? I'm not interested in Final Fantasy, so I wouldn't be downloading the game anyway, but $37 for the full game seems excessive.

Thanks for the info though. I was wondering how big the WiiWare games are going to be.

[RadiantSvgun]

Gimme Star Soldier R and I'll be happy.

[7th lutz]

Gameloft announced Block Breaker Deluxe for Japanese Wiiware will be released in April. A rather cheeky clone of Breakout, this updated version showcases a split-screen multiplayer mode and an in-game shop where you can purchase new items.

It is expected to retail for 800 Wii points and a Western release is very likely.

The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/03/block_breaker_deluxe_coming_to_wiiware .

Hudson announced 5 out their ten wiiware games in development.

Bomberman will indeed be released a retail game, including a single player game, battle mode and minigames. But, there will also be a WiiWare version of the game. We now finally know how this works - If you're not interested in the single player and minigames, you can choose to only download the multiplayer battle part of the game as a WiiWare game. Smart move by Hudson! The game will hit WiiWare in June (In Japan).

Blue Oasis is sort of an Endless Ocean Light, with no diving, just a fishtank with fish you can raise and such. Not much else seems to be known, besides the fact that the game seems to use the Forecast Channel. The game will hit Japan this year, but no month has been announced yet.

Tetris is still on the way, with 6-player online battle, and 2-player online co-op. It still looks to be very close to the original game, so this one's got us excited! It will hit Japan in July.

Alien Crush WiiWare is a sequel to Alien Crush, available on VC! This game will feature 3D graphics and a new table, while still maintaining the feel of the original game. It'll also have online for up to 5 players (We're not sure how this will work) and online highscores. This must be a response to its VC sales, as we hear it's been selling quite well. Japan will get it in August.

The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/03/hudson_announces_wiiware_lineup_alien_crush_sequel .

Wayforward Technologies – the company responsible for the stunning Contra 4 on the Nintendo DS – has recently confirmed that it is working on an WiiWare update of the classic Gameboy Color platformer Shantae.

The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/04/wayforward_working_on_shantae_sequel_for_wiiware .

[7th lutz]

Monday's games are:

Yoshi’s Cookie- Nes 500 Wii points
Bases Loaded - Nes 500 Wii points

The Source is JSnake. He got it from his pr person. Jsnake posted the press release on http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129709&page=407 .

I own Yoshi's Cookie. It is not a bad puzzle game in my opinion. I have played better puzzle games in the Nes though like Dr. Mario and Tetris.

I do have some good news. A Konami Pc Engice game is OFLC rated. The game is Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou. I don't know when the game will be released though.

This may mean more Konami Pc Engice games will be coming in Europe and North America.

[Graham Mitchell]

I do have some good news. A Konami Pc Engice games is OFLC rated. The game is Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou. I don't know when the game will be released though.

This may mean more Konami Pc Engice games will be coming in Europe and North America.

Sweet! I've always wanted to play that. Maybe Irem will get on the ball and give us R-Type Complete.

[smokehouse]

Uggg...more lame titles...

...Are they seriously going to go through the entire crap NES library before getting to the ones people really want? If so we are going to be waiting for quite some time.

[Graham Mitchell]

Uggg...more lame titles...

...Are they seriously going to go through the entire crap NES library before getting to the ones people really want? If so we are going to be waiting for quite some time.

I dunno...I may not be one of them but there are probably a lot of people who are excited about Bases Loaded. That game was all anybody talked about when I was in 5th grade. I always found it boring as heck, esp. compared to R.B.I. Baseball, but people really dug it in general.

[Dangerboy]

What better way to get people psyched about WiiWare than to keep the not-so-hot games coming. RBI was a solid, if bland baseball game, kinda sad SNK didn't jump on the NES Baseball Stars thingy.

[Neil Koch]

I figure it's be too much work to put on RBI on the VC, since they'd have to remove/replace all the player names. Bases Loaded was fun at the time, but I don't know if it's aged well.

