The third (!) week in a row with just one game! You can now download Lords of Thunder, a Turbografx-CD sequel to Gate of Thunder, which is a fantastic game.
Aside from the fact that the game was listed as costing 600 points instead of the usual 800 (which has now been fixed), there's not much else to report here. Obviously it's annoying that Nintendo are only releasing single games at the moment, but when the title in question is as good as Lords of Thunder you really can't complain; this is one of the finest shooters money can buy and should be snapped up without delay by all VC fans.
Check out the review:











1. Clayfrd
07 Feb 2008, 23:11 GMT
Looks good. Hope they bring it to the States. Maybe the price was due to pure generosity, hmm? Ha, I kinda doubt it myself.
2. Will
07 Feb 2008, 23:12 GMT
I think a lot of people have been waiting for this one
3. Shortay
07 Feb 2008, 23:12 GMT
I'm speechless. A good game, but 1 game again?!
4. DEMON212
07 Feb 2008, 23:13 GMT
4th? Wasn't our release 4 weeks ago 1080 Snowboarding AND Riot Zone?
Anyway, LOT is an amazing game with an awesome price. I'm really happy about that
However I'm irate that SHMUP haters are totally screwed this week.
5. ChinSpin
07 Feb 2008, 23:19 GMT
hope we get it on monday with the same price as europe
6. Damo
07 Feb 2008, 23:19 GMT
Seriously guys, this is game so good you really don't need another this week.
7. DEMON212
07 Feb 2008, 23:22 GMT
Unless you hate Shooters.
8. Shortay
07 Feb 2008, 23:26 GMT
I hate shmups, so it's a dreadful week for me. It would have been so easy for Nintendo to release another game for people like me....
9. Angelic Lapras King
07 Feb 2008, 23:32 GMT
Then get into Shooters
10. Bass X0
07 Feb 2008, 23:32 GMT
I was thinking of downloading Story of Thor if I wasn't interested in what they gave us tonight. but i never played it before and i don't want to get burned again (didn't like Neutopia II even though everybody else was raving about it)...
11. Shortay
07 Feb 2008, 23:33 GMT
I've tried, oh have I tried
12. Bass X0
07 Feb 2008, 23:36 GMT
i'm sure there are games we have all yet to download that we should do.
13. DEMON212
07 Feb 2008, 23:47 GMT
I'm at 121, there's 3 games if that, that I'd think I'd enjoy.
Zueri's at 130+.
14. Jogurt the Yogurt
07 Feb 2008, 23:47 GMT
Honestly, I have no interest in this genre, but unlike many people here (apparently), I have no problem going for a week without downloading something. I'm perfectly content to let the LoT fans be happy and take a pass on it myself.
15. Phantom
07 Feb 2008, 23:53 GMT
It seems I'm out of luck again this week...
I really hope they don't do these 1 game weeks when Wiiware finally starts.
16. DEMON212
07 Feb 2008, 23:56 GMT
Wiiware will make it 0 a week.
17. Phantom
08 Feb 2008, 00:00 GMT
So either a 1 wiiware or 1 vc game week? Yeah they probably would do that...
18. tnk4god
08 Feb 2008, 00:05 GMT
great game, bad selection, sorry you guys
19. Hangover
08 Feb 2008, 00:09 GMT
One game... Hummmm... I think they want to milk sby for money... =P
20. Kawaiipikachu
08 Feb 2008, 00:23 GMT
Nintendo just unable to get enough licenses to have more the 1 game per week at the moment so no complaints here at all not like all the winers there .
21. Drake
08 Feb 2008, 00:26 GMT
The game's apparently 800 points now, so if you didn't buy it in time, oh well!
22. DEMON212
08 Feb 2008, 00:33 GMT
Smug mode
Yeah, Ninty are struggling to release the 140+ games that Star Mario because they just don't have the licenses.
And the tons of sequels/prequels to the games that we already have :rolleyes:
But w/e, not gonna argue, can't be bothered too.
23. Jogurt the Yogurt
08 Feb 2008, 00:38 GMT
DEMON212, not everyone has already downloaded 75% of the entire VC catalogue. Go sit in the corner.
24. DEMON212
08 Feb 2008, 00:46 GMT
Well stop grouping me with all those "Wingers" then
:lol:
25. SepticLemon
08 Feb 2008, 00:59 GMT
Wow... I just downloaded this game and all I gotta say is...
Retro sh'ump + power metal riffs = Awesomesause!
This game is really worth it, and it's cheaper then the other Turbo CD games at only 600 rather then 800. Best deal on the Wii Shop Channel so far!
26. diablos79
08 Feb 2008, 01:04 GMT
An awesome game and one that everyone should DL. Some bad news tho ppl , theyve already corrected the price and it is now up at the normal turbografx price of 800 points. DAMN THEM!!!
27. Sharecrow
08 Feb 2008, 02:19 GMT
Hopefully it comes to the US sometime soon....not that I don't have a bunch of good stuff to play already, but I am always open for a good shoot-em-up.
28. Lugia2
08 Feb 2008, 04:21 GMT
Just one?
Look, the game may be great, but at this rate we're not getting SMRPG, Chrono Trigger, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, Yoshi's Island, Majora's Mask, etc until 2015! What's wrong with these people!?!?!
29. 90's Gamer
08 Feb 2008, 05:30 GMT
That's even a most positive prediction at this rate....
