European VC Update: Cow + Log + Fridge = GEROOOVEY!! Edition

If you know what's coming from the header, awesome. If you don't, you fail. Also remember, sales of these games is looked at regarding the revival of old franchises. If Sin and Punishment hadn't sold so well it would've remained in Japan, if you want franchises back you have to vote with your wallet people.

Game 1 - Shining Force 2
Mega Drive - 800 Points

This second entry in the strategy RPG series features a main character called Bowie. That is awesome. Other than that its some finely tuned tactical action which fans of the series will lap up and which you should give a go, its actually the game that turned me onto the series a few years ago.

Game 2 - Earthworm Jim
Mega Drive - 800 Points

I just want to copy pasta the story for this game from Wikipedia.

"Jim (a character designed by Doug TenNapel) was at first an ordinary Earth earthworm who did very earthworm-like things such as flee from crows and eat dirt. One day, in the space above Earth, the evil Psy-Crow had cornered a rebel spaceship pilot who had stolen an "Ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit" built by Professor Monkey-For-A-Head. The suit had been commissioned by the evil Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt so that she could further conquer the galaxy. In the ensuing space fight, the suit was dropped to Earth, and fell on Jim. By a stroke of luck, Jim managed to land within the collar of the suit, and it ended up mutating him into the large and intelligent (at least by earthworm standards) superhero he is today.

Jim overhears Psy-Crow talking to Queen Slug-for-a-Butt about the scorch marks left by the suit and her plans for her sister, Princess What's-Her-Name. Jim thus sets out to rescue the princess, fighting many enemies along the way, such as Major Mucus, Chuck and Fifi, Evil the Cat and Bob the Killer Goldfish."

Yeah, that's the sort of game we have here. Aside from the weirdness its a damn excellent run and gun platformer which should satiate any Contra fan with an itchy trigger finger. While I will concede that this is the inferior Mega Drive version rather than the SNES version that is like saying Strawberry ice cream is inferior to Chocolate. They're both excellent so quit your whining and drop the points immediately.

>NJ