It was to good to be true why bother saying some games to come out when its the complete opposite even if it doesn`t affect me i think its so unfair for you in America i hope you get Megaman, samurai showdown 2 and ys book 1,2 games at least next monday. Nintendo just keeps to dissapoint.

Uh... I am confused again
Nintendo needs to apologize to alot of people.

I'll get sonic but Nintendo of America, I have so lost faith in you. Give us the mega mans (and vectorman) already please!

wow. I expect a lot of angry people here about how they been lied to and let down by Nintendo. The three game week was too good to be true...

Unfortunately it was.

What the crap? Sonic the Hedgehog on SMS isn't terrible, but this is still a big bummer.

Um, I blame Hudson, SNK, and Capcom, no Nintendo. Nintendo didn't calim they were coming monday, the three companies did. Let's blame them!

Um so you guys were supossed to get Mega Man? Wounder why NOA keeps changing it's mind with confirmed releases. Maybe because they had a bad day who knows? Still an ok week though.

We might as well just quit reading these damn reports about which VC games are confirmed because it's all BS. From now on I'm not gonna believe any of this crap until I see it on the shop myself.
What a pisser.

Does anyone at Nintendo talk to each other? It seems the they have problems in their chain of command.

Thats not a bash against todays games mind you. But I think Nintendo needs to communicate more effectivly with is publishers and consumers on this issue.

I just don't see how 3 publishers all get information that their games will be released today. Somone at Nintendo messed up

Can I just confirm that it was the respective companies that confirmed their games would be released and not Nintendo? They clearly didn't have 100% confirmation, otherwise there would have been a very different selection of games today. Nintendo never stated that these games would be released today.

But Nintendo is the one who decides which games that will be released on the virtual console. maybe they have had a missundarstanding of some sort between the companies. In ethier way i think Nintendo is the one to blame here.

You know, I'm highly annoyed by this (as I'm sure a lot of people are), but I can't help but think... if Nintendo did actually tell Hudson, SNK and Capcom that the games would be out today, and they sent out press releases to that effect, how ticked off must they be right now? They look like idiots for promising something that didn't get delivered, and now will probably have more than a few angry emails to deal with. If NoA did promise those companies that those games would be out today, I wonder how ticked off they must be with NoA right now?

This will obviously be a big letdown after the press releases. To be honest, it seemed to good to be true for the US and it is. Still, Sonic SMS is quite good, Splatterhouse is alright and you get the fantastic Wild West Guns but it's still a letdown. Shame about no Plattchen. At least Eruope should get it first

Why can't we just agree the games released today are good? Why do we have to write over 10,000 death to NOA comments?

sonic is the dogs But what happened? Shows that VC users shouldn't keep their hopes up. America must be a little dissapointed.

They keep using that word confirmed too which really annoys me.
Why don't they just start saying rumored.

@Mazero:
Sure, the games are good games. I'll probably be picking up Wild West Guns. But if you're promised one thing and delivered something else, don't you think you have a right to get a little ticked off? I'll admit, I was psyched up for Ys Book I & II and I'm very disappointed it's not coming this week as promised. So I certainly don't mean to knock these games, but at the same time, I find it hard to be happy with today's releases.

From Nintendo's site:
"Unlike standard Wii games which have release dates that are known well in advance, there is rarely advance notice given of when Virtual Console games will appear. For a variety of business and technical reasons games may be postponed, so we usually don't reveal much past the current Monday's releases."

I guess maybe something happened, but whatever. Sonic is still worth a download, and it's definitely lighter on the wallet than what we were expecting.

Pass.

What a bait & switch. Such a letdown.

This is garbage!!!! I bought the Wii primarily for the classic games, and in my mind there hasn't been a classic released for 3-4 months. I was very much looking forward to Mega Man and SS2. Especially Mega Man, its games like that that are the true classics, not some crappy games from sega that I could care less to play for more than 1/2 hour each. The games I would care to play all the way through never come out. I thought this week would be redemption for the VC, but someone screwed up big time. Huge letdown for me.

If Nintendo of America would do like Nintendo of Japan and post a monthly release schedule I guess they could avoid this mess. I guess that would be too easy.

Just a reminder to everyone that Nintendo never confirmed anything, this is all the result of third parties thinking they could dictate when the games were gonna be released. The same thing happened with Hudson a couple weeks back, so I don't know why anyone's surprised. Personally, I kept my expectations low and figured if either Mega Man or SamSho II were released I'd be happy, but the releases being what they are is the punchline to the whole thing. Turns out, NoA are comedic geniuses. Drink those tears, Reggie. Drink em up.

