InfinityDragon
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The first one was released here as Warsong, so it has a chance.Bulerias said:
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UPDATE: Three games released in the US:
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Nintendo decided not to go out of their way unlike last year's Christmas and they just released three games today. The first game is Blades of Steel, considered by many as the best hockey game for the NES. Next, we have the third and last game in the Donkey Kong Country series. For some weird reason, the amount of time between the releases of DKC3 and DKC2 was almost thrice the amount between the releases of DKC2 and DKC; it is usually the other way around. Last, we have Rolling Thunder 2, a Genesis port of an arcade game, which (I know I said I wasn't going to mention it again, but I really don't have anything more to say about it) reminds me a lot to Codename: Viper. The original game of the trilogy was also ported from the arcades, but this time to the NES, and the third one was developed specifically for the Genesis.
- Blades of Steel (NES)
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble (SNES)
- Rolling Thunder 2 (Sega Genesis)
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Nintendo decided not to go out of their way unlike last year's Christmas and they just released three games today. The first game is Blades of Steel, considered by many as the best hockey game for the NES. Next, we have the third and last game in the Donkey Kong Country series. For some weird reason, the amount of time between the releases of DKC3 and DKC2 was almost thrice the amount between the releases of DKC2 and DKC; it is usually the other way around. Last, we have Rolling Thunder 2, a Genesis port of an arcade game, which (I know I said I wasn't going to mention it again, but I really don't have anything more to say about it) reminds me a lot to Codename: Viper. The original game of the trilogy was also ported from the arcades, but this time to the NES, and the third one was developed specifically for the Genesis.
InfinityDragon
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Hehehe, I just left a comment for you on the Gamers' Lounge news, Odd.OddCrazyMe said:
DSCUBER9000
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I had Blades of Steel on my original Nintendo! That game was awesome! It was a great hockey game, and then you could get into fights! I could play that game for hours at a time. I may just buy the game on the Wii again.
^_^
Oh, and if SMRPG comes out next week, party at my house!
^_^
Oh, and if SMRPG comes out next week, party at my house!
InfinityDragon
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It seems like every single person I have heard talking about Blades of Steel always mention those two things together.DSCUBER9000 said:
InfinityDragon
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UPDATE: Three games released in Japan and an irregular release for Europe and Australia:
Japan:
Europe/Australia:
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It's a merry Christmas for Japan with the the release of three -- yes, count them -- RPGs (two SRPGs and one traditional RPG): Treasure Hunter G, Langrisser II and Dragon Slayer. In other news.... What the...? Europe and Australia just got DKC3 as a Christmas surprise... I'm just not going to say anything about.
Japan:
- Treasure Hunter G (Super Famicom)
- Langrisser II (Sega Mega Drive)
- Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu (PC Engine CD)
Europe/Australia:
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble (SNES)
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It's a merry Christmas for Japan with the the release of three -- yes, count them -- RPGs (two SRPGs and one traditional RPG): Treasure Hunter G, Langrisser II and Dragon Slayer. In other news.... What the...? Europe and Australia just got DKC3 as a Christmas surprise... I'm just not going to say anything about.
InfinityDragon
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It might take a while for Donkey Kong 64. It's one of the few N64 games that used the expansion pak, and I don't know if Nintendo has gotten its emulation right. I think there's also a problem with the appearance of JetPac.100 said:
As for Mario Paint, I don't know if it will eventually make it to the VC. I heard a lot about the possibility of bringing it to the VC before the Wii was released, but I've heard nothing ever since. The problem might be the difficulty of using the wiimote to draw. It's not the same as using a mouse or a stylus. Now that I think about it, Nintendo should release a Mario Paint DS.
Knightshot
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I heard about that too. I hope its true!!!Bulerias said:
InfinityDragon
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I didn't know that. That's definitely the best approach. You know what would be great? Using that Mario Paint DS to create textures that could be exported to the Mii Channel.Knightshot said:
InfinityDragon
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UPDATE: Three games released in the US:
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It's the last update of the year. Three new games have been announced for the US. First, we have Bubble Bobble, a classic platform game developed by Taito in 1986 in the arcades, with a follow-up port on the NES, as well as many other consoles. It's regarded by many as one of the best games ever.
