What. The. Come on............

Activision's first vc release.

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was unexpected.

I think we also got our first Atari 2600 vc release.

There is a code in the game to play the 2600 version of Pitfall!.

I hope we get some more DSi releases soon, or I'm gonna' be angry...

Even if I had the money to buy a DSi, I wouldn't buy it until several DSi Ware games that I wanted were on it. And its great to see Activision enter the ring. Pitfall: TMA is quite good.

The least they could have done was release popup pirate with another wiiware game "a GOOD, or decent one."

Another week with two disappointing VC/WiiWare releases. Alas... At least I know that many good games are just around the corner this summer.

I didn't expect Majora's Mask today. Or even Pitfall, for that matter.

Mediocre update.

WiiWare ticked me off so much for my worst fears came true: seeing Pop-Up Pirate (oh, excuse me... "Party Fun Pirate" >_>) by itself.

Anyway, DSiWare release GREATLY makes up for it since I was anticipating the game since I heard about it last week. Glad to see it come out so quickly even though I don't have a DSi. I'd gladly get it if I could. Sounds great with friends. Ambitious project, too.

@7th lutz: If that's true, then I change my opinion about this week being bad... but may eternal pain and suffering befall the people of NOA if Smash isn't out next week!

DSIware.....What a disappointment...

What the HELL Reggie!? Where is this quality stuff you said DSiWare was striving for!?

Looks like Super Pitfall for NES could be right around the corner if this is the case for the Mayan Adventure release for the Virtual Console.

No, Super Pitfall has been removed from the ESRB listings - apparently the original listing for Super Pitfall was actually for Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure. Super Pitfall is quite crappy.

At this point I don't want Nintendo to add any more consoles to the VC. They just won't support them. We should at least have some more arcade titles at this point.

This has got to be some joke. Im sad no S&S, Cave Story, and other things, but at least Bubble Bobble! Im sad right now.

I guess this is a sign to buy the Mythic Map Pack instead........ sigh

@Bahumat ZERO- Mythic map pack?

We should at least have some more arcade titles at this point.

Its not the same as porting a ROM to an emulator, game companies would have to create their own emulator to run their own arcade games I believe. And going through the testings would probably take a while. Especially if the announcement Nintendo made was the first time many other companies found out about the VC Arcade. But you're right, I do hope to see some more VCA games.

Don't expect Majora's Mask to be released possibly for another 5 weeks give or take. It will likely be the 300th vc release and with pitfall released today, it makes 295. I kind of wish paper airplane race was released today for dsiware. It looks more fun than birds and beans which is the same price and already released in Europe. Maybe next week?

For those interested, NA is 5 weeks away from the 300th VC game. (assuming we get 1 game a week) At this rate it looks like it will arrive May 18th

@longtimegamer: Halo 3. Way for Microsoft to rip us off by charging $10 for 3 new maps. The usual.

At least all of these games are under 1000 nintendo points.

@Bahumat ZERO - That's sucky. My brother has a 360. Am I right in thinking that you have to pay to even get on xbox live to download some free content like the extra Left 4 Dead level?

DSiWare lacks a lot this week. If Japan has 30 games on DSiWare, and 6 months of time to release these in the US, why were they not translated faster and put up for download faster?

As for Wii, I would have been fine with these titles if the DSiWare was bigger and focused on more. So, all sections of the shop suck this week.

Majoras Mask could be the 300th game to be put onto the Virtual Console for you guys...

Pretty sad for everyone today. With or without a DSi....

At least this time we Europeans have nothing to whine over

The number of DSiWare titles is what I expected, though I had hoped for Dr. Mario Express or another ArtStyle. Mixed Messages is no big thrill if it's simply a local multiplayer game, and the Master of Illusion stuff isn't my bag. At least some games were released instead of none.

As for Majora's Mask being the 300th VC title - that seems like a pretty solid bet.

Dam give something worth carin about......its like they release garbage on purpose

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME

Just like I said last week, don't expect Majora's Mask until next month as the 300th NA release. (The 18th, assuming we get only single VC releases up to that point.) While this update leaves a lot to be desired, not to mention this game came out of no where, it's a pretty safe bet that we'll be getting Super Smash Bros. two weeks from now as that's the 10th anniversary of the original games release. Unfortunately that means that next weeks update probably won't be that great either so we all just need to brace ourselves, okay?

