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Today’s Virtual Console Titles: April 28, 2008

• Scribbled on April 28th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
• Filed in Action, New Release(s), Nintendo Wii, Press Release, Retro, Virtual Console

Though, honestly, it’s actually “Today’s Virtual Console Title”, as Nintendo has again gone to issuing just one game, and it’s a dog: Double Dragon. It’s doubly a dog releasing it a week after River City Ransom hit the Virtual Console. Sort of like releasing Last Dance, Sharon Stone’s mediocre death row flick, right after Dead Man Walking had earned its Oscar nominations and win for Susan Sarandon. Ah well.

•  Double Dragon (NES®, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)

You have to wonder where all those Genesis titles will arrive for VC. Well, at least it isn’t the craptastic movie.

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April 28, 2008

Nintendo adds new 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:

Double Dragon (NES®, 1-2 players, Rated Everyone 10+ — Mild Violence, 500 Wii Points): Double Dragon begins with Billy Lee’s girlfriend, Marian, being kidnapped by a group called the Black Warriors. They demand to know the secrets of Billy’s martial-arts style in exchange for his girlfriend. However, Billy won’t stand for these underhanded tactics and decides to rescue her himself. Help him fight through city streets, buildings, jungles, temples and various other locations in a quest to find his girl. He’ll gain experience by using different fighting techniques to obtain more hearts, which will unlock more powerful techniques to use against his enemies. Keep an eye out for crates, boulders, whips, bats, knives and even dynamite along the way, as Billy can also use them to annihilate opponents. Armed with his mysterious and powerful martial arts, help Billy pummel his way through an array of goons, gang members and other Black Warrior scum to free Marian from their clutches.

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