Wow, meh doesn't even begin to describe the mediocrity of this week's releases...

What are you talking about? Dynamite Headdy is awesome!

I guess we should just only download SNES titles to give them a little bit of a hint.

Also call daily to say that you want a universal friend code (sup console's friend code) and Neo-Geo games.

Neo-Geo games would be awesome, but I think the Wii has too much of a memory problem to be able to handle those for the moment.

This week on Virtual Console US (8/6/07)

Adventures of Lolo (NES)
Galaga '90 (TG16)
Wave Race 64 (N64)

Wave Race? Damn. Never did own it, but had fun playing it.

Oh? Is Nintendo back to 1-N64-game-a-month now?

Other than that, I'm broke and not really interested in this week.

Yes, because N64 games are just that special. Fuckers.

I remember having a lot of fun with Waverace 64 back in the day, but that may have only been because it was one of the few N64 games we had for awhile. It's tempting, but I'm short on points and it doesn't seem worth the effort to get more just for Waverace.

I'm waiting for Duke Nukem 64 and Duke Nukem: Zero Hour. Although I don't see those games coming to the VIrtual Console anytime soon. :(

I find it much more exciting to not look at the new games for a month at a time. That way I can actually be excited and find one good title.

*plays Shining Force*

Wave Race sounds tempting.

I have almost all the N64 games available minus Super Mario 64... Wave race is just a little too short on action though... You could only do so much with it.

Adventure of Lolo !!!!!

What a great game. Well, the third is the best, but it's better than nothing.

Too bad the Wii Shop is under maintenance right now.

I guess I'll post this here since Acer killed the official Wii thread. It looks like there's a new update for the Wii. It was down for over 8 hours today (for me at least).

No idea what it's about, though.

Edit:

From what I've seen the new update adds a digital clock to the main menu, and the Virtual Console is now set out differently. You can now search by "most popular" and by genre.

Modders beware! (the last line)

Finally, we have a date for Super Metroid! According to the Wii Shop news for "A Month of Metroid" we're getting Metroid for the NES on the 13th and Super Metroid on the 20th.

Great. I was looking forward to that I just used my last 500 points on Super Mario 2. What the hell was I thinking? (I'm in major debt so I can't buy anything ._.)

I wonder if they would consider releasing Gameboy games? Metriod II was pretty good, along with a ton of other titles of course.

I wouldn't mind a remake of Metroid II for the DS or something. There a few GB titles that would be pretty awesome on the Virtual Console. There's always room for them I suppose but I'd want Nintendo to quit with the 3 titles a week, 2 of which usually don't interest me at all routine that they keep dishing out before getting GB games on VC.

This week's

Cratermaze - TurboGFX
Shining in the Darkness - Sega Genesis
Metroid - NES

I never played the first Metroid so...maybe I should get it? I do have 600 points left.

And. According to them, Super Metroid will be released on the 20th of August. It's under the topc "Month of Metroid". Very Promising. I didn't get to play Super that much either so someone here needs to shed some light on these two games ;p.

AWESOME! Now I really cant wait to get my Wii!!!! I never Got a chance to beat Shining IN the Darkness because my Genesis gave out first. and I never got a chance to play metroid, and i cant wait to play I this time around. I just cant wait

If you're looking for difficulty and a classic game, go with Metroid on the NES. I never beat it, never could figure out where to go.

If you're looking for something easier and need a sense of direction, get the remake on GBA called Metroid: Zero Mission.

As far as Super Metroid goes, I've never played it myself. However, I've heard it's one of the best games the SNES had to offer.

As for the other two games that came out this week, no clue about either of them. All I know is Shining in the Darkness is an RPG.

Fixed.

Metroid really isn't that hard. I remember thinking back to the days when I was a kid and had trouble beating the game, then trying the game later on only to find that it was easy enough to beat in one sitting. It's a great game though, I can't recommend it enough if you don't own the original.

Well fellas, we were given two great gifts

Neutopia : Turbo Grafx16
Super Metroid - SNES
Shinobi 3 Return of the Ninja Master - Genesis

looks like I'll have to throw in 20 bucks for these two titles

Or you could just spend 20 bucks and buy the Sega Genesis Collection and get a bunch of those Virtual Console Genesis games that are already out and stick 'em on your PS2 and play them in progressive.


(and then spend the 10 to get Super Metroid, cuz that shit is tight)