It’s sci-fi/fantasy week on the Virtual Console, and you know what that means. The Cybernators are deadly, the aliens are ruthless and the monsters are…cute. It’s a collection of three classic action games designed to keep your blood boiling as the weather gets cooler and the days get shorter. Virtual Console: your winter security blanket.
Three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets.
Get ready to celebrate the arrival of a bunch of fun new features on the Wii Shop Channel. This week marks the debut of the first Pokémon game for the Virtual Console: Pokémon Snap, which originally was a hit on Nintendo 64. This Pokémon photographic adventure comes with a special Wii bonus: It now includes a special feature that allows players to post pictures they take in the game to their Wii Message Board and send them to friends with whom they’ve traded Friends Codes.
The guys over at GoNintendo are about 99.9% right on these Virtual Console early announcements. So it looks like Monday the kick-ass baseball game Baseball Stars 2 for the NeoGeo will be hitting the Wii shop channel. WOOHOO! Here is what else is supposed to hit…
Sometimes the Wii-kly Updates have a nice, unifying them. Sometimes they don’t. This week we scoured the recesses of the classic games vault to come up with some interesting, if unrelated, gems. You can fight mechanized forces, battle with a bunch of fighters in the afterlife or play the role of a heroic regal bug. Like we said: Sometimes they don’t.
How can these fools get away with this? I guess this is why Nintendo is trying to crack down on the pirating over in China. This pile of dog feces they call a “Vii” is a friggin joke. What the hell are those white heads on those rip-off Mii characters? You can’t help but laugh at this garbage.
GGRRR!!! Damn it, this is a game that I have been waiting a loooong time for. baseball Stars 2 for the NeoGeo ROCKS!!! I am still trying to figure out how Europe (a country that does not even celebrate baseball as a national sport) got this game before the USA… Whats with that SNK? Hopefully Monday the Wii US Shop Channel will have Baseball Stars 2.
Let’s hope you all survived the long holiday weekend. With all the eating, traveling and family fun, isn’t it time to do something just for you? So take a few minutes and do a little shopping from the comfort of your couch, away from the chaos of the malls. This week you can get into a game of hoops, do a little faux gambling or head out to sea with your favorite dolphin friend.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody… Everybody have a great Thanksgiving and stuff yourself until you drop. Be sure to play plenty of Call of Duty 4 and Super Mario Galaxy…
Wii celebrates its first anniversary today, and big stars from past consoles are coming out to help Nintendo celebrate. Luminaries walking the Virtual Console red carpet this week include Mario and Luigi, Sonic The Hedgehog and Zonk. So throw on your best tuxedo or finest gown, and get ready to party with these video game A-listers.
