Tonma, Streets of Rage 3 and Kirby's Avalanche come to Virtual Console

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via Joystiq


There's not too much to be excited about this week on the Virtual Console, just a spin-off, a sequel and a mish-mash of both. We look forward to the comments when some of you will inevitably tout Kirby's Avalanche as the best Puyo Puyo rip-off, or Streets of Rage 3 as the best in that series or Legend of Hero Tonma as the best ... something. We're looking forward to it.

• Legend of Hero Tonma (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points): For the following analogy, mustaches are not withstanding. Imagine, if you will, if Mario was a superhero. Now imagine that his power was "somewhat more impressive fireballs". Now remove him from the Mushroom Kingdom and put him in a fantasy setting. Congratulations, you have just designed Legend of Hero Tonma. Enjoy your royalty checks.

• Kirby's Avalanche (Super NES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): One thing you've got to give Kirby: He's got his fingers into everything. He's like the P. Diddy of video games. This week, we find K. Biddy in a Puyo Puyo clone called Kirby's Avalanche.

• Streets of Rage 3 (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): Sometimes, the rage on the streets is so great that you have to come back for a second helping of beat-em-up action. But when you return for a third time, people start to get upset. They start neighborhood watches, it's bad. If you like this genre, Streets of Rage 3 might be worth your time, but we're spiritually opposed to buying any game that features a character named Skate.

[mcdougall57]

hey, puyo puyo ripped off dr robotnics mean bean machine and whats wrong with streets of rage i admire streets of rage 2, skate and axel are my fav characters.

[kcajblue]

kirby is cool.
and streets of rage is a fun game.

[geise69]

Actually Dr. Robotnicks Mean Bean Machine is what the US localization of Puyo Puyo turned into. They felt the characters in the Japanese game wouldn't appeal to the US audience.

[mcdougall57]

Actually Dr. Robotnicks Mean Bean Machine is what the US localization of Puyo Puyo turned into. They felt the characters in the Japanese game wouldn't appeal to the US audience.

thanks i didnt know that