Be nice if Nintendo would quit treating Japan better than the rest of us. It's like they're the favorite child of the family.

Wow, a crappy update. yay. I still refuse to buy a DSI, and at least I'm clearly not missing anything good.
@post19: Yeah, the Halo 3 maps are overpriced, but at least you'll get some fun out of them which is more than you could say about anything released on the Wiiware/VC/DSiWare this week.

"If you'd rather stick with the Wii Shop you might find this week's releases a bit disappointing. For WiiWare, you can grab Party Fun Pirate is the North American localization of Pop-Up Pirate, which was released in Europe quite a while ago. We thought it was pretty mediocre, so if you were thinking of getting it you might want to..."

...see a psychiatrist.

@Wiiloveit - LOL!! I love it! "the Psychiatrist remark tht is."

@post 4:
"Pitfall: TMA is quite good"
Not really. I mean, it was O.K for its time, I guess but wasn't anything special.

Certainly no easter eggs in this basket.
I think I'll go throw some money at Sony products today. Just because. Thumbs down to all of this crap.

what an odd VC release

I give NOA credit for one thing....every Monday is ALWAYS a surprise. T_T

WHERE IS ARTSTYLE: DECODE AND DR.MARIO!!!!!!!

I wonder how long it will take for the DSi to get a Virtual Console?

@longtimegamer: XBox Live costs $50-$60 for one year. But its well worth it. Online is very high quality, and the money is well spent. Its only 1 less game a year, so its not bad.

@Dazza: Looks nice. I'll wait till reviews and then debate whether to get that or Pac Man: CE.

Another sucky update.

What a great week to realeased "Party Fun Pirate".
A game that is already so good, let's release in a week that everyone seems to love pirates.

/sarcasm

still no new VCA games?
Nintendo...try to release a lot of games a week...

What?! No! I'm getting pretty miffed at another week with no Zelda MM. And that I've been playing that Mixed Messages for years on a great invention called... paper!

Glad to see Activision finally jump into the fray, though I doubt we'll see many if any of their classic games that aren't attatched to current series (money-grubbing donkies).

Lack of ANYTHING I want to download: BOO! I swear, Nintendo and Sony don't WANT my money for downloadable games! Microsoft does, but most of what they release is SUPPOSED to be available on PSN as well, and I'd rather avoid using my RRoD Box if I can help it (just being a bit of a jerk here; I like my 360 to a point, but will ALWAYS pick PS3 over it given a choice).

So now instead of wasting my money on more downloads, I'll go back to playing some of the many games I already have. Should I be thanking these morons for that?

Ah well, happy to see a new company join the VC wagon.

I'm seeing these past few weeks as an oppurtunity to catch up on some of the other games I've missed. I'm still disappointed, but there's other great games out I still need to try.

Well wait a minute here....does this mean Blizzard is on board too?
...Lost Vikings now a possibility?

Pitfall came out of nowhere, and I actually love weeks that do that. As for MM, I'm not mad at all for it not being out yet, but I have to say, the sooner we can eradicate all the complaints about it being missing the better...

Bleh, another mediocre update for us. Maybe I'll check out Pitfall. I love the old Atari games.

@Ricardo: There is a cheat in the Genesis Pitfall that unlocks the Atari 2600 game!

It's good to know Activision is in the VC ring now... But I had 2000 points set aside for the U.S. release of Majora's Mask or SSB64. C'mon NOA!

I know we have no Majora's Mask, but a whole new company is on board now! Activision has a large back catalog and I'm very excited to see what they'll release on the Virtual Console!

Seriously? the idea is to pass the DSi around through a large group of people? there's no way in hell I'd let it out of my hands, not with as clumsy as some of my friends are! DDD:

I'm glad I decided to let my kids borrow my DSi this week, but I'm wondering if I'll ever bother to ask for it back from them....

@thblackdragon: Seriously man! This game can be played on paper! WTF!?!

Hardy83:
"DSIware.....What a disappointment...

What the HELL Reggie!? Where is this quality stuff you said DSiWare was striving for!?"

