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[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three new games to be released today in the US:

• Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
• Alien Soldier (Sega Genesis)
• Power Golf (TurboGrafx-16)

Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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Starting what could probably be the month of Mario, Nintendo is releasing Super Mario Bros. 3, a game that is considered by many as the best game ever (or at least, the best Mario ever). This completes the release of the main Mario series for home consoles (I don't count Yoshi's Island as a Mario game).

The second game released today is Alien Soldier, which saw a release a few days ago in Europe. This Treasure game never made it to the US in regular form, and was only available through the Sega Channel. I don't know the reason why it was only available like that, given that it's considered a great game.

The last game is Power Golf, which is a.... golf game.... for the TurboGrafx-16... that's pretty much it.

 

[Super Daddy-o]

You holding off on posting our US releases Infinity? Man I really missed on my predictions for this week! I didnt see the big gun of SMB3 coming so soon but I guess this could be considered "Mario Month" so it makes since. I currently have 400 points which sucks because I'd love to get SMB3 today

 

[InfinityDragon]

Super Mario Bros. 3, baby! I can't wait until the clock strikes 11...

Hey, Bul, do you think that this week is the best ever, like some people have said? IMO, it's not. I'm actually more excited about Alien Soldier than SMB3. Don't get me wrong, SMB3 is one of the greatest games ever, but it's not like I haven't played it a lot, or recently.

 

[Super Daddy-o]

D'oh you must have been typing while I was! LOL! I'm sorry I questioned your effenciency sir!

 

[Bulerias]

Super Mario Bros. 3, baby! I can't wait until the clock strikes 11...

Hey, Bul, do you think that this week is the best ever, like some people have said? IMO, it's not. I'm actually more excited about Alien Soldier than SMB3. Don't get me wrong, SMB3 is one of the greatest games ever, but it's not like I haven't played it a lot, or recently.

No, I do not believe that this is the best week ever. I still believe that distinction goes to the Sin and Punishment week. However, this is easily one of the best. Alien Soldier and Mario Bros 3 are both amazing games.

 

[InfinityDragon]

You holding off on posting our US releases Infinity? Man I really missed on my predictions for this week! I didnt see the big gun of SMB3 coming so soon but I guess this could be considered "Mario Month" so it makes since. I currently have 400 points which sucks because I'd love to get SMB3 today

Most people missed the predictions for this week. I was completely sure that Nintendo would release SMB3 on the 19th, so I didn't want to waste any predictions for this week. But Nintendo screwed that up for me, for a change.

SonicandTails1 got all of them and has a huge lead. Unless he completely misses a couple of weeks, it's going to be hard to beat him this season.

EDIT: I just saw your other post. Don't worry about it, I took my time.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Four VC games released in 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
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Sorry for the late update, but NOJ's VC website wasn't updated until now.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three games released in Europe and Australia:

• Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
• Power Golf (TurboGrafx-16)
• Blue's Journey (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of Europe's News website
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Europe and Australia are just a few days late to the party, and are finally getting Super Mario Bros. 3 today. Aside from that, they're also getting Power Golf and one new Neo Geo game: the platformer Blue's Journey, which hasn't been released here yet (but probably will this month).

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Five games announced in Japan:

• Balloon Fight (Famicom)
• Light Crusader (Sega Mega Drive)
• Dragon Spirit (PC Engine)
• Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (PC Engine CD)
• Baseball Stars 2 (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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Japan will be getting their next Treasure game, Light Crusader, next week. I've heard from some people here that this is the worst Treasure game. I've never played it, but it doesn't look bad from the videos I've seen. It's a departure from Treasure's traditional style, an Action-RPG with an isometric view, a la Landstalker. I'll see how it fairs with the VC reviewers before I try it, just in case.

They're also getting two sequels next week: Gradius II, which was originally announced for last month but had to be postponed, and Baseball Stars 2. But wait, where is Baseball Stars 1? I guess SNK thought that the sequel was so much better compared to the original that they went directly for the sequel.

Closing next week's releases, we have two games we got a looooooooong time ago: Balloon Fight and Dragon Spirit. We got these two games back in July.

 

[amarriner]

I said this on the NSider2 forums, too, but I can't resist reiterating.


Baseball Stars 2 is fantastic and I really hope it's released in the States. My brother and I used to play it all the time!

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three new games released in the US:

• Volleyball (NES)
• Axelay (SNES)
• Blue's Journey (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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Today, we're getting quite a variety of genres. Axelay, which was released only in Australia last month, looks like a very interesting shooter. Blue's Journey is one of the few platformers released for the Neo Geo. And Voleyball is just one of the many first-generation NES sports games.

 

[InfinityDragon]

I said this on the NSider2 forums, too, but I can't resist reiterating.


Baseball Stars 2 is fantastic and I really hope it's released in the States. My brother and I used to play it all the time!

Hey, Amarriner, long time no see! What's up?

As for Baseball Stars 2, I'm pretty sure it'll be released next month here.

 

[amarriner]

Hey, Amarriner, long time no see! What's up?

Hey Infinity. Well a lot is up, actually, thanks for asking.


Life's been really busy lately, but all is well otherwise.

Cool about Baseball Stars 2. I've never played the NG version, but loved the game on the NES. Looking forward to it!

 

[DemiseofGanon]

UPDATE: Three new games released in the US:

• Volleyball (NES)
• Axelay (SNES)
• Blue's Journey (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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Today, we're getting quite a variety of genres. Axelay, which was released only in Australia last month, looks like a very interesting shooter. Blue's Journey is one of the few platformers released for the Neo Geo. And Voleyball is just one of the many first-generation NES sports games.

