Virtual console news and updates from the specialized section of the Wii shop channel. Including newly downloadable games and other software for the Wii gaming console.
Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Angela in Virtual Console
Here we are with the Wii Centre Wii-kly VC update! This week’s additions take players on a psychedelic trip down memory lane. Kirby is back and armed with a bunch of new talents, including the option to combine abilities. Curious to find out what mixing the Burn and Cutter powers gives Kirby? We won’t spoil [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Angela in Virtual Console
Already a firm favourite with Wii owners, Virtual Console is once again expanding its catalogue, this time with the addition of a whole new games format. Later this year, Wii owners will be able to enjoy classic titles from the best selling personal computer of all time, the Commodore 64. These titles join classic gems [...]
Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Angela in Virtual Console
Get ready to street fight this week as Street Gang launches on Virtual Console. Follow high school students Alex and Ryan on their quest across River City to rescue Ryan’s girlfriend, Cyndi, from a gang hideout at River City High. This urgent journey sees them battle student groups such as the ‘Frat Boys’ and ‘Jocks’ [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2008 by Angela in Virtual Console
The two games joining the lineup this week are considered cult classics, yet they deal with topics as varied as farm management and shooting enemies to the strains of heavy-metal tunes. Just don’t get the two mixed up, since most livestock don’t like heavy metal and it takes more than turnips to defeat fire-spewing sea [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Angela in Virtual Console
Here we are again with the Wii Centre Wii-kly Shop Channel Update. Let’s take a quick personality test. Are you the type of person who likes to solve problems by analyzing clues, collecting information and methodically reaching your goal? Or are you more the type to thrust a double-footed kick into someone’s face and follow [...]
Posted on January 14th, 2008 by Angela in Virtual Console
This week you can spend your time carefully planning puzzle strategies or rescuing a damsel in distress (arghhhhh!!!!). Help one of the most iconic characters in all of video gamedom eat some troublesome ghosts or set off to defeat an evil organization using only your furious fists. The choice is yours. What are you in [...]
Posted on January 08th, 2008 by Angela in Virtual Console
Can’t believe it’s already 2008? Soothe that sense of future shock with a visit to the US Wii Shop Channel, where they’ve just added a pair of awesome vintage games from way back in the 20th century. This week’s new offerings include an unpredictable island-hopping adventure and a legendary fighting title, each guaranteed to deliver [...]
Posted on January 03rd, 2008 by Angela in Virtual Console
A little late this week, but here is the Wii Centre Wii-kly Virtual Console Update for you all. This week’s classic game additions offer brilliant fantasy and crackling action to help you ring in the start of ‘08. So if you haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions yet, allow us to suggest a few: pop [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2007 by Angela in Virtual Console
Our Wii Centre Wiikly VC update is a little late this week, thanks to Santa Claus throwing it off, but here it is none the less. This week’s merry Wii Shop Channel lineup includes a classic adventure title to entertain every reveler in your household, from the nicest to the naughtiest. Plus, you’ll find a [...]
Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Angela in Virtual Console
Here we are again with our Wii-kly Virtual Console update! It’s sci-fi/fantasy week on the Virtual Console, and you know what that means. The Cybernators are deadly, the aliens are ruthless and the monsters are…cute. It’s a collection of three classic action games designed to keep your blood boiling as the weather gets cooler and [...]