Nintendo really does need to step up the VC releases, both in the number and quality. With the number of consoles emulated on VC now, there's really no reason that they can justify putting out only two releases per wekk, usually of average quality.

[7th lutz]

Uggg...more lame titles...

...Are they seriously going to go through the entire crap NES library before getting to the ones people really want? If so we are going to be waiting for quite some time.
There are 4 Nes esrb rated games that haven't been released yet. Nes games rated are Pro Wrestling, River City Ransom , Skate or Die! and Super Pitfall. There should some better Nes games being esrb rated soon.

Nintendo already released most of their great 1st party North America nes titles.

Part of that problem should be pointed at the existing Nes 3rd Parties, not Nintendo themselves. There is no excuse why there is no Snk games on the Nes. There are other companies that didn't release a lot of Nes games on the vc yet.

Some of the great nes games will never by the VC. It is caused by different things.

The zapper games on the nes would need to be reprogramed in order to work with Wii zapper.

Dr. Mario does not have a good chance of making it on the vc. Dr. Mario is an online Wiiware game in Japan.

Some of Nintendo's nes 3rd parties nolonger exist. We don't know who owns the rights of some of games now le the games Tengen Published or developed.

Nintendo nolonger owns Rare. That is big problem for Nes games like Battle Toads, Captain Skyhawk, Cobra Triangle, R. C. Pr-Am 1 & 2, Wizard and Warriors and some other Nes games. Rare Developed the games I mentioned and some Nes games I didn't mention. Rare developed some Nes arcade ports for games like Marble Maddness.

Most games licenses are nolonger owned by the Publisher or developer. It affects sports & racing games, Disney games like Duck Tales, movie or comic based games like Batman, and Little Nemo: The Dream Master for an example.

[Graham Mitchell]

You know, Dr. Mario as online WiiWare would be pretty freakin' great, I think. Online multiplayer? I suck at the game but man, wouldn't that be fun?

[DigitalSpace]

-Pro Wrestling - Decent game, though I'm not into wrestling enough to really enjoy it.
-River City Ransom - Awesome. 'Nuff said.
-Skate or Die - I like the concept, but horrible controls ruined the game. Here's hoping Skate or Die 2 eventually makes its way to the Wii. But at least Skate or Die is better than...
-Super Pitfall - Why?

[smokehouse]

There are 4 Nes esrb rated games that haven't been released yet. Nes games rated are Pro Wrestling, River City Ransom , Skate or Die! and Super Pitfall. There should some better Nes games being esrb rated soon.

Nintendo already released most of their great 1st party North America nes titles.

Part of that problem should be pointed at the existing Nes 3rd Parties, not Nintendo themselves. There is no excuse why there is no Snk games on the Nes. There are other companies that didn't release a lot of Nes games on the vc yet.

Some of the great nes games will never by the VC. It is caused by different things.

The zapper games on the nes would need to be reprogramed in order to work with Wii zapper.

Dr. Mario does not have a good chance of making it on the vc. Dr. Mario is an online Wiiware game in Japan.

Some of Nintendo's nes 3rd parties nolonger exist. We don't know who owns the rights of some of games now le the games Tengen Published or developed.

Nintendo nolonger owns Rare. That is big problem for Nes games like Battle Toads, Captain Skyhawk, Cobra Triangle, R. C. Pr-Am 1 & 2, Wizard and Warriors and some other Nes games. Rare Developed the games I mentioned and some Nes games I didn't mention. Rare developed some Nes arcade ports for games like Marble Maddness.

Most games licenses are nolonger owned by the Publisher or developer. It affects sports & racing games, Disney games like Duck Tales, movie or comic based games like Batman, and Little Nemo: The Dream Master for an example.


I figured some would be in forever limbo...and that's ok by me. Some of the main "greats' should be easily accessible though as they were by major design houses (Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, etc)...Look at how many great Konami titles that are still unreleased...

[7th lutz]

Telltale Games announced Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. The source is http://kotaku.com/378199/episodic-strong-bad-game-coming-to-wiiware .

