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Wiikly Wares: Family Glide Hockey, High Voltage Hot Rod Show and Musha originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Tiki Towers (RealArcade, 1 -2 players, 500 Wii Points): Think World of Goo, but less sticky and with more bananas. Worth noting that the game is also available on the iPhone, without multiplayer but at only $0.99. Video of the game embedded after the break.
  
• Fun! Fun! Minigolf (Shin'en Multimedia, 1-4 players, 900 Wii Points): It's minigolf. We're not going to help you figure that one out.
  

• Phantasy Star IV (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): This marks the last in the series on Sega's console, before remakes hit the PlayStation 2 and the whole series went online. The only way for Virtual Console to go now is backwards, as we still haven't seen Phantasy Star I come out.
  

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Wiikly Wares: Phantasy Star IV faces Tiki Towers, Fun! Fun! Minigolf originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Wiikly Wares: Strong Bad 5, Big Kahuna Party, Enduro Racer originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Bruiser and Scratch (Steel Penny Games, Inc., 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points): Bruiser and Scratch is a game about a dog and a cat who solve mysteries together. In addition to its irrefutably ridiculous premise (a dog and a cat working together?), B&S also features the above image, which is literally a screenshot from the game.
• Hockey Allstar Shootout (Big Blue Bubble Inc., 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): You can't trust two-thirds of this game's title: This isn't actually a hockey game -- just a collection of player vs. goalie encounters -- and there are no allstars. So, with the WiiWare press release apparently penned by an unreliable narrarator, we're left with more questions than answers. Are there actual shootouts? Is it really 500 points? There's really no way to tell at this point.

• Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Sega Master System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Yeah, we know, we could have sworn this was already on Virtual Console too. [Update: Oh, that's right: It totally was. Update 2: Yes, we know they're different games. We just wanted everyone to know they're not hallucinating.]
  

Wii Post: Bruiser and Scratch, Sonic, Hockey Allstar Shootout originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Metal Slug 2 fires onto Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Boogerman's the pick for Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mega Man ?9 rushes onto Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Space Harrier flies into Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• Digital Champ Battle Boxing (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 700 Wii Points): With Punch-Out!!! already available on Virtual Console -- and with infinitely more exclamation points -- we can only recommend this as a basis for comparison.
  
• GRADIUS II GOFER NO YABOU (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, 900 Wii Points): Don't be fooled by the subtitle; so far as we know, there are no gophers in the game -- and here we were hoping it was a typo lost in translation about some Caddyshack tie-in. Instead, it's a sequel to the classic sidescrolling "shmup" Gradius.
  

Gradius II goes Battle Boxing on Virtual Console today originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Mario Golf (Nintendo 64, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points): Arguably the best in the Mario Golf series and certainly one of the cheapest. It just makes us wonder why Nintendo hasn't slapped together its cast of characters into a Wii golf game yet.
  
• Shining Force II (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): You've got a sword in a fantasy medieval setting that rewards you for swinging said blade at others. Also, did we mention your main character is named Bowie?

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Mario Golf, Shining Force II swing their armaments on Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Super Turrican 2 (SNES, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Factor 5's destructive bullet dispensor arrives on the Virtual Console this week, challenging players to foil "the menacing hordes of ... The Machine," who may or may not be Galactus. Check out some videos after the break and become hypnotized by that spinning "2" in "Super Turrican 2." It's like, three dee and stuff!

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Super Turrican 2 assaults the Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Super Dodge Ball (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Without adding too much innuendo, the gameplay is pretty self-explanatory. You dodge balls.
• Vectorman (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): While he never became as popular as Mega Man, this robot fought without a torso, and best of all, could shoot upwards.
  

Vectorman dodges balls on Virtual Console today originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Mega Man 2 (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Capcom's diminutive Blue Bomber returns alongside an assortment of vehicles and weapons in order to battle the likes of an anthropomorphic Zippo lighter, no doubt in an effort to get back into shape for his upcoming ninth attempt at putting Dr. Wily in his place.

Mega Man 2 jumps onto Virtual Console platform originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Cho Aniki (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, 900 Wii Points): Stop Bo Emperor Bill - the Great Galaxy Bodybuilding champion - from turning the entire galaxy into a protein factory by teaming up with the musclebound (and Speedo-clad) brothers Samson and Adon. Why do they have holes in their heads? Why, to shoot out of, of course!
• Final Soldier (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 700 Wii Points): You'll immediately notice a severe dearth of abs, Speedos, and headholes in this vertically scrolling shooter, the third title in the Star Soldier series. Why bother playing it at all, then? Because this Virtual Console release marks the title's first trip away from its home country of Japan.
  

Cho Aniki hunks grapple with Final Soldier on Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Clu Clu Land (NES(R), 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Obviously the greatest game about a sea urchin ever conceived. Obviously.
  
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Super NES, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): A little-known collaboration between small developer Square Enix (at the time an even tinier Squaresoft) and struggling console maker Nintendo. The game is virtually unknown in all parts of the world.
  

