Three games that were assumed to be headed for the Virtual Console have disappeared from the ESRB's ratings list. Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game, and Duck Hunt are no longer listed for the Wii on the rating organization's website.
The most obvious interpretation is that these games are no longer planned for release on the Wii. But why would the ESRB remove the ratings? Even if Nintendo (or Konami) decided that they were definitely not going to release the game, ever, the content rating would still be valid. And we find it very hard to believe that Duck Hunt, a game that is pretty much synonymous with Nintendo nostalgia, has been permanently banished from the VC.
[Via GoNintendo]
The ESRB Ate My VC games
Posted Sep 27th 2007 9:45AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Virtual Console
Tags: duck-hunt, tmnt, zombies-ate-my-neighbors, zombiesatemyneighbors
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-27-2007 @ 9:53AM
mark richardson said...
ok there has to be a mistake or something there.
I cant see how nintendo wouldent release duck hunt, unless its been forced to be put back as they want to tinker with it before they release it on the vc!
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9-27-2007 @ 11:12AM
Ju1c3 said...
yeah maybe they are reworking it to let us finally shoot the dog
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9-27-2007 @ 11:47AM
Chupacabra said...
NOOOOOO!!!!!!! Zombies Ate My Neighbors is the only game I've ever wanted on the VC (besides Goldeneye), every Monday I check to see if its released yet. This is the worst news ever.
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9-27-2007 @ 12:41PM
Jay said...
I thought Zombies Ate My Neighbors would be coming on the VC for Halloween. It would be the perfect release!
This is such a bummer.
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9-27-2007 @ 12:50PM
JodyAnthony (VGDF) said...
many games come and go from the ESRB site all the time, a fact I've become aware of ever since I started scanning the site for VC news
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9-28-2007 @ 1:02AM
TheFireStorm said...
If any one banished Duck Hunt from the VC it would not be the ESRB it would be PETA
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