Retail and download releases for the week of August 18th

by David Hinkle { Aug 18th 2008 at 8:59AM }

Oh, you're going to like what you see past the break. A certain big title we've all been waiting on (ohmaigawd have you guessed it yet?) has finally hit the Virtual Console. We'll give you a hint: it stars a robotic boy with a penchant for stealing the powers of his enemies.

Shoot past the break to start your day off on a happy note.

This week's retail release is:

Super Pick Ups

This week's WiiWare release is:

Midnight Pool (Gameloft, 1 -2 players, 800 Wii Points)

This week's Virtual Console releases are:

Mega Man (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
Neo Turf Masters (NEO-GEO, 1 -2 players, 900 Wii Points)

Source - Retail releases
Source - Downloadable releases

Tags: beogeo, capcom, gameloft, mega-man, midnight-pool, neo-geo, neo-turf, snk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

shawn @ Aug 18th 2008 9:11AM

already got the megaman collection but im gonna wait for part 9 to come out and ill get that one

offday @ Aug 18th 2008 9:20AM

lolz at state of the art high resolution graphics.

il_duce620 @ Aug 18th 2008 9:23AM

All I can say is...if that box art doesn't reflect what I see in the game, I'm gonna be _pissed_...

TomSkib @ Aug 18th 2008 9:28AM

Its about smurfin' time!

envisionboy @ Aug 18th 2008 10:41AM

Back in the days when Mega Man had scoliosis...

Mduck @ Aug 18th 2008 11:01AM

are you kidding me?! mega man is releasing this week?! then when are we getting Mega Man 9? is that next week? D:

btw hinkle, I dont know about others but I think you shouldn't include week releases after the break, I mean, it should be important enough to make it to the front page :D

il_duce620 @ Aug 18th 2008 11:16AM

Last I heard, Capcom and Nintendo said Mega Man 9 was "coming in September," so likely a few more weeks.

If this release is any indication, it'll be Mega Man this week, Mega Man 2 next week, and Mega Man 9 on September 1...and since Sept. 1 is Labor Day, most of us will have a day off to fully enjoy it :-)

bentendo @ Aug 18th 2008 11:09AM

Awesome! Mega Man lives! Of course, now the rest of my morning is completely shot. :)

metapop @ Aug 18th 2008 11:28AM

umm... i just checked my VC to download MM, and it's nonexistent...

TheOverlord#2 can has Animals Crossing? @ Aug 18th 2008 1:25PM

12 PM ET

Knoxximus @ Aug 18th 2008 11:36AM

Needs moar Mega Man 2!

David Kearns @ Aug 18th 2008 12:39PM

What is this "break" you keep referring to?

Maxx the Slash @ Aug 18th 2008 3:21PM

I don't like how Atomic Planet tampered with the Megaman games in Megaman Anniversary Collection. The games are too blurry, the colors look very faded, there are inconsistancies in the music, Megaman 6's opening cutscene uses the Japanese version's music (and since Japan uses less text to tell a story, the song is shorter) so the music ends halfway through and the last half of the opening movie plays in total silence, the scene during Megaman 7's credits was removed, and Megaman 8's music fades in and out when loud sound effects play. Not to mention the jump-button/shoot-button switch was the bumbest idea ever. I'd rather have the NES originals, the way CAPCOM wanted me to play it, not the way Atomic Planet wants me to play it.

Maxx the Slash @ Aug 18th 2008 3:23PM

I noticed that too a long while ago, every time the author of an article mentions a "break", there turns out to be no "break" at all, it just ends up being single a line skipped to begin a new paragraph.

David Hinkle @ Aug 18th 2008 7:22PM

Actually, "break" or "jump" means having to click through to continue on with a post. All of our posts are houses on the main page, meaning you can type up nintendowiifanboy.com and read all of our stories. But, when we refer to something being "after the break," you either have to click on the title of the post to get to the continued portion of that particular post, or the link at the bottom of the beginning text (which is the break between the part of the post seen on the front page and the entirety of it).

Actually, I might have just made it more confusing. :D

Hope it helps somewhat! :)