Nintendo Download: 28th July (Europe)

Nothing again for me this week. It's good to finally see TurboGX16 games on Wii U though it is far too late. There's no "Nothing for me this week" option in the poll voting.

Shouldn't "Secret Files: Tunguska" be listed under Wii U Virtual Console? And I presume by its price that it's the DS version. It was also on Wii. Both versions were middling.

I'll definitely be getting the TG16 games I think. I really hope we can get the PC Engine version of SFII Championship Edition, it's the only version of SFII I'm any good at!

Curious about 3Souls, but I'll wait for reviews first.

11 Games priced at £1.......admittedly there probably rubbish but Maybe I'll get a couple to try out

Secret Files and Shadows Tale (VC last week) are both games I recently purchased for the Wii (physical). I might buy some GC games and see if this trend continues and we get some GC games on the VC next week!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Obviously, "R-Type" and "New Adventure Island" are the other two TG-16 releases.

@BulbasaurusRex I know.

The price for R-Type can't be right can it?I can't think of any reason why it would cost £1.80 more than the other 2 TG16 games.I would have bought it but I'm certainly not paying £7.19 for it.

Edit: I just had a look at the NA prices for TG16 games and R-Type was more expensive there too.I wonder why that is?

The list of usual suspects are out again for 3DS discounts. Not keen.

... I've said this before, but I'd LOVE to have those Street Fighter games installed on my 3DS. I'd buy all 3 - if ONLY it had multiplayer. Seems redundant with single player only! Why bother? I guess I'll stick to Street Fighter 4...

I would love to download Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures, but somehow I can not find it in the german EShop. Anybody got any idea, what's going on there?

I can't imagine the 16 bit Streetfighters on 3DS being good for the thumb.

I keep reading Rock 'n Roll Racing only to be disappointed every time.

Tunguska, the turbo graphics games and prob all the Street Fighter 2 games for me this week.

Just Fates DLC but it's nice Europe is getting the TurboGrafx-16 games NA got recently.

That's cool about the TurboGrafx-16 content - it must mean Nintendo are extending the eshop titles onto NX - otherwise I don't see why it would be worthwhile porting over an entire new system

I think I'm going to get Beatbuddy - it's the first time it's been on sale since it's release one year ago and it looks pretty good...

Interested in New Adventure Island...until I saw the price.

@tysonfury hope you are right on this!

Do you thing we will get the mega drive games on the wii u VC at any point??

@wazlon Why? New Adventure Island is a great game and a great entry in the Adventure Island series!

I'll say, the AVGN discount sounds [bleep]ing tempting to me.
(If you're wondering why I put a bleep in my comment, you're not familiar with AVGN at all, which is very unlikely anyway)

YES! Come to papa my sweet Turbografx! X3

@JH64 Yes I sincerely hope so! There's game gear games on the 3DS, so we're not far off

@OorWullie Konami most likely wanting more moneys. Even the discount for upgrading the games are just 50%-ish instead of the NES/SNES/N64 discount.

@Pahvi Konami brought and absorbed Hudson which owned the rights to the TG name and a good chunk of the library, so Konami is now responsible for releasing TG stuff.

Street Fighter Alpha 1 appeared on the Game Boy Color... remember?

@Angelic_Lapras_King Yep it seems so.It's not exactly much extra but it's the principle of it.I'd understand the extra cost if it were a TG16 CD release but R-Type is as old as they come.As for the extra cost for upgrading them I assume it's because of the added features of widescreen and the turbo buttons.

The Curve Digital sale is advertised on the eshop as lasting until the 28th but they are all the usual price still. Anyone else having this issue or are people seeing the games as on sale?

I assume the Mystery Case Files have been awful selling games so plunge so low in price. Although based on reviews this new sale price, I assume in NA it will be $1.49, I will still pass.

@OorWullie For R Type, its probably 1 of 2 things.

1. In Japan originally it was released as two separate games on the TG, although it was released as a full game everywhere else, so that might be the excuse here.
2. They consider it a Super Special game considering R-Type's legacy, kind of like how Nintendo charges extra for both Earthbound and Mother when there's no real reason to...

@HCFREAK Usually, the games/discounts listed don't go live until Thursday at 2/3 pm. For Europe, the details are given on the preceding Monday, though there may still be some variations according to country.

Edit: You mean you can't find it at all, don't you? Apologies, I'm an idiot.

@ryando yeah I noticed that yesterday when I was browsing the Wii U eShop

Why are there non Nintendo consoles being added to the Virtual Console?

@LeRaposa the Wii had at least five non Nintendo consoles on vc.

I'd rather get TG games on 3DS but I guess Wii U is fine too. It's not like I'll be getting too many TG games anyway. I don't know many TG games but I played Bonk and some other games when I was 6 or so. I have Ys on Wii VC thanks to HappyConsoleGamer but I never got anything else. I'm interested in Bonk and Adventure Island but I'm in no hurry to get them.

