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Title: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: MegaByte on July 30, 2007, 07:55:36 AM
Now with multiple versions of the same game.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=14116

 Nintendo has announced the August lineup for the Virtual Console in Japan.  The usual suspects arrive next month, including Super Mario USA (Super Mario Bros. 2 outside of Japan) and Sonic 3.  Other big names include Street Fighter II Turbo and Wave Race 64.    


Notable this month is the release of Gradius on PC Engine.  The release marks the second and more arcade-accurate version of Gradius to be released on Virtual Console.  Gradius for Famicom was a launch title.    


Check below for the entire list of seventeen games.    


Famicom (NES)    


   


Super Famicom (SNES)    


   


Nintendo 64    


   


Mega Drive (Genesis)    


   


PC Engine (TG-16)    


Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: Plugabugz on July 30, 2007, 11:33:12 AM
How do nintendo make their money? Release a re-release of an already-released game.
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: pSYCO-gAMER321 on July 30, 2007, 12:24:53 PM
Nintendo has been doing that for quite sometime. Well, as long as some of the Japan-only games arrive to the Virtual Console, I don't really care. Unless if I buy a Japanese Wii of course!
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: King of Twitch on July 30, 2007, 10:38:01 PM
Wouldn't they make even more money if they brought out more N64 games? LIKE GOLDENEUE
Title: RE:August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: Mashiro on July 30, 2007, 10:52:22 PM
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Originally posted by: MJRx9000
Wouldn't they make even more money if they brought out more N64 games? LIKE GOLDENEUE


Who could forget GOLDENEUE!
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: Ian Sane on July 31, 2007, 05:05:16 AM
Spelunker has personal significance for me only in that a friend of my brother once used it as an example of the most depressing and boring videogame music ever.  Go ahead and listen to it and feel the uncontrollable urge to cry or fall asleep or both.

Is Nintendo worth crapping on for the Gradius re-release?  Isn't that Konami's decision?  Same with Capcom and the Street Fighter II variations.
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: UncleBob on July 31, 2007, 05:08:07 AM
How come the lucky Japanese get to know what's coming out in advance, while we USians have to wait until Monday to find out what's out?
Title: RE:August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 31, 2007, 01:49:15 PM
It's not just us in North America, it's Europe and Oceania that also have to wait to find out. The only VC games us non-Japanese get to know ahead of time are TurboGrafx-16 games, and that's only because of Hudson Soft.

As for Gradius, does this mean Midway will want to add both the SNES and Genesis versions of Mortal Kombat (blood/non-blood) and Mortal Kombat II (SNES had blood, and better graphics)? I wonder if Nintendo will release the SNES version of Wario's Woods?
Title: RE:August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on July 31, 2007, 02:01:55 PM
You know why the Japanese know ahead of time because Nintendo has a VC plan there. Here I wouldn't be surprised if Reggie wakes up Monday morning and says "Hmmm what rom should I download today from www.roms.com and post" depending on what side of the bed he wakes up determines what games we get, good or bad.
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: UncleBob on July 31, 2007, 08:29:41 PM
Well, someone needs to surround Reggie's bed with Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese version) ROMs... maybe he'd get the hint then...
Title: RE:August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: Mashiro on July 31, 2007, 08:42:14 PM
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Originally posted by: UncleBob
Well, someone needs to surround Reggie's bed with Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese version) ROMs... maybe he'd get the hint then...


That wont work I already surrounded his bed with Super Metroid ROMs and he just steps on them.  
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: King of Twitch on July 31, 2007, 09:13:32 PM
Reggie can overwrite a Read-Only Memory.  
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on August 01, 2007, 06:06:59 AM
Wave Race 64 and Sonic 3 are mine when they come to the U.S.
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: UncleBob on August 01, 2007, 06:35:43 AM
I wonder if Nintendo/SEGA will come up with a way to allow using Sonic and Knuckle's lock on cart with downloads of Sonic 2 and 3...
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: MegaByte on August 01, 2007, 10:02:05 AM
Technically, there's no reason that they couldn't.  But I'm still waiting for all those enhancements to classic games that they promised.
Title: RE: August Virtual Console Releases for Japan
Post by: Ian Sane on August 01, 2007, 10:07:04 AM
I figure Sega will sell Sonic 2 & 3 with Knuckles as seperate games at full price.  Why?  Because that's the greedy corporation thing to do.  Capcom is releasing every Street Fighter II variation and is getting away with it so why wouldn't Sega do the same?