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Sega Giving a Boost to Wii Virtual Console 

by Jared Rosenberg - May 3, 2012, 7:31 pm EDT
Total comments: 15 Source: (Sega Blog), http://blogs.sega.com/2012/05/03/more-sega-classic...

Next week, Sega is bringing two releases in the Wonder Boy/Monster World series to Virtual Console. 

Sega revealed today that Wonder Boy in Monster Land and Monster World IV will be arriving on Wii Virtual Console on May 10 in North America and Europe. Earlier today, Sega also debuted the arcade classic Super Hang-On on the download service.

The upcoming release of Wonder Boy in Monster Land will be the arcade version. In the game, players must fight their way through twelve side-scrolling stages and save Wonder Land by defeating the evil MEKA dragon. The Sega Master System edition of the title was released on Virtual Console in 2009.

Monster World IV is the 1994 Sega Genesis sequel to Wonder Boy V: Monster World III. In this adventure platformer, you play as the young girl Asha who embarks on a quest to help a group of spirits with her magical pet Pepe and a genie. The upcoming release will be the first time this highly regarded entry in the series will be available for purchase outside Japan (it was playable for short while on GameTap).

The screenshots of both of next week's releases show artwork filled borders surrounding the game's play area so that the entirety of a widescreen television's frame will be filled. Assuming it isn't a mistake where other console versions are shown, these will be the first games on Wii Virtual Console with decorative borders.

Talkback

doodiesMay 03, 2012

I'm sure adding borders to Wii VC games won't matter late in the Wii's lifespan, but it's very good news for indicating what Wii U VC will offer. ;D

broodwarsMay 04, 2012

Well, it's cool to see more Virtual Console titles, although Sega has nothing that really interests me.  Nintendo is free to have my money if they'd like to convince Square-Enix and Taito to bring the rest of their missing VC titles over.

Chocobo_RiderMay 04, 2012

@doodies

Yea, that's nifty.  I hope you're right about Wii U!

@broodwars

Those are some good companies.  Which games are you hoping for?

TJ SpykeMay 04, 2012

Can't speak for brood, but maybe the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games would be a good start.

broodwarsMay 04, 2012

Quote from: NinSage

@broodwars

Those are some good companies.  Which games are you hoping for?

The three big ones I'm hoping to see are:

Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals (Taito)
Illusion of Gaia (Square-Enix)
Terranigma (Square-Enix)

Naturally, I want to see Earthbound as well, but Nintendo's made it pretty clear that we will probably never see that game again.  I'm probably forgetting a few Square-Enix SNES RPGs, too.  But man I'd love to play those three games again in a legal manner with a real controller on the VC.

Kytim89May 04, 2012

Contra: Hard Corps
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Resident Evil 2 (N64 Edition)
The Treasure of the Rudras
Phantasy Star
Star Fox
Megaman X2 and X3
Megaman 7

TJ SpykeMay 04, 2012

Kytim, Phantasy Star was released on the VC in 2009. Rudra no Hihō ("Treasure of the Rudras") is not gonna come out in North America on it because it was a Japanese-exclusive RPG. Nintendo has let import games on it, but not games which require you to be able to read the text to play.

Kytim89May 04, 2012

Quote from: TJ

Kytim, Phantasy Star was released on the VC in 2009. Rudra no Hihō ("Treasure of the Rudras") is not gonna come out in North America on it because it was a Japanese-exclusive RPG. Nintendo has let import games on it, but not games which require you to be able to read the text to play.


That needs to change. Phantasy Star was never released on the North America VC, so they could port over the European one.

Chocobo_RiderMay 04, 2012

@broodwars

I've heard of all of those but haven't played a single one (I was a Genesis kid during that era!).


Kytim89May 04, 2012

Here is a nice website about the Virtual Console games that have yet to be released on the service:

http://lvls.wordpress.com/category/features/virtual-console-no-shows-features/page/2/

Here is a list of Disney games:

http://lvls.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/virtual-console-no-shows-the-disney-games-of-capcom/

TJ SpykeMay 04, 2012

Quote from: Kytim89

Quote from: TJ

Kytim, Phantasy Star was released on the VC in 2009. Rudra no Hihō ("Treasure of the Rudras") is not gonna come out in North America on it because it was a Japanese-exclusive RPG. Nintendo has let import games on it, but not games which require you to be able to read the text to play.


Phantasy Star was never released on the North America VC

Wrong. It was released in North America on August 31, 2009. You could have checked by going on Wikipedia, by turning on your Wii and going to the Wii Shop Channel, or going to Nintendo's website (http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/liCGd--387PDpgcfX7CfYK4-c94D4wf6)

Kytim89May 04, 2012

Quote from: TJ

Quote from: Kytim89

Quote from: TJ

Kytim, Phantasy Star was released on the VC in 2009. Rudra no Hihō ("Treasure of the Rudras") is not gonna come out in North America on it because it was a Japanese-exclusive RPG. Nintendo has let import games on it, but not games which require you to be able to read the text to play.


Phantasy Star was never released on the North America VC

Wrong. It was released in North America on August 31, 2009. You could have checked by going on Wikipedia, by turning on your Wii and going to the Wii Shop Channel, or going to Nintendo's website (http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/liCGd--387PDpgcfX7CfYK4-c94D4wf6)


This whole time I meant "Star Ocean" for the SNES.

Pixelated PixiesMay 04, 2012

Cool! For what seems like years now I've been eagerly awaiting Monster World IV on the VC, ever since it was first rumored to be coming.

AdrockMay 04, 2012

Quote from: broodwars

Terranigma (Square-Enix)

I've always wanted to at Terranigma so yes, this needs to happen.

LudicrousDa3veMay 04, 2012

I want Castlevania:Bloodlines bad. Also with you guys on Lufia 2(First one isn't on there either, is it?), Terranigma and Illusion of Gaia. Gaia's absence is weird to me, considering the big push it got when it was originally released.
    Anyone wanting Phantasy Star... if you have a 360 or PS3, get Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. It has PS 1-4, both Shining Forces, and about 327462376 other games for a $20 price tag. My only issue with it is, as a 360 owner, the controller is atrocious for old school action titles. The fight pad isn't much better. Wii Classic controller all the way for that sort of thing. ;)

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