VC Monday Madness video wrap-up 3/24/08
Today's Virtual Console offerings aren't all too good. We get yet another shooter and it comes packed with a crummy sports game to back it up. Hit up the video above for my complaints and head past the break for the rest.
King's Knight (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii points)
Wii Fanboy says: do not download
It's not that King's Knight is a bad game, it's just a fairly mediocre shooter. And, along with some of you undoubtedly, our distaste for shooters at the moment due to its flooding the Virtual Console might be causing a bit of bias. We have no fault with the core game itself, as Square's shooter displays a lot of the characteristics we look for in that genre, just, as said, we're a bit put-off by shooters, at the moment.
Powerball (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii points)
Wii Fanboy says: do not download
Some kind of futuristic no-holds-barred form of soccer and rugby mixed together, Powerball is the definition of tedium. It's a boring and lackluster Virtual Console download, presenting nothing but an opportunity to run up and down the field and pass a ball. On top of that, the camera is too closely zoomed into the court, but that might just be a pet peeve of mine only. Eh, skip this one.
That concludes our look at this week's Virtual Console games. As always, if you have any tips or rumors regarding Nintendo's Virtual Console service, be sure to let us know and come back next week when we take a look at the latest titles available on the Nintendo Wii!