SAN RAFAEL, CA, April 10, 2008 - Interactive entertainment pioneer Telltale, Inc. is pleased to announce Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (SBCG4AP), a new series of episodic games for WiiWare™, in partnership with Videlectrix. Starring Strong Bad, the self-proclaimed coolest person ever, the series is based on Matt and Mike Chapman's online animated series, which has been running at Homestarrunner.com since 2000. SBCG4AP will launch on WiiWare this June.

As the very first episodic series for connected consoles, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People has been designed specifically for WiiWare, with easy-to-use controls and WiiConnect24™ features. Like Telltale's popular Sam & Max series, SBCG4AP will be released as a five-episode "season" akin to a season of television. The episodes will come out on a monthly schedule. Release dates and pricing details will be revealed in a future announcement.

"Homestarrunner.com is one of the biggest success stories in online entertainment," says Telltale CEO Dan Connors. "The Chapmans have been treating the Internet to episodic content for years. We're thrilled to have teamed up with them to take episodic gaming to the next level via Nintendo's innovative WiiWare delivery system."

Telltale is working closely with the Chapmans on the series' art style, storylines, and scripts. This hands-on collaboration will deliver long-time fans the ultimate Strong Bad experience and give new players a crash course in the series' offbeat and unusual humor. The episodes play like extended cartoons, during which the player assumes the role of Strong Bad—controlling his actions, hearing his innermost thoughts, and becoming part of his awesome world. SBCG4AP features the cast of characters and locations from the Homestarrunner.com cartoons, and the games are fully voice acted by Matt Chapman and the rest of the original cast.

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is a story-driven series with a comic spin that's undeniably Strong Bad. The player uncovers each episode's comedic plot through character interaction, dialogue-based puzzles, and the use (and abuse) of inventory items. In addition, each episode will be crammed with time-wasters to keep players poking around in the world, including Strong Bad emails to check, prank phone calls to place, and mini-games styled after the arcade games on the Homestarrunner.com website.

"Telltale has been rejecting my ideas for green text adventures for years," laments thousandaire gadabout Strong Bad, "but we finally reached a compromise with this puffy 3D point-and-click-em-up adventure. They claim all the coding was done with green text, so I guess that's pretty cool."

In addition to WiiWare, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People will be available on PC. For more details about the series, including a brand new trailer, screenshots, and Strong Bad's development blog, please visit www.telltalegames.com.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Telltale Games announced Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. The source is http://kotaku.com/378199/episodic-strong-bad-game-coming-to-wiiware .

SAN RAFAEL, CA, April 10, 2008 - Interactive entertainment pioneer Telltale, Inc. is pleased to announce Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (SBCG4AP), a new series of episodic games for WiiWare™, in partnership with Videlectrix. Starring Strong Bad, the self-proclaimed coolest person ever, the series is based on Matt and Mike Chapman's online animated series, which has been running at Homestarrunner.com since 2000. SBCG4AP will launch on WiiWare this June.

As the very first episodic series for connected consoles, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People has been designed specifically for WiiWare, with easy-to-use controls and WiiConnect24™ features. Like Telltale's popular Sam & Max series, SBCG4AP will be released as a five-episode "season" akin to a season of television. The episodes will come out on a monthly schedule. Release dates and pricing details will be revealed in a future announcement.

"Homestarrunner.com is one of the biggest success stories in online entertainment," says Telltale CEO Dan Connors. "The Chapmans have been treating the Internet to episodic content for years. We're thrilled to have teamed up with them to take episodic gaming to the next level via Nintendo's innovative WiiWare delivery system."

Telltale is working closely with the Chapmans on the series' art style, storylines, and scripts. This hands-on collaboration will deliver long-time fans the ultimate Strong Bad experience and give new players a crash course in the series' offbeat and unusual humor. The episodes play like extended cartoons, during which the player assumes the role of Strong Bad—controlling his actions, hearing his innermost thoughts, and becoming part of his awesome world. SBCG4AP features the cast of characters and locations from the Homestarrunner.com cartoons, and the games are fully voice acted by Matt Chapman and the rest of the original cast.

