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This game would be great if it wasn't for all the text. Seriously, how awesome would Fire Emblem be if the story was told through animations?

This game gets high score even though it doesn't support the classic controller. I'm suprised

I don't understand why this game hasn't done better. I really enjoyed it and managed to complete it 100%, which is rare for me.

It has a nice story and plenty of variety. Of course I realise that if you compare it to similar games on other platforms it seems a bit kiddish. But its also very accessible and friendly and I would of thought that its a great entry point to the genre as well as being outstanding on Wii.

I've seen it going for half price in some shops and as a budget game its definately worth picking up.

WarioWare is my favourite party game on Wii after Wii Sports and Mario Kart. It can be hilarious with friends around.

Quite possibly the hardest game on Wii.

A complete snoozefest imo. Get Monkey Ball or Koropina instead.

This game has been criminally underrated. I don't care how similar it is to the previous entries in the series. Animal Crossing on Wii is awesome.

Thats a good point actually. WiiWare World and Corbie got plugged in the Official Nintendo Magazine by 2d Boy. And now people won't even be able to find WiiWare World cos it doesn't exist anymore.

As far as I know, this all started from VC-reviews; a place where you could find out what games were good on the Virtual Console and which were best avoided, wriiten by independent gamers.

Now it has come to this. And I'm sad

It all looks too generic for my liking and for that reason alone I think you'll turn off future internet surfers. To be honest I'd might as well just go to ign or one of the countless others now. You've lost the simple charm that you had before.

No thanks. Thats 4 and 0 for me out of the initial arcade releases. However, I think there is great potential for this department of the VC and I'm glad that the VC as a whole isn't being overlooked by Nintendo.

I was saving 800 points for this but couldn't wait any longer and got Super Punch Out today. Anyway this and Adventure Island are still my most anticipated WiiWare titles. So hurry up and get them out NoE!...Please

BTW does anyone know why this is published by Square Enix and not Taito?

I like this game and am glad I bought it. The graphics are really nice and the game play is challenging. Actually I prefer it to the NES version

This game works better for me with the Gamecube controller.

Can anyone tell me what levels 5 and 6 are like? Cos i'm never gonna see them...

No matter how much I play

I'm definately going to get this. I've been dying for a platformer on WiiWare and this certainly fits the bill. Instant download. Get it to Europe now please!

@Chicken Brutus: Don't you think you should be downloading games like Onslaught? Thats if you want to become a 'fully fledged' member of the WiiWare-World team lol

I don't like this game. IMO Ocarina of Time completely blows this out of the water and Twillight Princess is a bigger and better version of OOT. I don't like This, Windwaker or Phantom Hourglass. They suck! OOT and TP Rule!

Thanks Shinnock. I just can't understand why its 9/10 when it's a racing game with no multiplayer and appears to be superseded by F Zero X in every way. At the time I might of been impressed by the 'mode 7' graphics, but now I don't think thats relevant.

Why does this game get 9/10, the same score as F-Zero X, when everybody seems to agree that F-Zero X is better? Which game is better F-Zero or F-Zero X? Surely it is possible to split them, especially now you're scoring games out of ten.

Most RPGs are boring. There's not enough happening to keep my brain engaged. They all seem to follow the same inevitable patterns.

I can't get over the size of the sprites in this game considering its on the NES!

This game has it all; platforming, fighting, strategical use of characters and weapons and its an officially licensed game! The only problem with this game is the difficulty; its too hard! But even though its frustrating its still fun and I feep coming back to it over similar games that are generally more highly revered. Maybe I'm just sadistic like that.

By the way, the Angry Video Game Nerd does a wicked review of this game, you should check it out on youtube. That'll tell you if you want to buy it or not.

I reckon these 8 bit Sonic games represent great value, especially for youngsters. They're a lot of fun, have nice bright graphics, and are much easier than other retro games.

