As the Xbox 360 and PS3 begin to distance themselves from the Wii, Nintendo has tried to make their system as marketable as possible as they continue to add more and more games to their virtual console list. They have just added NEOGEO games; the same system that none of us could afford. Here is the official press release:
The retro hits just keep coming with Wii’s Virtual Console with over 140 titles currently available to download. Soon Wii owners will be able to re-experience the greatest arcade games of the 90s with a selection of releases from the NEOGEO. These will join classic games from Nintendo, SEGA and Turbografx already available on Wii Virtual Console.
NEOGEO launched in 1990 and featured advanced 2D graphics and high quality sound similar to that found in arcade machines at the time. Available at a relatively high price point, the NEOGEO AES (Advanced Entertainment System) was a cult product available to only a small number of gamers but now Wii owners can own these classic hits thanks to Virtual Console. Release of these titles will be handled by D4 Enterprise Inc. headquartered in Tokyo.
The first NEOGEO title to launch on Wii will be the critically acclaimed Fatal Fury, SNK’s oldest fighting game dating from 1991. This will be followed by two other retro fighting games from 1992, World Heroes and Art of Fighting. These will be joined by more titles in the near future.
So look out for great games from NEOGEO which will be making their way onto Wii’s Virtual Console and will be available to download for 900 Wii Points.
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You know what I hate about Wii and 360, those points. They are just there so you don’t actually think about money when you buy them in a effect. Grr!
Neogeo has some good games though
Fragloser,
At least for the Wii (don’t know about the 360), one point = 1 cent, so it really doesn’t bother me. What does bother me is that for the systems, if I want to buy a 5.99 game I have to add ten dollars to my account then purchase the game. Now that is annoying. I really wish Sony and Nintendo would stop this nonsense.
The NeoGeo games I would love to see on the VC are Samurai Showdown and Super Baseball 2020.
I think, I may be wrong that ‘point for point’ the 360 DC is cheaper than the Wii’s. But the 360 deff screws you over by making you buy more points then are needed. But i mean I’m not hating on the XBLM becuse it’s realy a great feature when you think bout it.
I’d like to see Baseball Stars….. I loved that game…