Worldwide Virtual Console Center

UPDATE: Five new VC games have been released in Japan this Tuesday:
  • Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Koukeisha (Zenkouhen) (Famicom)
  • Juusou Kihei Valken (Cybernator) (Super Famicom)
  • Alien Soldier (Sega Mega Drive)
  • Ys I & II (Ys: Book I & II) (PC Engine CD)
  • Samurai Spirits (Samurai Shodown) (Neo Geo)
Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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We see a lot of variety this week in Japan, in both genres and systems. First we start with a graphical adventure on the NES, Famicom Tantei Club (which translates to Famicom Detective Club), a game that never left Japan's shores. Next, we have a run and gun game for the SNES, Juusou Kihei Valken (known here as Cybernator), a game I've really wanted to play from what I read in magazines, but never had the chance to do it. Alien Soldier, another run and gun game from the geniuses at Treasure, which was only available in the US through the Sega Channel. Next is the first VC game for the PC Engine CD, an RPG, and it's not other than Ys I & II; I hope to see this one soon here. Finally, the first of a series of magnificent weapon-based fighters, Samurai Spirits (Samurai Shodown), is out in Japan for its original console, the Neo Geo. All I can say is... iza! jinjou ni, ippon me, shobu!!!
 
UPDATE: Three games released today in Europe and Australia:
  • Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
  • Gate of Thunder (TurboGrafx-16)
  • World Heroes (Neo Geo)
Source: Nintendo of Europe's News website.
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Europe and Australia are getting mostly games that we've already received in the past couple of weeks, with one exception: Castlevania II. Simon Belmont is back in his second (and last) adventure on the NES.
 
UPDATE: Five games announced for Japan, plus one Hudson game for Europe and Australia for next week

Japan:
  • Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom) (Famicom)
  • Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest) (Super Famicom)
  • Dyna Brothers 2 Special (Sega Mega Drive)
  • Chou Aniki (PC Engine CD)
  • Raguy (Blue's Journey) (Neo Geo)
Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website

Europe/Australia:
  • Super Air Zonk (TurboGrafx-16)
Source: Hudson's Europe VC website
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Another Friday morning, another set of releases for Japan. Again, five games this week for them. The highlight of next week is definitely Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari, known in the Americas as River City Ransom. Japan is also getting Super Donkey Kong 2, five months after we got it; I guess the Donkey Kong Country series are not really that popular over there. Japan is also getting their second PC Engine CD game, and what a choice: Chou Aniki, probably the weirdest shooter ever. Just search for a video and you'll understand what I mean. Both Sega and SNK are finishing up the month with one game a piece: a Japan-only game: Dyna Brothers 2 Special for the former, and a platformer (yes, the Neo Geo has games other than fighters), Raguy, known here as Blue's Journey.

Hudson also dated the next TurboGrafx-CD game: Super Air Zonk is coming next week in Europe and Australia. Hey, what about the Americas? Well, there was no update for us. I don't know if it is a mistake or the game is really not coming next week. Something similar happened with the release of Neutopia: they didn't update their website but the game came out on the following week.
 
Oh ho ho ho... Cho Aniki... eh-HEM.

Yeah. Simon's Quest will come out on Halloween, mark my words... and we are gonna get Super Air Zonk this Monday, which I shall not recommend due to the worse graphics.

Edit - WHAT THE HECK, RIVER CITY RANSOM?! About TIME this baby came out.
 
Bulerias said:
Edit - WHAT THE HECK, RIVER CITY RANSOM?! About TIME this baby came out.
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Yes, I'd say. This is a beauty of a game. If only all games were crazy mixes of Beat-em-up and RPG.
 
Shadow_] [quote="Bulerias said:
Edit - WHAT THE HECK, RIVER CITY RANSOM?! About TIME this baby came out.
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Yes, I'd say. This is a beauty of a game. If only all games were crazy mixes of Beat-em-up and RPG. [/quote]
Daaang, I do hope it comes out on this side of the pond soon... <3
 
Pichubro said:
I'll chuckle if all/most of the games are delayed or just plain mediocre.
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.........................???

