Virtual Console Monday - Adventure Island, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Landstalker, Bonk 3
Monday, September 3rd, 2007 at 12:06pm by Jake
Four new titles show up in the Wii Shop Channel today:
Adventure Island - NES
A mysterious tropical paradise known as Adventure Island is the setting for this side-scrolling action game. you must safely guide Master Higgins through eight perilous stages while defeating all of the enemies in your path. Sometimes eggs containing miraculous items like axes to throw at enemies or honey that grants temporary invincibility will appear.
Donkey Kong Jr. Math - NES
Learning can be fun, especially when you play along with Donkey Kong Jr. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division by directing Junior, a cute little monkey who must climb up and down vines to collect numbers and math symbols to solve the math problems his father gives him.
Landstalker - Sega Genesis
The elvish treasure hunter Nigel undertakes a quest to gather various pieces of the legendary treasure of King Nole. His journey takes him through Mercator Island’s villages, caves and dungeons. A variety of obstacles and foes will try to deter Nigel, who must use all his wits and skills to defeat Duke Mercator and uncover the secret of King Nole’s treasure.
Bonk 3: Bonk’s Big Adventure - TurboGrafx16
In the third installment of the popular Bonk series, it’s up to Bonk once again to thwart the plans of the relentless evil King Drool. There are seven rounds scattered throughout the Dinosaur Kingdom, each one filled with fun contraptions and comical enemies. Depending on the situation, you can change your size to bonk your way through a dead end or to get a hard-to-reach item.
Not the greatest VC update, but have at it if you like what you see.
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm
/shakes forehead
We get a month of kickasstacular Metroid games on the VC, and now we get DK JR. Math. Seriously, come on Nintendo!
September 3rd, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Eh, these aren’t too bad. I mean, these games have to come out eventually. Not every week can be “omg, god games” week. Besides, I heard Landstalker was supposed to be good. I’m still happily waiting for Super Mario RPG (probably going to come out with Galaxies) and Majora’s Mask (I can dream, can’t I?)
September 3rd, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Stan, I’m not sure if Super Mario RPG will be released anytime soon because it seems that Square Enix is holding back most of their software library from the VC. It’s really all because of the remakes and reissues they’re doing with their Final Fantasy Series.
September 3rd, 2007 at 5:02 pm
i was so worried since my wi-fi is down that i was going to miss some stellar games, but nope. Just another pile of crap
September 3rd, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Vc-reviews.com doesn’t seem to think this is a lame week, except for DK Math. Here’s how they rate: Landstalker: 5/5; Bonk 3: 5/5; Adventure Island: 4/5; Donkey Kong Jr. Math 1/5
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:45 pm
DK Jr Math. = LOL!
September 4th, 2007 at 11:48 am
doh, the links are back to gamefaqs.com >
September 9th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Landstalker is excellent. Bonk 3, unlike 2, actually has features in it that make it feel like more levels to Bonk 1. Adventure Island is okay, but there’s already a superior TG version available on VC.
Donkey Kong Jr. Math, however, does seem inexplicable.