Two more Famicom games are headed to the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in Japan next week.

Hudson has a label for TurboGrafx-16 compilations in Japan with two entries scheduled to come out on July 31. The third repackaged game in the PC Engine Best Collection might be a selection of Star Solider games on a single UMD. Japanese retailer, Rakuten, lists the Solder Collection with a September 25 release date and [...]

I never had any doubts about seeing Star Solider R outside of Japan considering the game includes world leaderboards. Why would Hudson set up world rankings if they planned to keep Star Solider R in Japan only? Also Star Soldier R was rated by the ESRB last month, another telltale sign an announcement was looming. [...]

… is more like the same adrenaline pumping five minutes repeating twenty times. OK, less than twenty times if you include going through the menus and Fast Shot Mode. However, Star Soldier R is only two stages and you’re limited to five minutes of play time.   The concept for Star Soldier R is based [...]

Go Nintendo pointed me to a massive Hudson Q&A thread over at NeoGAF. One of the topics brought up was Star Soldier R, which about to be transmitted via WiiWare at the end of this month. John Lee, VP of Sales and Marketing, Hudson Entertainment explains plenty about the shmup.   Super Star Soldier R [...]