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Title: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: MegaByte on May 28, 2007, 10:11:31 AM

Highlights include all the major mascots: Paper Mario, Sonic 2, and Bonk 3.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13534

The Japanese Virtual Console lineup for June has been announced on Nintendo's website. As usual, select RPGs command a premium price. Paper Mario's appearance here is no surprise since its US counterpart was announced recently by Nintendo Power. The full list of eighteen games is found below.

Famicom (NES)

Adventures of Lolo [Nintendo, 500]
Front Line [Taito, 500]
Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Shin Onigashima (Zenkouhen) [Nintendo, 600]
Field Combat [Jaleco, 500]
Pooyan [Hudson, 500]

Super Famicom (SNES)

Magical Drop [G-Mode, 800]
Breath of Fire 2 [Capcom, 800]

Nintendo 64

F-Zero X [Nintendo, 1000]
Mario Story (Paper Mario) [Nintendo, 1000]

Megadrive (Genesis)

Golden Axe II [Sega, 600]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [Sega, 600]
Ecco the Dolphin 2 [Sega, 600]
Shining & the Darkness (Shining in the Darkness, delayed from May) [Sega, 700]

PC Engine (TG-16)

The Kung Fu (China Warrior) [Hudson, 600]
Neutopia 2 [Hudson, 600]
Devil Crash (Devil's Crush) [Hudson, 600]
Silent Debuggers [G-Mode, 600]
PC Genjin 3 (Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure) [Hudson, 600]

Title: RE: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: that Baby guy on May 28, 2007, 10:38:51 AM

Are Megadrive games usually the cost of PC Engine games? I thought in the U.S, most Genesis and SNES games cost about the same.

Title: RE: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: TrueNerd on May 28, 2007, 10:41:23 AM

Paper Mario FTW!

Title: RE: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: Kairon on May 28, 2007, 10:41:36 AM

Japan gets 'em cheaper as well as earlier.

Title: RE:Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: MegaByte on May 28, 2007, 10:55:40 AM

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Originally posted by: thatguy
Are Megadrive games usually the cost of PC Engine games?

Yes.

Title: RE: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: Ian Sane on May 28, 2007, 12:04:35 PM

For the North American release I wonder why "Shining & the Darkness" was changed to "Shining in the Darkness". I get the feeling that somewhere along the way the name was passed verbally to someone who heard "and" instead of "in" and things spun out of control from there.

Title: RE:Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: TJ Spyke on May 28, 2007, 02:27:20 PM

Shining in the Darkness sounds better IMO.

It looks like the deficit with Japan will continue to grow. We only get 3 games a week in North America, which means we will likely get 12 games in June while Japan gets 18 (Japan already has over 30 more games than us, we are at 96 while Japan will be at 133 as of tomorrow).

Title: RE: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: IceCold on May 28, 2007, 06:58:31 PM

F-ZERO X!!!!!!

Now where's my Nintendo World Cup?

Title: RE: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: Klapaucius on May 28, 2007, 10:23:52 PM

Paper Mario's release makes it more likely Super Mario RPG will be on VC... which I'm hoping will be released in Europe!

Title: RE: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: WuTangTurtle on May 28, 2007, 10:27:27 PM

.......man i paid $30 last year trying to find Paper Mario on 64

Title: RE:Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: Klapaucius on May 29, 2007, 06:58:13 AM

Hey, WuTangTurtle... I just realised what your avatar is. I always thought it was a made-up Ganondorf with a strange green head... I just realised it is Link delivering the coup de gras on Ganondorf, at the end of Wind Waker.
I've never completely finished Wind Waker

I feel spoiled.

Title: RE: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: vudu on May 29, 2007, 07:52:54 AM

I've heard a lot of good things about Devil's Crush. I'm going to have to download that one. Virtual Pinball FTW.

Title: RE: Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: IceCold on May 29, 2007, 03:54:42 PM

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Paper Mario's release makes it more likely Super Mario RPG will be on VC... which I'm hoping will be released in Europe!

How so? Intelligent Systems developed Paper Mario while Square did Super Mario RPG, right?

Title: RE:Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: Klapaucius on May 29, 2007, 10:58:00 PM

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Originally posted by: IceCold
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Paper Mario's release makes it more likely Super Mario RPG will be on VC... which I'm hoping will be released in Europe!
How so? Intelligent Systems developed Paper Mario while Square did Super Mario RPG, right?

But Nintendo owns the licenses to both.

Title: RE:Japanese VC Releases for June
Post by: KDR_11k on May 30, 2007, 08:33:46 AM

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Originally posted by: Klapaucius
Hey, WuTangTurtle... I just realised what your avatar is. I always thought it was a made-up Ganondorf with a strange green head... I just realised it is Link delivering the coup de gras on Ganondorf, at the end of Wind Waker.
I've never completely finished Wind Waker I feel spoiled.

I was always thinking it was LeChuck but you're right.