Topic: Upcoming VC titles for Japan include Wave Race (!), Sonic 3 and Gradius

[Mashiro]

Here's a list of upcoming games coming to the VC in the land of the rising sun:

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July 31

Wave Race64 1,000 Pts.
Ghouls 'n Ghosts 600 Pts.
Power Ring 4 600 Pts.

August

Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibouken 500 Pts.
Super Mario USA 500 Pts.
Volleyball 500 Pts.
Spelunker 500 Pts.
Street Fighter II Turbo 800 Pts.
Otogirsou 800 Pts.
Crackdown (SEGA) 600 Pts.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 600 Pts.
ESWAT 600 Pts.
Gradius 600 Pts.
Image Fight 600 Pts.
Adventure Island 600 Pts.
Ordyne 600 Pts.
Drop Lock Hora Hora 600 Pts.

Source: Kotaku.com

I can't wait for Wave Race to hit the VC here in NA. Freaking love that game.  

[UltimatePartyBear]

Dang it.  For a second there you had me thinking Game Boy games were coming to the VC.

[Mashiro]

Ahh sorry. Fixed.

[Klapaucius]

Why aren't Game Boy games on the VC?  :/

[Kairon]

DS2.

[S-U-P-E-R]

Woot. I wonder if the Wave Race 64 is the upgraded/Shindou version.

Didn't Gradius already come out in the US?

[GoldenPhoenix]

I really wish Nintendo would let us use SD cards to save and load games from! I'm getting tired of deleting my games to open up room for bigger games, like the N64 ones. Not to mention all those games bog the system down.

[Klapaucius]

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Originally posted by: GoldenPhoenix
I really wish Nintendo would let us use SD cards to save and load games from! I'm getting tired of deleting my games to open up room for bigger games, like the N64 ones. Not to mention all those games bog the system down.

You can re-download them though, right?

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DS2.

What??

[Spak-Spang]

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Originally posted by: S-U-P-E-R
Woot. I wonder if the Wave Race 64 is the upgraded/Shindou version.

Didn't Gradius already come out in the US?

Upgrade version?  What?

[Mashiro]

From Wikipedia:

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Like Super Mario 64, Wave Race 64 was also re-released in Japan in July of 1997 as Shindou Wave Race 64. This re-release took advantage of the Rumble Pak accessory.

=)

[Sarail]

I can't wait to download Wave Race 64, as I sold my original copy of it to a relative.  I think they eventually got rid of it.  Argh.  Oh well.  Once it hits the VC, I'll pick it up for sure.

[Mikintosh]

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Originally posted by: Mashiro
From Wikipedia:

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Like Super Mario 64, Wave Race 64 was also re-released in Japan in July of 1997 as Shindou Wave Race 64. This re-release took advantage of the Rumble Pak accessory.

=)

But...they can't do Rumble over Virtual Console (see Star Fox) so what'd be the point?

[Mashiro]

I dunno what the point would be lol was merely answering the question as to what the Shindou release was.

[anubis6789]

With the release of Sonic 3 I am beginning to wonder how they will Deal with S&K and its lockon feature.

[Case]

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Originally posted by: anubis6789
With the release of Sonic 3 I am beginning to wonder how they will Deal with S&K and its lockon feature.

That was the most awesome thing about Sonic and Knuckles huh.. the lock-on cartridge thingy! ^_^

[KDR_11k]

Emulators and official game collections just use separate ROMs for the lock-on deal.