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Wii Brings Us 'Tecmo Bowl'

Posted by Stephen Johnson - Monday, March 12, 2007 3:30 PM

Nintendo announced their Wiikly Wii download offerings today. What's on the platter? Why Sonic Spinball and Double Dungeons can be yours for Wii Points, but most of all:

Tecmo Bowl! The most awesome old-school football game since vibrating magnetic football will be available this week!

Full game descriptions and prices are under the cut.

Tecmo Bowl (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Tecmo Bowl pits the player versus the computer in 11-game, single-elimination playoff action. Players also can go head-to-head with a human opponent in action or coach mode. The player can select from 12 teams. On offense there are usually two run and two pass plays to choose from. The player takes control of the quarterback before the snap and then either hands off to the running back or works through his receiver progression from the top to the bottom of the screen. Defense consists of trying to guess which offensive play the opponent will select and then taking control of one of the defensive players before the snap. A very simple power-meter system is used for kicking field goals, extra points and punts.

Sonic Spinball (Sega Genesis, 1-4 players, 800 Wii Points): Dr. Eggman (aka Dr. Robotnik) has taken over Mt. Mobius and turned it into a mechanical base. He is using energy from the magma flowing under the volcano to power his Veg-O-Fortress. He has the power to transform helpless animals into robots. Sonic the Hedgehog must take down this fortress to free the enslaved animals. The only way to make that happen is to trigger an eruption in the volcano it's built on. Sonic knows this can be done by removing the Chaos Emeralds that keep the volcano stable. Dr. Eggman, however, is also aware of the fragile relationship that exists between the emeralds and the mountain, and he's set up an elaborate Pinball Defense System to make sure the precious jewels don't go anywhere.

Double Dungeons (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points): Double Dungeons is a dungeon role-playing game that features smooth-scrolling 3-D game play. Two players can play at the same time, which makes this game truly stand out from the rest. There are 22 unique scenarios, spread out among six levels. The higher the level is, the harder the scenario. Because each scenario is independent, players can choose to start the game from any scenario other than the final one. Players defeat monsters in each dungeon to gain experience while searching for the "key" that opens the door to the room with the boss. They buy equipment at the shop, team up with characters and defeat the boss to clear a scenario. Players must conquer all 21 scenarios from levels 1 through 5 to obtain passwords. If they obtain all of them, they make their way to the final scenario!




Comment(s)

Posted by RussBomb - Monday, March 12, 2007 4:04 PM

Why Play Tecmo Bowl when there's Madden?
The virtua console isn't that great.

Posted by Nemesis_X - Monday, March 12, 2007 4:51 PM

what are you talking about! Techmo Bowl is awsome! Cant wait to get it, BUT when is Mike Tysons Punch Out comming out!?

Posted by Trvgear - Monday, March 12, 2007 5:10 PM

WOOTIEWOOTWOOTEHNHEIMER! Oh wait I got no wii (but I will by the time theres super aweome games of the VC)

Posted by MasterKiller64 - Monday, March 12, 2007 5:41 PM

RussBomb u are an idiot
its called enjoying the games that u used to play but cant play anymore
also u can play old games with a gamecube controller like playing Super Mario 64 with a gamecube controller indtead of a Nintendo 64 controller

Posted by Baby_Jesus - Monday, March 12, 2007 5:45 PM

HELL YEAH cant wait to play as bo jackson...cuz bo knows football....yeah i remember that commercia.

Posted by lockepsb - Monday, March 12, 2007 5:47 PM

I believe that they will not release Tyson's Punch Out, but the re-hash'd Punch-Out! will be released. I don't think Nintendo wants to be affiliated w/ Tyson over the whole Beat My Wife, Rape-a-Beeeeyotch, then spend some time in prison situation.

Posted by sonyslave - Monday, March 12, 2007 6:00 PM

If u want to see the full potential of the Wii graphics buy TECMO BOWL bet u guys cant wait

Posted by Baby_Jesus - Monday, March 12, 2007 6:07 PM

still cheaper than buying a ps3 !!!

