With the United States swept up in political debate and the world's reliance on oil becoming increasingly problematic, we welcome the Virtual Console's desire to take us back to a simpler and easier time. A time when sprites were celebrated, power-ups were plentiful and men were all called "Ryu." A time when every problem could be solved by the calculated and swift application of a fist. Punching time.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Alex Kidd will stop at nothing to rescue his brother. Leaping across deadly chasms, punching through solid rock and murdering birds with his bare hands -- he's a monster! We can't really identify with that, but don't let that stop you. "Please buy the things that you like."
Burning Fight (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points): Predominantly pugilistic protagonists patrol parks and pound on pesky perpetrators in this post-90s punk-bashing punchfest. POW!
ahh I miss the sega master system 2 that I had. It had this game built in to the hardware, so you just turned on the system with no game in it and it would run alexkidd.
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(Hell, I might be tempted to, just to convince Square-Enix that they should bring more of their games to VC...)
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Kojima should steal this boss battle for his next game.
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i have a photo of me at 2 years old playing this very game.
thank you joystiq!
nostalgia rocks!
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gonna go dig out my master system now LOL
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