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With WiiWare out in Japan it feels like Nintendo is slowing down with the Virtual Console. Thankfully, there are some games to look forward to next month like Phantasy Star III. Oh wait, North America already has Phantasy Star II and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which commands an unorthodox 100 Wii Point premium in Japan too. Well if you don’t have Metal Slug Anthology, SNK is releasing Metal Slug and Phelios is a unique take on the vertical shmup genre.
OK, there honestly isn’t much on the list that stands out compared to what North America already has. However, Japan gets Castlevania X: Chi no Rondo, better known now as Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. It’s arguably one of the best installments in the Castlevania series and a steal for 800 Wii Points ($8). A real bargain unless you purchased Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles last year, which includes Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood as part of the package.
Here is the complete list of Virtual Console games coming out in April. Games marked with a * will come out on April 1.
Famicom
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (600)*
Sky Kid*
Volguard II
Bokosuka Wars
Super Famicom (800)
Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shojo
Hercules no Eikou IV
Nintendo 64 (1000)
Hoshi no Kirby
Master System (500)
Super Wonder Boy
Mega Drive
Musha Aleste*
Phantasy Star III (700)
Phelios
PC Engine (600)
Crest of Wolf (800)*
Valkyrie no Densetsu*
Castlevania X: Chi no Rondo (800)
Digital Champ Boxing
Monster Lair (800)
Neo Geo (900)
Metal Slug
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7 Responses to “Castlevania X and other Virtual Console games Japan gets in April”
March 28th, 2008 at 9:30 am
@Savory - I can’t say for certain, but Naxat Soft is listed as the publisher. Something else notable is Paon, the company who developed Donkey Kong Bongo Blast, is somehow the publisher for Hercules no Eikou IV, which I thought was done by Data East.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Actually, Wikipedia’s Paon page says that Paon bought Data East’s games to put on the VC!
March 28th, 2008 at 9:39 am
@Hero of legend - Now that explains something and raises more questions! What are they planning to do with all this intellectual property…
March 28th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Valkyrie no Densetsu
Castlevania X: Chi no Rondo
Metal Slug
musha aleste
super wonderboy
that’s a lot of awesome games for such a short period of time !
March 29th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Bokosuka Wars? That’s hilarious. I hope they release that one in the US as a VC import just as a mean practical joke.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Dracula X on Virtual Console? I don’t even know how to respond to that. ;o; Sadly it probably won’t be coming stateside any time soon (if at all) though. =\
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March 28th, 2008 at 9:27 am
OMG, they get Musha Aleste on Mega Drive?!! O__O
That’s one of my favorite shmups ever, but I’ve been loathe to spend $80+ on a complete copy of the US version. I really hope that one comes to the US, but who owns Seismic’s back catalog now?