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VC Monday Madness: Blades of Steel, Donkey Kong Country 3 and Rolling Thunder 2

Posted Dec 24th 2007 9:45AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: VC Monday Madness

Today, a small piece of our childhood will be relived through the release of Blades of Steel. When compared to another popular NES hockey game from Nintendo, Blades of Steel might not be all too great, but it certainly took up more of this blogger's time than the other title back in the day.

Rare platform lovers will also be happy to hear that Donkey Kong Country 3 also hits today. So, if you celebrate Christmas, then consider this a present from Nintendo. One that you have to pay for yourself.

This week's Virtual Console releases include:
  • Blades of Steel (NES, 1 - 2 players, 500 Wii Points)
  • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble (SNES, 1 - 2 players, 800 Wii Points)
  • Rolling Thunder 2 (Genesis, 1 - 2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Be sure to stop back later for our video wrap-up.
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VC Friday: Give the gift of Wonder Boy this Christmas

Posted Dec 21st 2007 11:15AM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Virtual Console



We've already discussed how much of a holy mess the Wonder Boy series is, and today European and Australian folk will be able to sample a small part of the jumbled franchise, with the release of Monster Lair, as it appeared on the Turbografx-16 (a Sega Mega Drive version appeared a year later, though only in Europe).

Whereas Monster Lair is perhaps the highlight of this last VC update before Christmas, this blogger will admit to having fond recollections of the fighting sequences in NES ice hockey title Blades of Steel, while those of you with an "Extreme!!!" bent may wish to throw 500 Wii points in the direction of Skate or Die!
  • Skate or Die! -- NES -- 500 Wii points
  • Blades of Steel -- NES -- 500 Wii points
  • Monster Lair -- Turbografx -- 800 Wii points
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Australia to get Mega Man 2, U.S. to get Not Mega Man 2

Posted Nov 28th 2007 9:45AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Virtual Console, Imports

The latest update to the ESRB's ratings search page reveals some new games headed to the Virtual Console; among the more notable releases are King of Fighters '94, Top Hunter, Rolling Thunder 2 and The Dynastic Hero. The most notable release is Puyo Puyo 2-- on principle, anyway. That's because, while there are already two Puyo games on the VC, Puyo Puyo 2 is another of Sega's promised imports.

As "awesome" as a third Puyo Puyo game is, the news is completely obliterated by the latest OFLC updates for Australia: Blades of Steel and Mega Man 2, which probably hint at a European release as well. We don't even have Mega Man yet! This must be what it feels like for European and Australian gamers most of the time. Have fun playing basically the best game ever, jerks. We'll just ... oh, wait, we've got the NES cartridge, and also the Mega Man Anniversary Collection. We'll just play one of those while listening to "Okkusenman".
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