Nintendo has announced that
Super Ghouls N' Ghosts (
SNES, 800 points);
Sword of Vermillion (Genesis, 800 points); and
Elevator Action (
NES, 500 points), will all be hitting the Virtual Console today.
Among the three,
Super Ghouls N' Ghosts is the one game that helped me hone my profanity hurling skills in middle school. And might I add, best box art art ever? Is that a
ghoulie popping up from behind that tombstone? For those things,
Capcom, I salute you. Pew pew pew!
Hit the jump for the full press release.
Today Nintendo adds three new classic games to the popular Wii™ video game system's Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:Elevator Action (NES®, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): This is a multidirectional, scroll-type spy-action game that is a blast from the past. Control a spy and sneak alone into a building to steal the secret papers hidden there. Use a pistol, kicks, an elevator and even the lights to take out the building's guards. The gun-fighting action is full of thrills. Players will need speed and timing to get on the elevators, move between floors, steal the secret papers and escape from the basement parking lot.
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts™ (Super NES®, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): The third game in the legendary Ghosts 'n Goblins series of video games, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts follows Arthur in another quest to rescue the princess, his fair maiden and damsel in distress at large. Players take control of Arthur and defeat the creatures of the night to save the day once more. Discover what glory awaits those brave enough to take on the armies of Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
Sword of Vermilion™ (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Sword of Vermilion is about the role of Erik's son, who takes on a quest of revenge to defeat Tsarkon and free the world of Vermilion from evil. In the town of Excalabria, the people went about their business and tended to the fields. One day, vicious fighting broke out everywhere as the army of Cartahena, led by the wizard-king Tsarkon, swarmed all over the town. The townsmen were overwhelmed. The castle of King Erik V collapsed. Erik summoned his bravest, strongest and most faithful warrior, Blade, and gave him his infant son and an ancient family heirloom, the ring of wisdom. He ordered Blade to save himself and the child while the castle burned. Blade traveled to a small village named Wyclif, where he settled down and raised the child as his own son. Eighteen years later, the son of Erik begins his quest. Save the world of Vermilion and fulfill the prophecy of the Malaga fortune-tellers!
Contest:
7:31 AM on 03.05.2007
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Too bad you can't steal VC games
G&G on the other hand is freaking awesome and really deserve a hot spot next to Contra 3 in your Wii's library of "horribly difficult games to beat"!
Featuring Aerosmith maybe?
Super Ghouls and Ghosts haunts my dreams. That game beat me. I don't know if I can stand another go at it.
I never really understood that one.
I was a youngin back then though.
I've never heard of Elevator Action before. Who developed/published it?
Contra 3: Alien Wars was a hard game to beat? since when?
And no, it's not a porno; but with some clever ROM hacking skills, one of our readers can make it happen!
If I wanted to rent, I'd go to Colortyme and rents me a SNES.
Oh, 3rd parties, Thank you!
Capcom, please sir, may we have some more?
...ok, I'm drunk
But for real, I played with the service in beta, and was impressed. The new Sam and Max episodes are REALLY tempting.
I don't know about an exact date for excitebike, but I know the most recent Nintendo Power was showing it as a VC release, so I can't imagine it'll be too much longer.
It's $9.95 a month, $.99 the first month. There's cheaper plans if you buy 3, 6, or 12 month subscription blocks. I've been a subscriber to Gametap for over a year now, really love it. My screen name on there is Mxyzptlk if anyone wants to play a lagtastic challenge game.
Ah, an old arcade game, no wonder I never heard of it. On a related note: is it bad that I get Taito and Tecmo confused sometimes?
My top gametap picks
Grandia 2
Worms armageddon
baldur's gate 2
colin mccrae rally 2005
wings of war
BG+E
Incredible toon machine
Magical drop 2 + 3
Street Fighter Alpha 3
and others
Someone should start a forum thread with everyone's Gametap ids and the Challenge games they've registered for. I might do that tonight at work if nobody beats me to it.