Wii U Virtual Console Reviews

The art of war



Gameplay

Advance Wars is a tactical strategy title that was originally released for the Gameboy Advance during the turn of the new millennium. You start off as an unknown recruit during the first 13 missions which serve as a tutorial showing you how to play the game. After that you unlock the campaign mode and choose one of three CO's to lead...

©1986 Nintendo
File size: 6417 KB (including save data)
Price: 30¢ for a limited time

# of players: 2
Genre: Action

Balloon Fight is the first Virtual Console title to be available on the Wii U eShop and the start of Famicoms’s 30th anniversary program where Balloon Fight and other select titles get a special 30¢ price tag. This is not a port of the previous emulated Balloon Fight from the Wii’s Virtual Console as it looks more native on the TV as...

Dragon vs. Demon!



Story:

Ryu is a young boy who lost his mother when he was very young but he and his sister lived a happy life with thier grandfather until one day,when the world was mysteriously altered beyond recognition by a mysterious force, now many years later a grown Ryu must use his special powers to save the world!

The story in Breath...

A 16 bit RPG with a Twist



Earthbound, while a huge hit in Japan and actually the second game in a series known as Mother, it didn't quite hit the same impact here in North America and especially in Europe where it was never released.  Because of that Earthbound has somewhat developed a cult following here in the...

© 1990-2013 Nintendo

Now Available on the Wii U eShop


"I always want Virtual Console SNES titles to be in native resolution and it's finally here on Wii U"

The quote above is a comment I wrote on Miiverse, which over 15 Miis enthusiastically agreed on that statement. With the improve emulation in a true aspect ratio 3:4, F-Zero visually surprises me that this was a SNES launch title.

F-Zero is a future, high-speed, racer. The...

Saviors of the world?:



Created by Camelot and published by Nintendo Golden Sun is a gripping story-based RPG that has many unique gameplay features such as the unique psynergy magic system and djinni summons. The game's battle system focuses on the use of magic and summoning mysterious creatures know as djinn which you can equip to a character and summon them in battle. Your skills and...

A Challenging Journey Through Space!



Gameplay And Controls:

To say that Gradius is merely challenging is a gross understatement as the game will have you facing hordes of enemy ships as well as difficult bosses that will test your reaction and skills! The game allows you to power-up your ship in various ways such as increasing its spead, adding a shield,...

Kirby's third adventure remastered



Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland is a remake of the Famicom title Hoshi No Kirby, better known as Kirby's Adventure to westerners. Before Kirby's Adventure the title character Kirby had not been given the ability to copy enemies so at the era it was a gamechanging addition to the series. Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland adds vastly improved graphics, new minigames, and a few altered levels, but the game is mostly...

Several Games In One!



Kirby's Super Star was the final Kirby game released on the SNES console and featured over 6 unique games on one cartridge! Each of the games have their own unique gameplay, so let's find out what we think about this fun title!

The power of brothers:



Mario And Luigi: Superstar Saga started its life as Super Mario RPG 2 for the Nintendo 64 before Nintendo had decided to stop supporting its home console in favor of developing its successor the Nintendo Gamecube. The game eventually made its way onto the then popular Nintendo handheld Gameboy Advance under the new title Mario And Luigi.

The series has...

A New Enemy Appears!



Metroid Fusion is a direct sequel to Super Metroid and was the last game in the long-running Metroid series to use the tried and true gameplay formula that was around since the start of the series. Metroid...

Mac-attack



Most of the people who owned a NES growing up have probably played or heard about the NES classic Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! Which has received praise almost everywhere for its unique style of gameplay and its entertaining characters.

Punch-Out!! Isn’t as much of a fighting game as much as it is a mix of the puzzle and rhythm genres. You have to figure out the patterns in your opponent’s movements and dodge each punch a correct...

Classic Dracula Fighting At Its Finest



Castlevania is another series like Mario, Zelda and Megaman that has been around since the days of the NES.  Its playstyle has morphed a few times, the first being a 2D action platformer in the days of the NES and SNES, to a style that fan's have dubbed Metroidvania to currently a style...

Samus' 16 Bit Adventure



Metroid.  Now a days the names Metroid, Samus Aran and Mother Brain are as familiar to gamers as Super Mario Bros, Mario and Bowser.  The games playstayle created a style that would be enjoyed by fans of other series most notable the Castlevania series in the late 90's to mid 2000's.  Its...

A bite-sized adventure:



Review by FuManchu and Rukiafan.

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is the fourth and final entry in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords timeline and it's the only game in the series that the tribe known as the Minish make an appearance.

The game focuses...