Five must-own NES games on the Wii U Virtual Console

We've gone and put together a short video outlining our picks for five NES Virtual Console games that you might not have considered on the Wii U Virtual Console, but are worth checking out.

So there's not going to be the obvious choices of Super Mario Bros. or Mega Man in there. Rather, these are games that you might have played back in the day and forgotten about, or just passed over for whatever reason.

Be sure to let us know what you think of the games in the comments, and, of course, let us know what your favourite NES games are (and what NES games you're still hoping to see appear on the Wii U Virtual Console!)

Enjoy the video!

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Video review: Stick It To The Man (PS3)

Review by Matt S. 

You would expect a game that has been written by the guy that did Adventure Time to be a little crazy, and Stick It To The Man is indeed a little crazy.

It's a game that really revels in being self aware and providing quite juvenile humour to an adult audience. Somehow within that context it also manages to offer a mature (but sadly forgettable), adventure/ puzzle game with some real mind twisters.

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Developer diary; check out the newest goss on Dracula

Konami has released a new developer diary to give players insight into the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. This is a game that we have been keeping our eyes on, because we rather liked the first and playing as Dracula is always good value.

Developer diaries often provide tantalising bits of insight into the development of a game, and in this one you'll get to see Konami producer, David Cox, as well as the mind behind the game, Enric Alvarez, chat about the changes they're bringing to the Castlevania formula, as well as what it's like to work with Robert Carlyle; the best person to play Dracula we can think of this side of Gary Oldman.

The video's only around five minutes long, so use your coffee break to kick back, relax, and get a feel for how a developer goes about turning a Gothic masterpiece into an interactive game;

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On DDNet TV; Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)

For many of us at Digitally Downloaded, Mario Golf on the Nintendo 64 was one of the finest games created for that very fine console.

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Some NBA 2K14 tidbits

NBA 2K14 is gaining a head of steam as we inch closer to the start of the NBA season.

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