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Next month Japan isn’t getting any new Nintendo 64 games, but the very first game in the long King of Fighters linage, the King of Fighters ’94 is coming out. It’s being accompanied by two other Neo Geo games: Baseball Stars 2 and Top Hunter.
From the Square-Enix vault is King’s Knight, a pre-Final Fantasy shmup where you control four different characters (knight, wizard, thief and Godzilla-like monster!) to save a princess. Each warrior had their own level and if you managed to complete all of them the four characters link up on the final stage. King’s Knight is one of those obscure games that is tempting to try, but you’ll probably regret buying it after playing it for ten minutes.
Sega has a pretty solid line up with Light Crusader, Ecco Jr. and Eternal Champions. Since the ESRB rated some of these games, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Eternal Champions debut next month either. Then from the Turbo Duo side there are four games. Only three of them are new because Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou isn’t squeaking out next week.
Want to see what they are? Then check the full list past the break.
Note: *starred games are scheduled to come out on October 30.
Famicom (500)
Hanjuku Hero*
Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu
Balloon Fight
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Nuts & Milk
King’s Knight
Super Famicom (800)
Panel de Pon
Nintendo 64 (1000)
Yoshi's Story*
Mega Drive (600)
Assault Suit Leynos*
Ecco Jr.
Light Crusader
Eternal Champions
Turbo Grafx-16 (600)
Dragon Spirits
Turbo Duo (800)
Chou Eiyuu Densetsu: Dynastic Hero
A-Train 3
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri Shizenha
Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (delayed from last month)
Neo Geo (900)
The King of Fighters '94
Baseball Stars 2
Top Hunter
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4 Responses to “Panel de Pon and the King of Fighters coming to Japan’s virtual console”
October 26th, 2007 at 6:44 am
BASEBALL STARS 2?!?
Oh man. We’d better get that over here. Seriously. I love that game.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:27 am
King’s Knight?! Yeah! I totally remember that game, I played the hell out of that and Rad Racer when I was a kid. Yes, Square did make awesome game before their final game, Final Fantasy.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Eh, King’s Knight wasn’t *bad*, but neither was it really that good.
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October 26th, 2007 at 6:44 am
KoF 94, Wow, that game came out when the SNES and Genesis were still on the market.