Fantasy Zone 2

With another Monday comes more games added to Nintendo's downloadable services, harkening the end of June with a couple of water-theme titles, alongside a classic cute-em-up for the Sega Master System. A total of three new WiiWare games, one new Virtual Console game, and one new DSiWare game are available.

The first WiiWare game is Hudson Entertainment's Water Warfare, a first-person soaker that features single-player missions, Vs. CPU, and 2-Player splitscreen modes. If you think you go...

Compared to Europe's four game bonanza, North America gets another paltry two games. However, don't look past the quality of these two games.

The first game is the popular cute-em-up, Fantasy Zone, for the Sega Master System. The controllable sentient spaceship Opa-Opa makes cameos in various Sega games afterwards, including appearing as a rare mag in Phantasy Star Online.

The second game is Mega Turrican for the Sega Genesis. It is the Genesis installment for the Turrican series, wh...

So, this is weird. Europe gets a grand total of four games this past Friday, and for two of the newer systems to grace the Virtual Console: the Commodore 64 and the Sega Master System.

First game up on the docket is the fan-favorite cute-em-up, Fantasy Zone, for the Sega Master System. It is one of the more celebrated games for the system, lauded by many. The game's controllable character, the sentient spaceship Opa-Opa has made cameo appearances in other games and media.


Next up i...

Whenever NA gets a pretty good release week, Japan seems to do it one better. The region gets four games to their Virtual Console, and just about all the games have their good qualities, including some that I would want to purchase.

The more interesting one for me is Joy Mech Fight for the Famicom. Hardcore Gaming 101 also has an excellent writeup about Joy Mech Fight. It's a Famicom fighter with 36 different playable characters. It is also influenced by Street Fighter II, and has a gr...