I agree with Shinnock. Definately deserves the perfect ten

@ks8 I wouldn't bother if i were you. You have to be pretty dogged to enjoy this game i think. I gave it up after a few hours. Maybe if the graphics were nicer to look at i could have managed more, but overall i was pretty disappointed with it after i had been drawn into buying it out of curiosity and positive reviews. So I'd urge you to steer clear if you're coming from the same angle as what I was, except you probably know what you like more than what i did at the time...

If you like querky, leftfield type games i'd recommend pokemon snap. Thats a lot of fun! Though it does have a very limited lifespan.

I think this is the best thing you've ever done! Even though I don't agree with all your ratings, I think you overrate a lot of mediocre games as well as lay into some perfectly solid games, at least now I can agree 100% with your perfectly rated games! Before I got the impression you were chucking the 5 star rating around far too liberally. 5 stars could mean anything from 'decent at the time within its genre' to 'absolute gaming perfection'. Now you can click on the score filter and it doesn't come up with a squillion perfectly scored games. Cut a long story short I'm one happy gamer

Well done guys! Great work! When can we expect a percentage?

@Bahamut and 0-Watt. Essentially what you're getting on Wii-Ware is mini games and they can be good at what they do. However just like the many mini-game compilations that are available in retail most of the time they don't add up to much.

By the time you've bought a few of these "highly rated" WiiWare titles you will have come to the same price as a Metroid a Zelda or Mario game, especially as these games are available quite cheap second hand.

I know that I'd rather save my money for something truly epic rather than wasting my time and money on ultimately unsatisfying games. So far WiiWare has produced World of Goo (a one off) and updated versions of old puzzels games that I already knew I like. The rest is a waste of time and money.

I don't care how small the team was that made the game or what there budget was, all I care about is how much bang I get for my buck. And I'm saying that getting excited about an FPS on WiiWare is silly. You'd be much better off spending your time and money on a proper retail game that will really satisfy you.

I've been coming to this website since it was launched and looking back at their record I believe their scores to be fair and accurate. In fact I wish thses guys also reviewed retail games.

On the other hand I think WiiWare is a bit off a rip of for most gamers (the one's who like to consider their purchases before rushing in). Case in point, you can buy Metroid Prime 3 for £15 online or second-hand then you can play it an enjoy it to the maximum, then trade it in to the value of about £8. So overall the the game cost you £7 the same price as Onslaught.

Now Corbie says we shouldn't compare retail and WiiWare points but I am going to compare them cos overall the cost is about the same. And Metroid Prime 3 is indisputably a far superior gaming experience to Onslaught.

There is no storage problem except for otaku and geeks. Never was a truer word spoken man.
If any of you guys have a problem with that then you need to start enjoying your Wiis a little more, cos let’s face it if someone took them away you'd cry like little babies.

This game is pure fun. Ok, so you might not come back to it as much as Super Mario Bros. but I guarantee that you'll enjoy the first play through... a lot!

It is easier than Sonic on the MD, which makes it more enjoyable for beginners. Quite possilby the best 500 pointer imo.

I've downloaded a lot of games from the VC that I've been disappointed with. But this isn't one of them! When you're playing this game (even now 2009) you realise that you're playing one of the best 2d adventures ever made.

If you're looking for a game that is actually worth your wii points, and despite the improvements in graphics and sound etc. that can still draw you in and give you a marvellous gaming experience then THIS IS IT!

A genuine 10 star games

Don't hesitate about this game, its awesome buy it!

Probably the only game that I've ever played from dusk till dawn simply because I had to complete the game, and I enjoyed every minute of it!

I'm curious about this game but can't decide whether to get this or the mega-drive version...

The first level looks the same but there seems to be more things going on in the megadrive version. mmmmm?

Maybe we'll look back and say - 'do you remember the week we only got lonpos' and we'll laugh and say 'arrr yeah those were the days'. Cos we'll be so happy with all our amazing WiiWare games that we won't care that just for one week it was total crap. But it ain't funny now

Why's everyone doubting Nintendo. Of my ten favorite Wii games 9 were published by Nintendo and the other one is RE4.

