Nintendo starts the week off with a couple new WiiWare and Virtual Console games. Here are the newest games available on the Wii Shop today (available beginning 9am PST):
WiiWare Release:
Gradius ReBirth (Konami, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Fantasy Violence, 1,000 Wii Points)
Virtual Console Release:
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (SEGA MASTER SYSTEM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Comic Mischief, Crude Humor, 500 Wii Points)
After just a handful of games, SEGA's Master System support is all but dead on the Virtual Console. Putting Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars on there probably didn't help.
Over the past few years, publishers have embraced their old school roots and released new titles with eight and 16-bit style graphics, much to the delight of gamers who grew up playing NES, SNES and Genesis in the 80s and 90s. Only a handful of companies have done this, and thankfully, it appears that this renewed art style won’t go away any time soon. Here now, are a handful of new games with some retro flavor.
John Artest (RunDLC)
Forget about food. The way to this gamer’s heart is through his NES console. I love it when a publisher takes a classic gaming franchise and then releases a sequel that retains the spirit of the titles that came before it, despite having better graphics and audio. Hell, some companies even keep it retro by intentionally designing 8-bit visuals.
Xbox Live and PSN received a handful of these games, but if you want the cream of the proverbial crop, you go to Wii, or more specifically, WiiWare. Here are the five best retro reboots on Nintendo’s Shop Channel.
John Artest (RunDLC)
And they release so little on it every week.