I bet anything that we wont even get Star Prodier and Break In next week.

Nintendo should probably make publishers keep their silence if they don't want to keep disappointing people.

Wathever the reason, let's face it. Nintendo disapointed us like never before, not only because of this week change of direction, but for the overall actions they take. Like i said they don't give you what you want, they tell you what you want. They disapointed us and tell us after we're wrong. They understand something that you don't. That's what they saying. I never see so many bad games on a console library. Never. But i'm wrong, i don't understand.

David77

You are completely right

"Why can't we just agree the games released today are good"

I'm sure they are good. But if I downloaded every game on the VC that was "good," I wouldn't be able to buy much else with my entertainment budget. Before, it looked like an awful lot of people were going to be happy with one, two, or all three of the downloads.

I think the disputes about Nintendo's problems getting a license should be over, then? Not to mention the old argument that it just takes THAT long to polish an emulation. The whiners were right. These frustrations are all in Nintendo's power to fix.

Well, I thought I was going to try Ys today, but I guess it's back to SoulCalibur 4.

I hope we Europeans get Sonic this week and with any luck, Samurai Shodown 2 too. And Nintendo disappointing us consumers is nothing new unfortunately,

"This is garbage!!!! I bought the Wii primarily for the classic games"
That was a very, very stupid thing to do.

@whalleywhat: Hit the nail on the head.

@ Bass same here though i am more tempted to get Samurai Shodown 2.

Man what a bummer. I was so getting ready to go right now to get my points card, but something told me that I should check to confirm if the games were really being released.

I really wanted to play Y's. Thanks alot, Nintendo.

"Nintendo should probably make publishers keep their silence if they don't want to keep disappointing people."

. . . and let the cat out of the bag that God-knows how many anticipated games are completely ready but are being held back.

Wow, some people still actually TRUST Nintendo for ANYTHING? That's funny.

@ deadbattery

Nah, sometimes when companies like Hudson announced something it really did happen. But this is clearly Nintendo-intervention. As of right now, Hudson's site still says that Ys is out today, which means they didn't even know that Nintendo would do this at the last second.

I think Nintendo ought to give some kind of response to this very soon. Not only is this disappointing to their consumers but also the publishers that put their hard work on promoting these games so they can be as successful as Nintendo first-party games. I sincerely doubt these publishers are saying any old willy nilly date without Nintendo having a word with them.

Either don't tell these publishers a date or go by your word and release them.

WTF is wrong with you Nintendo? Oh well I have been waiting for Splatterhouse 2 so not a complete loss.

I was really looking forward to Sam Sho 2. What the heck. Sorry everyone. =(

But hey! Sonic! I'm-a-downloadin' that sucka! =D

NoA needs to make a public apology.

"I sincerely doubt these publishers are saying any old willy nilly date without Nintendo having a word with them."

Exactly.

EDIT: You know, looking at the patterns around here, the anticipated games also looked to be a major morale-booster for everyone around here. Even the "worst" of us really aren't that hard to please, then, with it looking like everyone might be happy with something.

Hmmm. Sonic the Master System Hedgehog and Splatterhouse 2 arent bad games but unfortunately the next week is going to be a mess of everyone on The Internet hating them forever for not being promised today.

I can only wonder why 3 different companies made a mistake. Especially since Hudson used to be right about everything. If anything though, I bet we can expect Samurai Showdown 2, Ys Book 1 and 2, and Mega Man in August at least.

I dont really think Nintendo sits up on the top floor of a looming castle, twirling his Snidley Whiplash moustache and cackling as it releases games we didnt expect. Perhaps if it is they themselves who made the promise but...

This calls for some detective work from the worlds-best and nothing less! Im calling L, Encyclopedia Brown, and Batman!

As of right now, Hudson's site still says that Ys is out today, which means they didn't even know that Nintendo would do this at the last second.

It was like that back when Break In and Star Parodier were supposed to come out in July. They were left like that until the next update.

Wow. This is too much! It's a good thing this is such a great summer for gaming, otherwise I'd probably be going crazy over this too.

Oh well, I'm still getting the Master System version of Sonic, seeing that iv'e never actualy played it before.

I really hate it when Ninty do this. Both of these games look meh at best. Sonic has no spin so it'll play as badly as Sonic 1, and Splatterhouse 2 looks identical to Slatterhouse one, but with a White mask.

And announcing the games that they announced just to release these instead, is just plain evil.

At least WWG still came out. It's a great game if you like those types of games.

