Combining the best of SNK into one package, it's The King of Fighters '94!
Only two games for Europe this week, but who cares? Both of them are fantastic games, each with their own cult following! First off, we have The King of Fighters '94, the first in a long, long SNK fighting series, which has yearly installments (It's still going!). The series combines characters and stages from various SNK series into one massive game, which provides tons and tons of entertainment. There's a reason it's loved by so much people!
Second this week, it's Taito's classic arcade game, Bubble Bobble! As Bub and Bob your objective is to trap enemies in bubbles and then pop them to defeat them. Sounds simple and boring on paper, but it's actually really, really addictive. This game also lead to loads of sequels and spinoffs, a lot of them better than the last. The NES port is almost arcade-perfect as well!
No reason to complain this week - Let's just forget what happened last week, shall we?
1. jg233
22 Nov 2007, 23:55 GMT
We NEED to forget last week -_-
2. yeehaw
23 Nov 2007, 00:00 GMT
Finally! The King of Fighters games are fighters of pure quality and won't disappoint. Later on in the KoF series the games of course get much better, but '94 is still a great game compared to other fighters on the VC. I'm downloading this right now! w00t!!
(can't wait till we get KoF '98)
3. Bass X0
23 Nov 2007, 00:03 GMT
is KoF94 better than Street Fighter II Turbo?
4. Chris
23 Nov 2007, 02:36 GMT
Thank god I sold my Wii and went for a SNES and Megadrive.
5. djshep
23 Nov 2007, 02:42 GMT
Phew! Hopefully, now we have Bubble Bobble on the VC, maybe this could pave the way for Rainbow Islands...? Here's hoping!
6. Adamant
23 Nov 2007, 03:38 GMT
Bass X: Oh God, that's probably the hardest question you could ask. Can I say "It's just as good, and you absolutely MUST get both"?
Beautiful week.
7. alvieao
23 Nov 2007, 04:31 GMT
Indeed, everyone MUST forget about last week. The annual game that started a fantastic series of fighting games from SNK Playmore. The King of Fighters '94 separated the Capcom and SNK crowds when it comes to the 2D fighting genre...
8. chris
23 Nov 2007, 07:13 GMT
Of course KoF94 is better the Street Fighter 2 Tubo in Grafx and
sound by far.
I Just want Nam1975 and i will be very happy.
9. JODIsBack
23 Nov 2007, 08:16 GMT
"Thank god I sold my Wii and went for a SNES and Megadrive."
A REALLY dumb move if you ask me...
10. Kelvin
23 Nov 2007, 08:29 GMT
I would have preferred Master System Bubble Bobble, but oh well!
11. Ben
23 Nov 2007, 09:22 GMT
YES. Finally Bubble Bobble. One of the greatest two player games ever made. The NES version isn't one I'd played much before but in a lot of ways it's better than the arcade (better bubble mechanic and some other small things; the speed you zip around at with the shoes is hilarious and awesome also). Now I just need Pang, Wiz'n'Liz and M.U.L.E. and I'll be completely happy.
12. John Hood
23 Nov 2007, 09:45 GMT
KofF! Sweet!
13. yeehaw
23 Nov 2007, 10:28 GMT
Even though KoF '94 is one heck of a game. It just can't beat Street Fighter II Turbo.. Me, I love them both. But Street Fighter II Turbo, man, that's just a classic nobody can touch.
14. morphballer
23 Nov 2007, 12:34 GMT
KoF 94 is a great game but I'm hoping we get Samurai Showdown first.
15. Kevin
23 Nov 2007, 13:27 GMT
Hopefully we'll get bubble bobble monday.
16. BJ
23 Nov 2007, 16:44 GMT
Chris, what were you thinking?! Think of all the good VC games you'll be missing! Do you know how hard it is to track down all of the games you want for your SNES and Mega Drive?
17. Robin
23 Nov 2007, 17:13 GMT
finally! mario bros 3, bubble bobble now i just need chip n dale and megaman 2
18. Bass X0
24 Nov 2007, 16:57 GMT
well Capcom don't have the Disney license anymore so they can't release their old NES Disney titles on Virtual Console.
19. Chris
24 Nov 2007, 19:49 GMT
Bass X True. Not to mention Acclaim titles. And the Wii's tiny memory meaning you have to delete games when the memory gets full. And sound emulation errors on megadrive titles. And trying to play N64 games with the classic controller. At least now if I game was available for the SNES or Megadrive I can buy it on Ebay.
20. Chris
24 Nov 2007, 19:51 GMT
BJ - Nearly have all of them now. And a lot won't be coming to the VC due to rights issues. All the games I want buy the way. Obviously not all the games for the SNES/Megadrive
21. Super VG Bros
25 Nov 2007, 08:42 GMT
disney created chip n dale but the game itself was made after nintendo bought the rights to make the game. this makes chip n dale (the game) nintendo's and not disney's. in other words, we will see it on VC =D
22. Drake
25 Nov 2007, 13:58 GMT
Nope. In order to rerelease licensed games they have to get the license again. That's the same reason other Disney games and games like Goldeneye probably won't come for a while/at all.
23. Wolf
26 Nov 2007, 00:12 GMT
bubble bobble is amazing
24. Bass X0
26 Nov 2007, 00:30 GMT
what they could do if they were willing to actually go into the original NES game code, is change everything that is disney's - the characters, the story, the music to something different while still keeping the game playing exactly the same. this would probably have to be a WiiWare title since Virtual Console only offers games almost unaltered (certain games like Wave Race 64 and Tecmo Bowl have had small parts edited to remove licenses the original game hadl).
although I think few companies would go to that much effort just to release a game.
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