"Without a doubt the best football game ever made, and you could only choose between 8 plays! This game goes to show how much simplicity dominates complexity in video games, not to mention the fact that you could throw a 110 yard hail mary with 5 seconds left on the clock to win the game and leave player 2 stunned, jaw dropped to the floor, mumbling to himself “you can’t do that in real life!”; and that is just it. This is not simply just some “real” football game. It expands the limits of rea..."

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Christmas is tomorrow, and Nintendo in its merry self has added three more games to the Virtual Console. This year's Christmas update doesn't really have the bang that last year's Christmas update had (Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter II, Super Castlevania IV, ToeJam & Earl), however. But, there are still some pretty good games in this week's update.

And here we go, the list of games:

Akira_EX via press.nintendo.com »

With the NA releases of Sin & Punishment and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels on the Virtual Console, paying attention to which games get VC releases in both Japan and Europe get much more important, as these games are then available on the VC, and sport the possibility of crossing the ocean.

Europe's Virtual Console update today consists a hockey game, a skateboarding game, and another North America got on Monday. No holiday appeal to be found, though:

Akira_EX via www.vc-reviews.com »