My thoughts exactly about almost the entire DSiWare catalog. ;-;

I'm sure a game like Mixed Messages was release as a retail title for the ds. Looks like they may have released a watered down version for dsiware. The same thing is happening with Real Football, though in that case, it is good news IMHO

@Steve Brule: What is this... paper... you speak of?

I didn't see this update coming either.
I knew we wouldn't get Majora's Mask, so I'm just going to wait patiently until then. I want it too like everyone else, but I am in no rush. Besides, I've got so much other stuff I need to buy...
DSi
Fire Emblem for DS...
Yeah I won't list what I ALL want...
I do wonder what the 300th game will be...
Hmmmmmmmm...

These NOA mondays are kind of like getting Christmas presents from your grandparents when you were a kid. You were always excited to see what they got you. The anticipation built as Christmas morning approached. The day finally arrived and you ripped into the big 'ol box they sent...the thing is, about 10% of the time it would be something fun that you actually wanted, but most of the time it would be clothes or a boring NES game with terrible graphics that no one heard of.

The Dsi just came out, i think the express versions of existing games are just fillers to hold peoples appetites until more third party games are made. I want to see more fresh dsiware games like warioware:snapped and the art style game that were released last week.

On the subject of the 300th VC game, im guessing it will be super smash bros or legend of zelda:majoras mask.

If Nintendo is really going to wait until the 300th game to release Majora's Mask, they could at least give us more than one game per week so that we don't have to wait five more weeks. It wouldn't be that hard, just give us four C64 games and Majora's Mask next week, for example.

WTF!!!... LAME, I hate Pitfall:TMA. (I'll pretend there were no wiiware update )
Well, at least, still nothing that makes me feel bad about not getting the 350 dollars Dsi thingy.

I'm beginning to wonder if NOA is forcing me to save up my money to import a Japanese Wii.I mean come on at least NOJ cares enough about it's fan base to tell them what they are getting each coming month.

To those thinking that next week could be SSB week think again.We won't get SSB until April 27th if ever at all.

I am also beginning to wonder if USA will start ending up like Europe has been on the Nintendo front for years.That being where they get everything last.

If nothing i want comes out by the end of this month then i will be getting one of the Street Fighter 2 games.Because there is 1 Street Fighter 2 game that i liked playing back in the day.

I agree with Twilight Crow!

Give me Majora's Mask or give me less crap!

No good games to grab for this week and really got some crappy and weak ones too.
DSiware... no Artstyle DECODE, Paper Aeroplane or Dr. Mario either... what a disappointing week... whats goin on??.. oh well, we'll have to wait again next week to see what we will get this time.. guess ill play more of the Rhythm Heaven, Phantasy Star Portable on the psp 3000 and my ps3.

lame games

Paper? Oh, this game must be the "green" version of the same game.

@Riddleguy: But the DSi has been out in Japan since November. They have a LOT more DSiWare games than we do, and there shouldn't have been anything stopping them from getting them localized and ready to go in other regions at launch. Well, nothing except Nintendo's infuriating train of thought that says releases need to come slowly lest some piece of crap get ignored for the awesome title released same day. scowl

Can someone confirm that the code to unlock the 2600 version of pitfall is this VC release? Of course having to enter that code every single time would be slightly annoying. That would be enough for me to shell out the extra for a non-Japanese Megadrive game -- assuming it gets a PAL release...

Otherwise yet another 1&1 release for North America, which is very disappointing.

Damn, I was kinda expecting Bubble Bobble Plus or Dr. Mario Express this week.
Well, I still think we won't get an arcade game until the 27th along with SSB.
MM will be next month for 300. #100 was Zelda II so 300 could very well be MM.

@Sean Aaron: Why WOULDN'T the code be in this release? Doesn't make any sense to me. Also, due to the VC's resume function, you should only need to enter the code once, provided it unlocks a menu option. If it takes you straight to the game, that's another matter. I wouldn't know, having never played the game. Just thinking in type here.

I just got 2000 more Nintendo points, might download Mixed Messages.

I Know this fixes nothing but i wish i could have a petition to have atleast 1,000 People sign thier names on an email & have it so Nintendo releases 3 Games a Week including Dsi Ware games anyone mind signing? i'll send it to NOA

@Stuffgamer1: ha! they must be trying to make up for that environmental report a week or two ago.

