Topic: Hudson Announces First Turbografx-16 Titles

[TheYoungerPlumber]

Hudson will have five games at launch in western markets and seven in the homeland.

HUDSON ANNOUNCES FIRST BATCH OF “VIRTUAL CONSOLE" TITLES FOR Wii IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND JAPAN    

Gamers Will Be Able to Play Classic Turbografx-16 Games on Wii’s Virtual Console    

REDWOOD CITY, CA - October 31, 2006 - Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of Hudson Soft Co., Ltd, announced today that classic games originally created for the TurboGrafx-16(TM) system (also known as the PC Engine(TM) in Japan) will be available to download using the Virtual Console(TM) feature on Wii(TM). Wii, Nintendo’s new home console, launches on November 19th in North America, December 2nd in Japan, and December 8th in Europe.    

By year end, Hudson Entertainment will release five games in North America and Europe, and seven games in Japan. Over the next year, Hudson will provide more than 40 classic TurboGrafx-16 titles in North America and Europe, and more than 60 in Japan.  Third-party TurboGrafx-16 games will be released by Hudson.    

The titles can be downloaded through the Wii Shop Channel using Wii Points, starting at 600 Wii Points per title. Wii Points can either be purchased online via the Wii Shop Channel using a credit card or users can purchase a Wii Points Card in retail stores.      

About the Virtual Console titles available in 2006:    

North America:  Price per download (Turbo Chip Titles): start at 600 Wii Points = 6 dollars  Number of Titles: 5  Hudson Entertainment will provide more than 40 games over the next year including third-party games originally released for the TurboGrafx-16.    

Initial titles include: "Bonk’s Adventure," "Super Star Soldier," "Victory Run," "Bomberman 93," "Dungeon Explorer"    

Japan:   Price per download (HuCard Titles): start at 600 Wii points = 600 Yen  Number of Titles: 7  Hudson Soft will provide more than 60 games over the next year including third-party games originally released for the PC Engine.    

Initial titles include: "Adventure Island," "Bonk’s Adventure," "Super Star Soldier," "Victory Run," "Bomberman 94," "Dungeon Explorer," "Necromancer"    

Europe:   Price per download (Turbo Chip Titles): start at 600 Wii points = 6.00 Euro  Number of Titles: 5  Hudson Entertainment will provide more than 40 games over the next year including third-party games originally released for the TurboGrafx-16.    

Initial titles include: "Bonk’s Adventure," "Super Star Soldier," "Victory Run," "Bomberman 93," "Dungeon Explorer"

[IceCold]

Hmm, what's with all the VC announcements today? Embargo?

[ShyGuy]

I hope they bring Side Arms.

[Kairon]

Hudson itself will bring more than 40 titles to the VC over the next year, INCLUDING third party games released on their TGFX16?

...wow...

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

[vudu]

Bonk's Adventure will be a million seller; mark my words.

[Caliban]

They are charging more than Nintendo, what gives?

Edit: Actually I take back what I just said.

Hudson, please release Faxanadu.

[Svevan]

I am relying on the forum goers (and Aaron) to point me towards the best TurboGrafx VC games, cause I have ZERO experience with them.

[Ian Sane]

Seeing different VC release lists for difference regions makes me sad.  There's no reason for that and it's just going to ensure that Japan-only games like Rondo of Blood will remain in Japan.

Still Bomberman '93, dynomite!!

[MegaByte]

Bonk's Adventure is fun, but dated... the sequels are much better.
It's unfortunate that we get stuck with Bomberman '93 because '94 was much better.
Super Star Soldier is a great vertical shoot 'em up.
Victory Run is an old-school arcade style racing game... I was never able to get past the first 4 levels.
I have no experience with Dungeon Explorer.

The price makes sense since NES is 500, SNES is 800, and TG-16 is a machine class somewhere between the two = 600.  Personally, I think all of the VC prices are too high.

I expect to see a lot more from Hudson in the future, especially if they can get their third party agreements through, or manage to revive the IPs of dead companies.  I know at least the US branch is actively trying because they want to see certain games get out there as much as we do.  

[Viewtiful mario]

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Bonk's Adventure is fun, but dated... the sequels are much better.
It's unfortunate that we get stuck with Bomberman '93 because '94 was much better

Well, I don't know which system Bomberman '94 or the Bonk sequals are for but rememer, these are just the launch games.  They probably won't release sequals until later when people have played the older ones.  If they release the sequal along with the original who will play the original?

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Seeing different VC release lists for difference regions makes me sad. There's no reason for that and it's just going to ensure that Japan-only games like Rondo of Blood will remain in Japan.

they're probably going by how popular the games are in that region.  Plus if a game is Japan-only what's the point of releasing it in a English speaking country when all of it's text is Japanese?

[nitsu niflheim]

I hope they get Konami to give up Dracula X.  I played the "port" on SNES, but I would love to play the real deal.