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  WII-KLY UPDATE: ONE WIIWARE GAME AND ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL

March 9, 2009

Remember when Grandma used to mark your height on the wall every so often, just to see how fast you were growing? Well, if the Wii™ Shop Channel had its own growth chart, she'd be impressed at how the selection of great games keeps getting bigger and bigger each week. Take a look at the latest additions and you'll discover a pair of different yet equally engaging titles: a thrilled-packed WiiWare™ shooter and a classic SEGA adventure for the Virtual Console™. Thanks to this steady stream of new games, your own library ought to be growing up fast, too.

Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time 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:

WiiWare

Gradius ReBirth (Konami, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Fantasy Violence, 1,000 Wii Points): Blast your way through levels filled with alien spaceships and otherworldly creatures in this retro side-scrolling shooter. Pick your weapons carefully and upgrade them to create a devastating arsenal of space-aged weapons that will aid you in your challenging mission. Players can post their high scores to worldwide leader boards via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection and see where they rank against all the other Gradius ReBirth players. Test your skills with Gradius ReBirth and see if you have what it takes to beat this action-packed arcade shooter.

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Virtual Console

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars™ (SEGA MASTER SYSTEM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Comic Mischief, Crude Humor, 500 Wii Points): In this platformer from the 1980s, help Alex Kidd in a race against time to find the 12 missing zodiac signs hidden in six challenging levels-including toyland, the robot factory and an outer-space level-all complete with crazy enemies.


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Wow a new Gradius game???  That's pretty sweet.  Lord knows I have enough shooters but should this one get good reviews I may have to pick it up.

And I'll just pass on Alex Kidd.  One of those games in a lifetime is enough punishment.

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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:04:09
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Gradius rebirth is new?

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gamingeek said:
Gradius rebirth is new?

Yes and no.  There has never been a Gradius Rebirth before so technically it is a new game and that's why its considered WiiWare.  However, it's really more of a collection of Gradius greatest single levels combined into one game and remixed/updated.  

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robio said:

gamingeek said:
Gradius rebirth is new?

Yes and no.  There has never been a Gradius Rebirth before so technically it is a new game and that's why its considered WiiWare.  However, it's really more of a collection of Gradius greatest single levels combined into one game and remixed/updated.  

Oh I see. I was never a huge schmup fan. I want Contra Hard Corps and Contra IV on Wiiware please.

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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:13:53
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gamingeek said:

robio said:

gamingeek said:
Gradius rebirth is new?

Yes and no.  There has never been a Gradius Rebirth before so technically it is a new game and that's why its considered WiiWare.  However, it's really more of a collection of Gradius greatest single levels combined into one game and remixed/updated.  

Oh I see. I was never a huge schmup fan. I want Contra Hard Corps and Contra IV on Wiiware please.

Contra IV killed me.  I haven't been molested like that since I was an alter boy.  Seriously, I couldn't get passed the 4th level or so.  Really made me want to cry.  I used to be good at Contra, swear to god.

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robio said:

Contra IV killed me.  I haven't been molested like that since I was an alter boy.  Seriously, I couldn't get passed the 4th level or so.  Really made me want to cry.  I used to be good at Contra, swear to god.

LOL I try stay the hell away from Contra games and shmups. My butt is still sore because of Ikaruga.

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SteelAttack said:

robio said:

Contra IV killed me.  I haven't been molested like that since I was an alter boy.  Seriously, I couldn't get passed the 4th level or so.  Really made me want to cry.  I used to be good at Contra, swear to god.

LOL I try stay the hell away from Contra games and shmups. My butt is still sore because of Ikaruga.

Sure. . . THAT'S why your butt is sore. Keep telling yourself that

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phantom_leo said:

Virtual Console

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars™ (SEGA MASTER SYSTEM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Comic Mischief, Crude Humor, 500 Wii Points): In this platformer from the 1980s, help Alex Kidd in a race against time to find the 12 missing zodiac signs hidden in six challenging levels-including toyland, the robot factory and an outer-space level-all complete with crazy enemies.


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 Forget Gradius, this is teh real game this week! I never played this Alex Kidd game before. Must download now!

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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:33:51
robio said:
SteelAttack said:
robio said:

Contra IV killed me.  I haven't been molested like that since I was an alter boy.  Seriously, I couldn't get passed the 4th level or so.  Really made me want to cry.  I used to be good at Contra, swear to god.

LOL I try stay the hell away from Contra games and shmups. My butt is still sore because of Ikaruga.

Sure. . . THAT'S why your butt is sore. Keep telling yourself that

If I keep repeating it, it will become true, Gepetto! No forcibly rammed double-headed dildos in my asshole memories anymore!
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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:55:39

Awesome! I'm so going to pick up Gradius Rebirth. I want the SNES game Sparkster on the VC, NAO!!!

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Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:36:48
robio said:

gamingeek said:

robio said:

gamingeek said:
Gradius rebirth is new?

Yes and no.  There has never been a Gradius Rebirth before so technically it is a new game and that's why its considered WiiWare.  However, it's really more of a collection of Gradius greatest single levels combined into one game and remixed/updated.  

Oh I see. I was never a huge schmup fan. I want Contra Hard Corps and Contra IV on Wiiware please.

Contra IV killed me.  I haven't been molested like that since I was an alter boy.  Seriously, I couldn't get passed the 4th level or so.  Really made me want to cry.  I used to be good at Contra, swear to god.

Wow. Just wow. LOL

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