Man, I freaking LOVE Adventure Island. I played the hell out of every version on the NES when I was a kid, and this morning when I heard that Hudson had announced that a new version of the beloved classic was coming to WiiWare, I couldn't help but smile out of pure nostalgia.
All we know right now is that the game will be completely new and feature Master Higgins. There's no word as to whether it will be a side scroller like the originals (please God), but it will be released in Europe this April, so we ought to see a US release soon after.
Retro remakes weren't all Hudson had to show off: also announced was Onslaught, a rather handsome-looking FPS that is set in the future and sends you and your team after a lost research colony. As you can imagine, things get ugly out there pretty quickly. Onslaught allows you to co-op with up to four players and comes out next month in Europe.
Is it just me, or are things looking a little brighter for WiiWare after news like this?
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9:40 AM on 02.05.2009 | 
I'll look forward to this WiiWare release.
. . . now about getting me a new Wonder Boy . . .
Onslaught? Eh, maybe. Probably not though.
That Onslaught image reminds me of Dyson's "I'm a macho motherfuckin' marine" assessment of Halo and FPS games of that nature.
I'm wondering if they are going to keep it just as hard.
I belive nintendo saying something about downloading directly your vc or wiiware games to sd cards, though im sure if you could play they directly off of them like you could with rockband 2 or gh: world tours.
I usre hope this doesn't require the friggin' friendscodes...
As for Onslaught, it looks generic, but despite this I find it very encouraging that a japanese developer is trying to do an FPS game (if its WW too). That's what Wii Ware is all about, taking chances on those concepts that would otherwise never get made. I know Hudson are a talented bunch, so I'll give them a break til we know more.
But I preferred SEGA's Wonder Boy game starring Tom-Tom...
Remember that game?!
Hard as hell!