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This Week in Downloadable Content

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the money-can-be-exchanged-for-virtual-goods-and-services dept.

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.

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  1. Punch-Out without Mike Tyson by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 4, Funny

    is like a slashdot article without a swipe at MS. Occassionally entertaining, but clearly lacking.

    1. Re:Punch-Out without Mike Tyson by timster · · Score: 4, Insightful

      It's more like a Slashdot discussion without a metaphor. Maybe you'll miss it, but did you really need it anyway?

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      I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
  2. Re:Settlers of Catan online makes me tingle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the same in most marriages. Sure you can teach your wife to do it but you always feel a player short and you definately need two more for a great time.

  3. Eventually got to fight a noncitizen? by tepples · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ok, I'm not sure if this was real or not, but there was a rumour going around that if you beat Tyson, you went onto more fights and eventually got to fight an alien. Except for Sandman, Macho Man, and Tyson, aren't all the opponents aliens?

    I doubt it was true though. There is an "Another World Circuit" password. I don't know if you can earn that password within the game, but it was printed in Nintendo Power and you may be able to find it on GameFAQs.
  4. Daily Show and Colbert report at 2 bucks a pop. by kinglink · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ignoring the fact that both shows have little to do with news and more to do with humor. The fact Microsoft is charging 2 dollars an episode for it is more than sad. There's people in other countries almost demanding Microsoft make it available for them, but look at the simple math.

    2 dollars an episode for at least 20 episodes a month is 40 dollars. My cable bill is 40 dollars a month, I also get many more channels than comedy central and with an extra 5 bucks I get a DVR which means I can get all these shows already.

    Personally the Video service Microsoft is offering needs to figure out a way to market the tv shows (unskipable advertisements at the beginning would be acceptable to me) because as it stands now it's less than a novelty, it's an insult.

    Hell the Movies you only get for a couple days, the tv shows you are overcharged for. It's just not right.