Japanese titles are now available... temporarily and at a price. Updated with upcoming games.
Recently, two Japanese titles, Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels) and Mario's Super Picross popped up on the OFLC's website. Just two weeks later, they are available for download in Europe and Australia.
It doesn't appear that Nintendo put any effort in localizing the games as Mario's Super Picross comes with a warning that it contains Japanese text. The game also comes with a premium price of 900 Wii points. The Lost Levels costs 600 points. Even more troublesome is the fact that Super Mario Bros. 2 will only be available for download until the end of September.
After a big set of Genesis games last week, the system is taking a break, with no new releases. Turbografx gets one release, Neutopia II, which arrived in North America earlier this week.
Nintendo Australia described this week's launches as part of Mario Week, honoring the beginning of the Hanabi Festival in Japan. Next week will be Ninja Week with two NES games, Ninja Gaiden and the Japanese game, Ninja JaJaMaru-Kun. Following after that is Sci-Fi week with releases of Gradius III for SNES and the long-awaited Japanese arcade shooter, Sin and Punishment.
