After a good number of weeks of solid classics being released, it's hard to bring you news of this week's line-up -
Tecmo Bowl (
NES, 500 points),
Sonic Spinball (Sega Genesis, 800 points), and
Double Dungeons (Turbo-
Grafx16, 600 points).
While one can make an argument that
Tecmo Bowl is the greatest football game ever made (and its release this year will be the reason why Madden NFL 2008 on the Wii will be the lowest seller on any of the platforms), there's a few things to keep in mind. First, this game doesn't age as well as you'd expect, and you're going to have to spend five dollars on it to find this out. Secondly, I just bought
Tecmo Classic Arcade for the
Xbox for
$3.99 -- the game features
Tecmo Bowl in addition to ten other games. Yikes.
Still,
Sonic Spinball isn't half bad, and killing various colored slimes along with multiple, palette-swapped monsters might be your idea of a good time. If so, this week is for you.
Hit the jump for the full Nintendo PR spin.
March 12, 2007
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:
Tecmo Bowl™ (NES®, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Tecmo Bowl pits the player versus the computer in 11-game, single-elimination playoff action. Players also can go head-to-head with a human opponent in action or coach mode. The player can select from 12 teams. On offense there are usually two run and two pass plays to choose from. The player takes control of the quarterback before the snap and then either hands off to the running back or works through his receiver progression from the top to the bottom of the screen. Defense consists of trying to guess which offensive play the opponent will select and then taking control of one of the defensive players before the snap. A very simple power-meter system is used for kicking field goals, extra points and punts.
Sonic Spinball™ (Sega Genesis, 1-4 players, 800 Wii Points): Dr. Eggman (aka Dr. Robotnik) has taken over Mt. Mobius and turned it into a mechanical base. He is using energy from the magma flowing under the volcano to power his Veg-O-Fortress. He has the power to transform helpless animals into robots. Sonic the Hedgehog must take down this fortress to free the enslaved animals. The only way to make that happen is to trigger an eruption in the volcano it's built on. Sonic knows this can be done by removing the Chaos Emeralds that keep the volcano stable. Dr. Eggman, however, is also aware of the fragile relationship that exists between the emeralds and the mountain, and he's set up an elaborate Pinball Defense System to make sure the precious jewels don't go anywhere.
Double Dungeons (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points): Double Dungeons is a dungeon role-playing game that features smooth-scrolling 3-D game play. Two players can play at the same time, which makes this game truly stand out from the rest. There are 22 unique scenarios, spread out among six levels. The higher the level is, the harder the scenario. Because each scenario is independent, players can choose to start the game from any scenario other than the final one. Players defeat monsters in each dungeon to gain experience while searching for the "key" that opens the door to the room with the boss. They buy equipment at the shop, team up with characters and defeat the boss to clear a scenario. Players must conquer all 21 scenarios from levels 1 through 5 to obtain passwords. If they obtain all of them, they make their way to the final scenario!
The list of downloadable games is updated weekly on Nintendo's Online Press Room at press.nintendo.com. For more information about Wii, please visit wii.com.
Contest:
7:31 AM on 03.12.2007 | 
Truly, that takes talent.
If it uses licensed players names (I wasn't then and I'm not now, and I will never be, a "football guy") then Players, Inc would still have the rights to them. The players unions make sure that paychecks get sent to whomever appears in a release.
And so long as these guys are pulling a pension check, they're still under contract to have their name and likeness used.
Your broken 360 is what scares me about getting one Snail.
If we're going to lull things on the VC front, Nintendo could hand things over to some decent third party content. That wouldn't kill 'em.
Maybe release something REALLY off the wall that people might want... Turtles in Time? Vegas Stakes? Mega Man?
I thought we were gonna have Duck Hunt? Where'd that go?
Shoot me in the face.
I'm around, just been super busy at work, so I haven't had the time to do my (what use to be) regular amount of commentating.
you'll be waiting a long ass time.
1. the wii isn't going anywhere this gen, not with smash bros and galaxy coming out
2. they'll give away free VC games when we pry them from their cold, dead hands
I love Sonic Spinball (but I have it in like three different formats already), and Tecmo Bowl is something that could temp me. Super Tecmo Bowl would be a definite purchase though.
And I bet we'll start seeing Zapper/Super Scope games as soon as Nintendo decides to release that Zapper shell. I think bhive01 is dead on about Nintendo needing to rework the light gun games first though.
"If I kill Gutsman, Dr. Light'll let me have a puddin' cup! I like bananas!"
Who lets the bulbously thigh'd geriatric hold handguns anyway?
Anyways, dont worry bhive, they were cool enough to take care of it with minimal hassle, better than Nintento Customer Support, IMO.
Sorry bout your luck Chris, maybe when you get the time and I get the xbox we can chill online.
Back to work..(yes it's fucking with me hardcore)
6 NES games = 3000 points = $30
1 SNES game = 800 points = $8
1 PSX game = we'll say 800 points = $8
2 Arcade games = we'll say 1000 points = $10
Total VC cost = $56