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Sega dusts off Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns for Wii
Sega is releasing 90s arcade light gun titles Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns on the Wii sometime this summer in an "Arcade Hits Pack." The bundle, revealed by the ESRB a couple weeks back, contains new features for the games like a "Chain Combo System" and "Unlockable Weapon Toggle," which uses game ranking to unlock extra weapons. Of course, because these titles were released in arcades during the 90s, they lack something we find essential in Sega light gun games now: profuse swearing. For that, we recommend the underappreciated House of the Dead: Overkill, available for $20. Yeah, a light gun game just isn't the same anymore without copious f-bombs.
Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns Wii pack rated by ESRB
According to the ESRB, Sega is preparing to rekindle its love affair with light gun game ports for the Wii. Having already released House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return and Ghost Squad on Nintendo's console, it looks like Sega is adding both Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns to the collection of rehashes (in addition to the excellent, original title House of the Dead: Overkill). It appears that both games will be combined in a single package, as the ESRB has rated "Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack" for Wii. If you missed out on either game in the arcades of yore, both involved flying around cityscapes and hosing down enemies with machine gun fire. Of course -- barring the release of a massive Wiimote peripheral -- the Wii version probably won't share the arcade version's fierce force feedback. The revelation of continued light gun game ports also raises a very important question: What's a gamer gotta do to get some Virtua Cop? Make it happen, Sega.