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is a story-driven series with a comic spin that's undeniably Strong Bad. The player uncovers each episode's comedic plot through character interaction, dialogue-based puzzles, and the use (and abuse) of inventory items. In addition, each episode will be crammed with time-wasters to keep players poking around in the world, including Strong Bad emails to check, prank phone calls to place, and mini-games styled after the arcade games on the Homestarrunner.com website.

"Telltale has been rejecting my ideas for green text adventures for years," laments thousandaire gadabout Strong Bad, "but we finally reached a compromise with this puffy 3D point-and-click-em-up adventure. They claim all the coding was done with green text, so I guess that's pretty cool."

In addition to WiiWare, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People will be available on PC. For more details about the series, including a brand new trailer, screenshots, and Strong Bad's development blog, please visit www.telltalegames.com.

(in StrongBad voice) HOLY HOLY CRAP!

Between this and the episodic Penny-Arcade games, some of the internet's best (and also my favorite) comedy properties will be seeing some SERIOUS console love this year!!

EXCITING STUFF!

WiiWare is looking better every day!

[Kevin H]

Glad I got a Wii. Any game with Strongbad will be awesome.

[7th lutz]

Two Tribes announced that Toki Tori is coming to WiiWare.

Toki Tori for Nintendo Wii marks the entry of Two Tribes into the world of console games. Based on the critically acclaimed Game Boy Color game, this update improves the original on every front.

Sporting a new look, updated content and a completely overhauled Wii Remote control scheme, the game offers players of all ages a classic gaming experience while making the most out of Nintendo’s Wii console.

The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it’s a puzzle game by heart. Players will have to look and plan ahead carefully while using a variety of items, such as the Telewarp, Freeze-o-Matic and InstantRockTM to name but a few.

Toki Tori will be made available through Nintendo’s WiiWare service, which is scheduled to launch on the 12th of May in the USA.

Features:

New Wii Remote Controls
Dozens of Levels
Uses Wii Messageboard
Suitable for All Ages
Will Be Available in USA, Europe and Australia

The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/04/wiiware_toki_tori_returns .

[Juskin]

I'm really hoping Tetris Wii turns out well.

Ever since I got a new router, my Tetris DS won't work online...

[7th lutz]

The 2 games for Monday are:

Fantasy Zone- Sms 500 Wii points
Mega Turrican- Sega genesis 800 Wii points

The Source is JSnake. He got it from his pr person. Jsnake posted the press release on http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129709&page=412.

I feel Sega of America made a mistake in their press release with their 400 Wii points press announcement for the Sega Master System. Sega of America's vc press releases are not always accurate. Sega claimed Vectorman was going to be released in March last year. SOA did the same thing again with them claiming Crackdown and Eswat: City under Siege would released in September 2007 in North America.

Fantasy Zone is a very good shooter in my opinion.

I am a bit suprised that Mega Turrican is being released on Monday after Super Turrican being released last month in North America.

[boatofcar]

I am a bit suprised that Mega Turrican is being released on Monday after Super Turrican being released last month in North America.

Super Turrican's a SNES game, right? Still, it doesn't make any sense.

[7th lutz]

Super Turrican's a SNES game, right? Still, it doesn't make any sense.

Yes, Super Turrican is a Snes game. What got my was the fact this is the 2nd game in the Turrican series being released in 2 months.

[boatofcar]

Yes, Super Turrican is a Snes game. What got my was the fact this is the 2nd game in the Turrican series being released in 2 months.

Right, I understood. It doesn't make any sense to me either. It's not like there's not a million other games out there--do we really need two Turrican ones?

[Roufuss]

Right, I understood. It doesn't make any sense to me either. It's not like there's not a million other games out there--do we really need two Turrican ones?

Nothing Nintendo or any other company does with the VC makes sense to me anymore.

Where are the Capcom and Konami Genesis games? Hell, where are ANY 3rd party Genesis games? There is only a small handful on there, wiki has only 4 games out of 49 being published by someone other than Sega.

Why was Super C released before Contra?

