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Compared to Japan's four, North America this week only gets two games, #198 and #199, respectively, leading us to wonder what we would get next week for #200. #100 was Zelda II.
First game up is Operation Wolf for the NES, a single-player lightgun game port from the arcade. It'll be interesting how this will be implemented, as the arcade version used a positional gun for firing.
The other game is Columns III for the Sega Genesis. This is a gem-matching puzzle game akin to Puzzle Fighter.
To recap:
As always, games go live Noon EST, 9 AM PST. Keep track of the latest VC releases in the 2008 edition of What's New on VC? in the Virtual Console forum.
As Nintendo's press site is currently down as of writing, thanks goes to lilboo at CAG for the press release.
Step into two very different types of action this week. Either battle the bad guys to save hostages and preserve freedom or bury your opponents with magical jewels. Whatever you fancy, you'll need to be ready for a challenge: strategize as a fearless hero or manipulate special jewels to raise the crush bar. How do you plan to win today?
Two new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This weeks new games are:
OPERATION WOLF (NES®, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Use of Tobacco and Violence, 500 points): A group of desperate terrorists is keeping hostages in their jungle fortress. As a member of the elite tactical squad Operation Wolf, you must invade their hideout, destroy their operations, and get the hostages out alive! Maneuver through a series of missions and fight off soldiers, patrol boats, helicopters, and more. The further you progress, the more enemies youll have to defeat and the harder theyll try to stop you in your tracks (going so far as tossing knives and grenades at you or wearing armor). Each area along your path ends with a boss battle where youll have to find and exploit each bosss particular weakness. To top it all off, your weapon options are also limited, so youll need to conserve ammunition and grenades. Operation Wolf is said to be the most valiant and capable unit in the militarycan you save the hostages and win the day?
Columns III: Revenge of Columns (Genesis, 1-5 players, Rated E for Everyone, 800 points): This single-player or multiplayer experience expands upon the game play of the original two Columns titles giving players some extra attacks to spring on opponents. As in the original Columns, jewels fall into a bin, and you have to twist and manipulate them to form matches of three or more in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line to keep the jewels from stacking up and reaching the top. In Columns III, special magical jewels do things like raise your opponents crush bar or lower your own, adding an extra element of strategy to the game. This is a great game to play with friends, so download it today and jump into the action!
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Plus it would kind of help ease the pain of having to wait an extra month until Brawl, instead of just a week like Japan...
But I HIGHLY doubt it.
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