Monthly DB: Very Merry Month of May Edition

Continuing Quarter 2's Great Virtual Console run, May saw the release of many great titles on the Virtual Console. With a total of 12 games released from 4 consoles, May was very merry for Nintendo, and not gamers' wallets. Here is the breakdown:


Total number of games released in May: 12


NES games
- 500 point games: 3
- Most blocks: Mighty Bomb Jack, Ninja Gaiden (23 blocks, 1 save block)


TG16 games
- 600 point games: 4
- Most blocks: Ninja Spirit, Ordyne (26 blocks, 4 save blocks)


Genesis games
- 800 point games: 2
- Most blocks: Streets of Rage 2 (32 blocks, 2 save blocks)


SNES games
- 800 point games: 3
- Most blocks: Donkey Kong Country 2 (96 blocks, 4 save blocks)


N64 games
- 1000 point games: 0

5-28-07 releases

TG16 game
J.J. & Jeff
600 Wii points
25 blocks (4 save blocks)
No Re-Releases


Genesis game
Kid Chameleon
800 Wii points
30 blocks (2 save blocks)
Re-Releases:
- Sega Genesis Collection (PS2, PSP)


SNES game
Actraiser
800 Wii points
44 blocks (4 save blocks)
No Re-Releases

5-21-07 releases

TG16 game
Blazing Lazers
600 Wii points
25 blocks (4 save blocks)
No Re-Releases


Genesis game
Streets of Rage 2
800 Wii points
32 blocks (2 save blocks)
Re-Release:
- Streets of Rage 2 (GG)
- Sega Genesis Collection (PS2, XBox)
- Streets of Rage 2 (360)


SNES game
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
800 Wii points
96 blocks (4 save blocks)
Re-Release:
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest (GBA)

5-14-07 releases

NES games
Pac-Man
500 Wii points
20 blocks (1 save block)
Re-Releases:
- Various

Ninja Gaiden
500 Wii points
23 blocks (1 save block)
Re-Releases:
- Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (SNES)
- Ninja Gaiden (XBox)
- Ninja Gaiden Black (XBox)


TG16 game
Ninja Spirit
600 Wii points
26 blocks (4 save blocks)
No Re-Releases

5-7-07 releases

NES game
Mighty Bomb Jack
500 Wii points
23 blocks (1 save block)
Re-Release:
- Mighty Bomb Jack (Amiga, Atari ST, C64)


TG16 game
Ordyne
600 Wii points
26 blocks (4 save blocks)
Re-Release:
- Namco Museum Volume 4 (PS1)


SNES game
Final Fight
800 Wii points
49 blocks (4 save blocks)
Re-Releases
- Final Fight CD (Sega CD)
- Final Fight One (GBA)
- Capcom Classics Collection (PS2, Xbox)

Monthly DB: April Fool's Edition

Before starting this post I'd like to note that on the System Breakdown sidebar I've included a previous week additions number to systems that got a game during the last release.

Starting with the release of Quarter 2 we saw some great new games over the past 5 weeks. April started fooling us by giving us a Nintendo 64 game in its' first week, and ended by fooling us again with the release of a Cool Ninja, and a Whipman.


Total games release in April: 15

NES games
- 500 point games: 3
- 600 point game: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Most blocks: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (24 blocks, 1 save block)


TG16 games
- 600 point games: 5
- Most blocks: Battle Lode Runner, Bonk's Revenge, Bravoman (27 blocks /4 save blocks)


Genesis games
- 800 point games: 3
- Most blocks: Virtua Fighter 2 (39 blocks, 2 save blocks)


SNES games
- 800 point games: 2
- Most blocks: The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (41 blocks, 4 save blocks)


N64 game
- 1000 point game: Star Fox 64
- Most blocks: Star Fox 64 (134 blocks, 1 save block)