The One and Only Virtual Console Thread (Wii)
09-21-09 | 09:18 AM
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Wow... what a winner week. 
09-21-09 | 09:24 AM
#902
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I really wish they would add Super Tennis.
09-21-09 | 09:26 AM
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You, Me and the Cubes looks pretty cool.
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09-21-09 | 07:17 PM
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I wasn't super clear on it from the video. I got the general idea, but the IGN review makes the full concept clear and it does sound like a really unique puzzle game. IGN definitely liked it a lot.
09-22-09 | 01:36 PM
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Re: The One and Only Virtual Console Thread (Wii)
Does anybody know what are the problems keeping certain Nintendo 64 games such as Donkey Kong 64 off of the Wii? They made use of an "expansion pack" or something, right? Why is that making it so they can't be ported to the Wii yet? Is there any progress in this? Do you think they would make it to the Wii ever?
09-22-09 | 01:43 PM
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The reason is there's no new Wii release or Holiday that Nintendo can tie a VC release into.
They're not as interested in VC anymore, it's all about WiiWare and DSiWare now. It has nothing to do with an optional expansion pack for the N64 emulator.
They're not as interested in VC anymore, it's all about WiiWare and DSiWare now. It has nothing to do with an optional expansion pack for the N64 emulator.
09-22-09 | 02:38 PM
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Re: The One and Only Virtual Console Thread (Wii)
Does anybody know what are the problems keeping certain Nintendo 64 games such as Donkey Kong 64 off of the Wii? They made use of an "expansion pack" or something, right? Why is that making it so they can't be ported to the Wii yet? Is there any progress in this? Do you think they would make it to the Wii ever?
09-22-09 | 02:44 PM
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The way it worked out was that any IP owned by Nintendo (Donkey Kong, Diddy, Starfox, etc) remains with Nintendo. Any independently owned and created IP by Rare goes with them (Banjo, Perfect Dark, Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini, etc).
Whether or not MS actually owns those IPs now is unknown. They may just own Rare. So if Rare leaves MS at some point (or is sold like before) we don't actually know if they still retain those IPs or they move with them like the move from Nintendo.
09-22-09 | 03:28 PM
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You thought Rare held the rights to a Nintendo character/franchise? Not quite.
The way it worked out was that any IP owned by Nintendo (Donkey Kong, Diddy, Starfox, etc) remains with Nintendo. Any independently owned and created IP by Rare goes with them (Banjo, Perfect Dark, Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini, etc).
Whether or not MS actually owns those IPs now is unknown. They may just own Rare. So if Rare leaves MS at some point (or is sold like before) we don't actually know if they still retain those IPs or they move with them like the move from Nintendo.
The way it worked out was that any IP owned by Nintendo (Donkey Kong, Diddy, Starfox, etc) remains with Nintendo. Any independently owned and created IP by Rare goes with them (Banjo, Perfect Dark, Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini, etc).
Whether or not MS actually owns those IPs now is unknown. They may just own Rare. So if Rare leaves MS at some point (or is sold like before) we don't actually know if they still retain those IPs or they move with them like the move from Nintendo.
Similar to how Marvel Comics now owns Miracleman/Marvelman, but the stories themselves belong to the artists and writers who did them.
09-28-09 | 09:13 AM
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Nintendo DSiWare
Art Academy™: Second Semester
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Art Academy is a portable art course that anyone can enjoy. Art Academy: Second Semester provides new and returning students with a larger set of tools and in-depth lessons designed to encourage the creation of more complex artwork. By gaining an even deeper understanding of colors and techniques used by famous impressionist artists, you will be ready to take on more challenging themes that include moving objects, and vast landscapes with distant objects. The openness of Free Paint mode offers plenty of opportunities to hone your skills and boost your confidence as an artist.
