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TG-16 games arrive on Wii

Virtual Console gets updated with first games from NEC's legacy system; Bonk's Adventure and Bomberman '93 selling for 600 points each.

When Nintendo launched the Wii on Sunday, it did so with the promised dozen downloadable retro games available on the system's Virtual Console. But while the initial 12 offerings on the service included titles from the NES, the Super Nintendo, the Sega Genesis, and the Nintendo 64, the small slate of previously announced TurboGrafx-16 games was entirely absent.

Nintendo rectified that situation today, as the company has released a pair of TG-16 games on the Virtual Console. Gamers can now download Bonk's Adventure, the debut of the system's megacephalic mascot, and Hudson's Bomberman '93. Each game will set users back 600 Wii Points, or $6.

By the end of the year, Bonk and Bomberman will be joined on the Virtual Console by a handful of other TurboGrafx games, including Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, and Dungeon Explorer.

150 Comments

  • littlewiz77

    Posted Nov 29, 2006 6:14 pm GMT

    as soon as I can get a wireless insternet connection, im gonna max out a wii points card.

  • Bpg3D

    Posted Nov 27, 2006 1:27 pm GMT

    The TG-16 was always the oddball system in my opinion, it'll be interesting to finally play these games some 15+ years later.

  • quistoman

    Posted Nov 27, 2006 1:13 pm GMT

    You can store them on sd cards thats a fact, but another Wii wont play them till the game is purchased on that console.

  • geebus

    Posted Nov 27, 2006 10:40 am GMT

    bonk rules!

  • ninja929

    Posted Nov 26, 2006 4:22 pm GMT

    cant wait till the wii weather and the news channel to be up!!!! Go Wii!!

  • _Sam_

    Posted Nov 26, 2006 2:08 pm GMT

    When I get a wii, I'll be using the virtual console feature a lot

  • TJSpyke

    Posted Nov 26, 2006 12:57 pm GMT

    I take it you didn't read the full inscription. It says for 5 player games you need at least 1 GameCube controller, the other 4 can be any combination of GameCube controllers/Classic Controllers/Wii Remotes.

  • Omn1Slash

    Posted Nov 26, 2006 12:35 pm GMT

    "If bomberman is 5 player then I am definately getting it. "

    you'll be happy to know that it is according to the description on the Wii Shop Channel... i'm not sure how they'll pull that off though unless you have 4 gamecube controllers and one regular Wiimote.... or vice versa.

  • Chrono66

    Posted Nov 26, 2006 11:02 am GMT

    If bomberman is 5 player then I am definately getting it.

  • Waskallywabbit

    Posted Nov 26, 2006 10:46 am GMT

    There's a good number of kids out there that don't know the TG-16 and the great games it brought us. This virtual console is a great addition to the Wii, and one of the reasons I am more interested in making it my second console than a PS3.

  • the_9th_wonder

    Posted Nov 26, 2006 8:22 am GMT

    Hope they add Slaughterhouse to that line-up.

  • Schwartz55

    Posted Nov 25, 2006 11:51 pm GMT

    cool

  • FoxMcCloudDS

    Posted Nov 25, 2006 11:18 pm GMT

    I store my VC Games on san-disc SD cards, Not the Wii ones, just normal SD cards. Maybe that will help : )

  • soreros

    Posted Nov 25, 2006 10:55 pm GMT

    Lasafrog:
    I'm dying for Military Madness on TG-16 for Virtual Console. I recommend it to everyone who liked the Advance Wars games; Military Madness practically wrote that blueprint 15 years ago. Awesome game! ---

    WORD! Was beginning to think I was the only one who ever played it...

    Blazing Lazers and Legendary Axe are worthy as well.

  • AKA_Ben

    Posted Nov 25, 2006 3:17 pm GMT

    Bomerman is fun but I the five player support is either broken or just that hard for me to figure out

  • Omn1Slash

    Posted Nov 25, 2006 2:37 pm GMT

    "Bonk's Adventure is the Shiit, the only reason why I will be getting a Wii."

    that is ridiculous. Yeah, Bonk is a great game, and its one my personal favorites of all time... but geeze if thats the only reason thats just stupid.

  • thedarkoracle

    Posted Nov 25, 2006 1:01 am GMT

    Exile! D:

  • MarlonHern

    Posted Nov 24, 2006 10:49 pm GMT

    You can't store your VC games in SD cards from what I've heard. Apparently you have to erase them and later you can download them again for free if needed.

  • MikeCheat04

    Posted Nov 24, 2006 10:30 pm GMT

    You can use the SD cards to store your VCs from what I hear.

  • eric2mrng

    Posted Nov 24, 2006 4:54 pm GMT

    Its great theyre putting all these classic games on the vc but I really wish they made more memory space.. over the next 4-5 years there must be some sort of way to expand it.. Also these old school games are great but not worth $6.. Still waiting for UK release =o(

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Nov 24, 2006 12:58 pm GMT

    I don't know any of those games.

  • PixyMisao

    Posted Nov 24, 2006 9:43 am GMT

    "Riorio99
    come on square! Final fantasy 6 please!"

    Why the hell would they do that when it's coming out on Gameboy Advance in a few months?

