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Hidden Retro Gems Light Up the Wii

Ameer | June 01, 2007 | News | Wii Nintendo Entertainment System 
With the outstanding success of the Wii's Virtual Console, which to date has sold over 4.7 million games, many retro classics, such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Legend of Zelda can be downloaded for a small fee. However, there are many other lesser known games which offer similar entertainment value. Wired looks at ActRaiser, Ninja Spirit and Chew Man Fu, three great obscure retro games which are available on the Virtual Console.
Virtual Console, the classic game download service built into Nintendo's Wii console, has only been up and running for six months, and already 95 games are available on the service. For between $5 and $10 apiece, yesterday's smash hits like Legend of Zelda, Street Fighter II and Sonic the Hedgehog can be downloaded on demand.

But even retro games that weren't smash hits at the time can get a chance at greatness through the relatively risk-free digital delivery model. And some of these little-known releases are surprisingly fun, even now. Here are our picks of the best obscure classics.
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    ZL | June 02, 2007
    This makes me want a Wii so bad. I would so download any of the old classics. Specially the Mario games. I loved to play those when I was a little kid. ^^
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    BANDITO ATTACK | June 02, 2007
    Because Nintendo's all about the future, and new things.

    BTW.. What, exactly, is an 'obscure classic'? That's kinda impossible. If it was a classic, it wouldn't have been obscure.
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      Ameer | June 02, 2007
      Classic does not directly correlate to 'popular'. A classic is a mainstay of it's genre; a leading game. Doesn't necessarily mean it got the attention it deserved.
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    Ville_Valo | June 02, 2007
    Retro games light up my PSP...it can do so much, it's always fun. At the moment it's Rollcage from PS1
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    gotenks992 | June 02, 2007
    The games they gave some detail don't sound half that bad. I still need more Wii Points since I used them for the last good SNES game that came out a few weeks ago.

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