... and I guess, when you enter the Shopping channel and check the newest added games a NoA representee will pop-up on your screen, yelling "IT'S A ME! SURPRISE!" at you.

Pity everyone hoping for some scheduled release, but being led down by NoA.

Ouch. Right in the groin. These releases aren't horrible...but nowhere near what we expected. Damn indecisive Ninty.

This isn't good at all (not talking about the games here). If Nintendo keeps **'ing up like this the publishers will loose their patience and start saying no to releasing games on the VC. Nintendo needs to change their attitude or the VC will be a very short story.

"Nintendo should probably make publishers keep their silence if they don't want to keep disappointing people."

I agree with Damo on this one.

Here is how Nintendo select VC games each week. A chimpanzee named Coco sits in his cage. A NOA rep shows Coco all of the games that could be released each week. Coco picks up a banana and slings it a his choice of games for the week. The NOA rep. says good choice Coco, here is another banana. And that is exactly how it works:) Coco is the VC selecting game monkey.

Jon

You are enterily right VC is a good idea and making me get intressed for the Wii in the first place and it would be really bad if this goes away.

Does anyone actually know who is in control of the VC? ( I still think the cat with the cheese on its head contols all!) As we all know Nintendo are the most secretive games company around and they NEVER EVER listen to fans. Is there actually any way they would listen or give in to fan pressure? Past instances show that the company has never ever given into nintendo owners. So is complaning about this a waste of time?

BTW I think the cat must be off sick or on holiday because even the cat never made a blunder like this.

BRING BACK THE CAT ALL IS FORGIVEN!

@ tony Classic imagery! i snorted coffee out of my nose i laughed so much

LOL This is just crazy! Eh, quite a cold shower compared to what was expected. Sonic is very good though.

Darn it, I was looking forward to Ys Book 1 and 2 today. Maybe next week.
...also Strong Bad on Wii Ware. Maybe next week.

. Damn you Nintendo! Giving me a Game Gear game and a sequel with no flair. Sigh

UGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH.

I was REALLY looking forward to this week too.

NOA probably went "Hey! Let's make them wait longer so they'll buy the terrible/decent games first! Yay Money!"

you know i just got all these points to get all three games and they come out with this F***. The first time i was going to get a virtual console game.

My guess as to what happened; Nintendo purposely DIDN'T release any of the "confirmed" titles to discourage 3rd parties from announcing thier VC games early. Personally I have no problem with what happened today, as I'm just happy it isn't a SINGLE Neo Geo release. Plus I had both these games pegged as coming out this month anyway so I'm sure we'll see all those announced titles by the end of August. To be honest I knew three VC games being released in one update was far too good to be true, and I think all of you felt that too.

Wow. This sucks (compared to what was expected today). Nintendo won't get a cent of my money today, and I really think their PR guys need to go back to skool..

And by the way - if it wasn't for the fact that my hopes were up to get Megaman and the Ys games, I would absolutely have bought all 3 of these releases. But now I do not want to give any money/support to Nintendo this week.

"My guess as to what happened; Nintendo purposely DIDN'T release any of the "confirmed" titles to discourage 3rd parties from announcing thier VC games early."

That actually does make sense and sounds like something they would do.

You guys are very ungrateful, have you seen the crap us across the water are getting ?

Fierce Deity, the 'crap' you been getting from the previous months really makes me green with envy: mainly with one game of course: Cho Aniki. To be honest, I don't think the US will ever get this game with what I have seen with the stupid morons in this country are complaining about Pong Toss and Fat Princess. (annoyed)

Sigh, don't mind me if I sound a bit rash or what not, but I am annoyed. Not that I didn't get Samurai Shodown 2, but the way communications between Nintendo and the other 3rd party companies. These two are decent games, but it's just a sour note.

@ Fierce .. I do not think we are being "ungrateful" today. We've just been disappointed/let down.

Haha! I think this is funny!

I still cant understand why the people who are waiting for Mega Man in the US, just dont get the Mega Man Anniversary Collection for the Gamecube?

Rapadash6 has it. The impression I've had with these failed confirmations is that Nintendo is intentionally trying to gum up the works to discourage publishers from giving dates. Thus in effect, the publishers need to STOP GIVING EXACT DATES because they're hurting our chances of getting great games.

Heck, we still haven't seen Parodier thanks to this misbehavior. Like it or not, Nintendo runs the VC service and publishers need to play by Nintendo's rules. If everyone would stop trying to do an end run around Nintendo, life would be better for all of us.

