Mario Kart 64 tops all time Oz Wii Virtual Console list

Mike Bantick
Friday, 11 April 2008 10:43

Your IT - Entertainment

Hosting over 200 classic games from a variety of past console glory days, Nintendo today released the top ten downloaded Virtual Console games for the Wii.

Covering the last 20 years of gaming, nostalgic gaming has always been a hit.  All three current generation consoles offer some form of ‘classic’ game downloads, but Nintendo in particular has a high quality stable of thumb crushing games of yesteryear.

The top 10 classic games, live to date downloaded by Australian Virtual Console users are:

1    Mario Kart 64™
2    Super Mario Bros.™
3    Super Mario 64™
4    Super Mario World™
5    Super Mario Bros. 3™
6    Donkey Kong Country™
7    The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™
8    Sonic The Hedgehog™
9    Paper Mario™
10    Lylat Wars™

Recent additions Wonder Boy and Fantasy Zone bring SEGA Master System games to the Virtual Console at last:

SEGA Master System, the forerunner of the SEGA Mega Drive, now joins Virtual Console to expand the list of classic games available even further. SEGA Master System debuts on Virtual Console with the original Wonder Boy. As Tom-Tom the Wonder Boy, it’s up to you to rescue your girlfriend Tanya from the vile clutches of the monster that has kidnapped her. Navigate your way through a series of worlds in a race against time; downloadable for 500 points.

Fantasy Zone, also from SEGA Master System pits you as a living spaceship against wacky enemies. Take command of the spaceship Opa-Opa and blast your way through various levels as you try to take out all the enemy bases in each stage; download this classic game for 500 Wii Points.