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Excitebike bracelet pops wheelies on your wrist


As much as we love ourselves some Space Invaders and Pac-Man, it's always nice to see some other game or franchise covered on craft site Etsy. When said game happens to be one of this blogger's fondest memories from ye olde NES days, it's all the better! This (gender-neutral) Excitebike bracelet from Etsy user pixelparty is a snip at $15, and if yours truly hadn't already put money aside for Mario Kart Wii, you'd better believe this would be on my wrist as I typed.

Incidentally, we previously covered some of pixelparty's bracelets in our Valentine's Day feature earlier this year. Check out the gallery below for more of his excellent handiwork.

Gallery: Pixelparty's bracelets

Reminder: Get your name into our VC giveaway!

You know what you need to make your holidays brighter? A big ol' bundle of games for your Virtual Console, courtesy Wii Fanboy! All you have to do is head over and check in at our current contest before the 20th, and since you can enter once per day, there's still time to get your name in. Remember if you already have exquisite taste the games we've selected, we've got back-up choices to offer. We'll make sure the winner has some new toys on the VC!

Wii Fanboy's Virtual Console Gift Pack
  • Devil's Crush -- TurboGrafx-16, 600 points (JC)
  • Dragon's Curse -- TurboGrafx-16, 600 points (Candace)
  • Excitebike -- NES, 500 points (Chris)
  • Gunstar Heroes -- Sega Genesis, 800 points (Eric)
  • The Legend of the Mystical Ninja -- SNES, 800 points (Dave)
  • The Legend of Zelda -- NES, 500 points (Alisha)

Fanswag: Celebrate the season of giving with a VC pack

Now that the Virtual Console gift feature is alive and kicking, it just seems fitting that we celebrate with a few gifts of our own. Each member of the Wii Fanboy staff has carefully chosen one game currently available on the U.S. Virtual Console, and we're ready to show our appreciation by gifting the lot to one lucky reader. But guys! What if I already have the game in question? Well, dear reader, we've also each chosen back-up titles, just in case. If the winner has one, we'll move onto the next. If you have all of them? Maybe you should hang back and let someone else win! 'Tis the season of giving, after all.

To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling us what you'd be most likely to give away, if you were so inclined. You may enter once per day, and we must receive your comments between now and December 20. The giveaway closes shop that night at 11:59 PM EST, so get to work! We'll announce the winner December 21. As usual, entries are limited to legal U.S. residents age 18 and older. Please check the official rules for any other questions.

Wii Fanboy's Virtual Console Gift Pack
  • Devil's Crush -- TurboGrafx-16, 600 points (JC)
  • Dragon's Curse -- TurboGrafx-16, 600 points (Candace)
  • Excitebike -- NES, 500 points (Chris)
  • Gunstar Heroes -- Sega Genesis, 800 points (Eric)
  • The Legend of the Mystical Ninja -- SNES, 800 points (Dave)
  • The Legend of Zelda -- NES, 500 points (Alisha)

Dojo update: Get excited for Excitebike

Today's dojo update reveals another kickass assist trophy. It's none other than those nuts and bolts fanatics from the NES title Excitebike. And here they do what they do best: drive really fast.

In summoning up the crew, all of the racers will ride back and foth, running over any enemy of the initial summoner. And, as you can see in the picture including Bowser below, they do quite the considerable amount of damage.

There is also another assist trophy revealed today in Super Mario Bros. franchise enemy Lakitu. And, as you might imagine, he tosses down Spinies left and right, hoping to catch an unsuspecting brawler.

Gallery: SSBB gallery two


Gallery: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

VC Friday: Puffballs and bikes

Sure, so you could pick up Excite Truck this week if you're in Europe ... or you could save a few quid and go old school with Excitebike on the Virtual Console! Sorry, sorry ... we just loved us some Excitebike back in the day, and we get a little extra bouncy when we have an excuse to talk about it. If jumping blocky hills isn't your thing, there's a lot more to choose from this week:
  • Excitebike (NES) -- 500 points
  • Kirby's Adventure (NES) -- 500 points
  • New Adventure Island (TurboGrafx) -- 600 points
  • R-Type III: The Third Lightning (SNES) -- 800 points

Any of these rev your motor?

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