Of course, there is another explanation that is far more sinister. If publishers have pre-announced a game that has everyone excited, then WiiWare customers are engaged into buying mode when Monday comes. Thus Nintendo can make better profits off of VC titles that wouldn't otherwise sell by swapping out the releases. Then when they get around to releasing the title that everyone WANTED, they would still make those profits.

Such business practices are rather shady though, so I would hope that Nintendo is not engaged in such ventures.

In totally unrelated news: I am enjoying Shinobi 3 and Fatal Fury. So I am still finding gems on the VC. And yes I still think Mega Man, Y's and SS2 will be out by the end of the month.

Or maybe we'll get new games like Mega Samurai or Y's Shodown

Im not ungrateful or dissapointed. Just befuddled.

Its like if I wanted a Hershey's Bar but got a Crunch Bar instead. Sure its not as good but Ill still take it.

Wow. Craptastic.

WTF would anybody want Sonic for the Master system?

@ Bass.

Agreed.

@ El.

No offence but that's stupid. All you're doing by taking a break is, making it more likely that you'll miss something that you really want.

Say you stop checking for 3 months, you stop coming here and everything, and your most wanted game comes out 2 weeks after you've stopped checking. It means that you've went 10 weeks more than you had to for it.

Post 30?

I want Sonic for the Master System.

Wow i was expecting to download megaman today
and play it all day cuz im sick and got jack to do
thanks alot nintendo u could have just atleast gave
us one this is a huge dissapointment

i personally didn't want any of the games that were "confirmed" for today, well maybe just samurai shodown ii, i also find it funny how everyone is saying that this will be the best VC month in 2008 and this happens.

@ Bass.

Post 60. Haven't read anything before my first in here. Didn't have the time.

Yeah, everybody was saying that 3 VC games and 1 WW game was too good to be true.....but absolutely none of the "confirmed" VC games came out today! This was probably a ploy just to get us to buy Wii points. Remember guys, Nintendo doesn't have your money when you download a game, but when you buy points.

i also find it funny how everyone is saying that this will be the best VC month in 2008 and this happens.

Hey I think its off to a pretty good start. And when you consider all the games that couldve come out today are probably coming in August anyway...

Also I dont believe these were released to prove a point to third parties. I posted some long ass theory elsewhere but I dunno if I should repeat it...

@thewiirocks: That's exactly what I've been thinking. How many of us are going to buy Sonic or Splatterhouse today when we normally wouldn't have had we had been anticipating the 3 games promised. I'm sure Sonic and Splatterhouse are fine but neither appeal to me, especially when compared to Mega Man, Samurai Shodown II and Y's. But those of you out there who now have the "itch" to buy some VC titles are more likely to buy the two offerings this week for that very reason when you normally wouldn't have. NoA is creating an impulse buy situation.

Frankly, I'm sick and tired of NoA's crap. Yeah, they've been doing this for a while but we should NOT be getting used to it. Sure, it's just video games and there are more worthwhile endeavors out there but dammit this is a business and their actions are very unprofessional. Nintendo of Japan lay out their VC and WiiWare releases for the month, it is not unreasonable to expect NoA to adhere to the same standards. We should never cease our demands for good customer service from this or any other company that we willing give our money to.

And in case anybody for NoA reads this: Thank you for this week's offering. I will however, pass on these two VC titles and I will wait patiently until titles that I want are released. You will not be getting any "impulse buy" money from me.

If you guys are sick of Nintendo's crap then stop complaining about it here and actually write them. NoA doesn't have time to read every comment on every article about the VC.

Well for once I actually agree that NA gamers are right to feel disappointed this week.

Whilst the 2 VC games are ok, compared to the 3 announced games they are a kick in the knickers. You can console yourselves with WWG which is a fantastic little light gun game, but that wont float everyones boat.

However it's not like Ninty haven't done this before, what with Parodier and Break In.

If I remember correctly the Developer of Pirates said that they had no control over when the game was to be released and had no idea when Ninty would allow the game to come out.

I predict these 2 games and maybe a random C64 game will make up the EU VC release on Thursday/Friday to last us 2 whole weeks.

even if you are disappointed with the VC, checking the site once a week takes only a few seconds.

I think there is a lesson to learned here. Beware of press releases!

Well, at least I'm not $20+ poorer today.

Here's the deal: I'd rather have Sonic on MS than Mega Man. However, I'd rather not have Splatterhouse 2 at all. One of the worst MD games on Virtual Console for sure.

Ouch.
I wasn't planning on buying any of the games that were set to come out today, but still. What gives, Nintendo?

Let the puppy-beating commence.

@Tides of Chaos: I have written them before. As for complaining, I was merely venting with other let down Nintendo customers.

