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"