VC Tuesday: Simon says 'Buy my game for 500 Wii Points'

It's a week of twos on the Virtual Console in Japan. SNK Playmore's Metal Slug 2, which Metal Slug fans generally like, and Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, which is fairly polarizing. Some Castlevanians enjoy its RPG elements and day-to-night cycle, while some hate its plodding gameplay and completely inscrutable puzzles. Everyone's right! We suspect that the release of Simon's Quest is timed to coincide with the latest DS Castlevania game, Order of Ecclesia, which came out last week. Or it's timed to coincide roughly with the one-year anniversary of the North American release of Simon's Quest!

Sadly missing from this week's releases is the SuperGrafx Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, which has failed to make its announced October release. Unless Nintendo surprises everyone on Halloween!

Virtual Console releases:

• Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin (Famicom, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)

• Metal Slug 2 (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points)

Just one WiiWare game, but it's ... well, okay, it's a cheapo Breakout clone.

• @Simple Series Vol. 1: THE Block Kuzushi Neo (1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)