Nintendo should be careful about building up hopes just to dash them. Nevertheless, I'm already hardened into not expecting anything great for a year or two until the service is about dead. Then, they might release the good stuff en masse in addition to the good stuff that's already on tap.

I wasn't getting any of the games that were supposed to come out today. However, the ones that DID come out today... now I am going to have to buy. Damn, the VC is gonna make me broke.

@68.

Because it's a very good game, way different than the Genesis version. Plus, the Master System version is way better than the Game Gear version thanks to a larger view of the game.

For only $5, it's a serious bargain. I'd rather have it than Megaman 1, honestly.

"That's right Monkey, Play my head!!" LMAO...
I am so happy w/ my NDS right now I think I am going to play mega man 3 just to rub in the salt! =)
Just don't forget to forgive Ninty bcuz it is never their fault...

@ eltomo: While I do think that is a good idea to just get the Mega Man Anniversary Collection just to get Mega Man 1-8 for about the price of a N64 game on the VC (I've got the collection when it first came out), people might not want all eight games, they just might want Mega Man 1&2, also the button combination is reversed (A is to fire, B is to jump) so maybe people want to play the game in its original button combination (A is to jump, B is to fire).

damm i wanted Ys book 1 and 2 but nooo Nintendo gave us this

WTF is wrong with you Nintendo? Oh well I have been waiting for Splatterhouse 2 so not a complete loss.

Well that's odd! lol..I was debating over if I should download Ys I and II or Mega Man now I'm debating over if I should download Sonic or Splatterhouse 2..I probably won't..I might download DKC 2 now..or Harvest Moon..good thing there are good games I have yet to download. ^_;;

Great. I'm not as surprised as if the games announced would have been released. I think I agree with Rapadash (#58). Nintendo is making sure they control absolutely everything on release schedule... So my eternal-skeptical-but-once-again-proven-right half thinks none of the games announced (MM1, Ys, etc.) are going to get released this month.
Meh. Should have know not to get my hopes too high. Well back to hating VC and expecting nothing out of it for the next few months
@DEMON : Remember you comment about you killing people complaining? How about aiming that at whoever is responsible of VC announcements and releases?

Somewhere somebody made a mistake. And I find it highly suspicious that three different publishers would think their popular games would come out at the same time, so the source is very likely to be at Nintendo. How disappointing. And I was almost certain to buy at least one of the three announced games. But these two just don't compare. I'll pass.

It's okay. I've been disappointed by nintendo enough times to not be surprised. I'm just not buying until Starfox and Earthbound come out.

Wow , Nintendo did this on purpose just to piss off alot of people but that's Nintendo for ya. once kirby super star ultra comes out on DS I won't even have to think about kirby dreamland 3 or anything coming to VC. I will get KDL3 whenever it comes out.

If it is Nintendo its more likely to be a "Wait that was the wrong date we gave you. IT WAS THE WRONG ONE." mistake then a "You fools! You told everyone! Prepare to be nuked!" mistake.

Scenerio: Someone at Nintendo sent a message to Sega, Capcom, SNK, and Hudson that all those games would be released on August 4, when they meant to say just August. Or at least just letting Sega know their games were coming August 4 which happened to get sent to everyone else.

Noone really knows what happened but it cant be as bad as some people are making it out to be. All these games will be released this month and we'll forget all about it.

Hahaha, hilarious.

Oh well, Sonic is good, and well worth 500 points.

well im disapointed these game sucks
and why the post on the capcom blog about megaman was removed??
huh?
stupid bloger if its no true dont come to say that its confirmed your game..

tl;dr

and why the post on the capcom blog about megaman was removed??
Probably because its going to turn into a flame war.

Now we know why NOA don't release monthly schedules of what will come out on the VC...they are so fickle it is pathetic. Lets tell everyone three days before that this will happen and change it on the day...it'll drum up sales for other titles because people will visit the Wii shop thinking stuff they want is there.

...Huh. I guess Nintendo of America is clamping down on anyone who gives advance notice.

Granted, this tactic will destroy the VC so that when SS2 and Ys are finally released in 2011 no one will care, but I don't think I can understand them anymore. SNK, Capcom, and Hudson must be really annoyed. All the games were ANNOUNCED by them, not rumored by some freak at NeoGAF; what kind of game is Nintendo playing?

This does not bode well for EarthBound...

Amazing. This article was just started a few hours ago and there's already 100 comments.