How can they be mediocre if we've played them already and know they're good...?
 
UPDATE: Three new games to be released today at 12pm EST in the US:
  • Lunar Pool (NES)
  • Ninja Jajamaru-kun (NES)
  • Golden Axe III (Sega Genesis)
Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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This week we get a couple of exclusives: Ninja Jajamaru-kun, a game only released in Japan before, and Golden Axe III, a Sega Channel exclusive in the US. Aside from that, we get Lunar Pool, which was released a while ago in Europe and Australia.
 
UPDATE: Five games released today in Japan:
  • Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom) (Famicom)
  • Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest) (Super Famicom)
  • Dyna Brothers 2 Special (Sega Mega Drive)
  • Chou Aniki (PC Engine CD)
  • Raguy (Blue's Journey) (Neo Geo)
Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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River City Ransom!!!
 
UPDATE: Three new VC games released in Europe and Australia:
  • Yoshi's Story (Nintendo 64)
  • Super Air Zonk (TurboGrafx-CD)
  • Magician Lord (Neo Geo)
Source: Nintendo of Europe's News website.
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This week it was Europe/Australia's turn to enjoy exclusive games. They got two games that haven't been released here: Magician Lord for the Neo Geo, and Super Air Zonk for the TurboGrafx-CD (although, we'll probably get the latter next Monday). On top of that, they're closing the month with a Nintendo 64 game, Yoshi's Story. Not a great N64 game, but one that some people over there have been waiting for since it was released in the Americas last month.
 
UPDATE: Three games announced for Japan, plus one Hudson game for the US:

US:
  • Samurai Ghost (TurboGrafx-16)
Source: Hudson's US VC website

Japan:
  • Hanjuku Eiyuu (Famicom)
  • Yoshi Story (Nintendo 64)
  • Juusou Kihei Leynos (Target Earth) (Sega Mega Drive)
Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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We have a couple of surprises this week. Super Air Zonk has been postponed for next month, so we'll only be seeing Samurai Ghost next week in the US. There was also a game postponed for next month in the land of the rising sun, Gradius II, but given that only three games were left for the month, Sega filled the gap with Juusou Kihei Leynos (Target Earth), which is the first game in the Assault Suit series. Earlier this month Juusou Kihei Leynos (Cybernator), the second game in the series, was released for the Super Famicom.

Japan is also getting Yoshi Story next week (GASP! They got it last!), and Hanjuku Eiyuu, the first Square game available for the VC.
 
UPDATE: Three new games to be released today at 12pm EST in the US:
  • Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
  • Samurai Ghost (TurboGrafx-16)
  • Magician Lord (Neo Geo)
Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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It's Halloween week, and Nintendo is releasing three spooky games today. We're finally getting the second entry in the classic Castlevania series, aptly named Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, which was received with mixed feelings because of its differences with the original (it seems like back in the old days, a popular trend was to experiment with the second game of a series, even if the first one was really popular). We'll also be getting Samurai Ghost, sequel to a Japan-only game that was released earlier this month over there: Genpei Toumaden. And the last game is the fourth Neo Geo game this month, Magician Lord.

Unfortunately, all the predictions that Zombies ate my Neighbors was held back for a Halloween release didn't come through, and so it looks like the fans of that game will have to wait a long time to play it. I think today would have been a great day for Capcom to release the original Ghosts 'n Goblins, which is going to be released next month in Japan, but that didn't happen either.
 
Bulerias said:
No ZAMN?

Fail. Castlevania II and Magician Lord are decent, though.
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I think that is it. If we didn't get it today, then we're not getting it in the near future. Maybe Halloween 2008?
 
