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I wish some sort of system like that did get introduced. If it would increase the points of other games then i guess it's best not to.

@ LinktotheFuture even at $8 it still seems like a bad joke.

I did play this game in some other form a long time ago. I quite liked it but that 800 Points tag puts me right off.

@ LinktotheFuture i hear Space Invaders was one of the smallest SNES titles in terms of memory (just 2Mb i think). Should be about the same as a NES title.

Sounds ok and unique to me although it does look a bit rough. Not really after another shooter at the moment though since I have tons of them on my VC to complete and they are probably more enjoyable then this one.

Just realised i wounder how this game plays with the gamecube and classic controllers analog stick?

One star. Dunno if it's a bit harsh since i would like to somehow play the original game. But than again 800 points might be a bit too much for a really old game that might have been fine on the NES.

An okish update but a bit "meh". I can imagine quite a uproar for the lack of Castlevaina III and PS4. But then again we don't have Super Turrican 2, Mario Golf or Mana.

I am really considering getting this. Looks great but can anybody recommend getting this in single player and does the action get dull in places? Although the review says the music is nothing special i think it's quite catchy in that video.

I am annoyed as you are Kurachi. Wounder whats taking Nintendio so long?

"Just the two on VC this week - But both of them are terrific, so there's nothing to really complain about!"

Um still no SoM, Super Turrican 2 and Mario Golf dispite them been released in NA well over a month ago. Glad theres 2 great games this week but we still need tons of catching up to do. I may as well just give up waiting for Secret of Mana

Hopefully that will change tonight (please let SoM come).

@Bass I communicate with the seller to email me the code along with free postage costs. Works like a charm every time.

It does depend on how much the actual price of the cards are though. I was lucky enough to get 2 cards for £10 each this week

@LinktotheFuture Yep, and a complete waste of packaging of you ask me.

@ LinktotheFuture I think you guys have different Wii Points packaging to us Europeans. Didn't notice that the PAL version of Wii Point cards are different until now. I just buy my Points from Ebay nowadays since i can get them £2-£5 cheaper than the shops.

This feels like the beginning of Virtual Console 08 again. Remember January to February where us PAL owners got Super Street Fighter II, Adventures of Lolo 2 and Lords of Thunder? All 1 game weeks in a row so i hope nintendo doesn't do this to us again since we have loads of catching up to do with the american VC.

@ Bass I really need to download this titles i said. Those other games you mentioned really needs to come out too, but i don't need Mario Golf since i already own the N64 cartridge and i am not really interested in DK3.

You guys should get Castlevania III by this month but you can't complan about this weeks releases even if it's just another 1 game week.

You lucky lucky people. I hope it doesn't interfere with Secret of Mana and Super Turrican 2 been released this week.

Like i said i hope it's nintendo holding out on those games for a later date.

@RadioShadow I hope you are wrong. 900 points is just not worth it for a botched Mega Drive game with possible watered down PAL music. Besides other import games for PAL run in 60hz so why Sega converts them to 50hz is beyond me.

I guess Majoras mask is not coming yet either because it's hard to emulate due to the expansion pak of RAM or Ninty are saving it for a rainy day. I hope it's the latter.

@ Angelic Lapras King Ah

i see. I never knew the MS version was the nearly the same as the GG except with a better framerate (well i think). I think it's ok although it doesn't hold my attention as much as the 16-bit versions.

About time. MUSHA and Mercs sounds great. Now if only Wings of Wor, Shadow Dancer,Warsong, Tetris Attack and Parasol Stars got the same treatment.

Quite a bad update. I am sure people would prefer the Saturn or 32X version of Space Harrier.

Well they are forced to fix it since it's not an exact port of the C64 version due to bad emulation. I don't think Nintendo gives a damn about PAL games running in 50hz which i think is quite sad.

@ Bass X0 I know that, and most games on that system are well worth a download.

I guess we will be getting Mega Man 3 soon too.

Another Square-Enix game. Sounds quite good though.

http://www.cubed3.com/news/10962

I hope this means they are fixing Monsterland.

This was on Sonic Gems Collection right? Decent game though the Mega Drive version is far far superior.

@Tony yep since it never saw the light of day in america. You guys might get this the same day as Devil World

If only NOE actually did that. Then i would actually stop feeling regrets about not importing a NTSC WIi in the first place as well as snapping up those games i mentioned.

Still no SoM or Super Turrican 2 but i guess the halloween themed VC week still makes downloading a couple of games.

@Omegastoopreme You can't go by ONMs magazine just to look at VC releases. They did this with Super Street Fighter II, Sonic on the master system and Ghosts and Goblins. Besides they don't bother reviewing most VC releases anymore even skipping quite a few very good games.

@Betagam7 you took the words right out of my mouth. I too have tons of VC games but some i refuse to download due to the poor PAL conversions (Vectorman,Castlevania Mayham In Monsterland,etc) Oh and 4 or 5 other games i own i kinda dislike the music due to the slower music.

(prays SoM comes out this week) Oh and Super Turrican 2 would be nice too but that game seems to be held off too for some reason.

Another 1 game week but at least you guys finally get Earthworm Jim. I wounder if we will get Castlevania III this week? Although if we get SoM this week i will be happy enough.

I hear changing you Wii's region to NA or Japan doesn't work anymore thanks to the recent update blocking homebrew.

Same here i really hope this comes out next week. Although i doubt i will play the game on an emulator since that will ruin the experence for me. I never played the game before. Besides ROMs are kinda crap.

Sounds like a great game. Although i am a bit put off that this game has fiddly controls. I might get this soon thoug i just dunno at the moment.

Never played SoM before but i really can't wait to download it once it becomes available since it sounds like a really awesome game due to the hype. If the quality of the game is anything like Super Mario RPG then i should find this really enjoyable.

There is a fair amount of slowdown on a certion part of the 2nd stage. Dunno about about the other stages though since I can only manage to get up to level 4.

@RadioShadow Very clever I would do the same thing myself but i worry that the tool would brick my Wii.

Crappy week? Gradius II is awesome. Even if you guys don't like shmups you guys did get Secret Of Mana last week

Glad you guys finally got Gradius II. One of the best Shooters on the VC.

Wish i imported a NTSC Wii.

An underrated gem. This is a really cool run & gun game. Even the music is great. Although the controls do take some getting used to though. Shame about the lack of comments though.

This game is really showing it's age now. I can't see how people think this deserves more than 3 stars. You really need to be a Metroid fan in order to enjoy this game since the game has the samey level design making the game fustrating and you can't shoot in 8 directions.I think 3 stars is just right.

"I'm sure you'll get Axelay eventually, though. Just as soon as we get Probotector II.

Of course we will in about a year from now lol.

@Betagam7 Yep although buying a AU 2000 points card is perfect for those who don't have Visa or MC debit/credit cards. I only lost out on 200 points (800 spent on Axelay, 800 on Ys 1 & 2 and 200 on MM9 content).

@Shiryu buy a 2000 AU points card and set your Wii's contry settings to Australia. Thats how i got Axelay. Do bear in mind it wipes your points everytime change countries mind.

And yeah where is Super Turrican 2? I was expecting that game to come too.

Some good suprises and bad suprises this week. Apart from Mayhem nothing here takes my pick. Was kinda expecting this so i am not that dissapointed we don't have SOM (although we have to wait 2 more weeks).

Awful awful music. And i would have given it a quick glance on the VC. One to avoid i suposse.