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NA Wii Virtual Console: 04/14/08: Ride Your Way Through a Fantasy Zone

Akira_EX | April 14, 2008 | Press Release | Wii 
Compared to Europe's four game bonanza, North America gets another paltry two games. However, don't look past the quality of these two games.

The first game is the popular cute-em-up, Fantasy Zone, for the Sega Master System. The controllable sentient spaceship Opa-Opa makes cameos in various Sega games afterwards, including appearing as a rare mag in Phantasy Star Online.

The second game is Mega Turrican for the Sega Genesis. It is the Genesis installment for the Turrican series, where we already have Super Turrican available on the Virtual Console. The game is a side-scrolling platformer.


Recap:
  • SMS: Fantasy Zone, 1 Player, 500 Points
  • GEN: Mega Turrican, 1 Player, 800 Points

    As always, games go live Noon EST, 9 AM PST. Keep track of the latest VC releases with the 2008 edition of What's New on VC? in the Wii Virtual Console forum.
  • Danger may not be your middle name, but you'll find plenty of it in this week's additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel. Two classic side-scrolling action titles invite players to blast and battle their way to a thrilling climax. In a spaceship or an assault suit, it'll take all the grit and gusto you can muster to survive these perilous, heart-pumping adventures.

    Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time 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 week's new games are:

    Fantasy Zone (Sega Master System, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points): Take command of the spaceship Opa-Opa and blast your way through various fantastical levels as you try to take out all the enemy bases in each stage. Once you've destroyed the bases, you'll have to beat the stage boss in order to move on to the next level. By using your guns and bombs wisely, you'll be able to take down your enemies and explore each of the crazy environments in this side-scroller. You can also buy upgraded weapons for your ship by accessing the shop. Various Sega games through the years have referenced the Opa-Opa-now you can play the game that started it all.

    Mega Turrican (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points): The Machine has enslaved the galaxy under its tyrannical rule. As Bren McGuire, the last survivor of the United Freedom Forces, it is your duty to destroy the evil forces of the Machine that have devastated the galaxy. Fight through countless hordes of enemies using everything at your disposal. Use the weapons and power-ups of your Turrican Assault Suit, including the incredible Plasma Rope, to fight back the tide of oncoming enemies and find the health and power-ups that will keep you alive. Fifteen levels of chaos and destruction stand between you and freedom.

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