Adventure Island headlines Virtual Console Monday (Joystiq)

[R.O.B.]

Filed under: Nintendo Wii

It didn't really have much of a choice in the matter, since squeezing three more game titles into the above headline would have resulted in an incomprehensible mess of letters, numbers and colons. Scheduled to arrive in the Wii's Shop Channel at 9AM PST, the following four games benefit from having largely self-explanatory names:

• Adventure Island (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Grab a skateboard and venture onto an island... of adventure! Not to be confused with Ad Venture Island, the tropical billboard simulator.
  


• Donkey Kong Jr. Math (NES, 1-2 players, 200+300=500 Wii Points): Place your child's education in the hands of a monkey! If I'm holding 17 bananas in my left hand and 23 bananas in my right hand, how big are my hands?
  


• Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Don the pointy ears of an elvish treasure hunter (somehow named "Nigel") and seek out the king's shiny goods.
  


• Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points): After two medium-sized adventures, Bonk embarks on his third and largest quest. Size clearly matters this time, since Nintendo's press release reminds us that "you can change your size to bonk your way through" all sorts of situations.

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[pocketmego]

Well 3 out of 4 good games isn't bad.

I guess Nintendo wanted something for the very young ones, thus DKJr Math. Even though it's a pile of monkey or donkey Crap.

Meanwhile Adventure Island is a MUST have. Not just the TG16 game which some people think. It's the original, it's different, and it's an all time classic. A must HAVE for me as a HUGE fan of the series.

Bonk 3, well it's Bonk. if you liked the first 2 this is the final one to appear on the TG16 and as fun as the others. Although, BONK never did a lot for me. Zonk, on the other hand.

Landstalker, This game is something I would assume did better when it came out in Europe than in the states. Because it is a 16 bit throwback to a kind of gaming that Europeans are infinitely more familiar with than Americans, the Isometric Adventure game. However, it is fun and different and a rare type of game to appear on consoles. So even if you didn't grow up playing Isometric games on your Speccy, if you like Adventure games then you will likely dig this game.

-Ray

[wychwood_drinker]

Originally Posted by R.O.B.

since Nintendo's press release reminds us that "you can change your size to bonk your way through" all sorts of situations.

and i thought nintendo was a family company.

*nudge, nudge, wink, wink* say no more!