Panel de Pon and the King of Fighters coming to Japan’s virtual console

By Spencer . October 26, 2007 . 5:39am

Panel de Pon and the King of Fighters coming to Japans virtual consoleNext 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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  • the_importer

    KoF 94, Wow, that game came out when the SNES and Genesis were still on the market.

  • Levi

    BASEBALL STARS 2?!?

    Oh man. We’d better get that over here. Seriously. I love that game.

  • the_importer

    KoF 94, Wow, that game came out when the SNES and Genesis were still on the market.

  • Levi

    BASEBALL STARS 2?!?

    Oh man. We’d better get that over here. Seriously. I love that game.

  • Angelous

    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.

  • Angelous

    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.

  • John H.

    Eh, King’s Knight wasn’t *bad*, but neither was it really that good.

  • John H.

    Eh, King’s Knight wasn’t *bad*, but neither was it really that good.

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