The eShop receives its first official update, while the Wii sees two new games and a demo.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26849
With the opening of the eShop last week, Nintendo has decided to move Nintendo Download to Thursdays. That means from now on, the Wii Shop Channel, DSiWare Store, and Nintendo eShop will all update on Thursdays, with new titles going live at 9 a.m. Pacific time on the same day.
This week's update brings a slew of new titles, including Mega Man 5 for Virtual Console and Donkey Kong for the Nintendo eShop.
Mega Man 5, originally for the NES, is the first Virtual Console game Wii has received since late May. This is the sixth game in the series to arrive on the service, and those who want to play as the Blue Bomber once again can pick up the game for 500 Nintendo Points.
The Wii Shop Channel has yet another new game this week. Developed by Sandlot Games, Snail Mail appears to be a hybrid racing and action game. It contains over 50 levels in Postal mode, as well as a Challenge mode and a Time Trials mode. You can check out a video of the game here.
Rounding out this week's new content is a demo of BIT.TRIP FLUX on the Wii Shop Channel, available for free for a limited time.
On the handheld side of things, the eShop sees a new retro title in the form of Donkey Kong for Game Boy. In this updated version of the classic arcade game, Donkey Kong has once again kidnapped Pauline and it is up to Mario to save her from distress.
The Nintendo DSiWare Store also sees four new titles, which include Gold Fever, Zimo: Mahjong Fanatic, Hidden Photo, and Beach Party Craze.
Maybe they chose those screen shots so they wouldn't spoil the surprise? :DSurprise! Nobody's buying it.
Man, looks like it's not emulating the SGB for Donkey Kong. That was THE SGB launch title!Nintendo already said they weren't going to do it, but that's pretty inexcusable.
I would be neat if all possible Mega Man entries came out on the Virtual Console. What's left? 6, 7, Megaman & Bass, X4 and X3?
Regarding Nintendo not emulating the SGB, I imagine to do that they would have to emulate the SNES and then emulate the SGB. While that is totally doable and probably not that hard to do, it's extra work and when it comes to the VC Nintendo is not at all interested in extra work. Hell, maybe the people in charge of the VC don't even know what the SGB is. You think a random non-gamer knows what the SGB is? You set him to work and only tell him about the GBC and he'll never think to bother with the SGB.You'd lose the sound features, but just emulating the colors and borders is simple and doesn't require anything SNES-related. Homebrew emulators have been doing it for FIFTEEN years.
6, 7, X2, X3 are very likely on the horizon... and possibly Megaman Soccer as well.From what I understand it, Mega Man X2 and X3 used specialized chips that are not currently supported by the Wii emulator, so they would have to do some extra work to get those titles running. If that's true, I don't see them being released any time soon, if at all.
@Enner - X4 was a PlayStation game, that's never coming to Virtual Console. Personally I'd say just get the Mega Man Anniversary Collection and the Mega Man X Collection. You can get the two combined for $40 used on Amazon while it'd cost $30 for the NES games alone on Virtual Console, assuming they were all available.
I would be neat if all possible Mega Man entries came out on the Virtual Console. What's left? 6, 7, Megaman & Bass, X4 and X3?
I think you may have meant X2 instead of X4, since X2 still has yet to come to VC (and X4 was a PSX game).
I wouldn't hold my breath for Megaman & Bass since it never got an English SNES release (only GBA)... If we do get it, it'll be the unreadable Japanese version anyway.
6, 7, X2, X3 are very likely on the horizon... and possibly Megaman Soccer as well.
From what I understand it, Mega Man X2 and X3 used specialized chips that are not currently supported by the Wii emulator, so they would have to do some extra work to get those titles running. If that's true, I don't see them being released any time soon, if at all.
I can't find "hidden photo" on my 3DS eShop....
anybody know why?
X2 and 3 on the other hand, mainly used traditional sprites-- only using those chips for minimal special effects, so programming for that is far less complex and isn't likely to be much of an issue.
I can't find "hidden photo" on my 3DS eShop....
anybody know why?
I checked and the following titles are not in the eShop:
Gold Fever (Nintendo eShop, Nintendo DSiWare)
Zimo: Mahjong Fanatic (Nintendo eShop, Nintendo DSiWare)
Hidden Photo (Nintendo eShop, Nintendo DSiWare)
Beach Party Craze (Nintendo eShop,Nintendo DSiWare)