Why did Europe get Mega Man 2, only Mega Man 2, and not 1 or the sequels?

Why have we STILL not got Earthbound? I swear, NoA just never wants us to have any Earthbound game, ever. Damn, they even pulled the demo out of the US Smash Brothers Brawl masterpiece area!

Why is Fantasy Zone suddenly 500 points?

Why doesn't Nintendo use the VC more to hype up it's own game series? Fuck, they did it once for Metroid, and that was awesome! Metroid, Super Metroid, all leading up to Prime 3.

Why does someone on the VC committee really have a hard-on for shmups? Don't get me wrong, I love shmups a ton, but the VC has seen TONS of shmups compared to any other genre. It seems like almost every week we get a new R-Type, or Gradius, or another shmup.

Why does this same person hate RPG's so much?? I know we've seen a few RPG's, and I know Square Enix has refused to do an VC RPG's, but there were other companies. I think Nintendo really needs to push SE into putting their RPG's on the VC, but that's just my opinion. Either that, or I'm dying to play Chrono Trigger but don't want to pay the price for it.

Why did Nintendo suddenly switch to two games a week? It's not like they are going to run out of titles any time soon, even if they did 4 games a week!

I guess the point is, the VC is full of mysteries, might as well add one more to it. I'm worried that now, with the coming WiiWare and it's titles, Nintendo will start giving those to us on Monday in lieu of VC stuff at times... kind of like how sometimes MS gives us price breaks on Arcade titles instead of new games.

[boatofcar]

Why did Nintendo suddenly switch to two games a week? It's not like they are going to run out of titles any time soon, even if they did 4 games a week!



I have a personal theory about this, that I blatantly stole from the 1Up podcast. Perhaps in the face of declining sales of non-marquee titles, Nintendo doesn't feel that the heavy cost of rating a game through the ESRB will be outweighed by potential purchases of more obscure games.

[Roufuss]

I have a personal theory about this, that I blatantly stole from the 1Up podcast. Perhaps in the face of declining sales of non-marquee titles, Nintendo doesn't feel that the heavy cost of rating a game through the ESRB will be outweighed by potential purchases of more obscure games.

It's weird, when I first heard about the VC, I imagined all these excellent possibilities for it, how one can get all the greatest games of the greatest generations at fractions of the cost it would take to get the whole thing physically!

Then I saw Nintendo was releasing some really odd titles, but I figured, it's ok, gotta release everything sometime, barring stuff they can't get anymore.

Then I saw no other company except Sega was putting out Genesis games... ok, that's odd.

Then I heard Square Enix come right and say they have no intentions of supporting the Virtual Console with their RPG's. That was shocking.

Then I heard that the emulator they use can't support the Super FX chip, and that Nintendo will probably never emulate it for a few games because it's too costly. There goes ever seeing Starfox or Yoshi's Island 2.

Suddenly, the VC doesn't look like the end all / be all I thought it would be =/

Don't get me wrong, I dig it for the systems I *don't* have, but I'm starting to think I might as well just go pick up a Sega Master System and a Turbo Duo.

[7th lutz]

Nothing Nintendo or any other company does with the VC makes sense to me anymore.

Where are the Capcom and Konami Genesis games? Hell, where are ANY 3rd party Genesis games? There is only a small handful on there, wiki has only 4 games out of 49 being published by someone other than Sega.

Why was Super C released before Contra?

Why did Europe get Mega Man 2, only Mega Man 2, and not 1 or the sequels?

Why have we STILL not got Earthbound? I swear, NoA just never wants us to have any Earthbound game, ever. Damn, they even pulled the demo out of the US Smash Brothers Brawl masterpiece area!

Why is Fantasy Zone suddenly 500 points?

Why doesn't Nintendo use the VC more to hype up it's own game series? Fuck, they did it once for Metroid, and that was awesome! Metroid, Super Metroid, all leading up to Prime 3.

Why does someone on the VC committee really have a hard-on for shmups? Don't get me wrong, I love shmups a ton, but the VC has seen TONS of shmups compared to any other genre. It seems like almost every week we get a new R-Type, or Gradius, or another shmup.