I think today is going to be the last Monday morning where the first thing I do is check this site or the wiishop channel. The wiiware and vc releases haven't really been that great lately and I don't plan on getting a dsi for a while. I'm tired of being so disappointed every Monday morning. It was awesome getting that sd card update for the wii but I think it's going to start collecting dust again.

Now those who own a DSi can join in the disapointment we feel so often on Mondays. What a crap update! I'm glad I didn't buy a DSi yet. I guess it means its time for me to give Uncharted Waters: New Horizons a try; did anyone else get this? I was really hoping for Cave Story but I should know better by now. As for XBLA; there are some good games but almost everything is WAY overpriced! Puzzle Quest: Galatrix 1600 points! At least they have their deal-of-the-week thing which would be awesome if Nintendo did that too! Sony is just as bad at neglecting it's customers on the download front but I heard they might actually release Fat Princess this week!

Lol @ no Majora's Mask...just think guys, Nintendo must be saving it for Christmas....

On a side note : Did Nintendo Wii Points go up in price? Because Amazon is selling them for £17.99 for 2000 points...any help with this?

@viral: you may find this thread informative.

Bad week for Downloads in general.

I just wish I was in Europe or Japan right now...and I've been wanting the DSi lately. Only 40 bucks short NOOOO!!

What a lame week for downloads.
I thought I was gonna get Decode! Instead, I get another magic game and some third-party mediocrity.
Now I have to wait another week.

Activision.... PLEASE PUT TONY HAWKS PRO SKATER ON THE VC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder if Nintendo is purposefully holding vc and wiiware titles back or there really is such little interest from companies wanting to put their backlist on the vc or release smaller sized games

What is that, a Triple Negative?

I wanted to quote this before but i was too lazy to look it up.
In an DSI article about reggie talking about DSIware, it says "He also says that the company will be granting third parties licenses to develop DSiWare and titles should be available around six weeks after the DSi's launch." So in five weeks,people should be happier with the Dsiware being released. Right now, the majority of the dsiware is by nintendo it seems.

No Majora's Mask or Super Smash Brothers? BOO!!! Apparently,Nintendo of America dosen't care about releasing their N64 games

Now my DSi AND Wii can collectively collect dust! Hooray!

Once I saw pitfalls in the press release I immediately thought it was gonna be the trash super pitfall. Why do so many people want the original super smash bros.? Melee and Brawl are better.

Apparently,Nintendo of America dosen't care about releasing their N64 games

I'm inclined to believe the reports that NCL calls the VC Shots for every region. So even if NoA wants to, if its not in NCL's grand plan, they probably can't do it.

@ Bahamut ZERO (41):

Xbox Live is commonly cheaper than that. There have been several instances of 13months for $30 + no tax + free shipping this year. There was even an instance of 400 XBL pts included with the $30

Definitely worth it for the gold content and the wider support of 360 games.

FNoA

Mixed messages: I played this (pen and paper version) with a group of friends for the first time not too long ago, and it was great fun!

I still firmly believe that it isn't necessary to utilize video games to play party games that just as well can be done via traditional board games or even pen and paper. Imagine what would happen if they tried releasing a Wiiware version of "twister"

One exception to that rule I think, is strategy games such as chess and checkers, which can be played against a CPU or players from around the world.

HINT: You can do everything you can do in Mixed Messages in Pictochat...which is free.

I loved this game, but I would've preferred the SNES version.

Why companies insist on putting Genesis versions of everything over superior SNES versions is beyond me

No moving memo makes me sad.

I was wondering when Pitfall was going on VC...now I know, going to go download it once I get home. It was one of my favorite SNES games.

Great to see the mayan adventure. I didn't even know it was rated for a vc release.

Glad Activision has offcially joined the Nintnedo downloads. Pitfall looks pretty good and I may download it. (When I download every other game that I want) I still say buy the Collector's Disc for the gamecube if you want Majora's Mask. Still don't have a DSi so nothing there for me.

The only WiiWare I've ever had any interest in is SBCG4AP. Most of the VC games I've never heard of, so I'm still waiting.

