Yep, news is still flowing out of Nintendo's GDC 09 keynote. Nintendo is once again expanding the Wii Virtual Console, this time adding support for arcade titles. Yay! As you might have expected, the new category is already accessible from home, and four games are up for sale:
- Gaplus (Namco Bandai): 600 Wii Points
- Mappy (Namco Bandai): 500 Wii Points
- The Tower Of Druaga (Namco Bandai): 500 Wii Points
- Starforce (Tecmo): 500 Wii Points
It's also worth mentioning that Space Harrier and Solvalou are on the horizon, but nothing other than "coming soon" was announced. While I personally don't feel the sudden urge to leave my cozy office and go download any of these titles, I am however excited about what games could potentially be in the pipeline.
Are there any arcade games that you're dying to see come to Virtual Console Arcade? I've got one in mind: it starts with an "X" and ends with "-men."
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1:45 PM on 03.25.2009
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For me, bring on the Turtles -- the good one from the late 80s/early 90s.
Marvel vs Capcom 2 anyone?
lol j/k
That kinda cost seems a bit excessive for such old games.
Oh and to all of you wanting Simpsons and X-men? Never gonna happen as the companies that made those 2 games don't have that license anymore which makes me sad.
Popeye would be nice, too, but that's wishful thinking.
This is something I've been waiting for.
Popeye would be nice, too, but that's wishful thinking.
This is something I've been waiting for.
Both X-Men and The Simpsons were made by Konami. Konami was some how able to get the TMNT arcade game on XBLA and the TMNT NES game on VC despite no longer having the TMNT license, so I don't see why they couldn't do the same with X-Men and The Simpsons.
OUTRUN
OUTRUN
OUTRUN
OUTRUN
And also maybe original arcade PunchOut!
But OUTRUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Other than that, X-Men on the Wii would make my head explode while I wept at the same time.
In the meantime, I agree with calls for Outrun, X-Men and Simpsons, but a version of Lucky and Wild would be ripe for the Wii. One controller for moving the car, the other using the Wii-mote to shoot.