The 5 Best NES Virtual Console Games for Wii

The Wii Virtual Console has a lot of NES games available for download. However, which ones are worth your hard earned 500 Wii points? Just because it is a retro game, doesn't make it good, after all. Well, I've played a lot of NES games. The good, the bad and the so-so, and here are my pick for the best NES games on the Wii Virtual Console, in no particular order.

For all of you puzzle fans out there, this is the game for you. Adventures of Lolo is similar to Solomon's Key, but a whole lot easier, so it will appeal to the more casual gamer as well as hardcore retro gaming fans. While the story and graphics aren't deep, the gameplay is satisfying and there are plenty of levels to keep you busy for a while. Don't let the cuteness of it fool you either. Some of these puzzle's are tough!

The shmup on the list (hey, I'm trying to be fair!) Life Force outshines Gradius and Galaga by leaps and bounds. It switches up the gameplay, side scrolling shooting action in one stage and climbing shooting action in the next, which gives it the variety that most NES shmups lack.

Besides the plethora of power ups and the changing environments (they try to kill you!), Life Force's greatest asset is the 2 player co-op mode. Yeah, just like Contra, you and a friend can shoot and fly your way through several challenging levels and defeat those alien baddies once and for all!

The action game on the list. While it is kind of a platformer as well, you can change items so I'm calling it an action game. This is the best Castlevania game on the NES. The graphics are pretty good for the platform, the gameplay is excellent, plus it has a lot more depth than most other NES games.

In Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse you actually have the possibility of multiple endings and multiple characters to choose from! Your ending is dependent of which character you take to fight the final boss with you, or if you go it alone. That's pretty advanced for an NES game.