Next, we have Light Crusader, the first (and last) RPG developed by Treasure. They used a western style for this game, unlike their traditional, more anime-like, style. This might be the first Treasure game that I'm not buying, since I'm not impressed by the videos I've seen. It doesn't help that I'm not a fan of western RPGs to begin with.
Last, we finally have a Neo Geo game: Top Hunter. This game features a mixture of beat'em up with platforming, SNK-style. I think I've seen the game at the arcade, but never had the chance to play it. With this, only KOF '94 and Samurai Shodown are left for release in the US (Japan hasn't gotten a Neo Geo game since November, and won't be getting any at least until February).
It is pretty much catch-up time for us this week, since all the games have been released in Europe and Australia already. Nevertheless, it's a much better week than Christmas week, IMO.
Well, that's it. I hope you have a happy new year. See you next time!
- Bubble Bobble (NES)
- Light Crusader (Sega Genesis)
- Top Hunter: Roddy and Cathy (Neo Geo)
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It's the last update of the year. Three new games have been announced for the US. First, we have Bubble Bobble, a classic platform game developed by Taito in 1986 in the arcades, with a follow-up port on the NES, as well as many other consoles. It's regarded by many as one of the best games ever.
Next, we have Light Crusader, the first (and last) RPG developed by Treasure. They used a western style for this game, unlike their traditional, more anime-like, style. This might be the first Treasure game that I'm not buying, since I'm not impressed by the videos I've seen. It doesn't help that I'm not a fan of western RPGs to begin with.
Last, we finally have a Neo Geo game: Top Hunter. This game features a mixture of beat'em up with platforming, SNK-style. I think I've seen the game at the arcade, but never had the chance to play it. With this, only KOF '94 and Samurai Shodown are left for release in the US (Japan hasn't gotten a Neo Geo game since November, and won't be getting any at least until February).
It is pretty much catch-up time for us this week, since all the games have been released in Europe and Australia already. Nevertheless, it's a much better week than Christmas week, IMO.
Well, that's it. I hope you have a happy new year. See you next time!
InfinityDragon
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I don't think it's to test out creativity. It's just Nintendo being lazy about giving us more stuff to work with.OddCrazyMe said:
InfinityDragon
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UPDATE: Japan's VC schedule for next month, plus one Hudson game for all other regions, announced:
US:
Japan:
Europe/Australia:
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I'm completely shocked with the minimum number of games in Japan's VC schedule for January. Only 11 games in a 5-week month? WTH!? No Neo Geo games again, and also no MSX games announced either. And Hudson doesn't fall behind with the announcements for the other regions: one game, Hudson? Just one game? And it's not Ys: Book I&II? *sigh*
US:
- Riot Zone
Japan:
- Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Famicom)
- Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima (Adventure Island) (Famicom)
- Devil World (Famicom)
- Mappy (Famicom)
- Super R-Type (Super Famicom)
- 1080 Snowboarding (Nintendo 64)
- Phantasy Star II: Kaerazaru Toki no Owari ni (Phantasy Star II) (Sega Mega Drive)
- Monster World IV (Sega Mega Drive)
- Genpei Toumaden: Kannoni (Samurai Ghost) (PC Engine)
- CD Denjin: Rockabilly Tengoku (Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly Paradise) (PC Engine CD)
- Neo Nectaris (PC Engine CD)
Europe/Australia:
- Riot Zone
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I'm completely shocked with the minimum number of games in Japan's VC schedule for January. Only 11 games in a 5-week month? WTH!? No Neo Geo games again, and also no MSX games announced either. And Hudson doesn't fall behind with the announcements for the other regions: one game, Hudson? Just one game? And it's not Ys: Book I&II? *sigh*
InfinityDragon
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UPDATE: One game released in Europe and Australia:
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Europe and Australia ended the year with just one game, and they're starting the new year with only one game. The very first Harvest Moon, originally released on the SNES, is now available in these two regions. I've never played any of the Harvest Moon games, but I'm pretty sure that a lot of people are glad that it was released on the VC.
As a side note, no Mega Drive week this month; this is the first time since January 2007 that no Mega Drive games are released in the first week of the month in Europe and Australia. The interesting part is that I was expecting Ecco Jr. to come out, at the very least.
- Harvest Moon (SNES)
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Europe and Australia ended the year with just one game, and they're starting the new year with only one game. The very first Harvest Moon, originally released on the SNES, is now available in these two regions. I've never played any of the Harvest Moon games, but I'm pretty sure that a lot of people are glad that it was released on the VC.
