Japan gets Metal Slug 7 next month, but don't bother importing it with the terrible Dollar to Yen exchange rate. Ignition Entertainment will co-publish the game with SNK Playmore one season later in fall 2008. The last build of Metal…

Nintendo is moving past the Japanese WiiWare launch games with something “new” for the world this week. However, Cocoto Fishing Master is only new to Wii owners. The downloadable game is a budget PlayStation 2 to Wii port where catching fish is…

Whoa! Metal Slug 7 still has some surprises that I didn’t see when I played it. This trailer shows two new slugs, the tethered Slug Tank and my favorite addition, the Slug Gigant. The mammoth slug takes up 4/5ths of…

If you picked up SNK Arcade Classic Volume 1 you might be scratching your heading wondering where World Heroes went. It’s in the compilation, but you have to unlock it. The reward system in SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 is…

The OFLC thinks so and it’s probably going to be the Neo Geo version. I can’t imagine SNK releasing the Super Nintendo / Genesis port done by Takara. On top of monster wrestling, city smashing fun Ninja Commandos may also…

SNK is capitalizing on their past by releasing collections for everything. However, Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors and Waku Waku 7 aren’t internal SNK games. They were created by Sunsoft.   On June 26, the Neo Geo ROMs for these Sunsoft…

After Kurt swiftly pointed out in the comments that Samurai Spirits Zero Special was omitted from the games listed in the Samurai Spirits Rokuban Shoubu press release, I contacted a representative from SNK Playmore USA to see what was up. No…

Earthbound was axed from the masterpiece section in Super Smash Brothers Brawl, but that doesn’t mean Nintendo won’t release it on the Virtual Console. Perhaps, it’s coming sooner than expected. The ESRB has a rating for Earthbound as a Wii…

Specifically, July 17. The first Nintendo DS iteration of Metal Slug has a seven stage main mission to complete. After you save the world you can try out eighty bite size combat missions given out by Cynthia. Back at GDC,…

A Samurai Shodown party on the Wii? Maybe. SNK is giving Wii owners of Samurai Shodown Anthology a few remote controlled mini games to play. However, you won’t be slashing enemies with the Wii remote. SNK’s mini games give players…

Where have all the Neo Geo games gone? They started showing up last year, but we haven’t seen a steady stream of Neo Geo games on the Virtual Console. Their library is waiting to be digitally distributed.   What’s next…

I picked Marco and jumped straight into the third mission. Stone towers with mounted guns shot flashing orbs from above and green soldiers marched on the ground. The turrets took a few shots to destroy, but the standard Metal Slug…