Frwee Wii Blog » Australia http://wiiblog.frwee.org Nintendo Wii news and views Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:48:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 MadWorld trailer: a dose of the ultraviolent http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/05/17/madworld-trailer-a-dose-of-the-ultraviolent/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/05/17/madworld-trailer-a-dose-of-the-ultraviolent/#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 02:52:05 +0000 perry http://wiiblog.frwee.org/?p=143 This is exactly what the Wii needs … a little more stylistic ultraviolence.

What’s the bet this will be censored to buggery for release in Australia (like No More Heroes), or even worse, never released at all. I really should have bought a Japanese or US Wii and just imported everything.

Via The BBPS.

No Tags]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/05/17/madworld-trailer-a-dose-of-the-ultraviolent/feed/ 1 Club Nintendo coming “down under” http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/04/18/club-nintendo-coming-down-under/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/04/18/club-nintendo-coming-down-under/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:37:22 +0000 perry australiaCultureWii news http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/04/18/club-nintendo-coming-down-under/ I’ve just heard some great news !

“Club Nintendo” will soon be available to Australian Nintendo fans.

More details at Aussie Nintendo, and The Age Screen Play Blog

, , ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/04/18/club-nintendo-coming-down-under/feed/ 0 Australian Virtual Console releases: 4th April, 2008 http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/04/05/australian-virtual-console-releases-4th-april-2008/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/04/05/australian-virtual-console-releases-4th-april-2008/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:06:57 +0000 perry australiaVideosvirtual console http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/04/05/australian-virtual-console-releases-4th-april-2008/ Yoshi’s Cookie (NES)

, , ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/04/05/australian-virtual-console-releases-4th-april-2008/feed/ 0 Australian Virtual Console releases: 28th March, 2008 http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/29/australian-virtual-console-releases-28th-march-2008/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/29/australian-virtual-console-releases-28th-march-2008/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:34:26 +0000 perry australiaGeneralVideosvirtual console http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/29/australian-virtual-console-releases-28th-march-2008/ This weeks new releases at the Australian Virtual Console shop: Cruis’n USA , originally released on Nintendo 64.

Cruis’n USA (Nintendo 64)

, , , ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/29/australian-virtual-console-releases-28th-march-2008/feed/ 0 Australian Virtual Console releases: 21st March, 2008 http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/21/australian-virtual-console-releases-21st-march-2008/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/21/australian-virtual-console-releases-21st-march-2008/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:47:40 +0000 perry australiaVideosvirtual console http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/21/australian-virtual-console-releases-21st-march-2008/ This weeks releases at the Australian Virtual Console shop … hot on the heels of Super Turrican comes Mega Turrican, originally released on the Sega Megadrive (for the religious types, the Genesis).

Mega Turrican (Sega Megadrive)

There’s something about this game that makes it look really satisfying and playable. I think it’s actually the shooting sound that does it for me. It’s going to be a tough choice deciding between a purchase of Mega Turrican or Super Turrican.

Here’s some Wikipedia-derived trivia: Mega Turrican is actually a port of the Amiga version of Turrican 3. Since it’s “Good Friday” today, here are some Mega Turrican Easter Eggs (well, more like cheats, but it’s the best I could come up with).

, , ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/21/australian-virtual-console-releases-21st-march-2008/feed/ 0 Australian Virtual Console releases: 14th March, 2008 http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/14/australian-virtual-console-releases-14th-march-2008/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/14/australian-virtual-console-releases-14th-march-2008/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:02:57 +0000 perry http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/14/australian-virtual-console-releases-14th-march-2008/ This week the Australian Virtual Console store sees two fairly solid additions: Operation Wolf (NES) and Super R-Type (Super Nintendo).

Operation Wolf (NES)

I’ve never played the NES version of this, but I remember being slightly obsessed with the PC version for a few weeks when I was a kid. This could really work well as a Wiimote driven remake ….

Super R-Type (SNES)

Super R-Type is a shooter famous for it’s ’slowdown’ when there are too many enemies on the screen. What’s the bet the Virtual Console version doesn’t suffer from this, making it a better game than the originally released Super Nintendo version.

No Tags]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/14/australian-virtual-console-releases-14th-march-2008/feed/ 0 Australian Virtual Console releases : March 7th, 2008 http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/07/australian-virtual-console-releases-march-7th-2008/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/07/australian-virtual-console-releases-march-7th-2008/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:53:32 +0000 perry australiaGeneralVideosvirtual console http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/07/australian-virtual-console-releases-march-7th-2008/ One new release this week in the Australian Virtual Console shop: Kirby 64, The Crystal Shards (from Nintendo 64).

Kirby 64, The Crystal Shards (N64)

, , , ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/03/07/australian-virtual-console-releases-march-7th-2008/feed/ 0 Australian Virtual Console releases : February 29th, 2008 http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/29/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-29th-2008/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/29/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-29th-2008/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:38:29 +0000 perry australiavirtual console http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/29/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-29th-2008/ This weeks releases to the Australian Virtual Console shop: Psychosis from Turbografx-16 and Super Turrican from the Super Nintendo.

Super Turrican (SNES)

Which came first … Metroid, Megaman, Contra or Turrican ? Someone’s been heavily inspired by someone else. The variety of weapons, powerups and special abilities in Super Turrican looks kinda nice.

While researching Turrican, I found this great Turrican-inspired “remake” .. Hurrican. Yeh,  I know, I know .. this is a Wii blog, and I’m plugging a freeware PC game (runs on Windows, and Linux under Wine). But seriously, check it out if you like platform shooters … it’s really slick.

Psychosis (Turbografx-16)

Looks pretty, but not exactly awe-inspiring. Does the TG-16 have the highest ratio of scrolling shooters to other genres of any console, or what !?!?!

, ]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/29/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-29th-2008/feed/ 0 Australian Virtual Console releases : February 22nd, 2008 http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/24/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-22nd-2008/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/24/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-22nd-2008/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:15:38 +0000 perry General http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/24/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-22nd-2008/ There were two NES releases this week on the Australian Virtual Console shop: Adventure Island and Street Gangs (aka River City Ransom in North America and Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari in Japan). Damn, I can’t wait for WiiWare to launch here … it’s slated to happen in May by all reports. I’m saving my Wii Points till then, particularly if Virtual Console keeps churning out this kind of dross week in, week out.

Adventure Island (NES)

I’ve never quite figured out what that little guy is wearing on his head.

Street Gangs (NES)

]]> http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/24/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-22nd-2008/feed/ 0 Australian Virtual Console releases : February 15th, 2008 http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/18/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-15th-2008/ http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/18/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-15th-2008/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:31:46 +0000 perry australiavirtual console http://wiiblog.frwee.org/2008/02/18/australian-virtual-console-releases-february-15th-2008/ Two Sega Megadrive (aka Genesis) releases to the Australian Virtual Console shop this week: Eternal Champions and Phantasy Star II.

Phantasy Star II (Sega Megadrive)

Eternal Champions (Sega Megadrive)

Heh … a fantasy fight game. Looks cheezy, but in a cool way. Also looks fast, but I suspect the video is played on an emulator.

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