"Vegas, baby. Vegas. Sin City is one of the undeniable icons of our age, a landmark of love, lust and loss that seems to exist in separation from the rest of the world. A place where what happens there, stays there – especially if what happens there is you losing all your money. Vegas Stakes is a game that came along in the early '90s and attempted to translate all that glitz, glamour and greed into a 16-bit SNES cartridge. Though it didn't hit the jackpot as a phenomenal success, its faithful..."

Chais via wii.ign.com »

Well, with the good year we've had for Virtual Console games, we can have some weeks where it's not really up to par.

North America's three VC offerings for this week are:

Ecco Jr. for the Genesis, 800 Points.

As always, these games will go live at Noon EST, 9AM PST. Keep track of the latest VC releases on What's New on VC? in the Wii Virtual Console forum.

Akira_EX via press.nintendo.com »