Like every Monday, Nintendo has updated the Wii Shop Channel with new virtual console titles today. As of 9 a.m. Pacific time, three more classic games were released, including Xevious from the NES, R-Type III: The Third Lightning from the SNES, and Moto Roader from the TurboGrafx16. Xevious is available for 500 Wii Points, R-Type III: The Third Lightning for 800 Wii Points and Moto Roader for 600 Wii Points. Check back every Monday too find out what’s new in the Wii’s virtual console world (hopefully some better games start coming along).
Wii Shop Channel Wii-kly Update
– January 15, 2007Posted in: News, Nintendo, Wii, Wii Virtual Console
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DAMMIT! WHO CARES ABOUT THIS CRAP?! WHERE IS METROID?! WHERE IS KID ICARUS?! WHERE IS DR. MARIO!? WHERE IS CABAL or ASTYANAX!?!?! WHERE, OH GOD, WHERE IS BACK TO THE MUTHAF***IN’ FUTURE?!?!?!??! AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
At least Sega is putting out Streets of Rage…
I hear you man, the virtual console stuff has been pretty lousy so far. Honestly, I think the price on a lot of this stuff is a bit high.