4/28/08 Releases

NES Game
Double Dragon
500 Wii points
22 blocks (1 save block)
Re-Releases:
- Double Dragon (GEN, GB, Neo, SMS, 360)
- Double Dragon Advance (GBA)


Game Channel
Mario Kart Wii
78 blocks (23 save blocks)

4/21/08 Releases

NES Game
River City Ransom
500 Wii points
22 blocks (1 save block)
Re-Release:
- River City Ransom EX (GBA)


Genesis Game
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
800 Wii points
31 blocks (3 save blocks)
Re-Releases:
- Phantasy Star Collection (SS, GBA)
- Sega Genesis Collection (PS2, PSP)

4/14/08 Releases

SMS Game
Fantasy Zone
500 Wii points
19 blocks (2 save blocks)
Re-Releases:
- Fantasy Zone (NES, TG16, GG)


Genesis Game
Mega Turrican
800 Wii points
32 blocks (2 save blocks)
No Re-Releases

4/7/08 Releases

NES games
Bases Loaded
500 Wii points
26 blocks (1 save block)
Re-Releases:
- Bases Loaded (GB)

Yoshi's Cookie
500 Wii points
21 blocks (1 save block)
No Re-Releases

Quarterly DB: Quarter 1, 2008

This post covers releases on the Wii Shop Channel during January, February and March of the year 2008.


Quarter Statistics

Total number of games released between January and March: 24
Total number of games released on the Virtual Console so far: 214

Number of Wii Channels released between January and March: 0
Total number of Wii Channels released so far: 0


NES games: 6
500 point games: 6
Most blocks: King's Knight, Startropics, Adventures of Lolo 2 (22 blocks, 1 save block)


SMS games: 1
500 point game: Wonder Boy
Most blocks: Wonder Boy


TG16 games: 1
500 point game: Psychosis
Most blocks: Psychosis (23 blocks, 4 save blocks)


TCD games: 2
800 point games: 2
Most blocks: Lords of Thunder (214 blocks, 5 save blocks)


Genesis games: 3
800 point games: 2
900 point game: Puyo Puyo 2
Most blocks: Puyo Puyo 2 (35 blocks, 2 save blocks)


SNES games: 6
800 point games: 5
900 point game: DoReMi Fantasy
Most blocks: Super Street Fighter 2 (68 blocks, 4 save blocks)


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


N64 games: 3
1000 point games: 3
Most blocks: 1080 Snowboarding (157 blocks, 1 save block)

Monthly DB: Out like a Sheep Edition

March came in like a lion for the Wii as Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released, and it went out like a sheep because nothing new of interest came out. Sure, the Sega Master System came out, but the rumored 400 points per game turned out to be a bust. Here's the breakdown of March on the Virtual Console:


Number of Virtual Console games released in March: 9
Total number of Virtual Console games released so far: 214

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


NES games
500 point games: 2
Most blocks: King's Knight (22 blocks, 1 save block)


Sega Master System (SMS) game
500 point game: Wonder Boy
Most blocks: Wonder Boy


SNES games
800 point games: 2
900 point game: DoReMi Fantasy (Import)
Most blocks: DoReMi Fantasy (45 blocks, 4 save blocks)


Genesis games
800 point games: Powerball
900 point game: Puyo Puyo 2
Most blocks: Puyo Puyo 2 (35 blocks, 2 save blocks)


N64 games
1000 point games: Cruisn' USA
Most blocks: Cruisn' USA (72 blocks, 1 save block)