VC Monday Madness: Star Fox 64 and more

by David Hinkle { Apr 2nd 2007 at 10:45AM }

Another Monday means another week where new content is available for download on the Virtual Console service. This week, Nintendo finally hooks us up with Star Fox 64, as well as two other games, hopefully satisfying those who have not been so happy with the service recently. Without further delay, let us present the games:

Star Fox 64 - N64 - 1 - 4 players - 1,000 Wii Points
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - NES - 1 player - 600 Wii Points (that is not a typo)
Dragon's Curse - TurboGrafx16 - 1 player - 600 Wii Points

Undoubtedly, many of you are jumping for joy that Star Fox 64 is finally available to download, something that was rumored to be happening. Make sure you come back after 12pm EDT (when the games go live on the Channel) for our impressions on whether these games are worth your hard-earned cash.

[via press release]

Tags: nintendo, nintendowii, vc, vcmm, virtualconsole, wii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

AJB @ Apr 2nd 2007 10:55AM

TMNT . . .hardest . . . game . . . ever. and not very rewarding. but it was definitely hot stuff when it came out. does it have any value today? that's doubtful. i wonder if Nintendo preserved the graphical slowdowns and glitches in the later levels . . . ? man, i spent a lot of time beating this game.

Joshua @ Apr 2nd 2007 11:00AM

Dang...I wanted Punch Out! Oh well...still good to see StarFox.

spino10 @ Apr 2nd 2007 11:01AM

my Wii Shop channel isnt showing these games available! where are they! i them preciousssss lol seriously tho where are they?

Neil @ Apr 2nd 2007 11:15AM

Dragon's Curse is definitely worth your while. Its a little slow going at first, but picks up pretty quick. The graphics are nice, and has a catchy sound track that you'll be humming for days.

spam_a_lot @ Apr 2nd 2007 11:15AM

It doesn't update till for another 45 minutes(11:00am central time).

Dan Blanchard @ Apr 2nd 2007 11:18AM

TMNT is 600 points? Is that a typo? Because I don't see why such a mind-bogglingly frustrating game would cost 100 points more than other NES games.

Sonic_13 @ Apr 2nd 2007 11:18AM

@spino10 - they aren't available each week until noon-EST / 9am PST. You have to wait another 45 minutes.

I would love to download Star Fox 64 because of the save mid-game save points featured as part of the Virtual Console emulation.

I don't plan on downloading titles of games I own the original version of, but I never played very far into Star Fox 64 because I didn't like how you had to restart the game each time you turned it off. If that is no longer a problem, then I just might download the game.

theLoneYoshi @ Apr 2nd 2007 1:24PM

Starfox 64, Finally!

When I saw TMNT, I was like, "Nice!" Then I saw it wasn't "Turtles in Time" and I was like... Awww...

oldschoolgamer @ Apr 4th 2007 10:52AM

I thought this would be appropriate. Its from angrynesnerd. Warning, there is some adult language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjUz8IT0CYg

Steve @ Apr 2nd 2007 5:27PM

Yea! StarFox, or as a friend of mine always called it "Star Schmuck". I believe this one was the best of the bunch and the follow-ups never matched it. My favorite boards were the free-roam regions but I thought the free-range boards on the DS were uninspired. The fuel timelimit constraint on the DS version really sucked away most of the fun of playing the game because instead of concentrating on destruction I had to constantly watch my fuel gauge.

Peter @ Apr 20th 2007 4:38AM

Finally we get this in the UK
Ok, it's named Lylat Wars due to some legal thing
but AT LAST

Now bring on Mario Kart Wii - Get on with it Nintendo, stop making us wait