Yep, see I knew they were gonna do this. I just knew that this week sounded too good to be true. I just can't believe that Nintendo announce such high-profile titles, and give us games that aren't nearly of the same caliber. TWICE.
Well, I wanted Sonic SMS anyway, but I'm not impressed by SH 2. I think I'd rather get the original on the TG-16.
I guess the games we got instead are at least decent. After all, if Nintendo really wanted to be cruel, they would've given us Digital Champ and Super Pitfall.
At least we got WWG on WiiWare like I expected.

@Demon. Since we didn't get those wonderful titles we were promised, I don't think any killing will be required.

@David777. I think Shigeru Miyamoto said something once about Nintendo "Not giving gamers what they want." Giving the state of VC right now and pretty much the Wii in general, this theory seems to be alive and well.

You figure if we get 2 games a week for the rest of August there is enough room for Mega man, Y's, SS 2 ,Break In, Star P., and at least one more game.

@ Mr Cheez

Where did you hear that quote from Shiggy? o.O

@Tony

That one more probably being Neo Turf Masters. There's your entire August line up right there.

I knew it had to be true. There were too many optimistic posts on this site in the last few days. Something had to go awry.

As much as I don't want to say it, I can't trust any pre-release news stories from this site anymore since it's all up in the air. I'll believe a release when I see it on Monday.

This doesn't make much sense, why'd they give us the Master System of Sonic before Europe got it? This update looks more like whay I was expecting for the EU update. Maybe Europe will wind up getting SSII and Ys.

Well, I started to worry about how I was going to play so many games now I don't have to. I just hope we do see those games sometime this month, I got really excited about Samurai Shodown II, but now they're crushed. My only question is: why did those companies send out press releases "confirming" their games, yet the update had nothing to do with them? And how did they come to the conclusion that it was their game that was coming out in the first place? There's some serious miscommunication going on here.

Oh well, all I know is my Wii point card is going to be collecting some dust until Ys and SSII actually come out.

I should have known it was too good to be true -- it's my fault for getting my hopes up. F*** you, Nintendo.

@Rapadash
Neo Turf is what I'm thinking too. Wii are on the same page with that one

But if NOA wants to fill up the VC with 2d Sonic that is fine by me:) Also I think the VC guy in the you tube video needs to speak about what happened today

I know it's hard being dissapointed (i think this release was quite good) and feeling lied too. I have found the remedy though...Final Fantasy Tactics A2, you'll forget the VC even exists

Oh, look. Nintendo fails at marketing and establishing good third-party relationships yet again. :/

I think there's another twist to this matter that no one here has mentioned.
We all know that company X owns the rights to a certain game (X=any publisher for example Capcom). The easiest way for Nintendo to get hold of old games and publish them on the VC is to make a license agreement with company X.
A license agreement always involves a contract. When two companies makes a contract there's always some negotiation concerning the details in the contract.
I'll bet some money that one clausal in that contract is that the company in question doesn't say anything about a specific release date.
Now this is what happened:
1. Capcom knows that Mega Man is going to be released i August. Either they have a specific date from someone at Nintendo or (more likely) they have talked to someone at NoA that didn't really know but gave them a date anyway.
2. NoA already has a timetable for the VC. The games above were supposed to be released on august the 4th and nothing else.
3. Capcom talks wide and loud about their Mega Man release (which isn't coming but they don't know that, yet).
4. NoA hears what Capcom is saying and takes action.

You see, one of those clausal in the contract said that if the company in question talked wide and loud about a release date they would be sued.

5. Thats what NoA's lawyers did. They called up Capcom and said "WTF are you doing? Take that away or we will sue your * off".

So there you have it. My theory, and a wall of text

wha...? I was so looking forward to ys I & II

Oh dammit, this was NOT a last minute decision it was NOT meant to bring down early releas-forget it. Apparently theres no bright light at the end of the tunnel for everyone else on The Internet. Its always the worst case scenerio this and that. Every video game company is some sort of evil monster trying to make everyone mad. I dont understand what the gaming community is coming to these days. Im sick of trying to calm The Internet down week after week, so I think Ill take this one off.

@Atlantis1982. I heard it in an issue of Game Informer, which I just dug out:

"One thing about my game design is that I never try to look for what people want and then try to make that design"

I was apparently quite different from what I remembered. He referred more to his personal style of game design than Nintendo's marketing strategies.

I have an idea. How about the next time when VC-R creates a pre-release article that says were getting 3 high-profile games that week, we use reverse psychology and bitch and complain about it? That way, Ninty will think they are disappointing us again and release those games, which we actually want, though we said we didn't want them. Who's with me?

