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Today’s Virtual Console Titles: September 8

• Scribbled on September 8th, 2008 by Jonathon Howard
• Filed in Action, New Release(s), Nintendo Wii, Press Release, Virtual Console

While this week’s VC release isn’t as good as last weeks’ (you’d need another AAA title for that to happen) it isn’t all bad, though half of it is very perverted.

• Final Solider (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 700 Wii Points)
• Cho Aniki (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, 900 Wii Points):

This week’s releases are both shoot-em-ups for the Turbografx-16. Final Soldier is a vertical scrolling shooter and the third in the popular Soldier series. While these games never did much to stand out of the crowded shmup scene, the Turbografx 16 titles are solid with good gameplay, especially Final Soldier which allows for some heavy weapons customization that affects how you’ll play the game if you’re a shmup fan, this isn’t a bad purchase.

Now on the the perverted portion of this week’s release, Cho Aniki. I don’t even know where to begin with this one. Somehow, the series ended up with a PS2 version centering around two bald bodybuilders wearing speedos with holes in their heads… oh, and they have to get “protein” to save the universe from another bodybuilder.

Um, right?

The original TG-16 game was a sub-par shooter whose only selling point was how screwed up the game is, and amazingly, it only got stranger. There’s an entire series of these in Japan that border on the homoerotic without ever actually going there; well, actually, it goes there.

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P.S. For all the weirdness on Cho Aniki check out Hardcore Gaming’s coverage of the series.

Virtual Console 

Final Solider (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone—Mild Fantasy Violence, 700 Wii Points): A vertically scrolling shooter from the well-known Soldier series. In the 23rd century, invaders from the future suddenly attack Earth. Controlling a fighter created by the world’s scientists, you rise to meet the enemy. Collect power-up units, such as LASER, E-BEAM, FIRE and MISSILE, and then equip them in Options to launch a variety of attacks. For each of these weapons, you can freely select from three different types in SET-UP. Anticipate enemies’ strikes and deftly switch between weapons to defeat the invaders. In addition to NORMAL GAME, there are also 2 MINUTE GAME and 5 MINUTE GAME score-attack modes. The most perfect blend and balance of any game in the series, Final Soldier is a title you don’t want to miss.

Final Solider

Cho Aniki (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone and Older—Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 900 Wii Points): The odd world in this shooter made for quite the conversation piece in its day. Players control either Idaten or Benten, celestial warriors out to bring an end to the tyrannical rule of the emperor of Planet Builder, who holds muscular prowess to be the supreme virtue of the universe. Aided by able-bodied muscle-head options Adon and Samson, they must battle to defeat the emperor’s army across five stages. Use the buttons to fire away and lay into the Builder forces. Power up your character and options with protein from defeated enemies to have them “bulk up” with a yell, and take their macho battle to the next level.