UPDATE: Three new games released in Japan:
  • Hanjuku Eiyuu (Famicom)
  • Yoshi Story (Nintendo 64)
  • Juusou Kihei Leynos (Target Earth) (Sega Mega Drive)
Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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Sorry for the late update, but I've been really busy today (and I still am), so I'm not going to be post any information about these games. If you want, you can check a couple of posts below for some info I posted when the games were dated last week.
 
InfinityDragon said:
UPDATE: Three new games to be released today at 12pm EST in the US:
  • Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
  • Samurai Ghost (TurboGrafx-16)
  • Magician Lord (Neo Geo)
Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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It's Halloween week, and Nintendo is releasing three spooky games today. We're finally getting the second entry in the classic Castlevania series, aptly named Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, which was received with mixed feelings because of its differences with the original (it seems like back in the old days, a popular trend was to experiment with the second game of a series, even if the first one was really popular). We'll also be getting Samurai Ghost, sequel to a Japan-only game that was released earlier this month over there: Genpei Toumaden. And the last game is the fourth Neo Geo game this month, Magician Lord.

Unfortunately, all the predictions that Zombies ate my Neighbors was held back for a Halloween release didn't come through, and so it looks like the fans of that game will have to wait a long time to play it. I think today would have been a great day for Capcom to release the original Ghosts 'n Goblins, which is going to be released next month in Japan, but that didn't happen either.
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Fantastic, the worst Castlevania game released on Wii. HURRAH.
 
UPDATE: Four games released in Europe/Australia:
  • Alien Soldier (Sega Mega Drive)
  • Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Sega Mega Drive)
  • Samurai Ghost (TurboGrafx-16)
  • Art of Fighting (Neo Geo)
Source: Nintendo of Europe's News website_________________________________________________
Alien Soldier!!! Another Treasure game that I'm buying when it is released on this side of the pond. Europe and Australia also got Sonic 3D, known here as Sonic 3D Blast, which was also released for the Mega Drive, as I recently learned, and two more games already available here: Samurai Ghost and Art of Fighting.
 
UPDATE: Friday update for Japan, plus Hudson's releases:

US:
  • Power Golf (TurboGrafx-16)
Source: Hudson's US VC website

Japan:
  • Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu (Famicom)
  • Ecco Jr. (Sega Mega Drive)
  • Chou Eiyuu Densetsu: Dynastic Hero (The Dynastic Hero) (PC Engine CD)
  • The King of Fighters '94 (Neo Geo)
Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website

Europe/Australia:
  • Power Golf (TurboGrafx-16)
Source: Hudson's Europe VC website
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There seems to be a lot of confusion with Hudson's releases for next week. Power Golf was officially announced for next Monday in the US, and Super Air Zonk, which was expected to be released last month, is also listed, but for 10/29. So SAZ might be coming out next week, but given that there's no clear confirmation, I'm going to leave it out of the thread for now. Power Golf was also announced for Europe and Australia. This brings TurboGrafx releases for this month to an end (I hope this is a special case, given that this month is the first anniversary of the Wii, and not a common thing now).

And now Japan. They're getting fewer games this month compared to October, but that doesn't mean that this month lacks the quality (I don't really want to know what they have in stock for next month. Probably something around 30 games to celebrate the first year of the Wii over there). Next week, they're getting the first console game in the Ganbare Goemon series (the first game was an arcade game), Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu for the Famicom, which was never released over here. They're also getting the last 2D game of the Ecco series, Ecco Jr. for the Mega Drive.

Chou Eiyuu Densetsu: Dynastic Hero, released here as The Dynastic Hero, is a very interesting case. It's essentially Wonder Boy in Monster World, but with an insect theme. They also added anime cutscenes for the intro and ending. The funny thing is that we already got Wonder Boy in Monster World for the Genesis. I wonder which one is the better version.

Last but not least, Japan is getting one of the most beloved fighting games. The first in the series, KOF '94 is coming out next week. I hope we get this one this month, but for now I guess it's, "anata no kachi da, Nihon".
 
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