@AtTheDriveIn92

I find Avanced Wars: Days of Ruin, Rogue Galaxy, R-Type Final, Elite Beat Agents, Shadow of the Colossus, Super Mario Sunshine, Star Fox Adventures, Star Fox Assault, Silpheed: Lost Planet, Geometry Wars: Galaxies, Super Mario Galaxy, Okami, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Breath of Fire 2, Shining Force, *huff, huff* Wipeout Pure, Daxter, Gradius Collection, Crush, Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Star Soldier R, Defend Your Castle, and Gyrostarr all combine to make a great substitute to FFTA2.

I think this is really funny. I know everyone is sick of waiting, but stay patient. You can complain, but no one will hear you. Just sit back and relax. I am sure you can find something else to hold you over.

@Mickeymac & AtTheDriveIn. I'm good with Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Pokemon Diamond, Harvest Moon, Defend Your Castle, FFIII DS, Paper Mario, SSB Brawl, Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda: TP, Sega Genesis Collection, and OoT Master Quest, among others(!). =)

I wish I still had my PS2.

Ign still has Samurai Shodown II being released today

Also today isn't so bad I'd rather have MegaMan or Y, but today's games look pretty good too

Ironically, Splatterhouse 2 has been on my wishlist for over a year now. But yeah, I understand why people are annoyed. Bait and switch. Kind of like when Nintendo told me that the Wii was a game system instead of a glorified toy.

Hey at least it's two good games. I just got back and saw the Virtual Console announcement from Nintendo and thought that maybe I had just come out of a coma or something.

If only this was the EU update!
These are 2 of just 4 or so games I want on VC that look they'll be coming over the next few months.
Looking back at the news stories the last VC game that actually got me excited by it's release was Kirby 64 on March 7th...

As much as I love Sonic, I got my point card for a specific purchase, and I don't want to waste them, even if it's on a Sonic game. As for Splatterhouse 2, it looks too slow and clunky for my tastes.Thankfully I'm still playing the VC games I got last week, plus a gazillion other games that were already mentioned, so I'll live.

Nintendo never said those games were coming out today so stop complaining! They never said Kid Icarus was going to be shown at E3 either. This is all bad reporting from websites like IGN. Stop blaming Nintendo! Sweet chicken!

Well actually, it was the companies themselves who said their games were coming out today, but turned out to be false. My head hurts too much to speculate why those press releases were made, but I'd assume somebody told them they were suppose to be here today.

SPLATTERHOUSE 2!!!!!!!!!!!!

What would be great is if everyone was expecting Break In or some medicore title, but Nintendo releases Vectorman and Strider ( or any amazing game intsead) Those are the suprises we like:)

Even if we DID get those games we were expecting today, I wouldn't be able to buy any of them anyway, since I'm down to 300 Wii points and my pre-paid credit card is completely drained. Not counting the 2 games I removed, I have 25 VC games as of now, and yet there's still dozens of games on the service that I still haven't gotten to buy yet. Gradius III, Super Castlevania IV, Starfox 64, Dragon's Curse and Startropics to name a few. Because of this, I'm actually not that mad about the VC release scedule mix-up. <Ducks head>

But I'm still not happy about it either.

Well it just goes to show you. This is Nintendo's world, we all just live here.

Who cares about either of these two games. I've played this Sonic version. I'll pass, the original Sonic the Hedgehog on the Genesis is so much better. Splatterhouse 2 blows compared to the original. But seriously guys, if you don't want anything, please don't "impulse" buy. Why give Nintendo your money when they treat their customers like crap.

Did anyone ever think that maybe that the pre-release anouncements were authorized by Nintendo so people would be duped into buying Wii Point cards?

I know what would be perfect: These companies go to MS or Sony to get their games released on XBLA or PSN . Streets of Rage 2, Sonic 1 and 2 and some other games made it to XBLA (which mostly sucks as is). What was the first rule of business, again? "Give the people what they want"?

hahah I think this is quite hilarious that people were expecting great stuff and they got another crappy week.

all I can say it........ stop the HYPE! that's the main problem with gamers these days.

What the heck is so crappy about Sonic and Splatterhouse 2?

MS Sonic 1, is a good sonic game.

VC USA this week could be worse...

Why did I bother getting my hopes up this week? I'm never getting hyped before VC Monday ever again.

Umm well I was only thinking of getting that Ys I & II since it looked interesting. I got Mega Man Anniversary Collection on the PS2 so Mega Man didn't matter to me and I don't care about Samurai Showdown II. But this does suck but there is a lessen to be learnt don't believe everything you read.

