Topic: What did you think of 2010's releases?

AMERICA

JANUARY
Final Fight 3 (SNES)
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye (Genesis)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Genesis)
Ghoul Patrol (SNES)

FEBRUARY
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (Master System)
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom (NES)
Sonic & Knuckles (Genesis)

MARCH
Fatal Fury Special (NeoGeo)
Final Fantasy II (SNES)
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (TG16)
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (N64)

APRIL
Ironclad (NeoGeo)
Zaxxon (arcade)
Mega Man 4 (NES)
King of Fighters '95 (NeoGeo)

MAY
Kirby's Super Star (SNES)
Wild Guns (SNES)

JUNE
Shadow of the Ninja (NES)
Mario Tennis (N64)

JULY
Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)

AUGUST
U-four-ia: The Saga (NES)

SEPTEMBER
Samurai Shodown III (NeoGeo)
Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (SNES)

OCTOBER
Fatal Fury 3 (NeoGeo)
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES)

NOVEMBER
Street Slam (NeoGeo)
SpinMaster NeoGeo)
Magical Drop II (NeoGeo)

DECEMBER
SonSon (Arcade)
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando (Arcade)
Darius Twin (SNES)
Mario Party 2 (N64)
Magical Drop III (NeoGeo)
Fighter's History Dynamite (NeoGeo)

ARCADE - 3
SMS - 1
TG16 - 1
N64 - 3
GENESIS - 3
NES - 4
SNES - 9
NEOGEO - 10

TOTAL - 34

EUROPE

JANUARY
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Mega Drive)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SNES)

FEBRUARY
Final Fight 3 (SNES)
Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive)

MARCH
Zaxxon (arcade)
Ironclad (NeoGeo)
Lode Runner (NES)
Milon's Secret Castle (NES)
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (TG16)
Fatal Fury Special (NeoGeo)
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (N64)

APRIL
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Blaster Master (NES)
Mega Man 4 (NES)
Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (SNES)
The King of Fighters '95 (NeoGeo)

MAY
Final Fantasy (NES)
Ghoul Patrol (SNES)
Kirby's Fun Pak (SNES)

JUNE
Final Fantasy II (SNES)
Mario Tennis (N64)

JULY
Ufouria: The Saga (NES)
Shadow of the Ninja (NES)
Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)

AUGUST
Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (SNES)
Wild Guns (SNES)
Fatal Fury 3 (NeoGeo)

SEPTEMBER
Samurai Shodown III (NeoGeo)
Mystic Quest Legend (SNES)

OCTOBER
Rival Turf! (SNES)
Street Hoop (NEOGEO)
Super EDF: Earth Defense Force (SNES)

NOVEMBER
SpinMaster (NEOGEO)
Faxanadu (NES)

DECEMBER
Magical Drop II (NEOGEO)
Karnov's Revenge (NEOGEO)
Super Bonk (SNES)
SonSon (Arcade)
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando (Arcade)
Mario Party 2 (N64)

TOTAL: 40

Long gone are the days of 3 new VC titles a week or about 150 a year.

Not happy with the quantity at all. It couldn't have possibly be that hard to release fifty-two titles this year and the no VC weeks were very frustrating and made me question if Nintendo actually cares about the service or just feel like it's an obligation.

That being said, the quality wasn't as bad as we feared, I would say it was generally good, with many good games out of the released coming out on the VC.

Here's to hoping 2011 is a better year. Quantity-wise, you can't get much worse then this year.

Too much NeoGeo

It seemed for a while that many publishers just stopped caring about the Virtual Console, not just Nintendo. It would be hard to find more releases if few cared enough to put the games on the VC that they did. Its not about finding games to release, but more about getting publishers to care more.

Nintendo will no doubt see WiiWare releases and VC releases combined and not seperate. A week with three releases is still three releases whether its three WiiWare games or two WiiWare and one VC. I do have to wonder what the 3DS 'virtual handheld' service will do to the amount of games we get released in a week. Perhaps Nintendo see no difference between Wii Virtual Console releases and 3DS 'virtual handheld' releases.

Too much NeoGeo

Not really. There were zero NeoGeo releases at all last year so this year is kind of a catch-up for them. Ten NeoGeo games over two years isn't "too much".

Yeah, thats true, just my opinion though. Almost a 3rd of the releases in America was NeoGeo.

We got some quality releases here and there. I'm happy.

Even though we didn't get as many games as other years, we still got plenty of classics. The best release this year (in my opinion) was Mega Man 4, which has become one of my all-time favorite games.

Like to see more NeoGeo.

We got 18 or so quality games, and then a bunch of okayish ones, only one or two bad ones. Not a bad year at all.

Not a bad year, really. I have to say there's not too much I'm interested in anymore, tbh. Quantity has been steadily declining, but that's to be expected. It's been a really good year for Neo Geo fans, which is nice to see. It was never that big in the US, so it's great for those with nostalgia or who regretted missing out. That's the awesomeness the VC is for and it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

It would've been better if we got at least one vc game a week, instead of some weeks with nothing but there was still a good amount of quality releases this year. Nine of the 40 games that were released this year in eu, are games that I either have downloaded or plan to download.

Hate the quantity, but I like the quality.

Enough Wii games to keep me playing for the next 3 years.
not only 2010 is the reason. the other years before it too.

Only 40 VC releases this year? well, i see no real turd.
but many amazing games.
will keep me trying and playing a big bunch of those from time to time.

First half = Great.
Second half = Not so great.

They should ask all of the "cult" developers or known developers with cult games to cash in on their classics (most missed out on but some who would love to buy them).

No Alissia Dragoon or even a few N64 Capcom games is pretty saddening for the fans of those games.

A few N64 Capcom games?

You mean Mega Man 64, Resident Evil 2 and Magical Tetris Challenge feat. Micky Mouse.
As far as I remember this was CAPCOM's complete line-up for the N64.

Well I finally got a game I was originally waiting for: Mario Party (2) so it wasn't a bad year. I only got 6 games this year and a few were older years games but the quality was still good. The quantity was terrible though. There are still many games I want to see (mainly N64 ones) with 1 or 2 years left of the Wii.

Yes me too :/
I want to see more N64 games
Many of the best ones for the N64 will never come like Donkey kong 64, Conqer, banjoo kazooje and so on.
But still there are some N64 games which can come ( Pilotwings 64, Mario Party 1+3, and Clayfighter 64 just because its funny xD)

I have mixed feelings about this year. It's nice to see a resurgence in the Neo Geo section, but the Arcade section could really use some more games. Even if we get not much else besides arcade SFII iterations, at least that would be better than nothing.