Finally, Zelda II is coming to Virtual Console as 100th VC title
It is rare for Nintendo to spill information on upcoming VC releases; any sneak peeks at each Monday’s new releases have come from speculation based on new ESRB ratings, or info from 3rd party publishers. The only other time they did this was before the release of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
But today, Nintendo let us [...]
Nintendo vs. hackers: The cat & mouse game commences
It was inevitable; as soon as the Wii launched, several mod chips started appearing, allowing the console to play burned discs. Nintendo, always ready for a fight, has apparently introduced a new hardware revision of the Wii already. So far, only some NTSC-J region consoles are affected. The original blog report cites a forum post, [...]
NINJA WEEK! Wii Virtual Console Games for the week of May 14
It’s Ninja Week at Nintendo, as 2 of this week’s 3 games are ports of Ninja arcade games. We have 2 games for the NES (500 points) and 1 for TurboGraphx 16 (800 points). Let’s do a retrospective of each, and also compare them to their original arcade versions.
Ninja Gaiden | NES | 500 Points [...]
The 10 best games on Virtual Console
Week-by-week, Nintendo’s list of Virtual Console titles keeps growing. As you can imagine, most of the games made available were huge hits back in the day when they were first introduced. But perhaps there are some games you might have missed - maybe you skipped the Nintendo 64, or were a Genesis fanboy [...]