30. Jogurt the Yogurt
08 Feb 2008, 05:51 GMT
Lugia2, we're never getting Chrono Trigger at all, so scale your hopes back a bit.
31. Majiiine
08 Feb 2008, 06:15 GMT
Hope this one game per week thingie doesn't last long, I want to be able to atleast choose
32. E-dawg
08 Feb 2008, 06:20 GMT
Honestly Nintendo, this is bloody ridiculous, we have too many side-scrolling shooters as it is and I want more than one game a week. We Need more N64 and SNES games, there is a total lack of them.
33. The Amazing Raccoon
08 Feb 2008, 07:09 GMT
have we had a single sega game this year?
maybe that is why we have only been getting one a month, because there is no sega to fill it up
34. saturnkid
08 Feb 2008, 08:05 GMT
We got a quality game at least. I'm afraid times have changed people, we are stuck with the single game release so there seems to be no point anymore in complaining we just have to accept it.
Apathy runs deep within me now, it is gonna take a run of quality games rather than one here and there to restore my faith, I can see my Wii going back in it's box in the near future.
I bet when this site was formed the state the VC is in now wasn't forseen.
35. Hangover
08 Feb 2008, 08:33 GMT
Don't be so pessimistic...
36. djshep1973
08 Feb 2008, 08:38 GMT
What's up with all the whinging and whining?? Whilst I agree that it is a bit of a shame that we aren't getting more than one game-a-week these days, nobody says that you have to buy the games that are coming out. If you're not interested then save your points, be thankful for the stuff that is online, and play the games you already have!
To be honest, once I'd downloaded the games I really wanted, I wasn't interested in a lot of the games that were coming out at the 3-a-week rate anyways.
As for this week, I'm sure plenty of people don't like shoot-em-ups, but I love 'em so will rejoice in what looks like a cracker!
37. PlayerOne
08 Feb 2008, 09:02 GMT
The older VC games aren't going anywhere, they're still there available to download. Maybe the previous higher numbers were just to build up a catalogue, and now there's no need for so many new games a week?
Part of me, though, wonders whether the VC is just not enough of a commercial proposition to attract other publishers.
Whatever the case, I am no longer bothered about checking the shop on a Friday morning, and am happy to let this site's RSS feed tell me about the releases instead. Which is kind of sad, but not exactly the end of the world.
38. wii-c-kid
08 Feb 2008, 09:05 GMT
Whinger alert! I think the game is good, but I hate shmups and am fed up with RPGs - so a schmup with RPG elements is right off of my list. To compesate though I have bought Ice Climbers and Balloon Fight.
Maybe next week will be more interesting. Unless we get crap like Spelunker and Smash Ping Pong which seem to be hanging on the wings of release...
39. saturnkid
08 Feb 2008, 09:22 GMT
PlayerOne you may just have hit on Nintendos VC plan, a year of multiple weekly releases to build up a back catalogue(it does seem too much of a coincidence that the releases started drying up after a year of the Wii), then drip feed them there after.
40. Aldo
08 Feb 2008, 10:39 GMT
Hope for better times!!
Did anyone knows when the first Sega Master System Game comes to Europe?
41. Hero10x
08 Feb 2008, 11:51 GMT
this is depressing
42. D00M
08 Feb 2008, 13:37 GMT
Temped, but going to hold out for the Thunderforce series, Prefer ships over mechs (or whatever those things in Lords of Thunder are)
Castlevania III next week please
43. diablos79
08 Feb 2008, 14:23 GMT
@ Aldo: i think the MS catalogue is gona start rolling out around march/april time. Dont quote me on it but thats what i heard.
44. ATRUEZELDAFAN
08 Feb 2008, 16:29 GMT
Hmm a shoot em up that isnt a sci-fi. rare. anyway this game looks pretty awsome, hopefully it comes to the states on monday (along with a few other games too)
45. GamerWho
08 Feb 2008, 17:43 GMT
I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo loses interest in the Virtual Console altogether,
especially if their lack of new content effects profitability, which it must be doing.
46. DEMON212
08 Feb 2008, 18:43 GMT
djshep.
People aren't complaining that they HAVE to buy a game. People are complaining that there's no back catalogue games that interest them, and the new games that are coming out, are coming out so slowly that the ones they want are gonna take ages to come.
They're also complaining that 1 game offers no choice/variety.
DOOM.
They're humans.
Wii-C.
That makes no sence "The game is good but I hate it so I'm not gonna buy it" :confused:
47. Rapadash6
08 Feb 2008, 19:27 GMT
What the hell is going on with VC?! I'm an American but I truly feel for you guys over in Europe. No Brawl date and now you're being snubbed for VC games!! It's total BS man... I know Nintendo has found this new casual market but it seems like they forget us core gamers more and more everyday.
48. That Guy from Faxanadu
08 Feb 2008, 19:54 GMT
Sure thing, I haven´t bought Gates of Thunder yet, but this one´s a must have!
49. DEMON212
08 Feb 2008, 21:00 GMT
Rapadash, I wish I could QFT your last sentence
Because I think that's the cold hard unfortunate truth
50. Master Chief53
08 Feb 2008, 21:12 GMT
This sucks, I have U.S game consoles even tohough I live here. Oh well, Lords of Thunder is coming to U.S!
51. ChocoDK
08 Feb 2008, 22:29 GMT
I never heard of this game before just recently. I am happy that Europe got a game which is good but still it sucks for them that they have only been getting one game a week.
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