Why does this same person hate RPG's so much?? I know we've seen a few RPG's, and I know Square Enix has refused to do an VC RPG's, but there were other companies. I think Nintendo really needs to push SE into putting their RPG's on the VC, but that's just my opinion. Either that, or I'm dying to play Chrono Trigger but don't want to pay the price for it.

I guess the point is, the VC is full of mysteries, might as well add one more to it. I'm worried that now, with the coming WiiWare and it's titles, Nintendo will start giving those to us on Monday in lieu of VC stuff at times... kind of like how sometimes MS gives us price breaks on Arcade titles instead of new games.

I am answering the questions in order. I will not be answering the Final question though. I don't have the answer to that one. Here are the answers:

1.) Some of the problems with the lack of 3rd party genesis game titles can be blames on the following: Ea, game companies no longer exist, or the Snes has some of the 3rd party games. There is no excuse for Konami, and Capcom though.

EA hasn't released a game on the vc at all and they published a lot of exclusive 3rd party games for the genesis. That is not just a Genesis problem with EA on the vc as a result. 3rd Party games companies not existing anymore has caused a good amount of games being in limbo. Super Street Fighter 2 and Pac-Attack are released on the vc as Snes games. The two games were released on the Genesis back in the day. 3rd Party publishes would release thebetter version of the same game on the vc in most cases.

2.) That is a head scratcher. I got no answer for Super C before Contra.

3.) Europe got Mega Man 1 for the vc. Mega Man 1 was released on June 22, 2007 on the vc in Europe. The proof is found on http://www.vc-reviews.com/games/nes/mega_man. Mega Man 2 was released on December 14th, 2007 in Europe. The proof is found on http://www.vc-reviews.com/games/nes/mega_man_2. This Proves Capcom is releasing the Megaman games in Order for Europe.

The later Mega Man games might be released in Europe in the future. Most of the time, Europe has less vc games being than North America does in a week. That will affect the amount of Mega Man vc releases in Europe.

4.) This is a head scratcher with Earthbound at this time.

5.) Fantasy Zone was for 500 Wii points in Japan. The 400 Wii points for the Sms was mistake by Sega of America or Nintendo changing their mind.

6.) I don't have an answer for Nintendo not Nintendo use the VC more to hype up it's own game series.

7.)The Publishers of 3rd party vc games have a say in games being released for the vc. The VC committee only selects the games every week for the vc. This explains a little of bit of the amount shmups on the vc.

The tg-16 had a lot of shmups released back in the day for North America. The have more shmups released on the vc then the Snes, genesis Sms and the nes do at this time as a result. It is not quite as bad as you make is sound as a result. The Number wil continue to grow, but that that is caused by the genre having a lot games being released back in day.

8.) The same person does not have as much say as you think. There are a lot of issues with the amount of rpgs being released on the vc. There are many reasons.

EA now owns the rights of the Ultima series, and Bard's Tale.

Some 3rd parties Nolonger exist. This affects some of the rpgs translated, developed or translated. Games like Comsic Fantasy 2 are in Limbo as result.

The rights of Breath of Fire one is tricky. Square Enix Published the game in North America back in the day, not Capcom.

Ubisoft owns the computer and video game rights to the Might & Magic series currently. Ubisoft hasn't released a game on the vc yet.

The rights to Dungeons & Dragon video games belong to a video game company that doesn't release virtual game console game.

This doesn't excuse all the rpg games not being on the vc. It does excuse a good amount of them though.

[joedick]

In one of the Wii-k in Review podcasts Matt mentioned that one publisher (it was either Konami or Capcom, I can't remember which) had submitted 65 games to Nintendo for the VC. So the games are coming, we're just going to have to be patient.

I agree that the titles have been sub-par lately, but it doesn't bother me too much cause there are so many quality titles already available. We''l have to deal with the crap now or later.