Super Mario RPG, Clu Clu Land press A to attack Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Samurai Shodown 2 (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): SNK's 1994 follow up to Samurai Shodown finally slices and dices its way onto the Virtual Console this week, bringing back most of the original's weapon-wielding cast, as well as several newcomers vying for the opportunity to skewer anything that moves with a pointy blade and sharp Engrish wit.
• Ys Book I & II (TurboGrafx 16 CD-ROM, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Nihon Falcom's enhanced remakes of the first two titles in the Ys saga finally levels up for the US Virtual Console. Offering roguelike-style combat and music we still find ourselves humming at the dinner table, this is a download not to be missed by role-playing fans with eyes for the classics.
  

Virtual Console adds classic role-playing, tardy fighter originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Mega Man (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): With the Blue Bomber set to don pixelated pajamas next month, his freshman adventure marks this week's most noteworthy addition to the Wii's window into the past. Assuming you haven't bought the original Mega Man in one of Capcom's many other compilations, Guts Man and company are waiting ever so patiently for you to drop by.
• Neo Turf Masters (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): This is 133 megs of hot golf action right here, straight from 1996 to your living room. You don't have even to admit to your friends that you like video game golf. We'll keep your dirty little secret.

Mega Man bombs Virtual Console, golf too originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Break In (TurboGrafx16, 1-4 players, 700 Wii Points): No, there's no fancy footwork here. Instead, Nintendo offers up this decidedly break dance-free game of pool. So, yeah, it's pool.
• Star Parodier (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, 900 Wii Points): Well, at least this is something to get excited over. A parody of Hudson shooter Star Soldier, here you'll be able to fly about and shoot down colorful bad guys as Star Soldier's Paro Ceaser, iconic pyro Bomberman, or a giant flying PC Engine that shoots cards and discs at enemies. That almost makes up for this morning's dissapointment.

Virtual Console breaks in Star Soldier spoof originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Master System, 500 Wii Points): While Sega's 16-bit original has been available for download for a long while, Sonic's 8-bit port changes things up with a handful of new stages, gameplay differences, and cruddier graphics.
• Splatterhouse 2 (Sega Genesis, 800 Wii Points): There's many ways that we could spend our time waiting to slip on the Terror Mask and bash demons' brains out in Namco Bandai's Splatterhouse redux, but really, what better way is there than to play through the arcade original's 16-bit sequel? The only right answer here is none.

Virtual Console update adds speed and gore, lacks swords originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Art of Fighting 2 (NeoGeo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): The second in SNK's Art of Fighting triple threat sees chronic bad guy Geese Howard, years before antagonizing those Fatal Fury chaps, printing up fliers for a 'King of Fighters' tourney of his own.
• Chase H.Q. (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): In Taito's arcade racer, your car is your fist as you do your best Miami Vice impression behind the wheel of a Porsche 928 and run the criminal element out of town -- and into the highway barrier.

Virtual Console gets bad in Chase HQ, Art of Fighting 2 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Super Fantasy Zone (Genesis, 1 player, 900 Wii Points): The lesser-known follow up to Sega's Master System original, this shooter will have you scrolling sideways as you shoot down bad guys and collect cold coins in ultra-colorful fashion.
• Gley Lancer (Genesis, 1 player, 900 Wii Points): It's the year 2025, the Earth is at odds with an alien race, and the hope for humanity rests on the shoulders of a 16-year old girl named Lucia. Just be home before midnight, young lady.

Gley Lancer, Super Fantasy Zone shoot up Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Donkey Kong 3 (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Shoot Miyamoto's remarkably famous monkey and woman-stealing pseudo ass, Donkey Kong, in the crotch. Does that punishment seem appropriate for the crime?
  
• Ninja Commando (NeoGeo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): You've just traveled to lovely and moderately sunny feudal Japan, and your first response is to annihilate everything. Obviously.

Donkey Kong, Ninja Commando toss things at Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• King of the Monsters (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): While already available on the Wii already as part of SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1, it's good to know that despite all of the problems in the world, there are still some disagreements between a giant lizard and an overgrown beetle than can be settled as part of a midtown battle royal. SNK's arcade original King of the Monsters allows players to choose from six different giant creatures and then grapple with the others in order to decide the fate of the city, as long as that fate ends in total devastation.

Virtual Console crowns the King of the Monsters originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

SNK beats down Virtual Console with Fatal Fury 2 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Alex Kidd will stop at nothing to rescue his brother. Leaping across deadly chasms, punching through solid rock and murdering birds with his bare hands -- he's a monster! We can't really identify with that, but don't let that stop you. "Please buy the things that you like."
• Burning Fight (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): Predominantly pugilistic protagonists patrol parks and pound on pesky perpetrators in this post-90s punk-bashing punchfest. POW!
  

