Wii Shop Channel Monday - Pong Toss, Chase HQ, and Art Of Fighting 2
Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 8:27am by David
Looks like Strong Bad won’t be making an appearance on your Wii before the end of July. Instead, we have Pong Toss: Frat Party Games for WiiWare. Classic cop car smasher Chase HQ and another NEOGEO installment of Art Of Fighting appear for the Virtual Console. Read all about them after the jump.
WiiWare
Pong Toss—Frat Party Games (JV Games, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone—Mild Language, 800 Wii Points): Pony up—it’s Pong Toss time. Compete against your friends or the computer in this ultimate party-game favorite. Play on a regulation table with up to four players. Make consecutive shots for the Fireball bonuses and Roll-Backs as you or your team try to dominate the table and reign as Pong Toss champs. In Speed Pong, up to three challengers can compete at the same time. Speed and strategy are the keys to this fast-paced game. Jack up your opponents by using a slew of power-ups that will slow them down. The first one who sinks the last cup wins it all. Be fast. Be furious. Be victorious.
Virtual Console
Chase H.Q. (TurboGrafx16, 1992, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older—Drug Reference, Mild Violence, 600 Wii Points): This is a different style of racing game in which you attempt to catch criminals by chasing them and ramming their cars off the road. Playing as two cops from the NYPD special “CHASE H.Q.” unit, the first half of each stage involves you maneuvering your unmarked car in a heated chase, followed by an action sequence in the latter half. Once you reach the target vehicle, you flip on your lights and siren, and then try to stop the culprits by repeatedly colliding with them. Use your different gears wisely as you make your way through streets and around corners, and be careful not to hit objects or other cars, or you’ll lose speed. Also at your disposal are turbo units for temporary extra speed and ramming power.
ART OF FIGHTING 2 (NEOGEO, 1994, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen—Alcohol and Tobacco Reference, Violence, 900 Wii Points): Released in 1994 by SNK, ART OF FIGHTING 2 sees 12 characters compete for the title in the toughest fighting contest of them all: King of Fighters. Each character has a range of deadly techniques in his or her arsenal, and players must use these lethal techniques to fight their opponents. As in the original ART OF FIGHTING, however, using a deadly technique lowers a character’s mental-energy gauge. For this reason, players must use these techniques carefully. Meanwhile, players can taunt an opponent to exhaust his or her mental energy, and even suppress their opponent’s techniques if successful. This type of mental-energy offense and defense gives ART OF FIGHTING 2 a uniquely enjoyable spin on the fighting-game genre. Further adding to the strategy required to win, an attack will become stronger or weaker depending on exactly when the button is pressed. And even if a player is thrown, defensive action is possible with the timely press of a button. All of this adds up to an intense and nail-biting fighting-game experience not found anywhere else.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:50 am
I still can’t believe they made a beer pong game and then removed the beer. Sigh….
July 28th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Its funny there was so much controversy with Pong Toss with the ‘it may make people drink beer’ nonsense, and even then no one was going to buy the game with or without beer.
July 28th, 2008 at 10:09 am
wow, the fact that i want strongbad so bad makes that beerless beer pong seem even more retarded than it already is. today is an impressive day for disappointment.
July 28th, 2008 at 11:31 am
this summer has been constant disappointment from Nintendo honestly. maybe they are trying to push us away.
July 28th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
*sigh*
I’m waiting for the WiiWare game “Waiting for a Good Wii Shop Monday”.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I bought the wii with the promise of a consistent and awesome virtual console.
Why are getting crap every week? I haven’t seen I game I cared about for almost six months.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
agreed, the only real reason why I bought my wii (other than SSBB) was the virtual console.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
@ Sean, yeah the releases on VC have been equivalent to most of the Wii and DS game releases every week…crap.
MARIO PARTY ON VC!!!
July 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
yes the weekly disappointment continues and beer pong in real life can never be replaced…dumb!
July 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Honestly none of the games (ESPECIALLY Pong Toss) are not for me, but the two VC games are actually worth checking…OH WAIT, they aren’t SMRPG, Majoras Mask, or straight to the point: FIRST PARTY and that means the two VC games must suck then. (rolleyes)
COME ON PEOPLE, do NOT think they suck if you have NOT FREAKING PLAYED THEM!!!!
July 28th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I’ve played both Chase H.Q. and Art of Fighting 2, yet still stand by my original statement of disappointment. Neither are not top shelf for their genres and aren’t worth the investment. I’ll hold out for better racers (hell Spyhunter on the NES is better than Chase H.Q.) and better fighters. Neo Geo’s best fighter IMO was Samurai Showdown so why buy anything else? Also I had a TG16 and it sucked hardcore nolgas. Bonk’s who, what, when, where, why can’t I get my mom and dad’s money back….nothing interested me about those games then or now.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
“COME ON PEOPLE, do NOT think they suck if you have NOT FREAKING PLAYED THEM!!!!”
If Nintendo allowed me to demo them, then maybe you’d have a point. But I’m not going to waste Wii points on games just because I never played them. Besides I believe the feeling here is not so much those games suck as the disappointment at what’s been offered for a very long time now.
July 28th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
@Atlantis1982:
I’m not about to take flak from a guy that just used a double negative.
Seriously though, don’t assume that because I’m not interested in those titles that I’m a first party whore. I’m just selective because VC games cost money. I don’t have a lot of money, and I only want to pick up titles that i’m really interested in.
July 29th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
From the horse’s mouth:
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=75194
July 30th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I just picked up the Pong Toss and I hate to admit it… No I really do, but it’s kind of fun. We are all playing the speed pong mostly and it’s really addicting, I don’t think ill be playing it much by myself but with a group of friends or family it’s really fun.
I think the world is ending that I just admitted that…
July 31st, 2008 at 5:31 pm
i read an article today on yahoo news that reminded me of this post and i guess originally this game was going to be called beer pong, but a bunch of college campuses and parents complained about the name and liquid coloring claiming it will encourage drinking on campus (like that will stop). then the same poeple complain that them changing the beer to water is also a bad idea and might lead to H2O poisoning. come on people…