Star Wars leads Wii Shop August lineup

By TomM_GScom, GameSpotPosted Aug 10, 2009 4:26 pm PT

There may be no real cross-media tie-in to speak of, but Nintendo has decided that the time is right to unleash a whole host of Star Wars content on the Wii's Virtual Console. Beginning today, gamers can download Super Star Wars for 800 Wii points, or $8, with Check Mii Out Channel and Everybody...

There may be no real cross-media tie-in to speak of, but Nintendo has decided that the time is right to unleash a whole host of Star Wars content on the Wii's Virtual Console. Beginning today, gamers can download Super Star Wars for 800 Wii points, or $8, with Check Mii Out Channel and Everybody Votes Channel contests also running this week. Nintendo expects to release the subsequent two action titles in the Super Nintendo series, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, later this month.

Nintendo also has two original games coming to its WiiWare channel this week. Over the Top Games side-scrolling puzzle-shooter NyzQuest: Kindred Spirits is available for 1,000 Wii points ($10) and sees the angelic Nyx platforming her way through a variety of ancient Grecian levels to rescue her fallen friend, Icarus. NyzQuest: Kindred Spirits supports play for up to two.

Nintendo's Rock N' Roll Climber is the second WiiWare release for the week, and it's available for 800 Wii points, or $8. The single-player game mimics actual rock climbing using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, and it also supports the Wii Balance Board.

On the DSiWare store, handheld gamers can pick up Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters for 800 points. An extension of Nintendo's popular Brain Age franchise, Arts & Letters includes learning-themed minigame challenges, such as Word Attack, Reading Aloud, and Piano Player.

47 Comments

  • Bortson

    Posted Aug 12, 2009 9:10 am PT

    Prepare for frustration lol.
    Even with Game Genie those three Star Wars SNES games were insanely hard.

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Aug 12, 2009 6:04 am PT

    LUCAS ARTS: Put these games on XBLA and I'll buy them day1

  • leeko_link

    Posted Aug 12, 2009 1:52 am PT

    Super Star Wars = Super Awesome! Looks like the VC still had a new hope after all.

  • yman173

    Posted Aug 12, 2009 1:22 am PT

    @hatieshorrer, BtmnHatesRbn
    Youre right...had to go back and do my homework. I have Rogue Squadron 2 & 3 as GC discs so assumed the first was also a GC title. Still, do you really think Nintendo is gonna start releasing GC games even if they could compress them? With so many N64, SNES, TG16, etc games they have yet to release on the VC I just dont see it before the Wii's lifecycle is over.

  • Nosnitsttam

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 10:18 pm PT

    makes me wish lucasarts would put all the jedi knight games into one collection for the PC and make sure they work with vista

  • so_hai

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 6:45 pm PT

    Return of the Jedi is a WAY better SNES game. I implore you to wait for that one.

  • BtmnHatesRbn

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 5:35 pm PT

    @yman173 Oh, just give Nintendo's compression experts some time and those guys will find a way to compress one GameCube disc into, I'm guessing, 64 MB. This is based on the heavy compression already used by both the Neo-Geo, WiiWare and TurboGrafx-CD games out now.

  • hozboo

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 3:49 pm PT

    Shadows of the empire anyone?

  • hatieshorrer

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 3:45 pm PT

    @yman173

    Rogue Squadron (2) is a gamecube game the original Rogue Squadron is a N64 game.

  • yman173

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 2:27 pm PT

    Everyone asking for Rogue Squadron...thats a GameCube game, folks. You dont need to wait for a download. Go to Ebay and pick it up for a couple of bucks there. I dont think theyll ever make any of the GC titles downloadable...theyre too big.

  • Padrepride

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 2:21 pm PT

    I DEMAND STAR WARS PODRACER

  • NightRaVeN75

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 2:06 pm PT

    can the wii download episode 1 racer or rogue squadron yet?

  • Shacrob

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 1:47 pm PT

    Lol SNES Swars games are awesome

  • chedder221

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 11:29 am PT

    super star wars looks fun

  • BosoxJoe5

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 10:02 am PT

    Super Star Wars is Super Awesome.

  • NuKkU

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 10:02 am PT

    i have Super Star Wars its pretty fun

  • Darth_Nater307

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 9:12 am PT

    Everyone say it with me: "Rouge Squadron".

  • Cruse34

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 8:56 am PT

    And we thought the VC was dead

  • Marcster1994

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 5:43 am PT

    Oh crap!
    I remember Super Star wars!!

  • Unkoil666

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 5:23 am PT

    FINALLY!!

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