Five Releases I’d like to see on the VC: NES

Last week, Red posted a dissertation on Why Anyone Would Buy a Wii, which basically amounted to thus: you would buy it ’cause it’s awesome. Today, I’d like to focus on a list of games I would love to buy on the Virtual Console. Now, I completely believe that these games will probably NEVER come out on the Virtual Console, just because I think I’m one of the few people in the world that even remember games like To The Earth, but this is my wishlist, and I can wish for whatever I want, damnit.

1. Super Spike V’Ball: I buy Virtual Console games mainly for one reason: multi-player. And a little known fact is that there were a handful of four-player games developed for the Nintendo, basically needing an adapter to plug four controllers into it. I LOVE Bomberman ’93 that they’ve thrown in on the VC from the Turbographx 16, mainly because it is FIVE player. Anyhow, V’Ball was awesome, and everywhere I look, this seems to be the only four player game worth playing that was developed for the Nintendo. I want it. Bad.
2. Pin*Bot and High Speed: It’s no lie that these two games are the best and most innovative video pinball games ever released. They’re just so much FUN. The VC’s recent release of Alien Crush for the Turbographix 16 is awesome, but it doesn’t approach the feeling you get when your ball suddenly morphs into a cube, and has appropriate physics to boot. I don’t understand why every other pinball video game I’ve ever played is just a vague shadow of the greatness of these games, and in most cases, just suck.
3. Deja Vu: Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about a recent game on the Nintendo DS called Hotel Dusk: Room 215 which is, essentially an interactive mystery novel. Every time I read an article about that game, it makes me think of Deja Vu my favorite game that could be a novel ever. And a little bit of tweaking to the interface could make it truly a point-and-click adventure using the Wiimote. I want this game, but only if they do it right.
4. To the Earth: I’m probably not the only one to wonder why there hasn’t been any emulation of the Nintendo’s zapper in the Wiimote yet, and that there hasn’t been any Duck Hunt. Well, another Nintendo shooter game was To The Earth which was a helluvalottafun, but also gut-blisteringly difficult. Basically, you use the zapper to shoot down incoming spaceships, and most spaceships would require multiple hits to take down. It was fast, it was difficult, but it was also a late-night addiction of mine.
5. Metal Storm: Sure, it’s just your typical side-scrolling action game, but you can reverse gravity at the punch of a button. It’s more addictive than you may think.