Monthly DB: Where's the Love?

February continued January's trend of shortcomings. Not much appeared on the Virtual Console, and reports ran wild about what could come. But in the end, we got a lot of quality over the 8 games.

Number of Virtual Console games released in February: 8
Total number of Virtual Console games released so far: 205

Number of Wii Channels released in February: 0
Total number of Wii Channels released so far: 5


NES game
500 point games: 2
Most blocks: Operation Wolf, Ninja Gaiden III (21 blocks, 1 save block)


TG16 game
600 point game: Psychosis
Most blocks: Psychosis (23 blocks, 4 save blocks)


TCD game
800 point game: Lords of Thunder
Most blocks: Lords of Thunder (214 blocks, 5 save blocks)


Genesis game
800 point game: Phantasy Star II
Most blocks: Phantasy Star II (32 blocks, 3 save blocks)


SNES game
800 point game: Harvest Moon
Most blocks: Harvest Moon (45 blocks, 4 save blocks)


N64 game
1000 point game: Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Most blocks: Kirby 64 (153 blocks, 1 save block)

2/25/08 Releases

TG16 Game
Psychosis
600 Wii Points
23 blocks (4 save blocks)
No Re-Releases


N64 Game
Kirby: the Crystal Shards
1000 Wii Points
153 blocks (1 save block)
No Re-Releases

2/18/08 Releases

NES Game
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
500 Wii Points
21 blocks (1 save block)
Re-Releases:
- Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (SNES)
- Ninja Gaiden (XBox)
- Ninja Gaiden Black (XBox)


Genesis Game
Phantasy Star II
800 Wii Points
32 blocks (3 save blocks)
Re-Releases:
- Sega Smash Pack Volume One (DC)
- Sega Genesis Collection (PS2, PSP)

2/11/08 Releases

TCD Game
Lords of Thunder
800 Wii points
214 blocks (5 save blocks)
Re-Release:
- Lords of Thunder (Sega CD)


SNES Game
Harvest Moon
800 Wii points
45 blocks (4 save blocks)
No Re-Releases

2/4/08 Releases

NES game
Operation Wolf
500 Wii points
21 blocks (1 save block)
No Re-Releases


Genesis game
Columns III
800 Wii points
28 blocks (2 save blocks)
Re-Release:
- Columns Arcade Collection (Saturn)

Monthly DB: Slim Pickins' Edition

The last month on the Virtual Console has been light to say the least. Only getting a total of 7 games, it is by the Virtual Console's lightest showing. It is not to say however, that the quality was bad. Quite the opposite, as the Virtual Console brought us some of the best games released on the Virtual Console in months. It's just disappointing that the quantity took a hit.


Number of Virtual Console games released in January: 7
Total Number of Virtual Console games released so far: 197

Number of Wii Channels released in January: 0
Total Number of Wii Channels released so far: 5


NES games
500 point games: 2
Most blocks: StarTropics, Adventures of Lolo 2 (26 blocks, 1 save block)


TCD game
800 point game: Riot Zone
Most blocks: Riot Zone (166 blocks, 5 save blocks)


SNES games
800 point games: 2
Most blocks: Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (68 blocks, 4 save blocks)


NeoGeo game
900 point game: King of Fighters '94
Most blocks: King of Fighters '94 (226 blocks, 1 save block)


N64 game
1000 point game: 1080 Snowboarding
Most blocks: 1080 Snowboarding (157 blocks, 1 save block)