  • spaownz

    Posted Nov 24, 2006 4:11 am GMT

    is not shinobi is Shadow Dancer the arcade one i wanted to say

  • spaownz

    Posted Nov 24, 2006 3:02 am GMT

    a thing that would really be great , is to put that old arcades classics up to download, i do not mean those conversions for console i mean like, the original ninga gaiden,sega's ones shinobi, james bond, that of the cop that were getting armored fighting gangs(a fat man cryed out in tnat game"hey! the police")(i think it was the first arcade with some voice recorded) and all that old school arcade stuff that i enjoyed when child.
    I never seen that games even on mame or callus emulations so i think is a great idea

  • DoubleDragon1

    Posted Nov 23, 2006 8:21 pm GMT

    Bonk was a really fun platformer that didnt get the respect that Sonic and Mario got. TG wasn't all that common here in North America and it really never got a chance. I hope to see more classics from Turbo Grafix in the coming weeks.

  • Riorio99

    Posted Nov 23, 2006 9:05 am GMT

    come on square! Final fantasy 6 please!

  • graison

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 8:15 pm GMT

    I'll play tg-16 games on my turbo express, thank you very much.

  • jasongm

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 12:57 pm GMT

    I remembered playing Bonks Adventure in the mall during lunch time at school, The game was ...ok, but got boring really fast (Hey this was a lunch break and the only game on display).

    I dont understand why the TG-16 games are a little pricey though...

  • MrPuzzlez

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 12:54 pm GMT

    Never got a chance to play the TurboGraphix, I guess when I get a Wii, I can finally see how cool it was.

  • frozenlynx731

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 11:41 am GMT

    hmm...too bad Blast Corps was developed by Rare, so the chances of getting it are a little lower

  • Expane

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 11:06 am GMT

    $6 for bonk? no thanks, ill stick w/ our t3h superiour PSP emu version

  • skeletor0

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 10:01 am GMT

    Where's Spatterhouse?!

  • mass28

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 9:54 am GMT

    Wheres blazing lazers and y's book one and two??

  • japanesegoth

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 9:29 am GMT

    i'm hoping they'll half the prices of all the virtual console games...that's just way too much...until the rare rpg's come along, i ain't spending that much. i hope they have lufia 2. that was one of my favorites but i've never been able to find it for a reasonable price. $8 would be perfect.

  • duelingace

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 9:22 am GMT

    I never really liked Blast Corps.
    But I do hope we have a huge assortment or virtual console games from all of those platforms by the end of the year...

  • Loki-sama

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 9:04 am GMT

    Blast Corps was a very enjoyable game. Too bad I stopped playing it after I couldn't pass one of the levels, it was a toughie.

  • cubelover38

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 8:34 am GMT

    i actually would like to play blast corps for the nintendo 64 heard it was good

  • Ices100

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 8:12 am GMT

    Too bad they didn't include net play, but because of that these games aren't worth playing over again. Playing against someone around the world would have giving it more replay value as it never had it before, so if they did games that weren't good with just player would have new life.

  • GamerzRule

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 8:09 am GMT

    It would be nice to be able to play a demo of these games. I haven't played very many TG-16 games and would like to "try before I buy"!

  • The_Spoony_Hou

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 7:44 am GMT

    VALIS IS AWESOME! Where is my Yuko these days ?

  • dragonsama

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 7:37 am GMT

    Hopefully they will tap into the T-16 CD games as the system as a ton of great games. Maybe this means we will finally get to play Rondo of Blood in the US.

    Also Valis was a serisously underplayed game. Hope to see it on the VC as well

  • CarlosVR2

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 6:50 am GMT

    Is possible that Dracula X: Rondo of Blood will be available in the virtual console? It was released in 1993 for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM (Turbografx-16) on Japan.

    It would be awesome, as that game is one of the "lost" Castlevania games.

  • aashkii

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 6:30 am GMT

    I've heard that Bonk's Adventure was a good game. Once I get a chance to own a Wii, Bonk's will be the first TG-16 game on my Virtual Console list (even though I've never owned a TG-16 console in my life because I've never heard of it back then)

  • CoheedIV

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 5:29 am GMT

    I have yet to successfully connect to The Virtual Console area...stupid errors!

  • KingofTrolls

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 4:26 am GMT

    Wii Rules. End of story.

  • diablobasher

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 3:44 am GMT

    Yeah i could live wit that. Im just a firm beleiver in non-cencorship, i mean, i put up with rubbish like SAW as the movies, so why can't i have my games unedited? I realise the time difference in that example in regards to contra, im just ranting

  • yabbal

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 2:57 am GMT

    "diablobasher
    As long as when we do get Contra, the UK gets Contra, and not freakin 'Probotector' with added robots."

    I prefer probotechtor myself, lets hope they release both so we get a choice.

  • diablobasher

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 1:10 am GMT

    As long as when we do get Contra, the UK gets Contra, and not freakin 'Probotector' with added robots. I'll be fine, if not, im complaining! It sickens me that i own Super Probotector and Probotector (Contra 3:Alien Wars and Contra NES) but have the play the emulated versions because of all the censoring (I want to play the original idea, not the one my country thought i could handle)

    I know i say this a lot :\ i just live in hope we will get Contra for real this time around.

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