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Euro VC goes Virtua Fighting

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted May 4, 2007 4:18 am PT

Four more titles punching in to Wii's Virtual Console this week; worldwide VC passes 3 million downloads.

Wii owners in Europe will be able to add four more titles to their Virtual Console's virtual cupboard today, including the classic fighting game Virtua Fighter 2. Originally released in the arcades in 1994, and ported to the Sega Saturn, Sega Mega Drive, and PC, Virtua Fighter 2 has nine characters to master, with a range of different move combos to discover, and it can be played in one- or two-player modes.

Next up is Wonder Boy in Monster World, originally released in 1991 on the Sega Mega Drive. It's a cross between a platformer and a role-playing game. Players control Shion, a boy on a quest to save Monster World. Shion runs, jumps, and kills enemies in the game in a traditional platforming style, but gathers clues from townsfolk and can upgrade weapons and armour in an RPG vein.

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle is a pure platform game originally released on the Sega Mega Drive in Japan in 1989. The game features 11 stages, as gamers take on the role of the titular Alex Kidd searching for his father, King Thor. The game features a rock-paper-scissors-style boss-fight system.

The final game this week is the TurboGrafx game Shockman, first released in 1991. The cooperative mode in this platformer features elements such as "shared life" and "team shockbeam" when two players hook up to battle the hordes of robotic adversaries. The game features the choice of multiple routes through its levels.

Virtua Fighter 2, Wonder Boy in Monster World, and Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle all cost 800 Wii points (approx £5.60), while Shockman weighs in at 600 (£4.20).

As of the end of March 2007, Nintendo said that approximately 3.3 million Virtual Console titles had been downloaded worldwide.

36 Comments

  • magrappy

    Posted May 4, 2007 4:37 am PT

    Virtua Fighter is well worth a buy, VC is starting to stack up with loads of worth buying titles.

  • theKSMM

    Posted May 13, 2007 9:17 pm PT

    Seeing the amazing evolution (no pun intended) of the Virtua Fighter series up through the latest incarnation on the PS3 is a sight to behold. Few franchises have such a long and illustrious run.

    The Virtual Console is shaping up to a money-making machine for Nintendo. No development costs, no marketing--just some licensing and a quick port and it's all profit from there.

  • osxgp

    Posted May 6, 2007 8:27 pm PT

    I'll check it out.

  • richwalker13

    Posted May 6, 2007 9:53 am PT

    i loved Wonder Boy in Monster World in the arcades... haven't played it since... woot!

  • Thorpe89 Site moderator

    Posted May 5, 2007 3:07 am PT

    Sounds like a good enough line up for Europe.

  • kavadias1981

    Posted May 4, 2007 10:50 pm PT

    It's fast becoming a wonderful little library of retro games. You can't flaw it.

  • takashirose

    Posted May 4, 2007 7:50 pm PT

    I have it for Sega Genesis. As well as the Sega Saturn. VF2 all the way.

  • Taegre

    Posted May 4, 2007 2:14 pm PT

    I have the genesis Virtua Fighter 2 on my PSP. Just as good as the 3D version. In fact, the game isn't 2D, it's 2.5D as the arena you fight on is amazingly 3D. Anyway the fighting is still top-notch as you get in this series.

  • BIGboss600

    Posted May 4, 2007 1:50 pm PT

    i remember virtua fighter for the sega genisis it looks like street fighter but playes like vf i have the r*m to prove it

  • Halo05

    Posted May 4, 2007 1:42 pm PT

    No it certainly isn't, stop trying to get people to waste their money. The arcade or Saturn ports of VF2, absolutely, the Megadrive one, god no.

  • peeweeshift

    Posted May 4, 2007 1:37 pm PT

    i have the original no thanks

  • thekey

    Posted May 4, 2007 1:21 pm PT

    Oh wait a minute its not the arcade version LOL!!! This is so laughable. XBLA better get the arcade version!

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted May 4, 2007 1:18 pm PT

    Guess Super Paper Mario wasn't the first RPG platformer around.

  • thekey

    Posted May 4, 2007 1:18 pm PT

    Where is XBLA version at?

  • Pete5506

    Posted May 4, 2007 12:59 pm PT

    cool

  • Halo05

    Posted May 4, 2007 12:23 pm PT

    You guys are going to be sad pandas if you pay 800 Wii points for the Megadrive version of VF2. It's fairly dismal.

  • Afrikanxl

    Posted May 4, 2007 12:13 pm PT

    Alex Kid....LOL.... who remembers in one of those games the bad guys would shoot sh!t balls at you.....they would literately turn their back to you and sh!t something out.......... games got away with along of things back then.....

  • ajy2

    Posted May 4, 2007 11:14 am PT

    Over 3 million downloads equals multi millions for Nintendo, they are going to make a fortune this year!!!

  • finaleve

    Posted May 4, 2007 10:17 am PT

    FighterHayabusa > lol, you are such a noob. Can't provide 3d graphics, considering half the games on the Wii are in 3d.
    And the VC console has a couple other 3d games to boot as well (good ole n64 days), so know what you are talking about before you open your mouth again.

    3mil downloads, thats a lot, in a few months too.

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