DRAGON QUEST® WARS™
Publisher: SQUARE ENIX
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Language
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: DRAGON QUEST WARS is a grid-based strategy game featuring all of your favorite quirky DRAGON QUEST monsters. Choose from several modes and get ready for battle. While the rules are simple, strategy is the key to victory. The game features single-player and DS Wireless Play, as well as battles with foes worldwide via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection. (Broadband Internet access is required for online play.)
WiiWare
ARKANOID Plus!
Publisher: TAITO
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 600 Wii Points™
Description: ARKANOID Plus! is an updated version of the original arcade blockbuster. Players must destroy colored blocks by guiding an Energy Ball around the screen using a spaceship called a VAUS. The game features a host of new modes and settings that radically alter the experience: Arcade Mode consists of 61 rounds divided into left and right versions, with two types of boss characters appearing in the last round; VS Mode lets players face off against a friend or the CPU; and the unfailingly frantic Time Mode challenges players to clear rounds within a strict time limit. With the subtle differences arising from the choice of "Lives" or "Barrier" rules, plus a plethora of exciting items, you're in for hours and hours of block-busting fun.
DRiiFT Mania
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment
Players: 1-8
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: DRiiFT Mania is the ultimate top-down multiplayer racing experience. Challenge your friends in fast, exciting races and some totally crazy game modes. You'll need to adapt your driving skills to the different racing environments if you want to succeed.
Virtual Console
Altered Beast™
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: "Rise from your grave!" When legendary Greek god Zeus brings you back to life with those famous words, you set forth on a mission to rescue his daughter, Athena, from the wicked God of the Underworld, Neff. To survive the gauntlet of mythological foes, you must hunt down the three-headed wolves that inhabit each stage and collect the Spirit Balls that they release. The Spirit Balls increase your strength and allow you to transform into a variety of forms, including a Werewolf, Weredragon, Werebear, Weretiger and the ultimate form, the Golden Werewolf. Each creature possesses powerful attacks to help bring an end to Neff's scheme.
Art Academy™: Second Semester
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Art Academy is a portable art course that anyone can enjoy. Art Academy: Second Semester provides new and returning students with a larger set of tools and in-depth lessons designed to encourage the creation of more complex artwork. By gaining an even deeper understanding of colors and techniques used by famous impressionist artists, you will be ready to take on more challenging themes that include moving objects, and vast landscapes with distant objects. The openness of Free Paint mode offers plenty of opportunities to hone your skills and boost your confidence as an artist.
DRAGON QUEST® WARS™
Publisher: SQUARE ENIX
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Language
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: DRAGON QUEST WARS is a grid-based strategy game featuring all of your favorite quirky DRAGON QUEST monsters. Choose from several modes and get ready for battle. While the rules are simple, strategy is the key to victory. The game features single-player and DS Wireless Play, as well as battles with foes worldwide via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection. (Broadband Internet access is required for online play.)
WiiWare
ARKANOID Plus!
Publisher: TAITO
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 600 Wii Points™
Description: ARKANOID Plus! is an updated version of the original arcade blockbuster. Players must destroy colored blocks by guiding an Energy Ball around the screen using a spaceship called a VAUS. The game features a host of new modes and settings that radically alter the experience: Arcade Mode consists of 61 rounds divided into left and right versions, with two types of boss characters appearing in the last round; VS Mode lets players face off against a friend or the CPU; and the unfailingly frantic Time Mode challenges players to clear rounds within a strict time limit. With the subtle differences arising from the choice of "Lives" or "Barrier" rules, plus a plethora of exciting items, you're in for hours and hours of block-busting fun.
DRiiFT Mania
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment
Players: 1-8
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: DRiiFT Mania is the ultimate top-down multiplayer racing experience. Challenge your friends in fast, exciting races and some totally crazy game modes. You'll need to adapt your driving skills to the different racing environments if you want to succeed.
