VC Monday Madness: Hot whipping action

by David Hinkle { Apr 30th 2007 at 10:40AM }

If you dig games from Konami, than this week's offerings on the Virtual Console are sure to tickle your fancy. Personally, one of our favorite games of all time is available this week and it's not the title you may think it is. Without further ado, here's what you can get your hands on:

Castlevania (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Super NES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Shockman (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)

In case you were wondering, that game we love so much is The Legend of the Mystical Ninja. That little Goemon is such a hoot! We can still remember getting the game on our birthday, squealing with joy as we inserted it into our SNES. Of course, be sure to stop back later for our video wrap-up.

Tags: castlevania, konami, mysticalninja, nintendo, nintendowii, wii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

josh @ Apr 30th 2007 10:53AM

Mystical Ninja is my favorite game of all-time. When I your post about popping it in on your birthday, it was Deja Vu. Can't wait to play Pong and other classics at the carnival level!

Saxon @ Apr 30th 2007 11:36AM

Is this becoming the standard now, to make all links inside a blog post refer back to the blog? Just once I'd like to click on a link and have it send me to wikipedia or the game's website.

James @ Apr 30th 2007 12:18PM

LotMN is a great game -- probably one of the top 5 on SNES for multiplayer fun. If you could play this using only a Wii Remote, it would be perfect.

I better see a "download" in tonight's wrap-up!

zenprism @ Apr 30th 2007 12:25PM

Hellz yeah! Mystical Ninja was my first exposure as a kid to ninja outside of the turtle kind. Still have great memories of that game as well as others in the series.
AND Castlevania! Hot damn.

Frip @ Apr 30th 2007 1:21PM

Awesome. VC needs more gems like Mystical Ninja. Castlevania hasn't aged half-bad, either.

Spekkio @ Apr 30th 2007 2:41PM

Don't purchase Castlevania on the VC. If you have a decent Wintel computer:
http://www.amazon.com/Castlevania-Contra-Collectors-Collection-Games/dp/B000JU2VYY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0496775-4031928?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1177958357&sr=8-1

I've seen it at my local Toys 'R' Us for approx. $5.

Alisha Karabinus @ Apr 30th 2007 3:26PM

But some of us want it on our Wii.

Like me.

Because I love it.

JC Fletcher @ Apr 30th 2007 4:53PM

The PC collection is okay, but despite being emulated, it's FAR from perfect. There are serious control issues, and I swear the colors are off.

But however you get Castlevania I, GET CASTLEVANIA.

Whubbsie @ Jun 1st 2007 8:42PM

Mystical Ninja I'm getting that tattoed on my arm so never forget that name ....love it hired it from the video shop one weekend as a kid... I don't think I even slept till I had to take it back.... then I never saw it again.... as time wore on I forgot the name but allways remembered the game....this has made my day 6 hours of over time now doesn't feel so bad if I can go home and get lost in this game.