30 April 2007
Ferry

Castlevania, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Shockman hit the Wii Virtual Console today

Today Nintendo adds three new classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time. 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 stores like Amazon (see to your right).

We’ve included videos of each game for nostalgia’s sake or so you can see if it’s for you. This week’s new games are:

Castlevania (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points = $5): Step into the shadows of the deadliest dwelling on Earth. You’ve arrived at Castlevania, and you’re here on business: to destroy the curse of the Evil Count, once and for all. Make your way through six monstrous floors filled with bats, ghosts, zombies and every kind of ghoulish creature you can imagine. Use the legendary whip Vampire Killer and a host of deadly weapons to battle your way to Dracula’s chamber and the ultimate duel of good vs. evil.

The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Super NES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points = $8): In The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (AKA Ganbare Goemon), take control of Kid Ying and Dr. Yang in an (singleplayer or co-op) action adventure through feudal Japan. A curse has stricken the village of Horo-Horo, and its beloved princess has vanished. Together Kid Ying, a daring young mystical ninja, and Dr. Yang, master of the invincible spirit transformation, must overcome 10 levels of the Dragonbeast to save Princess Yuki. Each stage contains intense 3-D and 2-D zones where the duo must perform dozens of attack moves and solve magical problems and puzzles before advancing. Battle humorous enemies like the Carp Meister, who stuns victims with poisonous fighting fish, Tanaka-U-Out, a knockout artist who wallops opponents with a bone-crushing hammer, and the Sumo Tag Team, kings of the unbeatable belly-buster crunch. Collect coins to buy new equipment and to receive clues, spend some time playing minigames in the arcade or try your luck and increase your fortune at the Quiz House and Horse Races.

Shockman (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points = $6): It’s been two years since Arnold and Sonya were made into Shockmen. A message from the professor to return to their bodies has them head to his laboratory, but they are ambushed by a mysterious enemy along the way. After narrowly defeating the enemy, they catch a TV news flash announcing the Ryo Empire invasion. They find that the professor has been abducted and set out to rescue him. Shockman is a side-view action shooter that has eight stages, including Action Stages, where you jump and use special techniques, and side-scrolling Shooting Stages. This game expands on the well-paced story from the previous version and contains cooperative elements like shared life and a powerful Team Shockbeam that can be used during two-player simultaneous play.

30 April 2007 16:33
chris madden

I love weeksa like this… all of those are already in the UK store, so I have NO IDEA what we’re going to get! The sheer anticipation is killing me!

Bit strange though how most of the time we’re a little behinf (e.g lylat wars) but in this case we’ve already got everything!

:):D:)

30 April 2007 16:42
supadupagama

Yeah I saw that on the nintendo-europe.com site as well.

Would you like it if we did a weekly feature every Friday on European/Australian Virtual Console releases? I used to skip that because the US was always ahead, but now I’m not so sure anymore…

30 April 2007 18:26
chris madden

you can do if it’s not much trouble, just to echo you though, I’m not sure if it would be worth it because most weeks it’s the same. If you notice that it’s different in a week then yeah cool, but if not it’s probably not worth doing all the time.

Keep up the good work supes : )