Nintendo Wii Virtual Console Gets 4 More
Published by pplanet December 2nd, 2006 in Uncategorized, Wii.
And the Virtual Console hits just keep on coming; Nintendo has announced four new titles that will be added this Monday.
Naturally, they must be purchased via the Points system, the online currency for Nintendo Wii. Don’t give in to the temptation to play these titles in the naughty fashion! Straight from the Big N, the latest quartet is as follows:
Donkey Kong Jr. (Super NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Based on the popular arcade game, Donkey Kong Jr. is the sequel to the immensely successful Donkey Kong. Players play as Donkey Kong’s son, Junior, and rescue his dad, who has been kidnapped and imprisoned in a cage by Mario. Players use their jumping and climbing abilities to clamber up vines and chains, gather vital fruit and keys, and open the cage to free their father. Make sure to avoid the pesky birds, nasty electric sparks and creepy chompers. Four different worlds filled with numerous climbing and jumping puzzles await in this timeless classic.
Victory Run (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): Victory Run is a rally racing game, made up of eight different stages set in different countries from Paris to Dakar. Players can race across highways, deserts, savannahs and coastlines. In order to advance to the next stage, players must dodge traffic and cross the finish line within the time limit. Players can upgrade their race car with such parts as tires, gears, engines, suspensions and brakes. Driving on rough courses and hitting obstacles will cause damage to individual parts, so making repairs is critical. Choosing the right setup of parts may be the difference between winning and not finishing the race at all. So go out there and prove to the world that you have what it takes to take raise the gold cup in Victory Run!
Columns (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): Players test their hand at the ancient Phoenician game of Columns. Multicolored gems drop from the top of the screen into a pit. It is up to players to quickly arrange the order of the jewels into lines of three or more as they fall. If gems pile up and reach the top, the game is over.
Ristar (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Greedy, an evil space pirate, has corrupted the kings of the Valdi System’s seven planets and enslaved the people who live there. The plea for a hero is answered by Ristar, who uses his amazing extendable arms and courage to save Valdi from Greedy.
Wow… 5-8 bucks for pixelated games of old. I don’t care how GOOD a classic nes game was, it’s not worth 8 bucks.
Some gamers particularly enjoy those classics, and 5, 6, and 8 dollars is a pretty fair price considering how much it would cost to buy one of those oldschool consoles and the games. Here’s hoping they manage to get Goldeneye. No one can say that wasn’t one of the best.
Um, nes games are 5 bucks not 8.
Also, you miss the point of the “old” games because they are fun to play and dont take 40 hours a week to play. If your bored and have 10 min, when your kid is napping or something, you pick up a controller and play.
I don’t think younger gamers get this, I think they feel like they need a game that takes a high learning curve and lots of time so that they have an excuse to not do home work and veg out.
Nintendo is changing all of that. Games can be more social and physical and not take all of your waking adult life to play.
I think $5 for an NES game is more than reasonable, considering Nintendo has typically sold them for about 4x that price on the Gameboy. I still might not want to pay $5 for something like Donkey Kong (the arcade games should be cheaper yet, in my opinion), but when it comes to games like the original Zelda, I consider it a deal.
The prices for SNES, Genesis, N64, etc, are amazing though. If you have a problem paying $10 for an N64 game, of the caliber of Super Mario 64, then there’s something wrong with you… or you’ve been playing ROMs too long.