So the most recent Virtual Console dropping was just that, a steamy dropping. Why Nintendo would deem it necessary to release Baseball for a system that shipped with motion-controlled Wii Sports Baseball is beyond me. Maybe it was a mistake. Maybe they hit send before the email was finished. Maybe not. Urban Champion apparently belongs in the very same sewer the character in the game has been tasked with hitting foes into. Adding insult to injury was that the one saving grace of the latest VC update, a 5-player Turbo Grafx-16 title called Dungeon Explorer, was left out due to bug issues.
“It appears that there were some last minute bugs that needed to be addressed, so we have decided to hold back to see what can be done. As some of you know, when games are played on an emulator, which is the case for Virtual Console games, sometimes funky things happen. Emulation technology is not perfect, so not all games work right from the get go. In this particular case, the bug was serious enough to have a the [sic] release schedule changed. I’m sure we’ll have an update on when the game is coming soon.” — Hudson’s John Master Lee
So there was a stinker of a release or two for New Year’s. We can vent and rant, as is our right as consumers, but isn’t that part of the fun? Every Monday is a surprise, for better or worse. No one, save the Game Genie, bats 1.000, and I expect there to be several more clunkers over the course of 2007. There will also be mega hits, like Mario Kart 64 or Burger Time. Part of the fun of the VC, I think, is that it brings back the entire NES/SNES experience. That includes the duds too. Complain away though, by all means — and especially to me. I currently sit on 2000 pts and have no intention of spending them for another six months or so. Ultimately it is you who hits the purchase button (thereby leaving you with a worthless 100 or 200 points or so in your account).
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P.S. — Urban Champion may stink, but it’s rumored to be the inspiration for the book/film Fight Club.
I'm going to buy Baseball as soon I get home. For those who played it when we were children, that game was indispensable. Plus, can you honestly think that Baseball is competition to the version of Wii Sports version? I didn't hear any complaining that the original "The Legend of Zelda" was released on the VC when you could have purchased "Twilight Princess".
The VC is quickly becoming the only part of the Wii that I am disliking more and more.WHY is it that in Japan they get free Wii points with purchase of the controler, a much better selection of games to download and a cheaper price on all the better selection of games?Why have N done this to the West?
They should ahve just launched every VC game available in Japan to fix things and make the VC a worthy addition to the Wii. I'm really dissappointed in the lack of titles, where the heck are SNES titles anyway? I want my DKC.I opted not to get a points card till there's something that I must own, with what's currently available, I'll probably be waiting 6 months to buy anything too.