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Natsume’s S.C.A.T. Is Coming To Virtual Console

Ishaan SahdevBy
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NES side-scrolling shooter S.C.A.T. is headed to the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Virtual Consoles this week. Natsume will be publishing the game and it will be released on January 22nd in North America.   If you’re wondering, S.C.A.T. stands for “Special Cybernetic Attack Team”. The game was actually developed by Natsume in 1990 and takes place in the year 2029. You play as a pair of soldiers (named after Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sigourney Weaver) fighting off an alien invasion.

Ishaan Sahdev
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Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.