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Topic: Natsume has plans to bring 8 GBA games to the Wii U

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Retro_on_theGo

http://nintendoeverything.com/natsume-planning-8-gba-games-fo...

According to Graham Markay of Natsume, who shared the news on the latest Fragments of Silicon podcast, Natsume has plans for 8 GBA games on the Virtual Console, which they have been working on getting released for awhile. 4 of them (assuming they release both versions of the games) are the previously announced Medabots: An RPG Adventure and Medabots: AX. The next revealed title is Pock & Rocky with Becky. Assuming the Medabots games will be the first to release, these GBA games will start rolling out in June.

Atariboy

Hopefully they have plans for Harvest Moon 64 as well.

MorphMarron wrote:

They need to start with harvest moon.

I doubt you have to worry.

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JoakimZ

If they release Pocky & Rocky with Becky, I hope they also plan on releasing Pocky & Rocky 1 and 2 as I think they are better.

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jump

I may pick up one of the Medabot games they did but as a non-Harvest Moon fan the game I'd be most interested in is Flying Dragon for the N64.

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Atariboy

Retro_on_theGo wrote:

GoneFishin wrote:

Hopefully they have plans for Harvest Moon 64 as well.

MorphMarron wrote:

They need to start with harvest moon.

I doubt you have to worry.

Natsume said before Harvest Moon 64 won't be coming any time soon because it's very difficult to emulate.

That was years ago and in reference to the original Wii and Nintendo's N64 emulator at the time. There has been nothing said about it in relation to the Wii U and its presumably more robust and accurate N64 emulator.

Or at least nothing that I've seen, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Edited on by Atariboy

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Retro_on_theGo

http://www.cubed3.com/news/22448/1/natsume-wont-release-harve...

A tweet by Natsume late last year reassures a fan that the game won't be coming to Wii U virtual console.

Then in an interview with Siliconera they bring up the topic again and quickly dismiss it.

http://mobile.siliconera.com/all/2015-03-18-harvest-moon-beyo...

The problem is with the coding of the game I've heard. It's a shame because I know how many people would love it on the VC.

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Didn't they also release the old Beyblade RPG's for the GBA as well?

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Atariboy

Too bad, hopefully they were just hastily assuming that the same issues from last time with the previous emulator, would again crop up with the Wii U iteration.

Wouldn't be the first time that such a definitive statement, ended up changing in the end.

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CanisWolfred

Retro_on_theGo wrote:

http://www.cubed3.com/news/22448/1/natsume-wont-release-harve...

A tweet by Natsume late last year reassures a fan that the game won't be coming to Wii U virtual console.

Then in an interview with Siliconera they bring up the topic again and quickly dismiss it.

http://mobile.siliconera.com/all/2015-03-18-harvest-moon-beyo...

The problem is with the coding of the game I've heard. It's a shame because I know how many people would love it on the VC.

At least they're honest. Now I won't feel bad when I emulate it on my computer.

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Captain_Toad

Nice one Natsume.
Oh and my apologies Pocky and Rocky 1 and 2 for Snes, Pocky and Rocky 1 and 2 for Snes, Pocky and Rocky 1 and 2 for Snes phew I'm done.

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Rumorlife

JoakimZ wrote:

If they release Pocky & Rocky with Becky, I hope they also plan on releasing Pocky & Rocky 1 and 2 as I think they are better.

I pray you're right. I'd kill for at least just the first SNES game. But I'm so excited for the GBA one, I just mentioned me wanting the SNES one the other day too. How strange, they almost heard me correctly.

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KingMike

Natsume had always been heavily involved with licenses, whether it be localizing games by other companies (Harvest Moon) or developing games based on licenses for other companies (which might explain why on the SNES, Bandai's Power Rangers game (at least the first) "feels" very similar to Taito's Ninja Warriors).
Even the Pocky & Rocky IP I think was created by Taito. (as P&R for GBA seems based more on Taito's original arcade game than the, probably much better, SNES game, which I'm not sure who actually created)

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CanisWolfred

Also, Heavenly Guardian is a spiritual Successor to Pocky & Rocky. And like Pocky & Rocky, it looks a ton more playable and fun than it really is.

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Bass_X0

Well how long do we have to wait now?

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