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News New USA Virtual Console releases for 18th December
The following games will be in the US Wii Shop by 5pm (GMT) today:
Military Madness - PC EngineSpace Harrier II - MegadriveTennis - NES As confirmed by the Nintendo press release. A bit underwhelming this week especially as we were expecting 4 games to be released each week! The old one we could recommend is Military Madness which is a little like...
News New UK Virtual Console releases for 15th December
Right kids, here's whats on today's Virtual Console menu for the UK Wii Shop:
Gunstar Heroes - MegadriveRistar - MegadriveDr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - MegadrivePinball - NESSoloman's Key - NESUrban Champion - NESColumns - MegadriveAlien Crush - PC Engine Gunstar Heroes and Ristar are our top picks today but be warned PAL users it's crappy PAL...
News New USA Virtual Console releases for 11th December
Here's what's out later today for the Virtual Console in North America:
Ice Hockey - NESGunstar Hereos - Sega MegadriveDr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - Sega MegadriveAlien Crush - PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 A pretty smart line up I think you will agree. Alien Crush came out of nowhere but is a most welcome addition to the VC library. Gunstar Hereos...
News Struth mate, Aussies can download TG-16 games too!
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Here’s a short but sweet tip from one of our readers known only by the name of George. It seems that Aussie gamers who were originally thought to be blocked from downloading lovely TurboGrafx-16 games from the Wii Shop can in fact take advantage of a sneaky workround. Those flamin’ galahs at Nintendo can’t fool our...
News Upcoming games for UK PAL Virtual Console
A little birdie has told us what games you UK Virtual Console users can expect to be getting for the rest of December. The list is likely to be very similar across the whole of the EU depending on licensing issues. Sorry Australia and New Zealand you will miss out on the sublime Devil Crush, life is a bitch huh?
Here's the release schedule as it...
News PAL Virtual Console to have games in 50Hz only!
Whilst we applaud Nintendo of Europe for pulling their finger out and launching the European Wii this week just a few weeks after North America had their launch (haha take that Sony!) it is confirmed NOE still want us to live in the dark ages by giving us 50Hz limited Virtual Console games.
Back in the days of old most European TVs could only handle...
News Current Virtual Console titles for PAL Nintendo Wii launch
From a bit of snooping on the Wii Shop for the UK (details of how to do this below!) we have discovered the following titles are already there waiting for download by the lucky people in the UK to pick up a Wii this coming Friday:
Donkey Kong - NESMario Bros - NESThe Legend of Zelda - NESWario's Woods - NESBomberman '93 - PC EngineBonk's Adventure -...
News New Virtual Console releases for 4th December
The NintendoWorldReport has revealed this coming Monday's list of Virtual Console releases.
Quite a mixed bag: Donkey Kong Jr - NESVictory Run - TurboGrafx / PC EngineColumns - Sega Megadrive / GenesisRistar - Sega Megadrive / Genesis The Virtual Console Archive recommends Ristar as a essential purchase. The other games are all OK if you have Wii...
News N64 GoldenEye on Virtual Console
Whilst it's great that the Virtual Console will probably get most of the outstanding 1st party Nintendo back catalogue available for download in the Wii Shop it is apparent that due to licensing issues not every game will make it.
N64 GoldenEye being one of those games. For most gamers aside from Mario 64 this game is their fondest memory the...
News Japanese Virtual Console List - December
Here is the final Virtual Console List Nintendo of Japan have released for their Japanese Wii launch. Makes me jealous!
Famicom (aka, the NES)12/2: Donkey Kong (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Donkey Kong Jr. (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Gomoku Narabe (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Baseball (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Tennis (Nintendo, 500pts)12/2: Urban Champion (Nintendo,...
News Wii Points? Go Brazillian!
So you imported an American Wii so Nintendo of Europe wouldn't shaft you with release dates and shoddy PAL conversions.
All is well, you have your step-down transformer, no need to worry about modded RGB cables this time if you can just get a component cable from somewhere. ARRRGGGGHHHHH how do I buy Virtual Console points!? Well my finely feathered...
