After the announcement of 30 American Virtual Console retro games coming to the Wii download service this year, you might think that would be the same worldwide, but you'd be wrong!
Europe is getting one additional SNES game title, Donkey Kong Country, from Rare & Nintendo.
But both Americans and Europeans look enviously at Japan, who on top of the 30-31 known titles are getting 19 more classic games.
The SNES list alone will make you green with envy as it includes: R-Type III, Super Castlevania IV, Contra III, Street Fighter II, Super Mario World, Zelda: Link to the Past, Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo, Super Mario Picross...
BY YANNIS VATIS: The gaming landscape today is filled with a lot of options for today’s young generation of players. Sure, they’ve got Minecraft to keep them occupied for hours but if it’s all the essential twitch controls and spatial and situational awareness skills that you want to pass down to your little digital warriors without exposing them to more mature content, then to the retro library we must dive!
This list contains the top 5 retro games that will not only forge your children into skillful gamers but also create lots of memorable bonding moments.
"When you think of classic shoot 'em ups, the top 2 series that likely come to mind are Gradius and R-Type so let's take an in-depth look at both franchises and see which one comes out on top." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
The release date has been revealed for the R-Type: Dobkeratops Figma Action Figure.
I want those games, too! I'll probably be buying a different game every day for the first couple of weeks... unless there aren't any good choices!
Thats kind of why I hold back on buying forun things like that because we dont get everything they do in there country. Usally they end up having more games there for it.
Retro gaming is bigger in Japan, so I guess they have more staff working on converting their games. I hope we get more soon over here, though. If they can keep up with 10 per month, I guess that will be OK.