Wii Virtual Console News and Releases for 8/18/2008

Part of: Wii/DSi Shop News and Releases

Two weeks ago, news leaked out that Mega Man was headed to the Virtual Console on the next round of updates. Naturally, everyone got excited... until the Virtual Console updates were released and Mega Man was nowhere to be found. Some people were a bit confused, while others were angry, but as of this week, everyone will be happy. Why? Because Mega Man is finally on the Virtual Console here in North America, along with a "port" of a somewhat-popular mobile phone game on WiiWare and another NeoGeo classic on the Virtual Console.

This week's releases are:

WiiWare

Midnight Pool (Gameloft, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone—Mild Suggestive Themes, Simulated Gambling, 800 Wii Points): Take a trip across America to make your dreams come true in a pool tournament worth millions. Visit the most colorful bars and meet seven of the coolest players on the circuit, from country music star Travis to Alison the biologist and John the sheriff. Learn the tricks of the trade through tutorials along the way, while advanced players can take on challenges to show off their trick-shot abilities. Keep things interesting with three sets of rules.

Virtual Console

Mega Man (NES, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone—Mild Cartoon Violence, 500 Wii Points): Join the blue bomber in his first-ever adventure as he battles the evil Dr. Wily and his robotic henchmen to restore peace to a troubled world. Mega Man is a super-robot created by the genius scientist Dr. Light. When Dr. Wily goes rogue with an army of six of his own devious robot masters, it’s up to Mega Man to put a stop to his nefarious plot by traversing a series of stages rife with enemies, traps and perilous platform challenges. At the end of each stage, conquer one of the robot masters and claim his weapon as your own, using it to your advantage in subsequent fights.

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Brian Szabelski is the Assistant Gaming Editor at Blogcritics.org as well as Associate Editor at Tomopop. He also maintains his own blog on IGN, "The Minus World".

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  • 1 - Ken Edwards

    Aug 18, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    You mean I have another reason to turn on my Wii and copy everything from the "hard drive" to my SD card (again)?

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