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December 9th, 2009 at 04:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
While playing through Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for review, our very own Richard Mitchell stumbled upon a pretty neat thing: classic Konami coin-op arcade cabinets. Sadly, you can’t play the cabinets in-game, but it’s a nice Easter egg for fans, if we may say so. There’s Contra, Rush’N Attack and — our personal favorite — Gradius. Check ‘em out in the video above.
Konami coin-op cameo in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 25th, 2009 at 10:59pm
Under Xbox 360
The return of Cody and Guy to Street Fighter isn’t the only Final Fight news this week. Capcom has announced Final Fight Double Impact for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, featuring not just the arcade version of the Metro City brawler, but Magic Sword as well!
Final Fight Double Impact, as the collection is titled, will feature optional graphical filters and a visual mode that makes the games appear as if they’re being played on an arcade machine. Most importantly, both games will have drop-in online co-op. Capcom hasn’t priced the collection yet, but there’s no way the company will charge more than we’ve already put into Magic Sword machines over the years.
Oh, my car! Capcom porting Final Fight and Magic Sword to XBLA and PSN originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 9th, 2009 at 01:45pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Somehow, Sega has done the impossible: reacquired Michael Jackson’s likeness rights for a digital re-release of Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker. At least, that appears to be the case, because the game has been re-rated by PEGI for release on Virtual Console. To give you an idea of the ridiculousness of that feat, Q? Entertainment has yet to release its PSP game Lumines for download on the same system because it has yet to acquire a license for digital release of its music.
We don’t know if this will be the Genesis version or the very different arcade game — or even, we suppose, the Master System port of the Genesis game. We’re contacting Sega for those and other details. Right after we catch a shooting star and turn into robotic, missile-firing versions of ourselves. Ow!
[Via Nintendo Life, image by Orioto]
PEGI: Moonwalker throwing a magical hat into Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 19th, 2009 at 06:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Rygar (Arcade, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
Rygar is a pretty intense title. Luckily, the quarter-munching gameplay of the arcade classic translates to the Wii very well. For one, you don’t need to run out of quarters from dying — oh, and you will die, believe it. Second, every time you die or even continue once you’ve run out of lives, you pick up right from where you left off. So, there’s no replaying stages or sections of the game you’ve previously played as a result of dying. Have we mentioned how much you’ll die?
You will die. A lot.
Every week, we like to check out what’s new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in question. We also toss in our own two cents because we’re pushy jerks like that.VC in Brief: Rygar (Arcade) originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 28th, 2009 at 04:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Altered Beast (Sega 1 – 2 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
We say: Great game, but you can find it for less
It’s not that the VC Arcade version of Altered Beast is bad or anything — in fact, it’s the complete opposite, but for such an old game, there are less costly ways to enjoy it. If you have a PS2, there’s a Sega Genesis Collection that’s a more financially responsible way to play. If you’ve only got the Wii and have never played this, though, it might be worth your double sawbuck. Check out the video above and decide.
Every week, we like to check out what’s new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in question. We also toss in our own two cents because we’re pushy jerks.
VC in Brief: Altered Beast (VC Arcade) originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 14th, 2009 at 05:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
If you, like us, were jealous of the Japanese release of the arcade Ninja Gaiden game on Virtual Console, you can dry your ninja eyes (just pull up the front of the ninja mask and dab with that). The ESRB reveals that Tecmo is planning a North American release of the arcade brawler.
Tecmo isn’t stopping with Gaiden, either: further ESRB listings have appeared for arcade versions of both Rygar and Solomon’s Key (which will be released in Japan next week). Oddly, the company’s other upcoming Japanese VC release, Bomb Jack, is absent from the ESRB list.
At the very least, we can all be happy that these are video games that someone wants to release on the Virtual Console.
[Via Siliconera]
ESRB reveals Ninja Gaiden, Rygar, Solomon’s Key on Virtual Console Arcade originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 3rd, 2009 at 03:30pm
Under DS
This week is a special one for Nintendo fans. Not only do we finally see an end to the Virtual Console drought, but we also get fighting robots and a new Art Style game. Oh, and then there’s Sexy Poker, Gameloft’s odd strip poker game for WiiWare. We guess the company never heard of Google image search?
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NintendoWare Weekly: Overturn, Sexy Poker, Tecmo Bowl originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 23rd, 2009 at 12:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
This week, Japan gets two arcade games — both of which have titles starting with the letter G, and both of which are already available on Virtual Console as ports. Galaga ‘88, Namco’s cute, brightly colored, fireworks-filled sequel to Galaga, is definitely something we’d consider double-dipping for. Both the arcade version and the TG16 port (Galaga ‘90) are great, and the port includes a bit of extra content. And is it okay to like Golden Axe? Because we like Golden Axe.
On the WiiWare front, Hudson launches its second downloadable FPS for the Wii. Unfortunately, it’s the dire-looking Water Warfare.
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VC/WiiWare Tuesday: That’s Galactic Dancin’ originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 18th, 2009 at 12:25pm
Under Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 Arcade pack just got a bit more useful. The mysterious 512MB Arcade unit seen yesterday is real! Microsoft confirmed to Eurogamer that it has doubled the memory on the “Jasper” motherboard of the hard-drive-free system. However, of course, not all of that space will be available to the owner: “The Xbox 360 system software uses some of the included 512MB memory;” Microsoft’s statement reads. “Less storage will be available to users.”
The on-board storage was originally introduced to house the New Xbox Experience upgrade. According to Microsoft, this extra storage doesn’t portend any new functionality: “We want to offer consumers a bit more memory at the same low price so they can enjoy more experiences on Xbox LIVE.”
Confirmed: New Xbox 360 Arcade systems have 512 MB on-board memory originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 15th, 2009 at 07:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Space Harrier (Arcade, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
We say: Way superior to the Sega Genesis port; fun on-rails shmup
Virtual Console-savvy readers likely remember this video for Space Harrier. Well, that’s the bunk Sega Master System version (fun as it may be), and this week, the real deal arcade version arrives. It’s superior in just about every way to the Sega Master System version already on the service (including price, sadly). So, if you’re going to drop that $8 you earned from mowing lawns and shaving pets on Space Harrier, make sure it’s the superior arcade version here.
Every week, we like to check out what’s new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in question. We also toss in our own two cents because we’re pushy jerks.
VC in Brief: Space Harrier (Arcade) originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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