Virtual Console Round-Up: November '09 – Attack of the Ports!

Dec 03

Every Monday in the previous month, Nintendo was able to release not one, but two titles to the Virtual Console library. That’s a total of ten new (old) games to check out! Here’s the bad news. Among those ten titles, three of them already existed on the Virtual Console. When I use the phrase “attack of the ports,” I am not referring to the...

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Virtual Console Round-Up: August and September '09

Sep 30

After a two-week hiatus of releases at the end of July, Virtual Console came back with a vengeance. We’ve seen one release every week for the last two months. Mondays were good days, and not just because the releases were regular: we actually got some decent games this time around. The most notable releases were a trilogy of titles from LucasArts for the Super...

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Virtual Console Round-Up: June and July '09 (and some angry commentary)

Jul 29

The releases on Wii Virtual Console have continued to dwindle. June was so depressing that we didn’t even report on it at the time. And July…well, let’s just say they didn’t release anything for the last two weeks. As to why that is, there’s a questionable email from an unnamed Nintendo of America representative, and we’ll get to...

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Virtual Console Round-Up: March '09 (and a brief look at the best and worst of all months prior)

Mar 17

One of our planned monthly features on Gameosaurus is a “Virtual Console Round-Up.” It’s a fairly relevant piece; after all, who doesn’t want to pay for games you could have had freely (though illegally) on your computer anytime over the last decade? Seriously though, there is something satisfying, not to mention ethical, about paying Nintendo...

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