NES

Darkwing Duck
Duck Tales
Rescue Rangers
Tale Spin

SNES

Mario Paint
StarFox

GENESIS

Gargoyles
Tecmo Super Hockey

When I first read that this game got released I thought this was the 32X version of the game, but it's the Genesis one, don't know if I'll get it but it's good to see Genesis games released on the VC that arn't on a collection already.

I'm also glad another publisher is supporting the VC, that's always good news to hear.

I liked that Activision has started supporting the VC, I think these are their other games that have little to no licensing issues & probably can be released.:

Vilgilante 8
Nightmare Creatures
Archon
Stealth ATF
Shanghai (Jpn-only)
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye
Sword Master
Slaughter Sport
Galaxy 5000
Ultimate Air Combat
Mechwarrior
Biometal
X-Kaliber 2097
Radical Rex
Mechwarrior 3050
Spider-Man (Activision still has the license after all. Don't they?)

Wow, s***tiest update ever. Seriously, what's next? Super Man 64?

@ marktheshark: The more people that buy Pitfall, the better the chances that those games come out

Also, I don't think Activision developed Vigilante 8, because another version of it has been released on XBLA.

@106, Brooks83

Then who developed it? I think Activision still published the 360 version didn't they?

According to Wikipedia, a company called Luxoflux developed the original games, and Isopod Labs (formed from the founders of Luxoflux) developed the XBLA version. I guess as long as they aren't owned by Microsoft it's still possible for the N64 version to come to the VC.

Blarg.

@Jolted85 - I'm with you. Thats a big reason I haven't got some of the Sega or neo geo games yet. Though, I have thought of getting splatterhouse 2.

I just saw a gameplay video of Pitfall and it actually doesn't look too bad. It somewhat reminded me of Earthworm Jim. Yeah I know, weird comparison. Even though its not a game I will be downloading maybe platform fans will enjoy this one. So, I see Nintendo released a pirate-themed game on WiiWare this week. Isn't it kind of a bad week for pirates? I don't think the U.S. Navy SEALS would endorse this game! Too bad no Somali pirates were harmed in the making of this game!

I am very proud of our SEALS victory over the Somalian pirates. But I'm still not buying the crappy pirate game. That is all.

Yay activision! Other than that another lame wiiware update. Good things come to those who wait?

The only thing good about this list is Pitfall. It was one of my first games for the SNES but sadly it quit working in god knows what year. Its been soo long but It'll be on my to-get list next time i have money on the Shop Channel

@StarDust: Completely agreed. Unless the board game in question allows you to play against real players online or simulated ones (for the friend-challenged) I don't really see the point. I mean the Hasbro Battleship apparently puts up a screen stating players should look away from the TV whilst the other person is taking their turn! Board games tend to be more social because you're actually facing the other players rather than all looking at a tv screen!

@Stuffgamer1: Well, I wouldn't assume anything because it's an unlockable extra (though excellent point about the save state feature of the VC) and is apparently an emulated VCS which would be running under an emulated Genesis. If they couldn't be bothered with the testing (or didn't know this was included) it could easily be left out which would lessen my desire for it...

when are we getting adventure island on wiiware??

In a little while, man.

A pretty medicore update, not the worst, but not the best.

Also did I see a comment blaming Reggie for DSiWare? Wtf, REALLY?
I feel so sad for Reggie, he's been taking alot of heat recently, especially for choices that aren't his. Being the face of a company must suck.

I won't buy a DSi until Nintendo Officially announce a VC service, I read some where that Reggie said that he believes the GB still has another Christmas left in it, so how do we take that as a hint? I'd Love to play Mario Land without giving the game or a GB back to it's owner. I don't know what other users say on here but the DSi has hardly been a sell out? but maybe guys in America and Canada could have their view on this? I was going to leave buying a DSi until for when i'm next in New York but it's region locked so I can't now.......

@Sean Aaron: Well, if they didn't know about it, then it would probably be in there untested. Actually, it's irrelevant. It was confirmed to be there on the game's page comment thread yesterday. If we'd just thought to look there, this discussion here wouldn't have been necessary! Oh, well. It's good to know it's there for those who care, anyway.

I hope they release Rival Turf or Super Mario Kart sometime soon... If they're going to give us 2 games a week they might as well be good ones.