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VC Friday: Neo Geo duo

Posted Jul 11th 2008 11:45AM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Virtual Console

This week's muscle-bound PAL Virtual Console update comes exclusively from SNK's sleek, black beast of a console.

Art of Fighting 2 makes its worldwide Virtual Console debut, though if you own a PlayStation 2, Art of Fighting Anthology is available cheaply, and should be coming to the Wii ... at some point. Also worth noting: it has some of the most brilliantly awful voice-acting ever (go past the break to see some footage). Sidescrolling duff-'em-up Ninja Combat completes this week's offerings.
  • Art of Fighting 2 -- Neo Geo -- 900 Wii Points
  • Ninja Combat -- Neo Geo -- 900 Wii Points

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VC Friday: Back on form

Posted Jun 13th 2008 8:45AM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Virtual Console

If you think we've already forgiven Nintendo for totally neglecting the PAL Virtual Console last week, you can think again, sunshine. Nope, Ninty is officially in our bad books, and no amount of sweet talk, flowers, weekends away, or singing telegrams can let the company out of the doghouse right now. Frankly, we've never felt so unwan -- eh, what's that you say? Five games? Two of which prominently feature ninjas? Oh, go on then.
  • Alex Kidd in Miracle World -- Master System -- 500 Wii Points
  • Fatal Fury 2 -- Neo Geo -- 900 Wii Points
  • Ninja Combat -- Neo Geo -- 900 Wii Points
  • Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance -- Commodore 64 -- 500 Wii Points *
  • Nebulus -- Commodore 64 -- 500 Wii Points *
* Unavailable in Oz, we're afraid, but look at the bright side: footage of all five games is past the break! Actually, we're not sure how that's meant to console you, or how those two facts are even related. Ridiculous, really.

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VC Monday Madness video wrap-up 6/2/08

Posted Jun 2nd 2008 6:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: VC Monday Madness


Only one Virtual Console release this week, folks. And, sad to say, it's not the best title around. To get a taste of the game in action, hit play on the video above. If you're more into reading than watching a video, head past the break.

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VC Monday Madness: WiiWare and Virtual Console play nice yet again

Posted Jun 2nd 2008 8:45AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: VC Monday Madness

Just as expected, we're given some WiiWare love, as well as a Virtual Console download, this week. There's also Ubisoft's Protothea, which you know we've had our eye on. If WiiWare doesn't tickle your fancy, there's also a NEOGEO game up for grabs. So, who's going to download what?

WiiWare games available for download:
  • Protothea (Ubisoft, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
  • Toki Tori (Two Tribes, 1 - 2 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
This week's Virtual Console game available for download:
  • Ninja Combat (NEOGEO, 1 - 2 players, 900 Wii Points)

Gallery: Protothea


Gallery: Toki Tori

VC Tuesday: Go, Ninja, Go

Posted May 27th 2008 8:45AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Virtual Console, Imports

If ever there were a game worthy of a Hanabi Festival (or its American equivalent, "oh, hey, I guess there are some Japanese games on the Virtual Console now") it would be Ganbare Goemon 2. The first Ganbare Goemon, under the name Legend of the Mystical Ninja, is a beloved SNES classic, and the sequel ... pretty much ditches its signature gameplay in favor of side-scrolling platforming, but maintains much of the same wacky feel.

Goemon is joined by fellow ninjas in the Neo Geo side-scroller Ninja Combat, and, uh, a bunch of wrestlers who we can't tie into the ninja theme. Oh, some of them wear masks!
In addition to these three VC games, two WiiWare games are now available: Oekaki Logic and Saikyou Ginhoshi Shogi, a Japanese board game published by ... EA?

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