Considering that Nintendo has pretty much reduced Virtual Console's release rate to zero, pickings are somewhat slim for great VC games on Wii. However, even if you've already bought every Zelda game, and every good Hudson shooter, there are still quite a few that you may have missed.
These games were either obscure titles from small publishers, or import games that never left Japan. HCW has counted at least 6 games that you really should play for all three Nintendo consoles, and a few honorable mentions.
"Scarlet Moon Records, the leading producer of video game music albums, recently announced the thirteenth album in its long-running Prescription for Sleep series. The new album, Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies Volume III will include 12 piano/jazz renditions of songs from classic games. Most excitingly for us, two of the cover songs will come from co-op games: Diablo and Legend of the Mystical Ninja," says Co-Optimus.
The Bring it Back spotlight shines on a classic Konami franchise as GotGame looks back at Ganbare Goemon, AKA the Mystical Ninja series.
Replies(1)An all-time favorite series -- don't know if Konami still has the ability to make a new one, but I'd love to see it.
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It's no secret that many Japanese titles never see the light of day overseas. Countless games have been unreleased for fear of lack of public interest and fear of bad. This was the initial reason Sin and Punishment, released in 2000, never surfaced on the Nintendo 64 outside of Japan. The hectic shoot'em up only made it's way to the rest of the world when it was released as a special Virtual Console download on the Wii in 2007.
