It’s sequel week on the Virtual Console this week, as Nintendo has added three new classic games to the Wii Shop Channel:
Super C (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): In this sequel to Contra, players take control of Mad Dog or Scorpion and once again battle the forces of Red Falcon. Stages feature a combination of perspectives (side scrolling, top down, etc.) and feature battles against huge bosses.
Breath of Fire II (Super NES, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Breath of Fire II is a role-playing game set 500 years after the previous installment, in a frontier village known as Gate. The father and sister of a young boy known as Ryu are suddenly abducted, yet strangely, all the villagers appear to have completely forgotten everything about the incident, and Ryu has instantly become an orphan. At a church, Ryu meets Bow, another orphan in a similar predicament, and they slip away from town together to begin their adventure.
Ghouls ‘n Ghosts (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): Ghouls ‘n Ghosts is the sequel to the popular action game Ghosts ‘n Goblins, originally released in the arcades and later ported to the Genesis. The game takes place three years after the battle with Astaroth when a ray of light shoots through Princess Prin Prin, and her soul is stolen right in front of Arthur’s eyes. To save his bride’s soul, Arthur the knight must battle all manner of evil undead creatures with a variety of weapons, powerful magic and new actions.