This week on the Virtual Console: Sequels and a shmup

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Nintendo added three more games to the Wii’s Virtual Console list today: Donkey Kong Country 2, Streets of Rage 2 and Blazing Lazers. Donkey Kong Country 2 probably has enough replay value to warrant the 800 points purchase if you skipped on the Game Boy Advance release. Like the original Donkey Kong Country it’s a platforming game with secret routes to discover and bananas to collect. At 800 Wii Points Streets of Rage 2 seems a little pricey, but it’s well worth a purchase if you have two retro controllers so you can play with a friend.

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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (SNES(R), 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): In the sequel to the immensely popular Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong gets the spotlight, along with his girlfriend, Dixie Kong — a great little monkey with a dangerous ponytail.  The action starts on the wreck of King K. Rool’s Gangplank Galleon that has apparently broken up on a reef offshore from the Kremlings’ Island.  Diddy and his friends will have to work together to rescue Donkey Kong(R), exploring all the hidden areas of the Kremlings’ island: a spooky haunted forest, treacherous swamps, a giant beehive oozing with sticky honey and lava-filled caves, just to name a few.

 

Streets of Rage 2 (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): To celebrate their defeat of the Syndicate exactly one year before, Blaze, Adam and Axel met for drinks.  The next morning, Axel received a frantic phone call from Eddie "Skate" Hunter, Adam’s younger brother, whom he was living with on the edge of the city.  Blaze and Axel found Adam and Skate’s house wrecked, and a picture showing Adam chained up at the feet of Mr. X.  The city then once again returned to its nightmarish state as criminals ran rampant.  Unable to contact their old friend in artillery, Axel and Blaze team up with Skate and Max Thunder to free the city and rescue Adam from the Syndicate.  It is up to you to take down Mr. X once and for all.

 

Blazing Lazers (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): Blazing Lazers is a vertical-scrolling shooter that was praised for surpassing the limitations of the hardware of its time.  Players control the extraordinary firepower of their Gunhed Star Fighter to take on the Dark Squadron that has begun its invasion of Earth.  Collect power-ups to increase your ship’s battle strength so it can cut through enemies and defeat the bosses in all nine areas.  Of course, as part of the "Soldier" series, the game contains a good combination of fast-paced speed with catchy, drum-propelled background music, coupled with the Field Thunder that can be used to destroy enemies in one fell swoop for the ultimate sense of satisfaction.  With its fine-tuned difficulty levels, Blazing Lazers is a shooting game that anyone can enjoy.


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