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Virtual Console Monday – Wonder Boy & Cruis’n USA
This week marks the debut of Sega Master System games on the Virtual Console. What better way to kick it off than with Wonder Boy! Wonder Boy – Master System – 1987 – 500 Wii Points Just when things were going great with Tom-Tom and his girlfriend Tanya, some thug of a woodland king had to kidnap her and hide her away, and Tom-Tom doesn’t have a clue where. [Developed by We...
Virtual Console Monday – Kirby 64 and Psychosis
Virtual Console goes psychedelic this week! Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards – N64 – 2000 – 1,000 Wii Points Kirby’s first 3-D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter. Dark Matter is after a distant land’s powerful crystal, but a young fairy named Ribbon attempts to save it by escaping with th...
Virtual Console Monday – 1080° Snowboarding
Another week, another game .. wait, just one game? 1080° Snowboarding – N64 – 1998 – 1,000 Wii Points Hit the slopes for some serious shredding in one of the first truly realistic snowboarding games ever created! Start in the lodge and select from five characters, each with his/her own particular attributes and special tricks.
Wave Race 64 contains Wii and DS ads
The recently released Wave Race 64 for the Virtual Console has been updated to include Wii and DS ads. I’m not pointing fingers or naming names, but didn’t they tell us that the classic games would go unaltered? I’m assuming they removed the old Kawasaki ads. What’s next, the Burger King mascot in the 64 version of Smash Bros? [Check out Wii Fanboy for more pix.]
Nintendo Spotting: Darth Vader’s N64 edition!
The Tanooki has one of the finds of the century in this sleek, modified TIE Advanced x1 fighter. Who knew Vader needed a Zelda fix while chasing Luke down that trench?
Wii Milestone – 100th game added to Virtual Console
On Monday, June 4th, Nintendo will make Zelda II: The Adventure of Link available for the Wii’s Virtual Console. This marks the 100th game added to the list of titles available in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo hasn’t really ever provided sales data for the Shop Channel before, but they let us know what the top five downloads are thus far: 1) Super Mario Bros. (NES) 2) Super Mario 64 (...
Top 10 3rd Party Nintendo Games
A lot has been said about Nintendo’s love/hate relationship with 3rd party publishers. Infendo decided to take a look at review scores for 3rd party games released on N64, GBA, GameCube, DS, and Wii. Comparing the aggregate scores from Metacritic, we were able to mathematically determine the Top 10 3rd Party Nintendo Games: 10 Final Fantasy VI Advance [GBA] 9 International Superstar Soccer &...