Virtual Console picks Burning Fight with Alex Kidd originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Samurai Shodown (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): Once all the rage in arcade parlors when first released in 1993, this first in the still-ongoing fighting game series lets players duke it out using 12 different weapon (and sometimes animal)-wielding fighters. While a bit archaic by today's standards, the game still beats the pants off many contemporary fighters. Plus where else can you see a kabuki performer throw down against a green hunchback doing his best Freddy Krueger impression?

Virtual Console gets cut in a Samurai Shodown originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Dig Dug (NES, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): Become Dig Dug, the champion of love and justice, as you drill up, down, left and right, defeating any enemies in your path. Avoid the persistent Pooka and the deep-dwelling but whimsical Fygar as you defeat all the enemies in order to clear each stage. Defeat enemies by hitting them with the harpoon and pumping air into them, or by dropping rocks on them from above.

• Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (NES, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa is an action game released in 1988, but it was never available outside of Japan. Players take on the role of baby Upa, a prince of the Akuyo kingdom. Upa must defeat the enemies he meets along the way by inflating them. Upa can then use these floating enemies to his advantage by bouncing off of or riding on top of them. The prince must also avoid deadly thorns and pits while keeping an eye out for helpful items such as milk (to restore health) and bells (for temporary invincibility) if he hopes to succeed.

Dig Dug and ... other game come to Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Ninja Combat (NeoGeo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): As evident in the above video, "Ninja Combat" is quite the efficient and appropriate title. Can your ninja combatant wield a deadly sword? Yup! Is he capable of performing dizzying acrobatic maneuvers and mercilessly slaughtering innocent, roller-coasting bystanders? Certainly! Can he skilfully utilize magic and projectile weapons to defeat his enemies? Shuriken!
  

Virtual Console engages in Ninja Combat originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Metal Slug (NeoGeo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): Honestly, we shouldn't even have to expend a bullet point on this game. You know what Metal Slug is all about. Dash through some jungles, some mountains, some ruins (they're all to East, just so you know) and shoot everything that isn't part of the background. Everything.
• City Connection (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Travel through cities like New York and London, while marveling at the engineering incompetence that spawned multiple levels of dead-end roads floating in the sky. Driving up and down them is apparently illegal too, so be sure to bump off those pesky police vehicles.
  

Metal Slug makes City Connection on Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 May 2008 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• 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!

Skykid swoops onto Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 May 2008 11:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading WiiWare live, no Virtual Console update this week

WiiWare live, no Virtual Console update this week originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 12 May 2008 09:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Pokémon Puzzle League (N64, 1-2 players, 1000 Wii Points): Pit those encapsulated creatures against one another in a battle of manic block rearrangement! Way to go!
  
• Renegade (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Clean up your city by punching and jump-kicking every thug, gangster, villain, lowlife, miscreant and suspicious loiterer you can find. So, pretty much everyone in the game then.

Continue reading Pokémon Puzzle League, Renegade on Virtual Console today

Pokémon Puzzle League, Renegade on Virtual Console today originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 05 May 2008 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Double Dragon punches its way onto Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• River City Ransom (NES,1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Save your girlfriend from such heinous foes as "The Generic Dudes" and "The Frat Guys." This beat-em-up was obviously ahead of its time in poignant social commentary and butt-kicking awesomeness.
• Phantasy Star III Generations of Doom (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Having already given us Phantasy Star II, Sega decided to move forward and continue the series, while still forgetting to back up and bring the original Phantasy Star to Virtual Console. It's pretty much exactly like River City Ransom in that way that it's nothing like RCR.

Continue reading Phantasy Star III pays a River City Ransom on Virtual Console

Phantasy Star III pays a River City Ransom on Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Mega Turrican (Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Leap into an assault suit with one Bren McGuire, a man tasked with foiling the nefarious "Machine." Kick-ass side-scrolling shooter, or layered commentary on industrial action? Either way, it has a terrific soundtrack.
  
• Fantasy Zone (Master System, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Pilot the Opa-Opa spaceship and lay siege to a remarkably gaudy environment, taking care to upgrade your ship and destroy any sinister blocks of wood.

Mega Turrican enters Fantasy Zone on Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Yoshi's Cookie (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Help Mario align matching types of baked goods in this puzzle game with a cruel reward -- successful maneuvers make the cookies disappear!
• Bases Loaded (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Swing away with "one of the most popular baseball games on the NES." So, yeah. It's baseball. Do you really need an elucidating paragraph on that? (Oh, alright.)

Bases Loaded with Yoshi's Cookie on Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Cruis'n USA (Nintendo 64, 1-2 players, 1000 Wii Points): Hop into your virtually indestructible vehicle and commence your cruise through the N64's best approximation of the USA. We're not sure how you manage to survive the nightmarish elevator music nor the sudden, neck-snapping stop at the finish line, but at least you can look forward to a digitized woman waggling a trophy in your face.
  
• Wonder Boy (Master System, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): You, Tom-Tom. Girlfriend, Tanya. Must save Tanya. Fling hammers. Murder snails. Ride skateboard. Wonder why girlfriend has such modern name.

Wonder Boy, Cruis'n USA speed onto Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.