i don't know why sega wouldn't support the wii u. there was some pretty positive feedback to those genesis 3D titles that they released a while back

Week of 7/24/2014:

Wii U Virtual Console:

Ufouria: The Saga (NES)
$4.99



3DS Virtual Console:

Blaster Master (NES)
$4.99



Those two Sunsoft games are pretty much the only decent games that's released on the eShop this week.

Ufouria is a game that was originally a game released in Japan and Europe on the NES. A North American release did not happen until it was released on the Wii Virtual Console in 2010.

Also, next week sees another Game Boy Advance title featuring the blue bomber.

ah good, those capcom releases are finally coming!

Week of 7/31/2014:

Wii U Virtual Console:

Mega Man Battle Network (GBA)
$7.99


This title was announced about a week prior to this one. However, this isn't all that we're getting of Mega Man, because now Capcom is bringing out MegAugust. Similar to Mega May for the 3DS... MegAugust is for games on the Wii U Virtual Console... and MegaMan Battle Network is the game to kick it off.

Of course, the sad thing here is still the fact that both the Virtual Console titles and Mega Man's appearance in Super Smash Bros is the closest we'll ever get to seeing Mega Man on the Wii U and 3DS due to Crapcom continuously trying to kill off the blue bomber for good.

Well, we got some good releases this week for August 7, 2014. Here we go:


Wii U Virtual Console:

Super Mario Kart (SNES)
$7.99


Cybernator
$7.99


Mega Man 5
$4.99



3DS Virtual Console:


The Mysterious Murasame Castle (Famicom)
$4.99



Super Mario Kart was actually released on Wednesday, following the announcement of the August 27th release of the Mercades-Benz DLC in Mario Kart 8 as well as an update to the game that fixes simple little things to the title. I hope this includes a better battle mode, because if there's one thing Nintendo fucked up on in Mario Kart 8... the battle mode is it. As for Super Mario Kart, I played that game recently... and as much as people might disagree... I didn't think it aged very well. Yes, I do acknowledge the fact that it's the first game in the series, and without it, we wouldn't have the Mario Kart titles we all know and love, but SMK's racing was just frustratingly difficult... and that's really due to the fact that the controls feel very slippery. It's even more frustrating when you fall, because if you end up in last place, then there's almost no chance for you to catch up.

MegAugust continues with Mega Man 5 on the NES, which I assume that Mega Man 6 will follow afterwards. I said it before and I'll say it again... Mega Man 5 was my least favorite in the NES Mega Man titles. The difficulty was way too easy. Every single robot master can easily get taken out with your Mega Buster, and they also ruined Rush by turning him into a spring.

However, the biggest highlight of this week would have to be the release of The Mysterious Murasame Castle. For those who don't know, this game is a Japan only Famicom Disc System title. Much like how Kid Icarus uses the Metroid engline, The Mysterious Murasame Castle uses The Legend of Zelda engine. This week's Virtual Console release on the 3DS marks the first time ever that this game FINALLY gets a release outside of Japan. Nintendo announced they were going to be bringing this game to North America during Comic Con... and now, it's here.

Shortly after the Comic Con announcement of The Mysterious Murasame Castle, it was also announced that Takamaru, the main character of the game, is going to be an assist trophy in the new Super Smash Bros game. Before that, he was only a sticker in Brawl. The game has also had cameos and references in games such as Pikmin 2 and Samurai Warriors 3, as well as some Japan only cameos in Nintendo games. It was also featured in Nintendo Land under Takamaru's Ninja Castle.

It seems that NotShane has been working on trying to make a new version of the old thread over at Retrojunk. I might post there as well if it remains active, but in the meantime, I'll still be posting on here each week. Next is the week of August 14, 2014:

Wii U Virtual Console:

Double Dragon 2: The Revenge (NES)
$4.99


Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (GBA)
$6.99


We are now into the second week of MegAugust. First we have a classic Mega Man title released last week, and now we have a game from the Megaman Battle Network series.There's still more to come as August moves on along... and more games announced for the Wii U Virtual Console.

But... Double Dragon II! Everybody remembers that... right??? RIGHT??? *crickets*

'course i remember it vapor. i am however, bothered that they released the first one on both 3DS and wii u, while only the wii u gets the sequel

Anyone remember the Double Dragon movie?

*Taps microphone.*

Is this thing on?