Actually I reckon it will turn out to be a 3D platformer.
Super Mario = Super Mario 64*
Super Mario 2 = Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario 3 = Super Mario Galaxy/Super Mario Galaxy 2

*I recall it actually did drop the "64" for the iQue version.

@Portista
It's Battle City, one of the games on Namco Gallery Vol. 1. The original arcade game was known as Tank Battalion (as was the MSX port apparently).

I was a big TOTAL! fan. I had an almost complete run of issues and was actually a subscriber when it ended. Unfortunately most of them got chucked out at some point although I still have some around including the first issue (with the adventure game down the sides of the pages) and the final one.

A fun mag to begin with that matured a little as it went on. I don't think that's a bad thing, I quite liked that in the last few issues the vibe was "hey the N64 is going to be great, mind you that PlayStation looks good..."

Glad to see this feature appear as it was a popular mag that is usually ignored.

Thanks for reading people.

@madgear Nope, no fixed version was released so for some end-of-game Akuma GBA battling, the only option is to grab a Japanese copy.

Slightly interesting fact: Aside from not crashing, the Japanese version also has multiple win quotes (though they're in Japanese obviously).

10 PRINT "Dave wanty!"

A great read. I look forward to Doctor Kong.

I haven't tried it myself but anyone wanting to make backups of their own games may be interested in the Retrode.

Yeah, it's the life count.

Also Play are offering a Wiimote sticker and sticker sheet.

**slaps** Zach

I suppose now is a good time to remind everyone we have a complete set of Virtual Boy reviews here at Nintendo Life. So why not have a look - there might be something you've never heard of/forgotten about that appeals.

Actually, the extra button does kinda look like it says TURBO underneath.

Cool looking pad.

Good read Corbie. I'll pick this up when it's released (whenever that is).

Does anyone else keep reading the game title as 'Kirby's Epic Yam'?

Great review Daz. A top game with a stylish look. Took me a while to get used to setting up forcefields but I like this game a lot.

Wonderfully bonkers shooty bang-bang fun! Great review!

Thanks for reading/commenting people.

@Bulbasaurus Rex As Mr O'Neill mentioned it's a regional habit.

@HugoSmits The problem with the speed is the inconstancy. What you say about the uppercut is right, but here it just seems off and it leaves you there a touch too long. Also it's hard to apply any kind of "strategy" when the controls have such problems. The MK2 port was much better.

Good read. It's a great compilation and I've had lots of fun with it (although I'm rubbish at a couple of the games). I liked the quiz too. Will have to dig it out again at some point.

Ooo, good work Shiryu.

The 119 million is combined sales for Game Boy, GB Pocket and GB Color. If you include GBA/SP/Micro then the figure is around 200 million.

Back when the game was first previewed I thought this looked a promising game and my first impressions all these years later are that it's a good 'un. The 3D is used to great effect.

@pikmaniac02 Original release didn't carry a rating, but the later released Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II compilation was rated Teen (ESRB) and 15+(ELSPA).

@StarDust: Actually the jump button was combined with "time", so the warp still works.

@StarBoy91: It sounds like you had one of the "Mini-Classics" range. A few G&W's were reissued like that along with some new titles.

I've been playing a bit of Game & Watch recently through the G&W Gallery series and I actually dug out the original version of this article a few days ago. Excellent read Damo.

Good review. Never actually played this despite being a big Star Wars fan - and I read the SOTE novel and comics. I knew it had problems but was unaware of the specifics. Still tempted to give it a try if it turned up on VC, though I might opt to save a few quid and get the PC version instead.

There was a trick to getting Volume 2 to work on a PAL Gamecube with freeloader - it may have worked for volume 3 as well but I never had it so... dunno.

Anyway I sold my cube before getting a Wii and an early system update rendered the freeloader useless which is very irritating.

The thing with the Virtual Boy is that although in some cases you are not getting your money's worth, 18 (arguably 19) of the 22 games are still affordable - assuming you don't go with some crazy eBay BIN price.

The others may come down in price... they may not… but there was an opportunity to have a complete set of game reviews for a Nintendo system so... why not?

