Downloadable Game News For All Three Consoles

With Microsoft's Xbox Live service more popular than ever and the other two next-gen consoles almost here, news about the companies' download services is plentiful. For Nintendo, there's word of more Virtual console titles slated for early next year. NES titles include Kid Icarus, Punch-Out, and Kirby's Adventure. Sony has announced that one login will work for every game on their online service, though what you'll find behind the login will differ with every title. Finally, Xbox Live will see even more classic games in the near future. Contra hit the service yesterday, with titles from Atari slated for later this year. A version of the player vs player combat game Worms is also planned for the service. Interesting times for all three online offerings.
Update: 11/09 19:20 GMT by Z : Errr ... you might want to stay away from Contra.

Re:Punch-Out!

[Tarlus]

Some time ago, Nintendo rereleased the game as "Punch Out!!", without the Mike Tyson endorsement. The only difference, aside from the name, was the replacement of Mike Tyson with a generic game character, who was basically the same boss but just with a different face and skin color.

You can count on this Tyson-less version to be what we'll see on the Wii.

Contra on XBL

[ereshiere]

This is the arcade version and not the NES one, right? So the U, U, D, D code won't work, correct? How many people downloading that game will know this?

How 1up gets their info

[Thansal]

I actualy bothered to RTFA and found out that 1up is getting their "sources" by searching the ESRB website [esrb.org] for new raitings (simply limit it to the Wii).

Kinda interesting actualy....

Re: gun attachment

[TheForgotton]

The light-gun [virtualworldlets.net] appears to be a sleeve that docks into the back of the wiimote and turns it into a gunstock so that the tip of the remote becomes the barrel.

I really hope they're going to release Lethal Enforcers for this!