VC/WiiWare Friday: Happy Hanabi Festival
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jul 3rd 2009 at 10:15AM }
This week's awesomeness extends to WiiWare, with both Bplus's Bit Boy!!, the maze action game that shuffles between various levels of retro, and Gradius Rebirth, which settles at the 16-bit era. And on DSiWare, the Mario calculator and clock apps arrive. Roll your eyes all you want, but they're surprisingly delightful. Details after the break.
Nintendo also announced Hanabi Festival titles you can expect in following weeks: Bomberman '94, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II, MUSHA, Detana!! Twinbee, and the NES Smash Table Tennis!
Virtual Console:
- Ogre Battle (SNES, 1 player, 900 Wii Points)
- Pulseman (Mega Drive, 1 player, 900 Wii Points)
- Bit Boy!! (1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
- Gradius Rebirth (1 player, 600 Wii Points)
- Brain Challenge (1 player, 800 DSi Points)
- Mario Calculator (1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Mario Clock (1 player, 200 DSi Points)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
HotLimit @ Jul 3rd 2009 11:07AM
They just don't make em' like Ogre Battle anymore. I encourage everyone to check it out if they have spare wii-bucks or whatever. They also don't make enough games with Queen references anymore.
Shadow Hog @ Jul 3rd 2009 11:30AM
Pulseman = WANT
Sure, they probably didn't bother to translate the game's few lines of dialog any, but hey, it was fun anyway.
Sabastian Chadwick McGirt @ Jul 3rd 2009 11:36AM
Agreed. Seeing it added to European Wiis gives me hope for US release.
Roto13 @ Jul 3rd 2009 2:13PM
It was rated by the ESRB way back in February, so that's a good sign.
http://www.thetanooki.com/2009/02/13/pulseman-likely-hitting-north-american-virtual-console/
BPMOmega [GT,Steam] @ Jul 4th 2009 2:25AM
It was on the Sega Channel... so, technically... an English version exists?
Nigeria @ Jul 3rd 2009 12:27PM
I'll snag a card from somewhere once Nintendo release Kirby's Dreamland 3. Then I'll get Pulseman and Gradius Rebirth.
They should really do this festival more often.
Nigeria @ Jul 3rd 2009 1:02PM
Oh, and I forgot Twinbee.
zonic505 @ Jul 3rd 2009 3:18PM
Pulseman?? I'd gladly buy it when Nintendo puts its on the US VC.
Slick @ Jul 3rd 2009 6:55PM
oshi--Pulseman. O: O: