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[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Four games announced for next week in Japan:

• Axelay (Super Famicom)
• Super Fantasy Zone (Sega Mega Drive)
• Star Parodier (PC Engine CD)
• Burning Fight (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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It's shooter week for Japan! Well, almost, 3 out 4 of the games that Japan is getting next week are shooters, plus one beat'em up. We start with Axelay, which we got like six months ago. I'm quite surprised that it took them so long to release this great shooter in Japan. Next is Super Fantasy Zone, a game that was released in both Japan and Europe, but was never released in the Americas. From what I've read, it is the last game in the series.

The next one is Star Parodier. Following the steps of Konami with its series Parodius, Hudson decided to make a parody game of its own shooter series, Star Soldier. Given its Japanese origin, you can expect a lot of cuteness and weirdness packed in one game. You can even choose Bomberman or the PC Engine as your "ship" in the game! The last game for the week is a Neo Geo game, Burning Fight. Like I mentioned before, this is the non-shooter game of the week. It's a beat'em up, fairly similar to Final Fight... maybe too similar. I guess SNK wanted a piece of the pie after the Final Fight craze started in the arcades.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Two games to be released in the Americas:

• Renegade (NES)
• Pokemon Puzzle League (Nintendo 64)

Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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Surprise, surprise. It's the first time in a while that we don't get a game released in Europe in the previous week. And it just happens to be when Hudson starts releasing TurboGrafx games again *sigh*. Fortunately, it's not all bad. We're getting Renegade, the first game in the Kunio-kun series (from which River City Ransom is part of), and Pokemon Puzzle League, a N64 puzzle game based on the popular Panel de Pon.

A quick reminder: next week will be the launch of Wiiware in the Americas, so there's a chance we might not be getting any VC games. Japan didn't get any when Wiiware launched, but it's good to know that Japan has had a few weeks with no VC games, something that has never happened here. So, we're just going to have to wait and see what NOA decides to do.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Four games released in Japan:

• Axelay (Super Famicom)
• Super Fantasy Zone (Sega Mega Drive)
• Star Parodier (PC Engine CD)
• Burning Fight (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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Arriving just a little bit late this week (thanks to the Golden Week), we have the four games announced for Japan last Friday. Three shooters (Axelay, Super Fantasy Zone, Star Parodier) and a beat'em up (Burning Fight). On top of that, they also got a Wiiware game, Block Breaker Deluxe. Five games.... and we're barely getting two each week...

 

[Snoopdogga]

UPDATE: Four games released in Japan:

• Axelay (Super Famicom)
• Super Fantasy Zone (Sega Mega Drive)
• Star Parodier (PC Engine CD)
• Burning Fight (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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Arriving just a little bit late this week (thanks to the Golden Week), we have the four games announced for Japan last Friday. Three shooters (Axelay, Super Fantasy Zone, Star Parodier) and a beat'em up (Burning Fight). On top of that, they also got a Wiiware game, Block Breaker Deluxe. Five games.... and we're barely getting two each week...

Wow. They're just receiving Axelay. :wacko:

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Four games released in Europe and Australia:

• Puyo Puyo Tsuu [Puyo Puyo 2] (Sega Mega Drive)
• Break In (TurboGrafx-16)
• Chou Aniki (TurboGrafx-CD)
• Metal Slug (Neo Geo)

Source: The Virtual Console Archive: EU VC Releases
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It's the second week of the Hanabi Festival, and it already seems like Europe and Australia will kick our butts this month in the number of releases. Four games again for them. The first game is an import that made it here a little while ago: Puyo Puyo Tsuu. The next game is Break In, a pool game for the TG16. I don't have much to say about this one.

The third one.... oh, boy, this one will certainly raise a lot of eyebrows: Cho Aniki. I honestly never thought this one would ever make it out of Japan. Just watch a video, you'll see what I mean. The last one is the first Neo Geo game in months, Metal Slug. But wait, where is my Samurai Shodown, SNK? Did you forget that you are missing this game from the first round of VC games???

