Four new VC games for Europe

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Feb 2, 2007 3:38 am PT

Nintendo rolls out this week's downloadable retro goodness for the Wii's Virtual Console, including Gradius and Comix Zone.

European Wii owners can get four new games for the Virtual Console today--three Sega Mega Drive (known as Genesis in the US) games and one NES title--bringing the total available in Europe up to 42.

The games, which are already available in the US, include Gradius, a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up from Konami that was first playable on the NES, and Bonanza Bros, a Mega Drive platform game where one or two players can take on the roles of brothers Robo and/or Mobo, two bungling burglars.

Also out today is Comix Zone, which tells its story through a series of comic book panels and tasks gamers to fight the bad guys before they can turn the page. Finally, Gain Ground is an arcade-inspired game where players battle as one of 12 characters over 50 levels.

Gradius will cost 500 Wii Points, and Bonanza Bros, Comix Zone, and Gain Ground each cost 800.

37 Comments

  • Lonewolftom87

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 10:08 am PT

    When are they going to bring out some amazing classics that I actually want to play!!!

  • nu-animal

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 11:40 am PT

    Comix Zone is really slick. Anyone who fell for Viewtiful Joe would do well to give it a go.

  • Thorpe89 Site moderator

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 10:36 am PT

    Good to see some more European games. When I get my Wii eventually I'll be spoilt for choice.

  • ReggieNametaker

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 10:22 am PT

    Once again completely irrelavant excuse for news, has gamespot got anything better to reoprt on otgher than to say '4 new games out on the VC!! *GASP!*'?

  • TehPickle

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 8:59 am PT

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about the pricing structure. I'm quite happy to pay good money for the games as they feel "complete" as opposed to PC emulation.

    I just take issue with what feels like Nintendo are collectively saying. "Yes, we know you want *insert top title here*, but we're not ready for you to play that yet, our reasons are our own. In the meantime, please allow us to fob you off with rubbish you're not really interested in"

    To be absolutely fair, their tactic seems to be working. I'll quite happily waste the remainder of my points on stuff I don't particularly want, just for the sake of increasing the collection.

    If everything was available right now, I think I could safely say I'd have spent at least 15,000 points by now. At least.

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 8:31 am PT

    I don't mind the amount we have to pay for the titles. I have spent 45 british pounds for 8 games. Thats about 5.625 british pounds per game which is pretty good for any videogame. It is legal and it really feels like part of a collection on the Wii as opposed to PC emulators.

    I agree that it is odd that there aren't more games yet. If they released all the games at once then they would make a fortune so there must be a good reason for it.

  • TehPickle

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 4:47 am PT

    Am I the only one here that's dissatisfied with the rate the VC games are handed out like crumbs?

    There should be at least 2 or 3 times as many games already up on the Wii Store than there are currently. The PC has been emulating pretty much the entirety of the back catalogues for all the systems the Wii is emulating, and has been doing so for years.

    It just strikes me as a little odd, that's all.

  • Piccolo-san

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 3:50 am PT

    COOOOOOMIX ZOOOOOOOONE! ^_^

  • PixyMisao

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 9:03 pm PT

    Hey don't comlain we had to wait for Super Castlevania and Contra 3 in the US... and we're still waiting for Donkey Kong Country!!!

  • toxicmog

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 6:09 pm PT

    COMIX ZONE

    I had that on my PC....sooooo good O.O
    Made by Sega

  • piecake

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 4:43 pm PT

    YAS!

  • andywray

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 2:26 pm PT

    Too bad it's practically impossible for Nintendo to port Goldeneye. They sold off the 007 rights to EAGames who, I'm guessing (knowing) will want to keep the rights and not let them put it on the virtual console. Sorry to burst a plethora of bubbles on you people but them's the brakes.

  • anarchicgoth

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 1:06 pm PT

    OOO! Gradius! Awesome...

  • mariokartguy

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 12:06 pm PT

    im still waiting for earthbound, i dont really care about n64...i can just buy n64 games off amazon for cheap, but i don't have a NES or a SNES

  • JFreezy02

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 11:52 am PT

    I really want GoldenEye 007 from the N64 to come out!! I loved that game!!

  • koopi

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 11:46 am PT

    I want A Link to the Past, Majora's Mask, Super Mario World, Uniracers first! Why do we Europeans always get things the last?

  • interpolred

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 11:41 am PT

    I still want Gradius!!!!

  • puppiemaster

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 11:24 am PT

    Gradius is a great game and I've already downloaded it for my virtual console

  • GunGriffin

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 11:21 am PT

    It would be cool if they rereleased some of the N54 Pokimon games. Like the battle game that it had and the Camra one. Those were fun and would do well on the Wii.

  • Re_ensurer

    Posted Feb 2, 2007 11:05 am PT

    Ok...

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