OH MY GOD YESSSS!!!!!

This weeks Virtual Console games ..
Shining Force !!! w00t !!

One of the rare games that would make me get back up after getting home from work, and go buy a point card.

Shining Force brings back some of my fondest Genesis memories. I hope the fantastic sequal is on the way soon.


Shining Force™ (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone – Mild Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points)

Also this added this week:

Kirby's Dream Course™ (Super NES®, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 800 Wii Points)

Devil's Crush (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone – Animated Blood, Mild Fantasy Violence, 600 Wii Points)

Beware of my Smooth Moves..

I picked up Smooth Moves new and full price for god knows what reason. For those of you who haven't play any of the wario games.. go play one now, but try to rent. Basically nothing more than a bunch of simple tasks designed to make you quickly figure out what to do, and likely laugh at the results. The popular example givin in most magazines is the long standing nose picking that has shown up in pretty much all the games now I think. In this one you move the wi mote up and towords the screen and guide the fingers into the whole. Usually you get 10 or less seconds to figure out what to do, and some really vauge text like "jump!".

Pretty much the same story as the others. Wario Ware Smooth moves is a short but sweet experince that grows repetitive about the time you finish your first lap. Spending a few more our cleaning up the rest of the mini games, and trying to unlock everything isn't quite as fun as the initial thrill of seeing all the jokes, and figuring out all the games for the first time.

I am kind of dissapointed that they didn't included any toys like in Touched. The little unlockable toys in touched end up being the sole reason that version is my fav.

I figure it is inevitable that I will be burned out on all these minigame-games that are comning out pretty quickly. I already decided not to bother with raving rabbits.

This weeks Virtual Console update..

Blah on Genesis games!!
I want more SNES !! .. in fact I demand it..

Anyways, here's what we got.

Lode Runner® (NES®, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points): Pass

Sonic the Hedgehog™ 2 (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 800 Wii Points): I will probably get it someday, but I recently played all the Sonic games on the Gamecube.. so I have no interest in playing them right now. They would have been nice with achievements for the XBLA though.

Golden Axe™ II (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older – Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points): Probably going to pass on this as well.
Where's my Soul Blazer !!

The Nintendo Press Room..

I am waiting with points in hand to find out what todays new Virtual Console game is.. My favorite places to check in on when waiting for new releases.. well Kotaku, and the Nintendo Press Room.

Basically Kotaku posts with a regurgitated rant about what they say on the "wii-kly update". Not quite the wii version of Major Nelson.com, it's still a good place for the new VC info.

Meanwhile.. I added it to the small list of community sites for the wii

I do need more good places to check for stuff.. well eventually.

Super Smash Controller Options..

Via Kotaku..

Somehow the idea of hearing "I suppose I would recommend the Nintendo GameCube controller, though." doesn't help the "two Gamecubes taped together" stigma the wii is developing.

Apparently Smash Brothers on the wii has 4 distinct controller set ups to choose from, two of them are waggle free classic/cube controller set ups, and more suprising is the sideways wiimote set up, (paper mario style). You can also toss in the nunchuk.

I am sure I will be trying them all, but I don't really like using the gamecube controller on my wii.

Super Paper Mario Looks AMAZING!

I am not suprised. I was already a huge fan of Paper Mario, and Intellgent Systems the developer of the game is easily one of the top developers ever.

I love how they took the Paper Mario "style", and went classic 2D side scroller with it. I am blown away with the game footage so far. I must get a wii for this game. I believe it comes out in April.

Must have wii killer app for mii, for sure.

I Love Super Mario World.

In my opinion, Super Mario World is the definitive Mario classic. The best of the best. I spent endless hours trying to play this game on my friend's Snes console while waiting to get mine for Xmas.

I spent hour after hour trying to fully find everything in this game, without any help from anything or anybody. Unlocking the final map was bitter sweet, as I had finished my quest to master the game, but the fantastic ride was over. What was the last place I couldn't find? The small island that connects to the bridge near the top middle of the map. Star World was cake compared to finding that. I still remember the epiphany I had when I realized the red dots ment it had a second exit.

Oh, BTW it is on the Virtual Console (wii) now, along with two other "not-so" classic games.

Super Mario World - Super NES, 800 Wii Points
VIGILANTE - TurboGrafx-16, 600 Wii Points
Gain Ground - Sega Genesis, 800 Wii Points
I guess if you haven't played them, "it's new to you".

Virtual Arcade > Xbox Live Arcade this week easily.

Unless Castlevania: Syphony of the Night comes popping out of Major Nelson's ass, this week is owned easily by the wii.

and it is only Monday.

Why?

Zelda : A Link to the Past, one of the greatest games of all time came out for the wii today.