VC Tuesday: Super Thunder Bee

Only two new VC games this week for Japan, and both are shooters. Furthermore, both are sequels to games that aren't on the Virtual Console. The first, Super Thunder Blade, is an ugly helicopter game with lots of seemingly impossible-to-dodge projectiles. It's the sequel to the arcade/Sega Master System Thunder Blade.

The other, Detana!! Twinbee, is a totally cute overhead shooter from Konami. It's one of numerous Twinbee games that never saw U.S. release. In fact, the only Twinbee game ever localized was the Famicom Disk System's Moero!! Twinbee, which became the NES's Stinger.

Detana!! Twinbee is considered a high point in the Twinbee series, and even has its own Michiru Yamane soundtrack. This makes us feel pain in our hearts when we remember that we're writing about the Japanese Virtual Console.

This week's Japanese VC releases, in a bulleted list this time:

• Super Thunder Blade (Mega Drive, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)

• Detana!! Twinbee (PC Engine, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)