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three VC games announced for next week in Japan:

• Bubble Bobble (NES)
• Alex Kidd no Miracle World [Alex Kidd in Miracle World] (Sega Master System)
• Martial Champion (PC Engine CD)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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Japan is only getting three games next week, even though there are a lot of games left on its schedule. Also, no sign of the MSX just yet; I just hope they don't delay it again.

First, we have good old classic Bubble Bobble. Yes, another game Japan has just gotten, but that we got ages ago. The second game is the very first Alex Kidd game, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, and arguably the best game in the series. We'll probably see this one here this month or the next, at the latest. And the last game is Martial Champion, the first fighting game we've gotten in a while. It was developed by Konami during the popularity explosion of fighting games of the early 90's.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Four games released in Japan:

• Axelay (Super Famicom)
  
• Super Fantasy Zone (Sega Mega Drive)
  
• Star Parodier (PC Engine CD)
  
• Burning Fight (Neo Geo)
  

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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Arriving just a little bit late this week (thanks to the Golden Week), we have the four games announced for Japan last Friday. Three shooters (Axelay, Super Fantasy Zone, Star Parodier) and a beat'em up (Burning Fight). On top of that, they also got a Wiiware game, Block Breaker Deluxe. Five games.... and we're barely getting two each week...

Wow. They're just receiving Axelay. :wacko:

And now the just got Bubble Bobble.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three VC games released in Japan:

• Bubble Bobble (NES)
• Alex Kidd no Miracle World [Alex Kidd in Miracle World] (Sega Master System)
• Martial Champion (PC Engine CD)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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Sorry, I don't have much time for the update, so just check the preview; you'll find more information there.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three games released in Europe and Australia:

• Gley Lancer (Sega Mega Drive)
• Digital Champ Battle Boxing (TurboGrafx-16)
• Star Parodier (TurboGrafx-CD)

Source: The Virtual Console Archive: EU VC Releases
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And the recent third-party dominance of the VC in Europe and Australia continues. The third (and probably last) week of the Hanabi Festival is here with three import games. All of them were released in the past three months in Japan: Gley Lancer was released back in February, Digital Champ Battle Boxing was released last month, and Star Parodier just came out last week. There's no sign of Rondo of Blood, but who knows, maybe they'll leave it for last as a surprise.

Even though it's likely that Europe and Australia are not getting any VC games next week since the Wiiware service is launching on the 20th, they have already crushed the Americas with the number of releases. They already have ten games in three weeks, while we only have two, and it's unlikely that we'll get four or more games in the next few weeks.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Four VC games announced for next week in Japan:

• Front Mission Series: Gun Hazard (Super Famicom)
• Gynoug [Wings of Wor] (Sega Mega Drive)
• Break In (PC Engine)
• Garou Densetsu 2: Aratanaru Tatakai [Fatal Fury 2] (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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The lone wolf is back! SNK is releasing the second game in the Fatal Fury series in Japan, which introduces many improvements over the first game, with more characters (Mai Shiranui!! ^_^), better controls (now we have the more SNK-traditional four button configuration), better gameplay (desperation moves!); basically, better everything, making it more of a competition to SFII. My only complaint is that SNK is taking too long to release these games. They have to speed it up; I don't want to wait until 2011 or 2012 to play Mark of the Wolves.

Next is a game published by Square (gasp!), and not only that, it's from the Front Mission series. Gun Hazard is a spinoff though: it's not an SRPG like traditional Front Mission games. Instead, it's an action game, and it's very, very similar to Cybernator. This is because a good part of the team that developed Cybernator worked on this game. As a side note, it was the last Front Mission game to appear on the Super Famicom.

