Skykid swoops onto Virtual Console

15 Comments by Ludwig Kietzmann May 19th 2008 11:55AM
Filed under: Retro, Nintendo Wii, Action

Returning from a brief, WiiWare-induced hiatus, the Wii's Virtual Console service offers but a single new old title for your enjoyment this week.

Skykid (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Join Red Baron of Bird Land as he makes the skies friendlier in this side-scrolling shooter. Enemies must be shot down, bombs must be dropped and the loop must be looped if you hope to survive your airborne jaunt. And try not to screw up the landing!

And that's it. Move along to the next post, folks.

Tags: NES, Skykid, Virtual-Console, VirtualConsoleMonday

Source

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Rich: May 19th 2008; 12:14PM

insert obligatory "only 1 release?!" "VC sucks this week!" "VC=lame!" comment here

Jhongerkong: May 19th 2008; 12:28PM

Only 1 release? VC sure does suck this week, thereby making VC = lame.

danny.: May 19th 2008; 12:20PM

Had this as a kid and loved it. May have to pick this up even though I know it won't have aged well. You can get through a lot of levels by looping constantly in the upper right corner ala After Burner, but that's not much fun.

Jeff: May 19th 2008; 12:23PM

I owned this game back when I was younger - still have a copy at my old house. Great game, hard as hell, though.

Jody Anthony (cookingrebels.com): May 19th 2008; 12:27PM

obligatory "Give me EarthBound, Nintendo!" post

Donald: May 19th 2008; 2:10PM

Obligatory + and post of agreement with "Give me Earthbound, Nintendo!" post.

GatorSax2010: May 19th 2008; 12:35PM

Never played this, but it looks like the last level of Super Mario Land for the Game Boy.

FOXHOUND: May 19th 2008; 12:41PM

"Do you remember a time when Virtual Console had 2+ games a week...? Pepperidge Farms remembers..."

Zootittles: May 19th 2008; 12:44PM

Aww man, now I have the Skykid theme stuck in my head.

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force): May 19th 2008; 12:46PM

Don't even ask me about my opinion on 15-year-old games costing 5 bucks.

I'd rather wait for Earthbound because, even I don't really care, a lot of people are looking towards it.

Yourself: May 19th 2008; 1:19PM

Well it's not like anyone asked you in the other 1000 VC threads where you gave your opinion.

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force): May 19th 2008; 3:18PM

Slash the three zeros and the number is pretty damn accurate.

Matt: May 19th 2008; 4:13PM

"TRY TO BOMB ZEE HARBOOOR!"

(also, hurry up with EarthBound already...)

gore on the floor: May 19th 2008; 9:29PM

I remember that game being a lot harder than it looks in the video.

Still played the hell out of it back in the day, though.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force): May 20th 2008; 2:19AM

Virtual Console: the REAL reason to get a Wii now (hopefully Wiiware's going to kick some big developer ass).

Buy PixelJunk Eden, get Monsters Encore for free Alone in the Dark gets new subtitle for PS3: Inferno Win a copy of Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars	BlizzCon 2008: Costume Contest [UPDATED] WoW Arena Tournament down to top three teams Notes from the BlizzCon 2008 Art panel
Rumor: Mirror's Edge demo releasing Nov. 6th World at War beta tokens being awarded A look at the NXE's Marketplace online	New Mario Kart tournament keeps it simple TGS08: The dead rise in latest Chop 'Til You Drop trailer Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 scores with fresh media, screens, trailer
Neopets Screenshot Adventure Unlikely rumor: Kingdom Hearts bundle includes GBA-capable DSi? Point/Counterpoint: Nintendo DSi	PSP Fanboy hands-on: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep TGS 08: LocoRoco 2 grabs us with cuteness and depth American PC Store update for October 9th
Notes from the Diablo III class panel Activision to release "value priced" Secret Service Saints Row 2 trailer welcomes you back to Stilwater	High School Cheerleaders Under Fire for Staging Mock Executions at Pep Rally The Top 10 Franchises That Are Most Likely to Move Who's Excited for Some Lingerie Football?

Breaking News »