Skip to Content

WoW Insider is getting ready for BlizzCon!
AOL Games

VC Tuesday: Balloon Fight wasn't already out?


The biggest surprise for us this week is right there in the title. Balloon Fight is one of the canonical first-generation NES games. It's already out in the U.S. and Europe, and it was even remade for the DS in Japan in a Club Nintendo-exclusive Tingle version. So why has it taken so long to show up on the Virtual Console in Japan? In the time that Japanese Wii owners have been waiting for Balloon Fight, they've gotten two versions of Wonder Boy in Monster World. Similarly, today brings the second version of Gradius II.

Speaking of repeat performances, we'd like to point out how awesomely Treasure is represented on the VC. Light Crusader is the fourth Treasure game to appear on the VC so far, and we appreciate every one. Even Light Crusader.

Tags: balloon-fight, balloonfight, baseball-stars-2, dragon-spirit, dragonspirit, gradius, light-crusader, vctuesday

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Joystiq Features




Featured Galleries

DiRT 2

DiRT 2

Let's Catch

Let's Catch

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Crystal Defenders R2

Crystal Defenders R2

Silver Star Chess

Silver Star Chess

Art Style: PICTOBiTS

Art Style: PICTOBiTS

Majora's Mask

Majora's Mask

Punch-Out!! Head-to-Head mode

Punch-Out!! Head-to-Head mode

Real Heroes: Firefighters

Real Heroes: Firefighters

 


Autoblog

BloggingStocks

Download Squad

Engadget

Massively

Asylum

Wow.com

Engadget HD

Big Download