Virtual Console
Altered Beast™
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: "Rise from your grave!" When legendary Greek god Zeus brings you back to life with those famous words, you set forth on a mission to rescue his daughter, Athena, from the wicked God of the Underworld, Neff. To survive the gauntlet of mythological foes, you must hunt down the three-headed wolves that inhabit each stage and collect the Spirit Balls that they release. The Spirit Balls increase your strength and allow you to transform into a variety of forms, including a Werewolf, Weredragon, Werebear, Weretiger and the ultimate form, the Golden Werewolf. Each creature possesses powerful attacks to help bring an end to Neff's scheme.
09-28-09 | 09:33 AM
#913
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Why the f*** is Altered Beast $10? I would pay $4 tops for it if I didn't play the crap out of it when I first bought a Genesis.
09-28-09 | 09:35 AM
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Re: The One and Only Virtual Console Thread (Wii)
Must be the Arcade version of Altered Beast. Think they'd mention what the original platform is other than just "Virtual Console".
I'd be all over Dragon Quest Wars if I felt like spending a bunch of money on a DSi.
I'd be all over Dragon Quest Wars if I felt like spending a bunch of money on a DSi.
09-28-09 | 10:10 AM
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I'm also grabbing DQW when I get home tonight, should be a blast at $5.
I also think it's supposed to be the first in a series of $5 DQ DSiWare releases.
I also think it's supposed to be the first in a series of $5 DQ DSiWare releases.
09-28-09 | 10:12 AM
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Damn, I thought for a minute Dragon Quest Wars was going to be on the VC for the Wii. Is there any chance we might get a Wii VC version? Please!
09-28-09 | 11:41 AM
#917
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As much as I love Arkanoid, I'm not really interested without a spinner controller.
09-28-09 | 11:55 AM
#918
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Of all the arcade games they could add I have no idea why they pick Altered Beast.
Looking online the rest of today's lineup is pretty solid. Nintendo Life gave very positive reviews to Arkanoid and Driift Mania when they were released in other territories and the Art Academy stuff looks very cool if you are into something like that. Probably just DQ for me this week for now. I still may pick up Arkanoid down the road, but I played the DS version to death and really liked playing it with the spinner controller.
10-05-09 | 09:27 AM
#919
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Re: The One and Only Virtual Console Thread (Wii)
Virtual Console
FINAL FANTASY
Original platform: NES
Publisher: SQUARE ENIX
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points™
Description: The world lies shrouded in darkness. The winds die. The sea rages. The earth decays. But the people believe in a prophecy, patiently awaiting its fulfillment. "When darkness veils the earth, four Warriors of Light shall come...." After a long journey, four young travelers did at last appear, and in the hand of each was clutched a crystal.
Nintendo DSiWare
Thorium Wars
Publisher: Big John Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: In Thorium Wars, you must stop the Thorions, a super species of Thorium-based machines, from destroying mankind. Blast through waves of Thorions by controlling an arsenal of tanks, skyfighters, hovercrafts, gunboats and starfighters with either the standard or touch-screen controls. In 12 exciting missions, navigate through a variety of combat environments while viewing 360 degrees of the battlefield, fully rendered in 3-D. Toggle between first- and third-person views to destroy the terrifying army of Thorium beasts, from swarms of Redeye Drones to the bone-crushing Manticore Walker. This man-versus-machine battle proves to be the ultimate test for the survival of the fittest.
WiiWare
Word Searcher
Publisher: Digital Leisure Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: You'll need a sharp eye and a quick mind to complete 100 themed word-search puzzles. Word Searcher contains fun words from multiple categories including anatomy, world cities and U.S. presidents. With a huge assortment of subjects to choose from, there's sure to be a puzzle for everyone to enjoy. Help improve your vocabulary, memory and problem-solving skills with these engaging puzzles. Track and try to beat your own play-through times again and again—words are scrambled every time you play.