Really does suck though for a lot of people and I still got 1900 Wii Points on my VC. Also still bought no Wii Ware games and am dissapointed at the amount of Wii Ware games that come out weekly.

sighs I haven't downloaded a VC game in about three months now, which is strange since I used to be the guy DLing at least one VC title a week. I've also completely written off WiiWare. But I have been playing the Hell outta my DS!

Also I gotta say... Yeah it is Nintendo's fault and even the third parties' fault to some extent, but sites like this one and the gamers I think can be partly to blame. With all the hype and "confirmations," no wonder we're all disappointed. Why would you buy Wii points in anticipation of a game? Wait until you see it on the Shop Channel. Also, don't forget: It's Nintendo's Wii, not the Hudson Wii, SNK Wii, or Capcom Wii. If Nintendo doesn't say anything about a game, don't expect it to happen

I laughed out loud today when I saw the VC releases. I found it so god-awful ironic that I couldn't help it. Not a single "confirmed" release made it! Oh the hilarity!

I must say I'm a little disappointed but I'm not going to blame this on anyone and definitely not on Nintendo. For this week, I'll suck it up because we still got two games that a great deal of people will enjoy. There's not much we can do anyway.

I think the three other games will find their way onto the VC this month eventually. Still, I think people should walk away from this with two lessons learned: the VC is as random as life even with "confirmed" releases and August is going to be one heck of month in terms of surprises.

EDIT: We got our first "M" game too. Cheers for violence on the Wii.

@ Virus
Agreed

Wow.

Would it kill Nintendo to start giving out release dates for VC games at least 2 days before they come out? I wouldn't be surprised if SNK,Hudson Soft,and Capcom quit developing games for Nintendo after this disaster.

But Sonic MS and Wild West Guns sound pretty good. Although I have the Sonic Mega Collection Plus for the Xbox 360 that includes the Game Gear version of Sonic MS.

I just moved so now I don't have a way to connect the Wii to the Internet,but I should be able to in a few weeks. I just hope they release Ys Book I&II or Super Mario RPG by then.

I'd say most of the Wii owners who buy Virtual Console games every now and then didn't even know to expect Mega Man & co. They just check the new games once a week or once a month or once in two months etc and buy something if they're interested without getting much disappointed if there isn't anything interesting available. It's not like Nintendo is trying to make the fans feel bad. And remember, it's only a game. If your expectations grow so high with these games that when you don't get what you were waiting for you are extremely disappointed and cursing companies to hell, I just wonder how you manage to deal with life. It must be a hell of a stress.

You guys are such geeks and otakus here

@MaxPlastic
100% true.

"I just wonder how you manage to deal with life."

It's stressful.

@SuperSonic1990

Why should they give out the release dates earlier? It would most likely just lead people being disappointed two days earlier.

I agree w/ Maxplastic and Virus. Even though the games we got this week weren't what we expected, at least they were decent. And contrary to what SOME people on this site may think, I guess there is a life beyond VC.

Damn It's rough out there for a geek.

Edit: I'm surprised Rexy isn't here yet.

WHAT? There's life beyond VC? Blasphemy!

I wasn't sure about the games confirmed by SNK Playmore, Hudson and Capcom a first place. The first thing that got me was Hudson confirmed games last month and we didn't 2 of the games.

It didn't sound right with 3 vc games being release in 1 week in North America either.

All of us need to ingore 3rd party publishers "confirming vc games" before Monday.

Thats pretty lame by Nintendo. You would think a "professional" company would control press releases, especially if they are going to be incorrect. Well done nintendo, you f**ked up!
Sorry yankees, thats major harsh by nitendo :/ Hopefully next week is best week ever with 5 awesome games lol.
Maybe nintendo is saving up to have the awesomest VC week of all time

@timp29

Maybe not the "awesomest vc week of all time" but the "awesomest vc month of all time"

@ Mr. Cheez

It's not so rough if you use cheat codes on life

Too. Many. Posts.

Okay, everyone here make a pact: do not buy wii points until the game you want comes up. Do not pay for Wii points until the game you want comes up. EB announced? Pay when it comes. Majora? Same. We are not going to fool around with this. Agreed?

Well atleast Sonics out, but maybe there'll actually be a Mega Man week

i dont care as long as tetrisphere is released soon

@ 132. Mike

That's what I did. As soon as I woke up, I checked before I went out to buy the points card. Good thing I didn't get it.

Well, all in all it's still a great VC day. Sonic on the Master System is fun and different enough from the Genesis version to warrant 5 bucks, and Wild West Guns is easily the best Wii Ware game available right now. As far as my VC wishlist goes though, how about some Super Punchout? That would make up for a year of weak games!