98 Days (and Counting) of No Wii Virtual Console

The Ignition Factor, released on August 25, 2011, was the last Wii Virtual Console game released in North America. This is a problem....

by Neal Ronaghan - December 1, 2011

RECOMMENDATIONS: Detana!! Virtual Console Phantasy Punch-Out!!

Sheer variety wins this week's recommendations over with an RPG, a boxing game, and a shoot-'em-up from the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, and Turbo-Grafx 16 respectively....

by Neal Ronaghan - April 4, 2009

RECOMMENDATIONS: Zoda's Virtual Revenge: Mario Golf

With a putt-putt here and yo-yo there, we've got two more Virtual Console recommendations for your eyes only....

by Neal Ronaghan - March 26, 2009

RECOMMENDATIONS: V.I.R.T.U.A.L. Salamander Console

It's a shoot-'em-up week as we've got not one, but two recommendations for acclaimed games in the genre that makes up more than fifty percent of all Virtual Console games....

by Neal Ronaghan - March 13, 2009

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual MAN-BEAMS: The March of the Black Consoles

In this week's recommendations, we've got a homoerotic TurboGrafx 16 shooter and a revered strategy RPG....

by Neal Ronaghan - March 6, 2009

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Commodore 64

Are the inaugural Commodore 64 Virtual Console games worth it?...

by Neal Ronaghan - February 28, 2009

RECOMMENDATIONS: Kirby's Virtual Console Man 3

We've got a little bit of Kirby and little bit of Mega Man in this week's Virtual Console Recommendations....

by Neal Ronaghan - February 20, 2009

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Battle Boxing of Mana

This week's recommendations feature a heralded SNES RPG and a Turbografx 16 boxing game....

by Neal Ronaghan - February 12, 2009

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Chaos in Monster Land: Dracula's Curse

After a long hiatus that was preceded by a long hiatus that was preceded by another long hiatus, NWR's weekly Virtual Console Recommendations are back!...

by Neal Ronaghan - February 5, 2009

BLOG: On Old Games Relegated to Plug & Play Clones

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by Carmine Red - December 8, 2008

BLOG: Firmware is the New Hardware

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by Steven Rodriguez - November 24, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Double Vector Virtual Console Update 64: Gofer No Yabou

This week we feature one recent game and three other assorted Virtual Console classics as we catch up with more of our Virtual Console backlog....

by Neal Ronaghan - October 23, 2008

BLOG: Overload

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by Jonathan Metts - October 22, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: A Super, Mega, Fatal Virtual Console Update

Two timeless classics and two Neo Geo fighters reawaken NWR's dormant Virtual Console Recommendations....

by Neal Ronaghan - October 15, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Recommendations: Blue, Green, and RPG All Over

Sonic, Mega Man, Splatterhouse, and Ys make up this edition of NWR's Virtual Console Recommendations....

by Mike Gamin - August 30, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: July 21st and 28th, 2008

Two contrasting Genesis shooters and a bad TurboGrafx-16 racer make up some of the latest games to hit the Virtual Console in North America....

by Mike Gamin - August 1, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Games We've Missed

Are you curious about some of the recent Virtual Console releases? Check out our thoughts on four of them....

by Mike Gamin - July 24, 2008

BLOG: How Digital Delivery Can Save the Pack Rat

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by Mike Gamin - June 4, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: April Round-Up

The bulk of April offered up some diverse, zany, and challenging desirables....

by Aaron Kaluszka - May 5, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: The Rest of March 2008

The lead up to WiiWare reveals a whole lot of stinkers....

by Les Thomas - April 28, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: March 3 and March 10, 2008

Two games entirely in Japanese and one made by Germans. Wha?...

by Evan Burchfield - March 17, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: The Whole of February 2008

Recommendations for the whole month in one easy convenient link. How's that for service?...

by Evan Burchfield - February 26, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: The Rest of January 2008

It's so sad to see the Virtual Console die so young....

by Evan Burchfield - January 31, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: January 7, 2008

First chance this year to piss everyone off....

by Evan Burchfield - January 8, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: Year-End Round-Up!

Happy New Year -- here are some late recommendations for the Virtual Console!...

by Evan Burchfield - January 3, 2008

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: December 3 and December 10, 2007

Two weeks and no clunkers....

by Aaron Kaluszka - December 11, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: The Rest of November, 2007

We've had our fill of turkey and survived the crowds at the mall. Here's a look at the past three weeks of VC releases....

by Aaron Kaluszka - December 1, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: November 5, 2007

Mario! Mario! Mario! Mario!...

by Steven Rodriguez - November 6, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: October 29, 2007

Be afraid. Be very afraid....

by Steven Rodriguez - October 30, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: October 15 and October 22, 2007

Nintendo brings out more imports, a few hidden gems, and a new game system to VC....

by Steven Rodriguez - October 27, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: October 8, 2007

Enter the Neo-Geo....

by Steven Rodriguez - October 12, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: October 1, 2007

If you're curious as to why people like to import games from Japan, you won't be after you check out this week's VC releases....

by Steven Rodriguez - October 3, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: September 24, 2007

The legend of Puyo Puyo is all the rage on the streets this week....

by Steven Rodriguez - September 25, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: September 17, 2007

Are you ready for some baseball?...

by Steven Rodriguez - September 19, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: September 10, 2007

