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This Week in Downloadable Content
Both the Virtual Console and Xbox Live Arcade have some interesting offerings this week, and Microsoft has released word of a lot of new things to come via their community service. The day before yesterday saw the release of Punch-Out!!, Virtua Fighter 2, and Bonk's Revenge for the Wii's download service. No Mike Tyson in this version of Punch-Out!!, but it's still (as Kohler puts it) one of the 'best videogames of all time.' On the Xbox side, today sees the release of a 'double header' of games: Gyruss and 3D Ultra MiniGolf Adventures . Gyruss is a Konami arcade port, while Minigolf includes a course editor to distract you from the simple gameplay. As far as new XBLA content goes: The Daily show is already available on the service, along with The Colbert Report, Carcossonne will join Settlers of Catan and (apparently) Talisman in boardgame-to-Xbox ports, and Microsoft is looking for pitches for a television show to be shown exclusively on Xbox live. If you win the TV contest, you get to make it for them.
After you beat Tyson, you can fight a new circuit which has harder versions of some of the old fighters.
Interview-format shows are exempt from the equal time provision.
They're the same price as on the iTunes store. I'm not sure if these shows are filmed in HD or if they'll offer HD version, but from what I've seen, they look better on my HDTV than tv shows do streamed over an AppleTV. So, superior product at the same price point as a competitor. Can't miss a chance to jab at Microsoft?