R-Type - Virtual Console

andriasang.com writes: Nintendo shared a look today at its upcoming lineup of downloads for the month of May. The download service has a small lineup for the coming month, perhaps owing to the Golden Week vacation period, but will be offering a few major classics. The full lineup is as follows: * Downtown Special Kuniokun no Jidagekidayo Zenin Shugou! (Arc System Works, Famicom, 500 WiiPoints) * Ninja-kun Ashura no Sho (Jaleco, Famicom, 500) * Final Fantasy (Square Enix, Famicom, 500) * Famicom Wars (Nintendo, Famicom, 500) * Hoshi no Kirby 3 (Nintendo, Super Famicom, 800) * R-Type (Irem Soft, Master System, 500) * Sim Earth (Hudson, PC Engine, 800) * Numan Althetics (Namco Bandai, Arcade, 800) * Youkai Douchuuki (Namco Bandai, Arcade, 800)

EDGE review scores Februari 2008 edition: Nights: Journey of Dreams (Wii, Sega): 6 Soul Calibur Legends (Wii, Namco Bandai): 2 No More Heroes (Wii, Grasshopper Manufacture): 9 Geometry Wars Galaxies (Wii, Sierra Entertainment): 7 Burnout Paradise (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 9 Soldier of Fortune: Payback (PS3/Xbox 360, Activision): 4 The Club (PS3/Xbox 360, Sega): 7 Pain (PS3 PSN, Sony): 6 Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (PSP, Sony): 6 R-Type Tactics (PSP, Irem): 6 Dragoneer's Aria (PSP, Koei): 4

Today Nintendo adds three new classic games to the popular Wii video game system's Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are: Xevious (NES®, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Players control their Solvalou ship and destroy the XEVIOUS forces. Fire the zapper missiles against air-based enemies and drop the blaster bombs down upon ground-based targets. Destroy Andor Genesis to earn bonus points. Unique enemies, interesting background music, a variety of vertically scrolling background environments and many hidden game play features differentiated Xevious from the other shooting games released at the time. Are you devious enough to beat Xevious? R-Type III: The Third Lightning (Super NES®, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): It was believed on Earth that the deadly BYDO Empire had been destroyed - but now they've returned, as nasty as ever. Their ships and armies are more powerful than before, and Earth will surely be conquered unless the new R-90 ship can destroy them. Powered with engines that launch it into different dimensions, and armed with the Round, Shadow and Cyclone Forces, the R-90 has what it takes to wipe out the BYDO threat. The BYDO mother ship must be found and destroyed to entirely erase the species from our galaxy. Moto Roader (TurboGrafx16, 1-5 players, 600 Wii Points): Moto Roader is a futuristic racing game that allows up to five players to compete against each other. Players use the cash earned when they win a race to power up their machine. Not only can they change the TIRE and BODY of their vehicles, but they also can add SPECIAL parts. Jump over tall obstacles with a HOPPER and blast past rivals ...

While we've been off stuffing our plants with special mix, Nintendo has been shovelling bytes into its roaring Virtual Console - adding a handful of new games on each of the last two Fridays. As predicted, highlights include the Super Nintendo's Super Castlevania IV and SimCity, and the TurboGrafx-16 version of R-Type. Those three were out on 29th December, along with Baseball and Ice Hockey for the NES. Super Probotector (SNES) was meant to join them too, but a quick glance around the store suggests it didn't make it.

A Hudson employee has kicked off speculation that classic shoot-'em-up R-Type may well be released for Wii Virtual Console next week. In a post titled INSIDE SCOOP! Unannouced TurboGrafx game coming to VC! on official Hudson forums, the company's John Lee has teased with this: Stay tuned! This upcoming Monday Dec 11th, there will be a new TurboGrafx game coming to your Virtual Console on the Nintendo Wii! It's a new one, which has not been announced yet. Best of all, it's one of the most requested games that fans want. Oooohh! Tasty! Which one is it?, he added. Here's a tip: All brain, no skull. All eyes, no nose. Fans have pointed out that R-Type is the only unannounced game from Hudson that has been given an ESRB rating. Bonk's Adventure, Bomberman '93, Victory Run, Super Star Soldier and Dungeon Explorer, which have also been rated, have of course been previously confirmed for VC. So will it be R-Type? Well, we don't have long to wait to find out.

After the announcement of 30 American Virtual Console retro games coming to the Wii download service this year, you might think that would be the same worldwide, but you'd be wrong! Europe is getting one additional SNES game title, Donkey Kong Country, from Rare & Nintendo. But both Americans and Europeans look enviously at Japan, who on top of the 30-31 known titles are getting 19 more classic games. The SNES list alone will make you green with envy as it includes: R-Type III, Super Castlevania IV, Contra III, Street Fighter II, Super Mario World, Zelda: Link to the Past, Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo, Super Mario Picross...