Data East Collection Coming to Wii

[Melf]

A bit of a news roundup from the ESRB today. First off, the ratings board revealed a collection of Data East arcade games for Wii, called Data East Arcade Classics, containing Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja (!), Burger Time, Caveman Ninja, Street Slam, Secret Agent, Magical Drop III, and more, published by Majesco. It would appear that Data East (or G-mode, the company that holds the rights to Data East's games) doesn't feel like charging 8 bucks for each game on the Virtual Console Arcade.

Other surprises include Crash 'N The Boyz: Street Challenge (which was known as Crash 'N The Boys: Street Challenge on the NES), the Kunio (River City Ransom) sports game, and Tomena Sanner, the intriguingly quirky-looking one-button WiiWare running game from Konami!

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360 or PS3 please.

[NeoZeedeater]

I hope this has Dragon Gun. I can picture it working well with the pointer controls.

[Pineapple]

I used to looooove the RCR sports game, played that shit for hours on end.

[YellerDog]

Robocop has been lost to the ages.









Or... Has It??

[Changeling]

Gimmie!

[Melf]

RoboCop is a no-go due to licensing. I loved that game.

This collection could be completely awesome if they do it right. I hope it isn't a letdown like the SNK and Tecmo ones were.

[YellerDog]

Limited licensing deals are why piracy will never die.

*plays pirate copy of Robocop, Ducktales, etc*

[gameoverDude]

I hope this has Dragon Gun. I can picture it working well with the pointer controls.

Seconded. I missed this one in the arcades, but it looks good.

I'm also hoping for Vapor Trail & Wolf Fang (Rohga). Skull Fang is OK. Fighters' History needs to be in there also. "TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THAT!" :LOL: Then there's Mizoguchi's win quote: "Return to the gutter, you honorless insect!". The announcer sounds like the same one from Virtua Fighter 3.

Midnight Resistance would be great using a Wii Classic Controller. The right analog stick could be used to simulate the knob on the controller, with the trigger buttons to fire & jump.

Damn the license limits on games like RoboCop 1 & 2, Captain America, etc.

[YellerDog]

Robocop 2 blooooows.

[Melf]

This game must have the following titles or it is FAIL:

- Act Fancer
- Atomic Runner
- Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja
- Battle Wings
- Bloody Wolf
- Boogie Wings
- BreakThru
- Burger Time series (Super BT please!)
- Captain Silver
- Caveman Games
- Cobra Command (2D shooter)
- Desert Assault
- Dragon Gun
- Fighters History series
- Gate of Doom
- Heavy Barrel
- Hippodrome
- Karate Champ
- Karnov
- Magical Drop
- Midnight Resistance
- Night Slashers
- Ring King
- Side Pocket
- Two Crude Dudes

I'd love to see the laser disc games, like Road Avenger and Cobra Command, but that's asking too much.


* Bolded titles indicate sheer personal bias.