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After two weeks of waiting, Mega Man is a downloadable game via the Virtual Console. You can exploit ElecMan’s weapon and conquer the seven robot masters for 500 Wii Points ($5). Any Mega Man fans considering purchasing this may want to seek out Mega Man: Anniversary Collection on the Gamecube. The compilation contains Mega Man 1-8 plus, two Mega Man boss battling arcade, and, regrettably, an unorthodox button layout.
Neo Geo Turf Masters is the other Virtual Console game this week for 900 Wii Points ($9). Pick one of six golfers, then select courses from Japan, Germany, Australia, and the Grand Canyon (USA) to golf in. No Samurai Shodown 2 this week. Nintendo has to space out Virtual Console games to make WiiWare titles like Midnight Pool from Gameloft more attractive. This game lets you live the life of a pool hustler, gambling your way up the food chain of bars, for 800 Wii Points ($8).
Images courtesy of Capcom.
4 Responses to “Mega Man makes a mark on the Virtual Console”
August 18th, 2008 at 9:41 am
@Daizyujin
If you’re talking about button layouts… then play the anniversary collection on the PS2 which is a lot better (the words you’re using).
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August 18th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
While the MM Anniversary Collection has games that probably won´t appear on the VC (the 2 arcade games and MM8) among other extra features, the emulation for the VC is probably much better… For those interested, the emulation and button layout issues are in the Wikipedia article of the Collection.
Besides, I think that the classic controller is probably the best way to play Mega Man games, due to its similarity with the NES/SNES controllers (and I´ll definitely take it over the Xbox one, by far). Even the Wii-mote is not too bad either…
There´s also the option of the Rockman Complete Works for PS1… but those are japanese only, even though I heard that have better emulation that the Collection, with the same extras and maybe more.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
By the way, Neo Turf Masters is a great golf game… It´s included in the SNK Arcade Classics Vol 1 (PS2/PSP/Wii), but I don´t know how is the emulation for it.
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August 18th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Or if you have a 360 pick up the collection on the original X-Box. The button layout is a lot better and the game seems to play fine on the 360. You also get the remixed soundtracks as a bonus.