Two games a week also sucks, especially after we were used to three. It's probably cause they feel they built up the library enough in the first year, and they don't want new releases to get too lost. But I'm hoping the reason is that Nintendo is planning to continue the VC on their next console and are planning for releases in the next 10+ years.

[Neil Koch]

I have a personal theory about this, that I blatantly stole from the 1Up podcast. Perhaps in the face of declining sales of non-marquee titles, Nintendo doesn't feel that the heavy cost of rating a game through the ESRB will be outweighed by potential purchases of more obscure games.

How much does it cost to get a game rated by the ESRB? It seems odd that would be any sort of hurdle. I figure at $5-10 for small ROMs, Nintendo's gotta be making a nice bit of that back, even after paying for the rights to the games.

[joedick]

How much does it cost to get a game rated by the ESRB? It seems odd that would be any sort of hurdle. I figure at $5-10 for small ROMs, Nintendo's gotta be making a nice bit of that back, even after paying for the rights to the games.

On the 3/13 Retronauts podcast, the number they gave was $15000. It's definitely profitable for Nintendo, they are probably taking a cut of every game downloaded. They were saying that if a small publisher puts out a niche game and only gets a dollar from each sale, they may not be able to sell enough to cover the ESRB rating. It's a valid concern, but they were working off a lot of assumptions.

Another question is if N64 games have to be rated since they already were. Or SNES games that used the initial ratings ('Kids to Adults', etc) have to be re-rated.

[Neil Koch]

I just listened to that podcast and that $15000 number was pretty much just thrown out by the host. I took a quick look around on Google and the real cost looks to be closer to $2500.

[7th lutz]

Here is info the wiiware game Pop and joystiq.com's impression of the game:

The simple game is just about pointing and clicking on bubbles that drift by. Click a bunch of like-colors in a row, and rack up a bonus score that's activated when you pop a different-colored bubble. Miss the bubbles completely, and the count-down timer jumps ahead, moving closer to the end of the game. The only other catch is that your potential points and time keep rising with bubble-popping combos, but they aren't added to the game until you break the run. Get too greedy, and you'll run out of time.

I was most interested by the power-ups and emergent ways of playing with friends. Up to three other gamers can jump in at any point, sharing the same countdown timer, and it's up to the group to decide how to play. Certain bubbles score more points while others extend the game length, leading to competitive-and-cooperative play at the same time. Will you just go for your own points, or try to extend the game for everyone?

Power-ups are bound to bubbles and activated when popped. These items directly attack or confuse other players. For example, a flashlight icon darkens the rest of the screen, illuminating only the area around one player's pointer-sight. A lighting bubble shocks the other gamers, preventing them from scoring for several seconds.

When not competing-and-cooperating in the multiplayer mode, gamers might enjoy the pace of a solo game. Developer, Nnooo suggested that single-player games are casual and a trance-like way to relax. I didn't get that sense, but the crowded media event wasn't a good place to test that feature.

Pop is finished, although no launch date has been announced; I anticipate it'll be in the May 12 WiiWare launch group or soon after. A price isn't set either, but Nnooo suggested it might land in a rough range of 500 to 800 points.

The source is http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/15/joystiq-hands-on-pop-wiiware/. The link also have screenshots of the game.

[joedick]

River City Ransom, Double Dragon, and Renegade in the next three weeks!

http://wii.ign.com/articles/867/867001p1.html

[Famidrive-16]

Why have we STILL not got Earthbound? I swear, NoA just never wants us to have any Earthbound game, ever. Damn, they even pulled the demo out of the US Smash Brothers Brawl masterpiece area!



Supposedly it has to do with "legal reasons"

http://tomato.fobby.net/m2eb/twoson2.php


I get the feeling that the legal department probably wanted to COMPLETELY change these characters, so that there would be no similarities at all to the Blues Brothers, but the localizers managed to strike a compromise by changing the colors and band name and such. No proof to this, but since that's been one legal concern for the EarthBound re-release on the Wii Virtual Console, it really seems that way.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

River City Ransom???

BARF! (and that was out of excitement!)

