The Virtual Console library has been updated in Europe and Australia once again, and it’s a Neo Geo double – a violent, martial arts-themed double at that.

Ninja Commando (Neo Geo, 1-2 Players, 900 Wii Points):

Ninja Commando is a top down, vertically scrolling shoot ‘em up by Alpha Denshi for SNK’s Neo Geo system. Released in May 1992 in cartridge format, and 1994 on the Neo Geo CD format, Ninja Commando is famed for it’s unintentionally funny English translation. In the game, you can choose to play as one of three Ninja characters, Joe, Ryu and Rayar (the female Ninja of the group), all with differing abilities. Each character also has fighting game style input commands that unleash special moves, for instance performing down, down forward, forward and the A button makes Joe perform his “Tornado Attack”.

“The Mars Corporation has caused a problem in the time continuum, and it’s up to the Ninja Commandos to go after Spider, leader of the MC, and stop his evil work.

As one of three Ninja Commandos, you must fight your opponents through different time periods, such as The Primitive Age, The Egyptian Era, and the Japanese Civil War Era. Each of the Ninja Commandos have their own specific style of attack and a special “ninja trick” super power.

Boxes and other storage units can be broken to reveal power-ups that upgrade your weapons. The bosses are super-powered historical figures and include a dinosaur, a medieval samurai, an Egyptian pharaoh, etc. Cut-scenes occur between the different time periods.”

Art of Fighting 2 (Neo Geo, 1-2 Players, 900 Wii Points):

Art of Fighting is a trilogy of competitive fighting game titles that were released for the Neo Geo platform in the early 1990s. It was the first fighting game by SNK to feature the character designs of former SNK illustrator (and current Capcom illustrator) Shinkiro, who would go on to do the character designs for the later Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters games.

“In this sequel to the original Art of Fighting, and prequel to the original Fatal Fury, we learn that Mr. Karate, the final boss of the original game, behind the mask, is really Takuma Sakazaki, Ryo and Yuri’s father, that Takuma was being used by Geese Howard for his own evil intentions, and that Mr. Big was the one who had originally kidnapped Yuri.

The entire cast from the first Art of Fighting is here (with the exceptions of Todo and Mr. Karate), along with a few new characters: Takuma Sakazaki, Ryo and Yuri’s father; Yuri Sakazaki, Takuma’s daughter and Ryo’s sister; Eiji Kisaragi, a sworn enemy of the Sakazakis; Temjin, a Mongolian trucker.”

Until next week… spend those Wii Points wisely!