wraggster
February 17th, 2012, 00:37
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/strider216.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/16/nintendoware-weekly-metal-gear-solid-3d-demo-strider/)The Metal Gear Solid 3D demo (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/14/metal-gear-solid-3d-demo-coming-to-3ds-eshop-this-week/) arrives today, accompanied by relatively big news on the Virtual Console! The first NES Ambassador game for 3DS is now available for purchase by non-Ambassadors! Super Mario Bros. is on the eShop now for five bucks. And if you already have it through the Ambassador Program, you can get a free update to add multiplayer and save states!
There's also news for the Wii's Virtual Console: the Genesis version of Strider can be purchased today. We hadn't heard about a Genesis VC game in a while, so we looked into it. As far as we can tell, this is the first Genesis game on Wii in North America since Sonic & Knuckles (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/15/vc-in-brief-sonic-and-knuckles-sega-genesis/), on February 15, 2010. It's been two years and a day since the last Genesis VC release.
In fact, this appears to be the first Wii Virtual Console release of any kind sinceThe Ignition Factor (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/25/nintendoware-weekly-gargoyles-quest-the-ignition-factor/) six months ago. Enjoy it! This doesn't happen very often.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/16/nintendoware-weekly-metal-gear-solid-3d-demo-strider/
There's also news for the Wii's Virtual Console: the Genesis version of Strider can be purchased today. We hadn't heard about a Genesis VC game in a while, so we looked into it. As far as we can tell, this is the first Genesis game on Wii in North America since Sonic & Knuckles (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/15/vc-in-brief-sonic-and-knuckles-sega-genesis/), on February 15, 2010. It's been two years and a day since the last Genesis VC release.
In fact, this appears to be the first Wii Virtual Console release of any kind sinceThe Ignition Factor (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/25/nintendoware-weekly-gargoyles-quest-the-ignition-factor/) six months ago. Enjoy it! This doesn't happen very often.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/16/nintendoware-weekly-metal-gear-solid-3d-demo-strider/