The third game for next week is Gynoug, known here as Wings of Wor. It's a shooter for the Mega Drive, and... I don't know what else to add. Oh, the designs were made by the same person that made the designs for Chou Aniki... that's all I've got. The last game is Break In, which saw a release in Europe and Australia about a week ago. It's a pool game! Emmmm, that's it.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: One game to be released in the Americas:

• Sky Kid (NES)

Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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NOA continues to impress us with the "large" number of VC releases each week. This week's game is Sky Kid, a shooter developed by Namco. In the game, you control the (Red?) Baron in its mission to bomb fortresses or ships, while avoiding the never-ending waves of enemies.

 

[Resurgence83]

I only got TWO VC games:

Kirby's Adventure (NES)
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64)

 

[InfinityDragon]

I only got TWO VC games:

Kirby's Adventure (NES)
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64)

Kirby's Adventure was the first Kirby game I played, and it was great. I haven't played Kirby 64 just yet, but it's on my to buy list.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three games announced for South Korea:

• Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom)
• Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari [River City Ransom] (Famicom)
• Donkey Kong Country (Super Famicom)

Source: Nintendo of Korea VC website
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Three more classics have been announced for next week in South Korea. We know these games very well, so I don't think I need to add anything new.

I wonder if South Korea's regular releases will be once a month. It's too early to tell now, so we'll have to wait and see.

 

[Resurgence83]

I want Kirby Superstar on the VC soon. ;-;

 

[InfinityDragon]

I want Kirby Superstar on the VC soon. ;-;

Well, the next one seems to be Kirby 3, which was rated by the ESRB a couple of months ago.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: One VC game released in Europe:

• Paradroid (Commodore 64)

Source: The Virtual Console Archive: EU VC Releases
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NOE did it! They released a VC game on Wiiware launch week, something that neither NOJ nor NOA dared to do. The game is Paradroid for the Commodore 64. In the game, you control a special droid that can hack into other droids and take over them. The point is to take over stronger droids and use this power to destroy more powerful droids, until you've destroyed them all. Like most C64 games, I've never played it, but from what I've read, it's a great game. Unfortunately, the video I saw gave me a headache because of the music.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three games announced for next week in Japan:

• Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shougun Magginesu (Super Famicom)
• Fire Pro Wrestling: 2nd Bout (PC Engine)
• Ninja Combat (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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No MSX games announced... There is still a chance that they might appear next week, but honestly, I think the launch will be postponed again. Anyway, three games for next week in Japan.

The first game is none other the than second SFC adventure of our friend Goemon, Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shougun Magginesu. Unfortunately for us, this game never left Nippon's shores. It plays fairly similar to Legend of the Mystical Ninja game. You can select from three characters, Goemon, Ebisumaru, and Sasuke, each of them with their own characteristics. The first two were the main characters in the first game (I don't remember the names they were given here, sorry), and the third one was a ninja enemy in the first game. An overworld map was added, a la Super Mario World, among other things. Just like the first game, you can play a lot of minigames in towns, including a level of the game Xexex. I don't know why the game never made it here; it seems as enjoyable as the first one.

The second game is another Japan-only game, Fire Pro Wrestling: 2nd Bout. The first game in this wrestling series was released about a year ago in Japan's VC. The last game is Ninja Combat for the Neo Geo (hey, another ninja game. If it weren't for the wrestling game, it would have been Ninja week). This beat'em up looks fairly entertaining. I'm pretty sure that I played it as a kid, but I can't seem to remember much about it.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Two VC games to be released today:

• City Connection (NES)
• Metal Slug (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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I can't believe my eyes: we're getting two games today???? I guess NOA didn't want to establish a new record for the lowest number of VC games in a month. The first game is City Connection, which saw a release in Japan a couple of months ago. I'm absolutely astonished by the high number of NES games released in the last two months; seven games already.

The second game is the first Neo Geo game in almost five months: Metal Slug. All I can say is, it's about time!!!!! Now, where is my Samurai Shodown, SNK?

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three games released in South Korea:

• Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari [River City Ransom] (Famicom)
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom)
• Donkey Kong Country (Super Famicom)

Source: Nintendo of Korea VC website
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South Korea just got their next set of VC games: a couple of classics from Nintendo, SMB3 and DKC, plus one from Technos, River City Ransom.