My fam absolutely loved this game for the NES -- I recently played the wiiware version which is a straight port and its still great.  Anyone else getting this? I'm so mad turtles came out here instead of this!  I remember playing turtles before but I want a new bubble bobble!

The WiiWare version is not a straight port, it's got extra levels, modes, 4 player, etc. Oh, and models instead of sprites. Just saying ;)
 
If you want a straight port there's always the Virtual Console version(s?) to consider purchasing though.
 
What's Neo? It looks like the WiiWare version to me, maybe it's a port like they're porting the WiiWare Rainbow Islands (bleh) also...
 
If so, good for PS360 gamers, great game and worth your points of any kind (Nintendo, Microsoft, PSN)!

oh lol sorry mate I meant I played the virtual console version, I get all my Nintendo stuff mixed up

So it's like Bubble Bobble with the protagonist from The Matrix in it?