NintendoLife: When the Game Boy hit store shelves in 1989 it didn’t take long for a vast swathe of third-party publishers – many of which had grown fat on the profits generated by Nintendo’s astonishingly popular NES – to sign up to produce software for the device. Konami was one of the first to pledge its allegiance to the new portable format and naturally mindful of the potential sales that might be available, it picked one of its most famous franchises to lead the charge.
Jerry from BagoGames says, "Games were much more difficult 30 years ago and Castlevania: The Adventure holds true to that statement. Set a century before Simon, can you kill Dracula?"
This Week: Once planned as a WiiWare release, PC game NightSky from Nicalis (Cave Story) arrives instead on the 3DS eShop in full stereoscopic 3D. Meanwhile, Level-5 and Suda51 team up to deliver an anime-esque shooter in Liberation Maiden. If that’s not enough, Castlevania: The Adventure comes to the Virtual Console, and Mutant Mudds gets 20 new free levels. All this, and what’s coming soon to both the Wii U and 3DS eShop.
Nightsky is a good game with beautiful music and rich atmosphere and average gameplay.
what did you expect Zombies and Terrorists? it's a puzzle game buddy and it's good in what it is, fun and challenging.
you tell me because apparently you know little to nothing about puzzle games let alone good ones like NightSky.
Assumptions Assumptions. There are excellent puzzle games like Braid and Limbo and average games like nightsky. Can we move on?
Really hyped for Nano Assault Neo... I'll download that one right away, and I've spoken with the devs of Toki Tori II and the game sounds really fun. 23 more days!!!
"An impressive robust update awaits all 3DS users today in the form of a few new downloadable titles and some NES and Game Boy classics.
Liberation Maiden is a new $8 3D mech shoot-em-up conceived by the minds of Suda51 and Akihiro Hino. Those of you familiar with the Humble Indie Bundle will no doubt recognize action puzzler NightSky, which has now gone 3D.
Mutant Mudds owners get a free update today that gives them 20 free bonus levels, meanwhile Nintendo’s doing the opposite by offering two new New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC packs for a small price.
3DS and Wii players can also get a couple of Virtual Console games. SNK arcade shooter Shock Troopers has graced the Wii Shop Channel and two classically ghoulish titles come into the 3DS’ eShop just in time for Halloween: NES controller-destroyer Ghosts ‘n Goblins and the Game Boy’s first Dracula-slaying romp, Castlevania: The Adventure.
A word of warning with Ghosts ‘n Goblins: Beware the Red Arremer. He’s a douche.
Castlevania: The Adventure hasn’t aged particularly well considering protagonist Christopher Belmont walks like he’s wearing lead boots, but it has some excellent music. That alone may be worth its $4 price tag."
- Patrick Kulikowski