And that is them all reviewed now. Thanks for reading people

Price-wise Gundam used to be quite close to Virtual Bowling, but now Bowling is by far the most expensive.

Sony seem to have improved going by the PS3 figure. The original Playstation especially was very unreliable - every owner I know (myself included) had at least one replacement. No wonder it sold so many.

Only Nintendo console I've ever had to replace is my SNES but as that had coffee and fruit juice spill in to it - and then a TV fall on it - and it still kept going for about 15 years I think that's pretty impressive.

Sounds like a good 'un and based on this review I've just ordered myself a copy.

I was flicking through this again last night actually. Anyway 'tis a very good article so get reading people!

@Jazzem "Did anyone here play/own the Japan-only Game Boy Color version?"
Yep (see previous post). It's not the best conversion to colour as only one colour is used on each of the characters, enemies and objects. I think overall the game is enhanced by the colour but the GBC port of Donkey Kong Country looked a lot better as you'd get multiple colours on leaves and stuff where as for DKL3 leaves would just get one shade of green.

@warioswoods I don't know if that is the reason but it's my favourite of the DKL games and I prefer it to at least two of the DKC games. I like it so much I own both this version and the Game Boy Color release.

However as much as I love the game I agree with the collecting criticism: I hated when I blasted through the levels and then found I'd have to go back to collect all the coins to get to the final world - it was something I planned on doing but only after I'd cleared the game first.

@SupermarketZombies 19 reviewed so far. 3 to go.
@MetalMario this was one of the Japanese exclusives.

Hopefully the 20 will just be limited to the original green and black, as when discussing the orignal people tend to throw in a load of SGB games - not that there's anything wrong with them (and colour aside they largely functioned fine) but it does mean that a lot of great games get overlooked.

Tetris seems like a must and I'd second the vote for Fall of the Foot Clan. I haven't played since I saw a cousin in the early 90's but Bill & Ted's was fun (though I only recall seeing one good review for it). Game Boy Mortal Kombat II was excellent.
Final suggestion (again a bit obvious): Metroid II.

Played and loved this on the PC and I hope the quality can be kept up for the remaining parts. Price is a bit of an issue to get the complete Wii version though. Whilst I don't mind paying £35 for a new Monkey Island I'd expect to get a physical copy for that especially when I paid $35 (currently just over £21) for the PC season where you get the DVD at the end.

@Kelvin Well if they ever add the Mega CD to the VC we could get the first game, though it wouldn't have wiimoteasamouse controls.

D'oh!

@Cheezy It does look confusing but actually it's really easy to pick up.

He's right though. Thinking about it, it might have been the last VB game released.

Change it soon hopefully.

Prices fluctuate (generally they've been falling in recent years) and it's only really a handful of games that have remained at silly money.

An emulator would be an unfair way of doing it as you could come across a fault with the game: graphics flicker, slowdown et cetera and not be sure if it's how the game plays or if it's just an emulation issue. Plus you loose the 3D effect.

Consequently all games are reviewed on hardware.

Hope Wii players do get this soon. I was very impressed with the PC version of the first chapter.

Don't think I've ever played the arcade version but I really liked the Lynx version. I've played other ports and later games in the series though and not been impressed.

As Damo said above, very few VB games had battery backup (and this wasn't one of them). Funny Incognito should mention a dead battery though as a while back the battery died in my VB Wario Land.

@pie4prez: I can't think of any cases where you can change the shades of red in a game, but a few did feature brightness settings.

Blimey just as I'm getting ready for some serious sulking... a Europe release! Hooray for Capcom!

Sounds good and I missed it first time around. Still torn over which version to get though. I'm sure I'd love the Wii version but the Bongos from the GC version would come in handy for multi-player Donkey Konga.

^Penultimate paragraph of the main review.

Woah.

Mewants.

Meordered.

With so many Tetris games released I can't be 100% sure... but I'm fairly certain it's a V-Tetris exclusive.

I had the blue version and loved it. Like other great GB games I'd be playing on my chunky as I sat on a train, then come home, slot the cart in my Super Game Boy and carry on.
For some reason I've never played the later games in the series but the original was definitely a great game.