Posted by sonyslave - Monday, March 12, 2007 6:24 PM

get a job and save

Posted by scotthea01 - Monday, March 12, 2007 7:48 PM

So nintendo's idea of next gen is playing all old games? Shouldn't they put some effort in creating new innovative games for the wii? It may be cheap but there needs to be more than just little party games to play if you want to win me over.

Posted by sdcrews - Monday, March 12, 2007 7:51 PM

Tecmo Bowl was one of the only sports games I've ever been good at in my entire life (that and Mutant League Football). As soon as a Wii becomes availible here I'm getting it and Tecmo Bowl

Posted by sonyslave - Monday, March 12, 2007 8:40 PM

^^u are a sad strange lil man/woman.

Posted by hiclaude - Monday, March 12, 2007 8:41 PM

I love the idea of being able to play these older classics. This is when video games were actually good. Much better than the junk we have now. Super graphics do not always equal super gameplay. Now if only I had another good reason to purchase the Wii...

Posted by Neil - Monday, March 12, 2007 8:54 PM

y not just get madden...yea tecmo bowl...the Wii is a joke

Posted by EducatingEric - Monday, March 12, 2007 10:04 PM

sigh..still waiting for donkey kong 64.

Posted by Grzzzt - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:17 AM

Ah Tecmo Bowl. Takes me back to weekends playing a full season with friends,eating Pony Express pizza,and drinking all the Pabst Blue Ribbon we could get an adult to buy for us with mounds of couch/car change. sigh why did I have to get responsible?!

Posted by CreamPieBaby - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:18 AM

Why has the Wii VC update turned into a dis-the-wii-a-thon? We have one guy saying madden is better than tecmo bowl(football games started somewhere buddy) and another guy saying ps3 has better graphics than tecmo bowl(um ok?). There are plenty of reasons to buy a Wii, but if it isn't your style now it probably won't ever be.

Posted by Oinkness - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:49 AM

Man, the Wii is the best, hands down. Xbox360 is all flash and no fun. It's like a prostitute who's very hot, yet provides no pleasure.

The Wii on the other hand, is a hot blond with pigtails who's ready to get down and dirty, but is also very pleasurable... much tighter than the 360, and you can also take her home to meet your parents. Can mom play Gears of War? No. And who'd want to? That game is as boring and clunky as your grandma. But, would mom want to play Raving Rabbids? You bet.

Posted by TKEmysterio - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:06 AM

I'm surprised this was even possible with the stranglehold the Players Association Holds over player names. I guess past game reissues are excluded from their Madden contract (which I think is complete BS!!). But that's good to hear considering I can't wait for: Super Tecmo Bowl (NES) and Super Tecmo Bowl III: Final Edition (SNES) to come out. The two greatest football games of ALL TIME!!
And for all you Madden fanboys out there... the Madden games really aren't that great. Unless you like playing a football game where the players feel and look like their playing on ice.
On a side note... has anyone played the PS1 version of Tecmo Bowl. If you haven't... DON'T. It's the worst one they ever made.

Posted by curtisawa - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:03 AM

Now if I can just find a Wii to buy. Guess I'll go get in line somewhere. To anyone who says the graphics suck, it came out in the 80s. Of course Madden has better graphics yet somehow is not as good. I think its because you cant run 99 yards on a play by zig-zagging. If people really think the VC is stupid they should petition Sony to get rid of the backwards compatibilty chip in the PS3. I mean why would you want to play a PS2 game when the graphics suck. And if you do play PS2 games, dont bother with the PS2 version of Resident Evil 4. The Gamecube graphics are much better. I wish the PS2 graphics hadn't been so woefully underpowered compared to Xbox and Gamecube. Just goes to show you that graphics are the only thing that matters.

Posted by Baby_Jesus - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 3:57 PM

@TKE , yeah i played it and your right in sucked donkey balls!!!. also i saw some people saying that they cant wait for more NES games come out , do what i did, i modded my xbox and have all NES, SNES, ARCADE, n64,etc, games on it .

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