Topic: This Week's VC Games

[Jonnyboy117]

StarTropics and KOF '94 start the year off with a yo-yo and a kick to the face.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15064

 WII-KLY UPDATE: TWO NEW CLASSIC GAMES ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL    

Jan. 7, 2008    

Can't believe it's already 2008? Soothe that sense of future shock with a visit to the Wii Shop Channel, where we've just added a pair of awesome vintage games from way back in the 20th century. This week's new offerings include an unpredictable island-hopping adventure and a legendary fighting title, each guaranteed to deliver classic gaming excitement throughout the new year and beyond.    

Two new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop 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:    

Star Tropics™ (NES®, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Fantasy Violence, 500 Wii Points): Find out just how resourceful you can be in this classic game, with its mixture of adventure and RPG elements. Step into the shoes of Mike Jones, a teenage star pitcher from Seattle who has come to the tropics to visit his famous archeologist uncle, Dr. Jones. After being told that his uncle has been abducted, Mike begins a perilous quest in order to rescue him and figure out the mysterious plot behind his disappearance. Luckily for Mike, he meets helpful villagers and finds more powerful weapons as he explores numerous locations and island-hops using his uncle's submarine. You'll never know what to expect next as the cosmic story unfolds over the course of eight action-packed chapters, ranging from Dr. Jones's lab on C-Island to an alien spacecraft. Who knew a tropical vacation could turn into a mission to save the world?    

THE KING OF FIGHTERS '94 (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen-Animated Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Alcohol & Tobacco Reference, Violence, 900 Wii Points): As the first game in the long-running KING OF FIGHTERS series, THE KING OF FIGHTERS '94 brought together popular characters from other well-known franchises and pitted them against each other. Match warriors from Fatal Fury against favorites from its sister series, Art of Fighting. Or see if the casts of the Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier series better suit your fighting style. Plus, there's a set of brand new characters, exclusive to the KOF series, who are willing to join the fray. But there's a twist: Instead of the standard best-two- out-of-three-rounds fight setup, players choose one of eight teams, each made up of three teammates. To win, all members of the other team must be eliminated before your fighters are knocked out. Use the game's power gauge to inflict maximum damage and end the round with a devastating finishing move. It's a battle royal unlike anything else-a game whose inspiration is easily seen in the fighting games that followed it. Can your team be the last one standing?

[planetidiot]

Yeah!  Finally!  Now I just have to wait for them to release kof96.  94 was ok, but being able to pick custom teams really makes the series.  Plus some of the moves in 94 were a little insane to pull off.  Never really played 95.

[Halbred]

*sigh*

Spent my last Wii points on Kirby's Dream Course. If I had an extra $10, I'd get KoF, if only for Mai Shiranui's bouncing breastesses.

[Ian Sane]

How are they going to do that secret code in Star Tropics?  Yeah us resourceful people know to look on the internet but casuals might not think to do that.  Maybe they're just assuming no one who doesn't know the code would ever download it.  That's probably a fair assumption.

[Bartman3010]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_g_u4KUlW9A - Here is how they solved it.

Spoilers, I guess?

[darknight06]

KOF 95-97 will more than likely not be on the VC.  Those games are supposed to be part of the "Orochi Saga" compilation that they plan on releasing sooner or later for the Wii and PS2.   Nonetheless, great news.  It'll give my arcade stick a workout.

[gally]

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How are they going to do that secret code in Star Tropics? Yeah us resourceful people know to look on the internet but casuals might not think to do that. Maybe they're just assuming no one who doesn't know the code would ever download it. That's probably a fair assumption.

I pretty much assumed something in the built-in instructions would contain the message. HOW they did it as seen in that video was kinda clever. I was expecting something more straightforward.

[Ian Sane]

Okay that's pretty cool and clever how they did the code.  Shows that someone involved in the VC is on the ball.  

[UncleBob]

I've never played Star Tropics... what code are you people talking about?!?

Nevermind... I went and looked it up.

[planetidiot]

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Originally posted by: darknight06
KOF 95-97 will more than likely not be on the VC.  Those games are supposed to be part of the "Orochi Saga" compilation that they plan on releasing sooner or later for the Wii and PS2.   Nonetheless, great news.  It'll give my arcade stick a workout.

Well that's... actually pretty cool.  The other home console versions always have better options than the neogeo versions did.  

EDIT: Unless they neglect to include gamecube controller support.  In which case there is no fist large enough to shake angrily at the sky in vain.