As a side note, no Mega Drive week this month; this is the first time since January 2007 that no Mega Drive games are released in the first week of the month in Europe and Australia. The interesting part is that I was expecting Ecco Jr. to come out, at the very least.
InfinityDragon
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UPDATE: Two new games to be released in the US:
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Only two games released in the first Monday of the year (just like last year), but what a difference in quality. First we have Star Tropics, a top-down action adventure game in the style of Zelda. This game has the particularity that it was developed by Japanese designers, but it was only released in the Americas and Europe. The game is also famous for a code that required taking a physical object (a piece of paper) and submerging it in water so that the code would be revealed. Last but not least, the protagonist uses a freaking yo-yo to attack. Aside from Ness (from Earthbound), Goemon (from Legend of the Mystical Ninja) and Combattler V (Choudenji yo-yo!), I don't know of any other character who uses a yo-yo to attack.
The second game is no other than KOF '94, which everybody got like two months ago. The first in the long-running fighting series may not be the best, but it's still worth a buy. For the people who doesn't know about this series, it brings together characters from many SNK games, including Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Psycho Soldier and Ikari Warriors, for a fighting tournament, with a few originals like Kyo Kusanagi, and Benimaru Nikaido. Instead of the traditional two-round one-on-one fight, it uses a team system. The player selects a team of three fighters, and an order. Each fighter battles until it's defeated, in which case the next fighter takes its place. A team wins when it defeats all three fighters from the opposite team.
The game is noted for lacking two things: a team edit feature, limiting the player to the pre-established teams, and Iori Yagami. Both were added to the series starting with KOF '95. I'm not a particular fan of Iori, but I do like the rivalry between Kyo and Iori.
Great week! Enjoy!
- Star Tropics (NES)
- The King of Fighters '94 (Neo Geo)
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Only two games released in the first Monday of the year (just like last year), but what a difference in quality. First we have Star Tropics, a top-down action adventure game in the style of Zelda. This game has the particularity that it was developed by Japanese designers, but it was only released in the Americas and Europe. The game is also famous for a code that required taking a physical object (a piece of paper) and submerging it in water so that the code would be revealed. Last but not least, the protagonist uses a freaking yo-yo to attack. Aside from Ness (from Earthbound), Goemon (from Legend of the Mystical Ninja) and Combattler V (Choudenji yo-yo!
), I don't know of any other character who uses a yo-yo to attack.The second game is no other than KOF '94, which everybody got like two months ago
. The first in the long-running fighting series may not be the best, but it's still worth a buy. For the people who doesn't know about this series, it brings together characters from many SNK games, including Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Psycho Soldier and Ikari Warriors, for a fighting tournament, with a few originals like Kyo Kusanagi, and Benimaru Nikaido. Instead of the traditional two-round one-on-one fight, it uses a team system. The player selects a team of three fighters, and an order. Each fighter battles until it's defeated, in which case the next fighter takes its place. A team wins when it defeats all three fighters from the opposite team.The game is noted for lacking two things: a team edit feature, limiting the player to the pre-established teams, and Iori Yagami. Both were added to the series starting with KOF '95. I'm not a particular fan of Iori, but I do like the rivalry between Kyo and Iori.
Great week! Enjoy!
InfinityDragon
Senior Member
UPDATE: Two games released in Japan:
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First update of the year for Japan... and kind of a disappointing one. They got one of the first fighters ever, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, plus Genpei Toumanden: Kannoni, known here as Samurai Ghost. That's it. I don't even remember when was the last time that they only got two games (aside from irregular releases).
People usually complain that Japan gets better releases than us, but this first week, everybody else got better games: Europe and Australia got Harvest Moon, and the US got Star Tropics and KOF '94.
- Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Famicom)
- Genpei Toumaden: Kannoni [Samurai Ghost] (PC Engine)
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First update of the year for Japan... and kind of a disappointing one. They got one of the first fighters ever, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, plus Genpei Toumanden: Kannoni, known here as Samurai Ghost. That's it. I don't even remember when was the last time that they only got two games (aside from irregular releases).
People usually complain that Japan gets better releases than us, but this first week, everybody else got better games: Europe and Australia got Harvest Moon, and the US got Star Tropics and KOF '94.
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