It’s Monday, and in America that means it’s time for Nintendo to serve up some Virtual Console games you haven’t necessarily been waiting for. Again.
This week bringsR-Type III: The Third Lightning(SNES, 800 points),Xevious(NES, 500 points), andMotoRoader(TurboGrafx16, 600 points). That’s right, two more side-scrolling shooters and anotherTurboGrafxgame you’ve probably never heard of. Now don’t get me wrong — the side-scrolling shooter genre has been languishing for years, and it’s always a treat to have the opportunity to play a classic.
But let’s not blow your entire wad at once, Nintendo. Show some variety; and by that I mean releaseMario Kart 64already, God damn it.
Hit the jump for the full press release, written by someone who gets paid a lot more money to sound excited about this kind of stuff than I do.
WII-KLY UPDATE: THREE NEW CLASSIC GAMES ANNOUNCED FOR WII SHOP CHANNEL
Jun 26, 2025
Today Nintendo adds three new classic games to the popular Wii™ video game system’s Wii Shop Channel. The games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
Xevious™(NES®, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): Players control their Solvalou ship and destroy the XEVIOUS forces. Fire the zapper missiles against air-based enemies and drop the blaster bombs down upon ground-based targets. Destroy Andor Genesis to earn bonus points. Unique enemies, interesting background music, a variety of vertically scrolling background environments and many hidden game play features differentiatedXeviousfrom the other shooting games released at the time. Are you devious enough to beatXevious?
R-Type III™: The Third Lightning(Super NES®, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): It was believed on Earth that the deadly BYDO Empire had been destroyed – but now they’ve returned, as nasty as ever. Their ships and armies are more powerful than before, and Earth will surely be conquered unless the new R-90 ship can destroy them. Powered with engines that launch it into different dimensions, and armed with the Round, Shadow and Cyclone Forces, the R-90 has what it takes to wipe out the BYDO threat. The BYDO mother ship must be found and destroyed to entirely erase the species from our galaxy.
Moto Roader™(TurboGrafx16, 1-5 players, 600 Wii Points):Moto Roaderis a futuristic racing game that allows up to five players to compete against each other. Players use the cash earned when they win a race to power up their machine. Not only can they change the “TIRE” and “BODY” of their vehicles, but they also can add “SPECIAL” parts. Jump over tall obstacles with a “HOPPER” and blast past rivals at incredible speeds with “NITRO.” What multiplayer game would be complete without attack items? Use a forward-launching “GRENADE” or a backward-dropping “BOMBER” to blow up and knock away rivals. Outmaneuver rivals in all eight heats to become the champion. Any combination of Wii Remote™ and Nintendo GameCube™ controllers can be used in multiplayer games.