Well this seems a little out of place. Volleyball? Why not Double Dribble in honor of basketball starting last week? I had a hunch Blue's Journey was gonna come next for Neo Geo, but I didn't think it would be this week.

 

[InfinityDragon]

Hey, Amarriner, long time no see! What's up?

Hey Infinity. Well a lot is up, actually, thanks for asking.


Life's been really busy lately, but all is well otherwise.

Cool about Baseball Stars 2. I've never played the NG version, but loved the game on the NES. Looking forward to it!

Tell me about it, I'm swamped with coursework. I probably won't get much free time until I'm done with the semester (one more month to go). Then I'll have time to play SMG, ZaW and some VC games.

UPDATE: Three new games released in the US:

• Volleyball (NES)
  
• Axelay (SNES)
  
• Blue's Journey (Neo Geo)
  

Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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Today, we're getting quite a variety of genres. Axelay, which was released only in Australia last month, looks like a very interesting shooter. Blue's Journey is one of the few platformers released for the Neo Geo. And Voleyball is just one of the many first-generation NES sports games.

Well this seems a little out of place. Volleyball? Why not Double Dribble in honor of basketball starting last week? I had a hunch Blue's Journey was gonna come next for Neo Geo, but I didn't think it would be this week.

Well, the way that Nintendo selects sport games is weird. They didn't release a baseball game during the fall classic, even though they own a baseball team (the Mariners), and therefore, should be interested in promoting it somehow.

As for Blue's Journey, I had the hunch that we would get Samurai Shodown today, but I was wrong. I guess I'll have to wait a week or two for it.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Five games released in Japan:

• Balloon Fight (Famicom)
• Light Crusader (Sega Mega Drive)
• Dragon Spirit (PC Engine)
• Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (PC Engine CD)
• Baseball Stars 2 (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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Another five-game week for Japan... I wonder if we'll get something like that next week, given the importance of the date. Knowing NOA, it probably won't be the case.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: One game dated for the US VC, five games dated for Japan's VC, plus one more game added to Japan's schedule:

US:

• Super Air Zonk (TurboGrafx-CD)

Source: Hudson's US VC website

Japan: Dated for next week

• Makaimura (Ghosts 'n Goblins) (Famicom)
• Nuts and Milk (Famicom)
• Eternal Champions (Sega Mega Drive)
• A Ressha de Ikou 3 (A-Train) (PC Engine CD)
• Top Hunter (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website

Japan: Newly announced

• Langrisser (Sega Mega Drive)

Source: Nintendo of Japan VC website
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Japan is getting another five-game week, and not only that, since there were only three games for the last week of November, Sega added one more game to the schedule: Langrisser!

The first game in the list is one of the hardest games of all-time: Makaimura, which we all know as Ghost 'n Goblins. I hate and love this game so much (ambivalence to the max!); it's excessively frustrating but excessively entertaining at the same time. Nuts and Milk, a puzzle/platform game that might be completely unknown to most people, is the very first Famicom game developed by Hudson, and also the first third-party game developed for a Nintendo console. I had completely forgotten about this game until it was announced for Japan (but I still remember Mappy, for some reason).

The next game is Eternal Champions, a fighting game that came out around the time that Street Fighter made the genre uber-popular. Unfortunately, it never became popular as other fighters. Japan is also getting a train simulation game: A Ressha de Ikou 3, released here as A-Train and published by Maxis (the creators of Simcity). The last game of the list is Top Hunter, an action/platformer developed by SNK. I've never played it but It looks pretty good from the videos I've seen.

Last but not least, Hudson finally announced Super Air Zonk for next week. It took them long enough.

 

[amarriner]

Japan is also getting a train simulation game: A Ressha de Ikou 3, released here as A-Train and published by Maxis (the creators of Simcity).

Now that's intriguing ... A-Train is certainly not as good as some of the other Maxis stuff, but still decent for its time. Played it a bunch on the PC way back when. I wonder how good the PC-E version is? I'd probably buy it if it was released in the US. Very interesting!

Seems like games of that nature would work well for the wii remote, too. Some wiiware, perhaps?

 

[InfinityDragon]

Japan is also getting a train simulation game: A Ressha de Ikou 3, released here as A-Train and published by Maxis (the creators of Simcity).

Now that's intriguing ... A-Train is certainly not as good as some of the other Maxis stuff, but still decent for its time. Played it a bunch on the PC way back when. I wonder how good the PC-E version is? I'd probably buy it if it was released in the US. Very interesting!

Seems like games of that nature would work well for the wii remote, too. Some wiiware, perhaps?

Not necessarily Wiiware, but it could work. Simcity, Theme Park, etc.

 

[InfinityDragon]

UPDATE: Three games released in the US VC:

• Wrecking Crew (NES)
• Sonic 3D Blast (Sega Genesis)
• Super Air Zonk (TurboGrafx-CD)

Source: Nintendo of America Media Site
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It's the first anniversary of the Wii! And NOA dropped the ball, again. Instead of giving us one of the best weeks ever, or at the very least, a great week, they give us an average one. Get ready for.... (drumroll, please).... Spin-off week! First, we get Wrecking Crew, where Mario and Luigi destroy buildings instead of jumping and stomping on enemies. Next, we get Sonic 3D Blast, the very first attempt to do a 3D Sonic, using an isometric view. The overall consensus is that it didn't work; the space was too small for Sonic to do what he does best: breeze through the course at high speed. Last, we get Super Air Zonk, a remake of Air Zonk, with better music, but worse graphics. That's it for today folks, but be sure to check back next week, when we'll continue to wonder what the heck is wrong with NOA.