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- Wii Shop Update 06.23.08
- Posted 5 months ago by Sarah
This is looking like another less-than-phenomenal week in the world of the Wii Shop Channel. Sure, you get two Virtual Console games and one WiiWare title, but none of these have really done much to get me excited. I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record here, but where are Super Mario RPG and Earthbound at, man?
Anyone else care about these games? Let me know if I'm missing anything.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Sega Master System
1 Player
500 Points
In this platformer from the 1980s, you’re Alex Kidd, looking for your lost brother Egle. In order to find your brother, you’ll have to contend with the evil Janken the Great, who will send his henchmen and monsters at you to thwart your progress. One aspect of this adventure is that you’ll have to play the classic game of “rock, paper, scissors” against the henchmen in order to defeat them. With 16 different levels to conquer in order to save Egle, this classic is sure to test your skills and your wits at the same time.
Burning Fight
Neo-Geo
1-2 Players
900 Points
Released in 1991 by SNK, BURNING FIGHT is a side-scrolling hand-to-hand-combat action game. In pursuit of Casterora, leader of a huge syndicate that has escaped from New York to Osaka, the protagonists are three detectives: Duke, Ryu and Billy. Each character fights using a combination of punches, kicks and jumps, plus his own particular special move, activated by simultaneously pressing the jump and attack buttons. These lethal techniques have enormous destructive force, but they also consume a great deal of energy. For this reason, players must use their special moves with skillful timing. Luckily for the detectives, new weapons and additional health can be found by breaking things like phone booths and street signs along the way. A boss, who must be defeated in order to continue the mission, awaits players at the end of each stage. You can also take on the gang with a friend, but beware-attacks by one player can damage the other, so keep an eye on where your partner is in the heat of the battle. End Casterora’s reign of terror once and for all.
Gyrostarr
4 Players
700 Points
Gyrostarr challenges you and up to three additional players to pilot your ships through a series of twisting, turning technoplasma tracks while battling a variety of deadly alien foes at ever-increasing speeds. While fighting and maneuvering, you must collect enough energy to activate the ancient warpgate at the end of each track. Succeed, and you can journey to the next, even deadlier track. Fail, and the gate will slam shut, destroying your ship. Enhance your ship with weapon pickups, coordinate attacks with your friends to fire powerful combined blasts and use your grapple to snag energy and pickups in the midst of combat. Control your ship with the Wii Remote™ controller, Nunchuk™ controller or Classic Controller™, or use the “paired” control system that allows two players to use a connected Wii Remote and Nunchuk or Classic Controller at the same time. Offering 50 levels of intense action, powerful pickups, high-speed bonus levels and mayhem for up to four players, Gyrostarr is a killer arcade challenge.
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*Sigh* SMRPG (Mallow and Geno baby!) and Earthbound are the two main reasons why I don't have any VC games yet. Holding out for these great games. There was an interview with a Secret of Evermore developer who felt that Square-Enix should release their full SNES library on VC. That would be nice.
still no earthbound or mother BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I would say you're missing out a bit (if my memory serves me) because Burning Fight is a pretty awesome game. I can remember playing the cabinet version in my arcade. It was the kind of game you could finish on a Sunday afternoon with a couple bucks.
Also, Gryostarr looks pretty cool. I may drop $7 bucks on it...