FINAL FANTASY
Original platform: NES
Publisher: SQUARE ENIX
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points™
Description: The world lies shrouded in darkness. The winds die. The sea rages. The earth decays. But the people believe in a prophecy, patiently awaiting its fulfillment. "When darkness veils the earth, four Warriors of Light shall come...." After a long journey, four young travelers did at last appear, and in the hand of each was clutched a crystal.
Nintendo DSiWare
Thorium Wars
Publisher: Big John Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: In Thorium Wars, you must stop the Thorions, a super species of Thorium-based machines, from destroying mankind. Blast through waves of Thorions by controlling an arsenal of tanks, skyfighters, hovercrafts, gunboats and starfighters with either the standard or touch-screen controls. In 12 exciting missions, navigate through a variety of combat environments while viewing 360 degrees of the battlefield, fully rendered in 3-D. Toggle between first- and third-person views to destroy the terrifying army of Thorium beasts, from swarms of Redeye Drones to the bone-crushing Manticore Walker. This man-versus-machine battle proves to be the ultimate test for the survival of the fittest.
WiiWare
Word Searcher
Publisher: Digital Leisure Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: You'll need a sharp eye and a quick mind to complete 100 themed word-search puzzles. Word Searcher contains fun words from multiple categories including anatomy, world cities and U.S. presidents. With a huge assortment of subjects to choose from, there's sure to be a puzzle for everyone to enjoy. Help improve your vocabulary, memory and problem-solving skills with these engaging puzzles. Track and try to beat your own play-through times again and again—words are scrambled every time you play.
Not sure about Thorium Wars, but for 1000 points it had better be amazing. Word Searches for 500 points interests me, but I still have plenty of them to do on CrossworDS so this is also a pass.
10-05-09 | 09:29 AM
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Final Fantasy is a major win for VC. Though I agree with you and I don't need it again. Still it's one of the first NES games I played and I loved it.
There was something magical about the first time you realize the 4 major dungeons form an X on the map whose center is both where you start and end the game.
There was something magical about the first time you realize the 4 major dungeons form an X on the map whose center is both where you start and end the game.
10-05-09 | 10:38 AM
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Awesome, FF1.
I didn't like the changes in the PSone version - they made it way too easy, conversion to MP from the shamelessly D&D derived system, no silver swords, etc. It's cool to get the not-screwed-with original. And the GBA I&II version was way too easy.
I didn't like the changes in the PSone version - they made it way too easy, conversion to MP from the shamelessly D&D derived system, no silver swords, etc. It's cool to get the not-screwed-with original. And the GBA I&II version was way too easy.
10-05-09 | 02:54 PM
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I'm not personally interested in FF, but I will give credit to Nintendo for actually releasing a highly requested & desired classic title this week instead of some rehashed awful mess like last week....
10-07-09 | 05:03 PM
#923
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Guys, I highly recommend Art Academy for DSIWare. I can't draw at all, I've always struggled with it, but already this game has taught me a lot. I just wish there were more lessons. I'd so buy a huge packed full version of this sort of thing for the DS.
Don't ignore it, it's pretty great, especially if you can't draw to start with.
It's also a great program to just "free draw/paint" if you don't care about the lessons.
Don't ignore it, it's pretty great, especially if you can't draw to start with.
It's also a great program to just "free draw/paint" if you don't care about the lessons.
10-08-09 | 08:42 AM
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Re: The One and Only Virtual Console Thread (Wii)
Brent, have you tried Flipnote Studio yet?
Here's the one I uploaded:
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Here's the one I uploaded:
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10-08-09 | 09:07 AM
#925
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Re: The One and Only Virtual Console Thread (Wii)
I have downloaded it, but I haven't actually put anything together yet. I've mainly just fooled around with it.
Here are my three drawings from Art Academy so far from doing the first few lessons. They aren't anything special, but it's a lot better than what I've done before:
Here are my three drawings from Art Academy so far from doing the first few lessons. They aren't anything special, but it's a lot better than what I've done before:
Spoiler:
Last edited by Brent L; 10-08-09 at 09:17 AM.