Virtual Console UK Update: Ninjas with guns [7-11-2008]

via IGN


It's the Neo Geo that opens up its archives for this weeks Virtual Console update in PAL territories, with Art of Fighting 2 and Ninja Commando stepping up to the frame for Nintendo's download service.

Art of Fighting 2 is a sequel to the much loved arcade brawler – as you've probably ascertained from its title, you clever little things. But what's different about the sequel, we hear you cry? It's the 'Rage Gauge', silly. The game also marks the only time that Yuri Sakazaki was playable in the series. At least that's what Wikipedia tells us.

For some more ballistic action, you may care to try Ninja Commando, a top down vertical shooter that takes three ninjas and gives them guns. Which is quite a beautiful concept, rendering it well worth 900 Wii Points – or two pints of cider if the only currency you deal in is alcohol units.


Virtual Console European Releases, July 11

Neo Geo – 900 Wii Points

• Art of Fighting 2 (1994)
• Ninja Commando (1992)