Final Fight 3 is out this week on the VC (SNES, 800 points). But the big news is that the excellent looking Excitebike: World Rally, is out on Wii Ware for 1000 points.
Chime, is this weeks game and can be downloaded for 400 points. it’s a music based puzzle game released to raise money for children’s charities. It includes work by Orbital and Moby (among others).
Big news from the world of Castlevaina this week. It seems not only is Wii Ware game Castlevania: Rebirth on the horizon but PC Engine title Akumjao Dracula: Chi No Rondo (otherwise known as Rondo of Blood), might finally be making it over to the UK as well.
The highly sought after game has been ESRB rated which means it can now be put up for download. If the game is finally released it will bring to an end one of the most drawn out sagas on the virtual console. It seemed the game was dead in the water but these new developments suggest you just can’t keep a good vampire down.
Today we have the first VC release in three weeks. Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SNES, 800 points), is a remarkable port of the arcade game. As good as it is there are still many games not out here yet.
Live arcade continues to revive itself this week with the release of Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment for 1200 points. Death by Cube is also available for 800.
After a few weeks of low key releases we have something worth getting excited about this week. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter will set you back 1200 points.
It’s been a while since a game came out on the Virtual Console. Shadow Dancer (megadrive, 800 points), is the first new game of the year and a good one at that.
Two games this week as the original Boy and His Blog (NES, 500 points), and Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition (PC Engine, 700 points), make their way onto the Wii.
Puzzlegeddon and Alien Breed Evolution are both available for 800 points this week. Alien Breed is the first of a number of episodes which makes it seem expensive and cynical as it only has five levels.
We aim to cover everything from Amstrad to Vectrex, Virtual console to Xbox Live Arcade, as well as new takes on old franchises.
