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Weekly Wii Update: March 9, 2009

Posted March 9th 2009 by Matt Coy.

This week of Virtual Console and WiiWare downloads bring an old favorite and a new update to an old favorite.

Gradius ReBirth, from KONAMI, is a WiiWare title that brings us that old-school side-scrolling shooter fun that we've all grown to love.  Obviously, power-ups are in no small amount.  Lasers, missles, energy clones, speed boosts, shields, and other such standard power-ups are in full form.

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars rounds up this weeks Virtual Console release.  A classic platformer, this Master System game from 1988 (though it released for arcades two years earlier).

Hit the jump for the press release and gameplay videos.

March 9, 2009 - Remember when Grandma used to mark your height on the wall every so often, just to see how fast you were growing? Well, if the Wii Shop Channel had its own growth chart, she'd be impressed at how the selection of great games keeps getting bigger and bigger each week. Take a look at the latest additions and you'll discover a pair of different yet equally engaging titles: a thrilled-packed WiiWare shooter and a classic SEGA adventure for the Virtual Console. Thanks to this steady stream of new games, your own library ought to be growing up fast, too.

Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:

WiiWare

Gradius ReBirth (Konami, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Fantasy Violence, 1,000 Wii Points): Blast your way through levels filled with alien spaceships and otherworldly creatures in this retro side-scrolling shooter. Pick your weapons carefully and upgrade them to create a devastating arsenal of space-aged weapons that will aid you in your challenging mission. Players can post their high scores to worldwide leader boards via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and see where they rank against all the other Gradius ReBirth players. Test your skills with Gradius ReBirth and see if you have what it takes to beat this action-packed arcade shooter.

Virtual Console

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (SEGA MASTER SYSTEM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Comic Mischief, Crude Humor, 500 Wii Points): In this platformer from the 1980s, help Alex Kidd in a race against time to find the 12 missing zodiac signs hidden in six challenging levels-including toyland, the robot factory and an outer-space level-all complete with crazy enemies.

For more information about Wii, please visit wii.com.

Tags: Virtual Console, WiiWare, Weekly Wii Update

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