I think WiiWare is for the likes of Frontier and 2D Boy and other small-time developers to get some attention, would we have bothered with Lost Winds if we'd had a Mario game at launch?

I definately wouldn't want Nintendo to get distracted from making big retail games, for example I would freakin' love a new full-blown Starfox game, that would make my 2009. (what are the chances I wonder?)

If you want gorgeuos colourful 2D Nintendo platform games buy a DS.

Best WiiWare game so far? Dr. Mario (by Nintendo)

This game looks freakin awesome, I'm totally hyped about it. Only thing is that it might be too trippy and you end up writhing around on the carpet like homer simpson Cross between pac-man and rez?

@DarkAkatosh. I don't particulary want to buy three games consoles. Even with the limitations of the hard drive its still better then PS3 or Xbox360.

At first I was interested in the VC because it let me go back and check out the games I missed along my own console journey, (which was Master System > Mega Drive > N64 > PS2 > Wii).

But now I've reached the point where I'm more interested in VC releases than retail releases (except the obvious Mario and Zeldas etc.) Thats because I've realised that 10 year-old AAA games are much better than the average releases today. I don't know what that tells you about the modern game industry other than graphics aren't everything and games were more fun in the past.

Bottom line is that the VC is essential for gamers like me who have to fill there time between the Nintendo masterpieces and If the VC is allowed to dry I'm gonna be mighty angry!!!

@Corbie I thought EA were in their prime for the megadrive era. It was games like Road Rash, Desert Strike, EA Hockey and Madden 92 that made the Mega Drive a real boy's favourite over Nintendo's girly SNES.

However, since then EA has been on the slide and even though I've bought games like SSX Blur, Medal of Honour and Tiger Woods for the Wii, I've been dissappionted with all of them and eventually traded them in.

So now I don't buy any EA titles.

I hate the fact that we now have a 2 week gap between VC releases! So basically we have half the amount of VC games coming out and we have to wait twice as long to get them. All because of WiiWare.

I think what Nintedo is doing is sacrificing the VC to give a leg up to WiiWare and I understand why they're doing it, eventually they're going to run out of classic retro games to release and need high quality original titles to take up the mantle.

But from a personal point of few, I would rather Nintendo ditched WiiWare and brokered deals with other games developers to release their back catalogues instead, to boost the VC (like EA for example). Though I guess for the future of downloadable gaming its better that they invest there efforts in WiiWare, even though, at the moment it offers very little in terms of value or quality.

BTW excellant article and thanks for raising the issue.

So what decent multidirectional shooter can I buy with my wii points? Something in the mould of desert strike on the Mega Drive.

"This game will be similar to Advance Wars but with rpg elements"

That would be Fire Emblem then

Thank you Nintendo!!!

I mean seriously Nintendo! What else are we meant to play this christmas holiday? Animal Crossing for the 3rd time? no thanks. Wii music? can't see it. I'm relying on WoG to entertain me after the festivities are over.

Ce-le-brate good times, come on!

Thanks for the info guys! I really hope world of goo is out for christmas, not that i'll be able to get the rest of my family off mario kart anyway, but i'm still hoping.

About demon212, i think he should make a comeback. With outrageuos comments like dr. mario is a poor man's tetris, picross is a glorified minsweeper and banjo kazoie was the game mario64 should of been. I think he is sorely missed, if only for comedic value.

Fair enough. I think I'll start a new account as well, can't even remember why I chose this username anyway. I kind of miss demon212, he used to make some outrageous comments. If anyone cares...

Its not fair that we don't have World of Goo yet.

Does anyone know the chances of Europe getting World of Goo for Christmas? Thats what we all want!

And what's happened to .x.supermario.x. and demon212 I've not seen those guys posting in ages!