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JP Wii Virtual Console: 02/05/08: Exploring a Dungeon With a Wrecking Crew

Akira_EX | February 05, 2008 | News | Wii 
Despite Japan getting four games last week, the offerings in the Land of the Rising Sun were slashed in half to two games. Good, decent games, but still only two nonetheless.

The first game is Dungeon Explorer II for the PC Engine CD. It is the sequel to the original Dungeon Explorer, which has seen releases on the European and North American Virtual Consoles.

The other game is Wrecking Crew for the Famicom, starring Mario and Luigi. This has already seen releases in Europe and North America in their respective Virtual Consoles.

To recap:
  • FAM: Wrecking Crew, 1-2 Players, 500 Points
  • PCE: Dungeon Explorer II, 1-5 Players, 800 Points - CD Game

    Keep track of the latest VC releases with the 2008 edition of What's New on VC? in the Virtual Console forum.
  • After last week, we thought Nintendo might be returning to form with Virtual Console releases, at least in Japan. We didn't get our hopes up, which is good, because we would be disappointed right now otherwise. Nintendo is continuing to do their best to make people forget about the Virtual Console, with another week light on releases. Not that many games for Japan means even fewer games making it out West. We don't even really care that the games aren't Goldeneye or Earthbound or whatever. We'd all be able to find something right for us if only Nintendo would give us a selection. At least nobody's going to have to clean out their refrigerators this week.

    To be fair, Dungeon Explorer II does look really great, and we wouldn't mind the opportunity to play it ourselves. And Wrecking Crew is pretty good, even if it is ancient. We're sure we'll hear about it if we are, but we don't think we're being unreasonable by saying that regardless of the quality, Nintendo should be able to offer more every week. The games are already made.

  • Wrecking Crew (Famicom, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
  • Dungeon Explorer II (PC Engine CD-ROM, 1-5 players, 800 Wii Points)

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      Remino52 | February 09, 2008
      When I saw the eggplant man trophy in SSBM I was always so curious about the game wrecking crew.

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