Turbografx games, huh? Better late than never, I suppose. Definitely getting R- Type... again.

Nothing for me, which is not on the list.

Nothing for me, AGAIN. Why is this not a poll option?

Count me Turbo-hyped for Turbografx games! I had already lost hope on Wii U VC, but will be downloading New Adventure Island and Bonk's Adventure.
I hope Bonk's Revenge is added soon, I want to upgrade that one too.

Why is it not possible to vote for "Nothing" anymore?

If I lived in the U.K. I would pick up super street fighter II!

I'd totally recommend Letter Quest Remastered, i've sunk over 30 hours into the Xbox One version which I picked up for a couple of quid and was only expecting to get a few hours play out of it. Best way to describe it would be a turn based RPG crossed with Scrabble, with a pretty awesome soundtrack to boot!

So uh, why did it take them four years to release TG16 games to the VC again?

Nothing for me this week. Just gonna continue playing Splatoon and Tokyo Mirage.

So, if the mini classic NES thing sells like crazy like I think it will, will Nintendo decide that the old games are super valuable and

1. reinvest in bringing them to consoles by doing something massive on the NX platform (console and portables), or

2. drop all emulation on consoles and just make more little devices like the mini classic NES. A famicom version or a mini-orange action set version with a light gun, so you can eventually collect several variations of mini versions of each console generation or

3. both? (using the controllers as a sort of bridge that gets console owners involved in the hype, too)

I'm hoping for 3-both, but I'm somewhat pessimistic about the chances of that.

@Pahvi They did partner with Hudson but despite the PC Engine being a big success in Japan, its successor the PCFX was a huge flop which ended up making NEC leave the videogame market.

I dunno the technicals behind it, but Hudson did make a large amount of games for the TG/PC Engine so they have the rights to those and I guess the TG/PC Engine branding too, which being in good relations with Nintendo (The good Mario Partys, etc.) meant getting the TG on the Wii VC was pretty easy. The last several years of Hudson being brought up then absorbed into Konami was probably why it took so long to finally get the TG onto Wii U.

I still can't believe the prices on those SNES games.

Nothing for me this week more time to finish Hyrule Legends and Bravely Second

The prizes on VC.... I absolutely think they would make more money if they put them out at a lower price.
As it is now, I also see no reason to upgrade my games from the Wii shop, as they are fully playable in the Wii mode.

Nothing for me this week.

Nothing for me again.
Probably a good thing given I'm into Hyrule Warriors Legends, Pokemon Blue and Xenoblade at the moment.

Tempted by the TG-16 games, but not at those prices. I'm currently playing through Dragon Skills and Power Disc Slam for review purposes so I'm occupied as it is.

Nintendo should focus on pumping out VC this year to make up for lack of retail Wii U releases. And while they're at it, keep the SNES coming to 3DS as well.

@lemonjellydude If you've got a My Nintendo account, this is a great opportunity to get lots of Gold Coins. The normal price for the 1€/£ games is over 10€/£ so you'll get 20 Gold Coins for each purchase.

That is if Nintendo hasn't stopped giving Gold Coins based on the normal price even if you buy them on sale. Last week it still worked, so it probably works now too.

Oooh Secret Files is tempting! Its one of my favourite puzzle games on DS! I hope Secret Files 2 will be coming as well because i don't own that one yet

Still no sign of Nintendo Selects OoT 3D 😦

@OorWullie the license holder for the TG16 wasn't the same as the one who put R-Type on other systems, so unfortunately, it comes at a premium.
Much better than other, more popular versions, but it is a licensing issue. Nintendo chose to force gamers to pay for that extra fee, hence the increase.

@OorWullie

R-Type was 800 points instead of the usual 600 when it was on the Wii VC as well. The reasoning they gave back then was because in Japan it was released as two games.

Warning! I've played the German release of Secret Files a short while ago. The WiiU port is atrocious. Better get any other version instead.

I almost spit all over my screen thinking you guys got Windjammers before I readjusted my eyes. Now I'm just sad...

@Airola wow! I didn't know that ! Thanks for the tip

@Mahe I brought one of them on Wii Virtual Console for the SNES and didn't like it much. Maybe I should give this version a go.

@wazlon Yeah, the SNES games are different than New Adventure Island. Super Adventure Island is really simple and short (but has great music), while Super Adventure Island II is more like a Wonder Boy/Monster World game.

New Adventure Island and Super Adventure Island share the basic formula of the series, but still have different gameplay. The Turbografx game is one of the best if not the best traditional Adventure Island title.

@Mahe Think I might give it a try now, thank you

@wazlon No problem! Let me know how you like it!

@Mahe Hi again, got it and it's a lot better than the SNES version. It's much faster paced and fluid, I like it.

@wazlon Great to hear that!

Have got 4 of the £1 games and they aren't that bad and bagged 80 gold coins in the process