3 Big Time Classics Hit the Wii - SNES, TurboGrafx16 and Genesis Originals

Every week, Nintendo brings yet another batch of downloadable games via their Internet service, the Wii's Virtual Console. This week is no different as Nintendo has made available yet another three classics for you to download and enjoy, in exchange for some Wii Points of course. Those are Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest, Streets of Rage 2 and Blazing Lasers.

Below, you have a small description for each of the classics that were great titles at the time they were released and still are to this day, as posted on 1UP.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest: In the sequel to the immensely popular Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong gets the spotlight, along with his girlfriend, Dixie Kong - a great little monkey with a dangerous ponytail. The action starts on the wreck of King K. Rool's Gangplank Galleon that has apparently broken up on a reef offshore from the Kremlings' Island. Diddy and his friends will have to work together to rescue Donkey Kong, exploring all the hidden areas of the Kremlings' island: a spooky haunted forest, treacherous swamps, a giant beehive oozing with sticky honey and lava-filled caves.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is a SNES original, where 1 or 2 players can jump in on the adventure for 800 Wii Points.

Streets of Rage 2: To celebrate their defeat of the Syndicate exactly one year before, Blaze, Adam and Axel met for drinks. The next morning, Axel received a frantic phone call from Eddie "Skate" Hunter, Adam's younger brother, whom he was living with on the edge of the city. Blaze and Axel found Adam and Skate's house wrecked and a picture showing Adam chained up at the feet of Mr. X. The city then once again returned to its nightmarish state as criminals ran rampant. Unable to contact their old friend in artillery, Axel and Blaze team up with Skate and Max Thunder to free the city and rescue Adam from the Syndicate. It is up to you to take down Mr. X once and for all, in this original Sega Genesis title. 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points.

Blazing Lazers: Blazing Lazers is a vertical-scrolling shooter that was praised for surpassing the limitations of the hardware of its time. Players control the extraordinary firepower of their Gunhed Star Fighter to take on the Dark Squadron that has begun its invasion of Earth. Collect power-ups to increase your ship's battle strength so it can cut through enemies and defeat the bosses in all nine areas. Of course, as part of the "Soldier" series, the game contains a good combination of fast-paced speed with catchy, drum-propelled background music, coupled with the Field Thunder that can be used to destroy enemies in one fell swoop for the ultimate sense of satisfaction. With its fine-tuned difficulty levels, Blazing Lazers is a shooting game that anyone can enjoy.

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