Official Wii VC/WiiWare thread

[BerringerX]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3164283


Little blurb near the bottom.

It's Friday and we're all still reeling from the news that NPD numbers won't be gracing us in the weeks ahead, but as the latest issue of EGM falls into subscriber hands, the Quartermann's able to bring you the latest rumors. And lest we forget, Quartermann was right on the money about Bionic Commando.
This month, an old rumor resurfaces in a new form, as BioShock is apparently back on for PlayStation 3. Previously, it'd been speculated that Microsoft tied up 2K Games' aquatic adventure as an exclusive, but there's a change in the tide, as the world of Rapture may be Cell-enabled in 2008, after all.

And while Metal Gear fans are pouting over the most recent Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots delay, Kojima Productions hasn't been snoozing about taking the series in other directions. While everyone else is taking their franchises to Nintendo DS, Metal Gear is sticking to PSP, with a brand-new (that's not a spin-off) game headed to the portable, this time taking Snake back to the early days of his career.

We'll leave you with two last tidbits. One, THQ's WWF: No Mercy for the Nintendo 64 is coming back via the WiiWare service with completely updated rosters. Two, the lackluster performance of Sonic the Hedgehog hasn't deterred Sega; they're already hard at work at another "real" Sonic game. 2D, please!

See you next month, and make sure to check out the latest issue of EGM's special holiday "Games Overload" issue, landing in the hands of subscribers any day now.

[Yoshi]

What a shitty way to kick off WiiWare gaming.

[Low]

Only interesting bit I got out of that was Bioshock for PS3. Would definitely sway me to the Blu-ray side. *-neo

[Low]

Nothing to really follow up Axelay and Alien Soldier....

-Wrecking Crew (NES, Nintendo):
- Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis, Sega):
- Super Air Zonk (TurboGrafx16, Hudson):

Super Zonk is supposed to be medicore but trying it without paying $200 is tempting. *-neo

[YellerDog]

Is Super Air Zonk the same thing as Air Zonk? If not, what's the difference?

[Finch]

Nothing? Wrecking Crew is boss. Boss Hogg.

[Low]

Air Zonk was designed by the Coryoon team, aside from flicker it's a decent example of the Turbo's power. Super Air Zonk is a sequel, strips out many power-ups, lack of scrolling, etc. *-neo

[bVork]

The music is great, though.

[Low]

The music is great, though.

To be said of so many Turbo CDs . *-neo

[bVork]

I dunno about that. A lot of them sound like MIDIs run through cheap Casios. Games like Gate of Thunder and Super Air Zonk are the exception, not the rule.