Wii-kly Update: February 19, 2007
Time for your Wii-kly update! This week, Nintendo brings to the Virtual Console four more games. Those games are Donkey Kong Country (SNES), The Legend of Kage (NES), New Adventrue Island (TG-16), and Street of Rage (SEGA Genesis)! DKC is a phenomenal game and one of the finest platformers you a get. In fact, the b/f and I have very fond memories of playing through DKC and DKC 3 together. Good times, indeed...but we still need to play through DKC 2, something I'm sure we'll get around to. ...but if you've never played it, I highly recommend it. I already have the original, so that'll be a purchase I will be skipping out on.
As for The Legend of Kage, I've never had the pleasure of playing it. From what I can tell, it's an arcade ninja action game for the NES, likely along the vein of Ninja Gaiden...perhaps we here at GayGamer would know more about it if the star of the show were a pirate? If you have played this game, give us your thoughts.
For the TurboGrafix-16, New Adventure Island makes it's way onto the VC. I remember playing Super Adventure Island on the SNES, but if NAI is anything like it, I would recommend it...but I won't know until I've played it.
For you SEGA Genesis lovers out there, Streets of Rage makes an appearance. This well known beat-em-up is sure to occupy your time as you play with your big, hulking, sweaty, muscular men...if only they made it more like Streets of Gays!
Well, that's it for this week! With monkeys, ninjas, a half-naked jungle boy and big beefy muscle men...how can you lose!? For the press release complete with descriptions of the games, make the jump. What are you going to download?
Feb. 19, 2007
Wii-kly Update: Four New Classic Games Announced for Wii Shop Channel
Today Nintendo adds four new classic games to the popular Wii(TM) video game
system's Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time.
Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-
speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points(TM) to download the games.
Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets.
This week's new games are:
Donkey Kong(TM) Country (Super NES(R), 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): Donkey
Kong Country is an incredible island adventure, and the first game to feature
Donkey Kong's sidekick, Diddy Kong(R). Challenged by the crazed tribe of
reptilian Kremlings, the Kongs face their cunning adversaries armed with
lightning-quick moves, chest-pounding muscle and awesome aerial acrobatics.
The duo also gets help from a host of friends and family, from Funky Kong(TM),
Cranky Kong(TM) and Candy Kong(TM) to Rambi(TM) the rhino, Expresso(TM) the
ostrich, Enguarde(TM) the swordfish, Squawks the parrot and Winky the frog.
This game has more than 30 levels, plus dozens of hidden caves and secret
rooms -- more than 100 areas in all. Help the Kongs recover their stolen
banana hoard!
The Legend of Kage (NES(R), 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): This classic ninja-
action game first appeared in arcades in 1985 and became instantly popular.
As the Iga ninja named "Kage," players embark on an action-packed quest as
they move toward a magic castle where the Princess "Kiri" is held captive by
"Yohshirou Yukikusa." To stay alive, players move vertically and horizontally
through forest and castle environments and execute massive jumps, all the
while using throwing-star knives and a sword to take down hordes of enemies.
New Adventure Island (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): On peaceful
Adventure Island, the islanders are celebrating the wedding of Master Higgins
and Tina, the "Miss Island Queen." Suddenly, the celebration is interrupted
by the appearance of Baron Bronsky and his henchmen, who kidnap Tina and the
island children. Master Higgins must set out to rescue the children and his
beloved Tina in this side-scrolling action game. Throw hatchets and
boomerangs, hop on skateboards and guide Master Higgins safely to the goal in
each area. New Adventure Island consists of seven exciting stages. Each
stage is split into four areas, with a boss waiting at the end of the final
area. Defeat all the bosses and release the kidnapped children. And waiting
in the castle of the final stage -- the wicked Baron Bronsky. Help Master
Higgins defeat him and reclaim his bride.
Streets of Rage(TM) (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): The city was
once a happy, peaceful place ... until one day, a powerful secret criminal
organization took over. This vicious syndicate soon had control of the
government and even the police force. The city has become a center of
violence and crime where no one is safe. Amid this turmoil, a group of
determined young police officers has sworn to clean up the city. Among them
are Adam Hunter, Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding. They've decided to put their
lives on the line and take back their city through their special hand-to-hand
combat abilities. They are willing to risk anything, even their lives, on the
Streets of Rage.
Super Timsy
Posted to Video Games on 19 February 2007
· Comments (5)
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Something is wrong here. I just checked my system, and Donkey Kong Country isn't available. New Adventure Island, Streets of Rage, and The Legend of Kage are all still there, but Ice Climbers has taken the spot of Donkey Kong Country. Just wondering if anyone else noticed this.
The Legend of Kage is probably one of the worst games I have ever played. It's almost worth the 5 bucks on that alone.
Why on earth would they re-release The Legend of Kage? Seriously, that game is so bad, I though they'd rather have us forget all about it.
Ok, now I can get Donkey Kong Country. For some reason it got released a bit later than the rest of the games today. Yay!
personally, I am not much of a fan of the DKC series. the pre-rendered graphics have aged horribly, and everything looks plastic. also, this shows the beginnings of Rare's love for collection fests. I earned all 101% when I was a kid, I don't need to go through that again.
SoR however, is great to see making it's way to the VC.