Today there are four new VC titles that will soon grace your Wii Shop Channel. If you’re like me, and like to tune out with the Shop Channel music in the background, you might already know this. For the rest of you:
Ice Hockey (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
Gunstar Heroes (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Alien Crush (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)
I still haven’t bought a VC title. I think I’m waiting until more Classic Controllers make their way to New England. Or I’m waiting for Bionic Commando. One of the two.
The Virtual Console has gotten off to a solid start. It could end up being an amazing service. Kudos to Nintendo…and Sega for participating so enthusiastically. Bipartisanship in gaming is a beautiful thing.Though I'm still hoping that Sonic is in the next Smash Bros. so that I can beat the blue off of him with Mario.I downloaded two games so far, just to see how the service works. I was impressed. But I doubt I'll buy anymore; these older games just feel/play a lot better on their original consoles. Luckily, my NES, SNES, and N64 are still is starling condition.
I still ain't bought no VC games. All but the N64 and SNES games claim Wii Remote compatibility. I thought the Genesis controllers had 3 or 6 buttons on them.Nothing has come out yet that says "MUST BUY NOW", so I haven't bought any. I guess the four games I have for Wii are keeping me busy enough that I don't need VC games. Maybe once I finish Zelda & Trauma Center and get bored with Rayman & Wii Sports they'll make Kirby games available for download.
STILL no quality SNES games for VC …
Will we see the MegaMan games come to VC, or are there licensing issues with Capcom?
I aint bought any VC games yet, being a zelda fan i would like to get that, but then one part of me says there's no point as i have all the console zelda's playable on my cube, and now my wii. also, i already have a snes, nes and N64 all set up by my TV, so the only game that appeals to me that i aint got already is donkey kong country. Is that actually 2 player by the way? on the shop channel it says it is but i don't remember it being 2 player when i rented it all those years ago on my snes…
Why waste your money buying Megaman games from the VC one at a time? Go out and get the Megaman Anniversary collection for Gamecube for 20 bucks. It's much cheaper. I have it, and I love it.
I have downloaded Pinball, Zelda, and Gunstar Heroes. While I have the zelda collection on GC, there is something about using the remote that feels so right with that game. I also love the idea of having games immediately accessible. It is comparable to having all of your music collection on an ipod (though much more expensive). In regards to the GC collections of Sonic and Megaman, I almost feel the classic controller makes the purchase worthwhile. They never felt right with the GC controller.-Mr. O-G