Are you ready for some football?...

by Steven Rodriguez - September 11, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: August 27 and September 3, 2007

A whole month without a VC shoot-'em-up? That's got to be some kind of record....

by Steven Rodriguez - September 4, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: August 20, 2007

Metroid is the top of the class of this week's three releases. For real this time!...

by Steven Rodriguez - August 21, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: August 13, 2007

Metroid is the top of the class of this week's three releases. Or is it?...

by Steven Rodriguez - August 14, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: August 6, 2007

It's another clean sweep of awesomeness with this week's batch of games....

by Steven Rodriguez - August 7, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: July 23 and July 30, 2007

Double the pleasure, double the fun, double the recommendations!...

by Steven Rodriguez - August 1, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: July 16, 2007

The newest old game yet hits Nintendo's classic game download service....

by Steven Rodriguez - July 16, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: July 9, 2007

The games of the past head a week where we'll soon see the games of the future....

by Steven Rodriguez - July 10, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: July 2, 2007

If you had to choose between a dolphin, a dragon, and a frog, which would you think would make the better classic game?...

by Steven Rodriguez - July 3, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: June 25, 2007

If you get all three games this week, you'll unlock a secret, hidden game: Street Fighter F-Zero X-II: Hyper Fighting China Warrior!...

by Steven Rodriguez - June 25, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: June 18, 2007

This week's a little bit golf, a little bit Olympics and a little bit Rambo....

by Steven Rodriguez - June 19, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: June 11, 2007

The second Sonic game, the second Golden Axe and the second Lode Runner to appear on Virtual Console. Come here for a second, won't you?...

by Steven Rodriguez - June 12, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: June 4, 2007

Zelda II headlines the arrival of Virtual Console's 100th game. How does it and the others released this week stack up?...

by Steven Rodriguez - June 5, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: May 28, 2007

This week: A 16-bit classic, a solid 16-bit platformer, and a game that's not worth 16 bits....

by Steven Rodriguez - May 28, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: May 21, 2007

Two out of three ain't bad. Again....

by Steven Rodriguez - May 22, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: May 14, 2007

Do you like ninjas? Nintendo's got you covered with this week's VC lineup....

by Steven Rodriguez - May 14, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: May 7, 2007

The grey Xs of doom return, almost rendering this week worthless....

by Steven Rodriguez - May 7, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: April 30, 2007

The Belmonts celebrate their 20th anniversary this week. Who else was invited to the party?...

by Steven Rodriguez - April 30, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: April 23, 2007

A key moment for Virtual Console—sorta—comes with three great games this week....

by Steven Rodriguez - April 23, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: April 16, 2007

This week's VC theme: Hitting things really hard....

by Steven Rodriguez - April 16, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: April 9, 2007

It's a bit of a down week this time around, but there might be a game or two for you in this batch. Especially if you like Engrish....

by Steven Rodriguez - April 10, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: April 2, 2007

The lions, tigers and bears (oh my!) are nowhere to be found, but just about everything else in the zoo is....

by Steven Rodriguez - April 2, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: March 26, 2007

A single game from a very, very long-standing series can be yours if have the points....

by Steven Rodriguez - March 26, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: March 19, 2007

Three new old games for you to look at this week....

by Steven Rodriguez - March 19, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: March 12, 2007

Yeah, we're a day late with this week's recommendations. But we know you were waiting for us....

by Steven Rodriguez - March 13, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: VC Launch Set 1

We start taking a look at the games that we haven't got to recommending yet....

by Steven Rodriguez - March 5, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: March 5, 2007

White knights can't jump. Also, Elevators in Action!...

by Steven Rodriguez - March 5, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: February 26, 2007

Another Zelda classic comes to Virtual Console. How many of those does Nintendo have, anyway?...

by Steven Rodriguez - February 26, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: February 19, 2007

The Island, the Country, the Kage and the Rage make up the four-pack variety of downloadables this week....

by Steven Rodriguez - February 19, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: February 12, 2007

Three oldies-but-goodies from Nintendo's NES library make up this week's batch of releases....

by Steven Rodriguez - February 12, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: February 5, 2007

Super Mario World, Gain Ground and Vigilante were released today. Besides the obvious, which ones are worth your Points?...

by Steven Rodriguez - February 5, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: January 29, 2007

Mario Kart 64 and Contra III may be a sign that the worst of the Virtual Console is behind us....

by Steven Rodriguez - January 29, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: January 22, 2007

Finally, Nintendo hears our pleas and brings out a big gun. But where are the other games?...

by Steven Rodriguez - January 22, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: January 15, 2007

There are three new releases this week, one each from three different systems. But it's pretty much the same as last week's update....

by Steven Rodriguez - January 15, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: January 8, 2007

This week's VC update sees three new releases, but curiously, Nintendo is nowhere to be found....

by Steven Rodriguez - January 8, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: January 1, 2007

Nintendo follows up a merry Virtual Console Christmas with a not-so-happy VC New Year....

by Steven Rodriguez - January 1, 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: December 25, 2006

Here's NWR's opinion of the Christmas batch of Virtual Console games....

by Steven Rodriguez - December 26, 2006

RECOMMENDATIONS: Virtual Console Mondays: December 18, 2006

Our first take on which games you should buy for Virtual Console this week....

by Steven Rodriguez - December 18, 2006