I wonder if they left the nude butt shower scenes in-tact?! :confused:

[7th lutz]

I own River Ransom City and Double Dragon. Double Dragon is a good game. River Ransom City is an outstanding Nes game. These two games are the best Nes vc games being release since January.

I think both games will make a lot of vc owners owners happy. There can't a lot of complaining about quality of Nes vc games for a little while after Aksys confirmed the 3 games.

[7th lutz]

Hudson announced they are bring Star Soldier to WiiWare in North America.

Here is the press release from Hudson Entainment:

This tournament-style outer space shooter challenges players to achieve a high score in either a 2-Minute or 5-Minute Mode. In 2-Minute Mode, players have just enough time to battle through one action-packed stage and one giant boss. In 5-Minute Mode, they also have enough time to fight their way through a second level with its own boss. Additionally, players can play Quick Shot Mode to see if they have the fastest trigger fingers around! Once gamers have their scores, they can go to the online leaderboards to see how they compare with other players in their region and can keep playing to improve their ranking. There's also significant depth and replay value to this challenging game, as players can keep practicing to learn all of the different strategies to achieve bonus points in both 2-Minute and 5-Minute Modes. If they discover them all, players might have a shot at having the top score in the world!

Like traditional vertically-scrolling shooters, the game features a top-down perspective and players fly from the bottom of the screen towards the top, shooting at any ship or structure that obstructs their path. As players progress, they can collect power-ups to increase their weapon or shield strength, and an all-new Force System enables gamers to collect up to five orbiting satellites that can be held close to the ship for defensive cover, or can be sent out for additional firepower. Players can also decide how they want to play, choosing from three control schemes - Nunchuk™ and Wii Remote™, Wii Remote only (held sideways) or the Classic Controller™.

"There is a lot of excitement surrounding WiiWare and we are proud that Star Soldier R will be one of the titles available on the platform," said John Greiner, President and CEO of Hudson Entertainment. "For Hudson, the potential of WiiWare is endless, and gamers can be certain that we will be bringing additional content to WiiWare in the coming months."

This tournament-style outer space shooter challenges players to achieve a high score in either a 2-Minute or 5-Minute Mode. In 2-Minute Mode, players have just enough time to battle through one action-packed stage and one giant boss. In 5-Minute Mode, they also have enough time to fight their way through a second level with its own boss. Additionally, players can play Quick Shot Mode to see if they have the fastest trigger fingers around! Once gamers have their scores, they can go to the online leaderboards to see how they compare with other players in their region and can keep playing to improve their ranking. There's also significant depth and replay value to this challenging game, as players can keep practicing to learn all of the different strategies to achieve bonus points in both 2-Minute and 5-Minute Modes. If they discover them all, players might have a shot at having the top score in the world!

Like traditional vertically-scrolling shooters, the game features a top-down perspective and players fly from the bottom of the screen towards the top, shooting at any ship or structure that obstructs their path. As players progress, they can collect power-ups to increase their weapon or shield strength, and an all-new Force System enables gamers to collect up to five orbiting satellites that can be held close to the ship for defensive cover, or can be sent out for additional firepower. Players can also decide how they want to play, choosing from three control schemes - Nunchuk™ and Wii Remote™, Wii Remote only (held sideways) or the Classic Controller™.

"There is a lot of excitement surrounding WiiWare and we are proud that Star Soldier R will be one of the titles available on the platform," said John Greiner, President and CEO of Hudson Entertainment. "For Hudson, the potential of WiiWare is endless, and gamers can be certain that we will be bringing additional content to WiiWare in the coming months."

The source is http://kotaku.com/380363/star-soldier-returns-in-bite+sized-wiiware-chunks.

[DigitalSpace]

Though River City Ransom and Double Dragon are better, Renegade's not bad. I wonder if Target: Renegade will make its way to VC...

[Graham Mitchell]

Though River City Ransom and Double Dragon are better, Renegade's not bad. I wonder if Target: Renegade will make its way to VC...

Target: Renegade gets dumped on a lot but I actually think it's pretty decent. It certainly looks and sounds nice. Was it developed by Technos?