Nintendo Life - Most of our readers could be forgiven for never having played TwinBee: after all, it began life in 1985 as an arcade game that never left Japan. It was later ported to the Famicom, and though some reports state that an NES localisation project was actually completed, for some reason it was never released. In fact, arcade TwinBee never saw release outside of Japan until 2007, when it was at last featured on the Konami Classic Series: Arcade Hits compilation for the DS... only it was inexplicably rechristened RainbowBell.
Club Nintendo in the U.S. are offering four free Nintendo eShop and Virtual Console games all at once this month in exchange for Club Nintendo coins. Here’s a list of what they have on offer right now:
3D Classics: TwinBee (3DS eShop) – 150 coins (until Jan 6th)
1080 Snowboarding (Wii VC) – 150 coins (until Jan 6th)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (3DS VC) – 150 coins (until Jan 6th)
Mario Party 2 (Wii VC) – 150 coins (until Jan 6th)
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Damn good game! If anything deserves an HD Remake it's this game right here!
Nan Rymer of RantGaming writes: "Covering the best video games over the past 25 years of my life as a gamer. First up, my picks for the top 10 best video games of 1985."
3D Classics TwinBee is the fourth installment in the 3D Classics Series. It's a classic vertical shooter from Konami that was published back in 1986 (only in Japan).
