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Wiikly Update for Monday October 6, 2008

Loaded Wiikly update this time around. We get 4 games, 2 from WiiWare and 2 for the Virtual Console. Nothing extremely noteworthy jumps out at me, but there is a better than good golf game from the N64 and a fun action game from the Sega Genesis days. Hit the jump for the descriptions and pricing.

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UK Gets Virtua Fighter 5 Patch Today

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If you live in the UK and are playing VF5, this is news for you. Loot Ninja got word today from Sega Europe that the VF5 patch is now ready. You will get prompted to install and do not hesitate. Here are the features that the patch addresses:

  • Some characters will now be able to select costume-specific pants in alternate costumes, for example equipping Costume A pants in Costume B.
  • Replays of online battles can now be saved.
  • One additional item per character (appear as “Downloaded item” in Costume settings/Item edit dialog).
  • Gamer pictures will now be shown in online battles.
  • After winning the World Tournament Final, it’s now more likely that rivals you have not defeated will be playing in arcades.
  • When someone joins an online match, you can now see their connection quality.
  • Various fixes for minor bugs, including a texture bug.
  • Easier sorting of rankings.
  • Rematches in Online VS. Player Matches now possible even when the players haven’t added their opponent to their friend list

Reviews: Virtua Fighter 5 (XBOX 360)

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I am drinking Hoegaarden. A white Belgian ale. It is good. Luckily there are no umlauts in the name, for I do not know how to type them. Anyways.

Sega’s and AM2’s fighting series Virtua Fighter debuted in the summer of 1993 and was hailed as the first 3-D fighting game in the world. At the time the combination of graphic prowess and a cast of eight playable characters had arcade patrons running around with fist fulls of quarters like maniacs.

Fourteen years later Sega and AM2 release Virtua Fighter 5. The game now boasts a cast of fifteen characters and a variety of online modes. Hazzah!

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