If you've yet to play Hudson Soft's adorable Turbografx cute-em up Star Parodier, you are unfortunately out of luck as the title has been removed from the North American Wii Virtual Console.
It joins some other titles in the past year and more that have been removed from the service, with issues such as licensing agreements likely to be the cause. Detailed explanations are rarely given, and with the Wii Shop now less visible than ever these removals can fly under the radar. At the time of writing this title is still available from the Wii Shop in Europe.
Would you have picked this up if you knew it was going to disappear? Let us know in the comments below.
[source nintendoeverything.com, via neogaf.com]
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Um this was on the Wii virtual console? Never seen it
I already have it. (Strange how no review mentions the slowdown that happens in the level with all the balloons yet they all say how easy it is).
Wish it wasn't filtered (Like Rondo of Blood) though.
If I heard that it was going to disappear, then I would've gotten this gem via Wii Shop Channel. And it's even more saddening when considering that 3rd party companies are less interested bringing their retro games to Wii U eShop service outside of Japan.
Oh! I'm currently playing Turbografx anyway, having recently downloaded the wonderful Ys Book 1 & 2, and Star Parodier was always on my yet to buy list – I just could not decide between Star Parodier and Cho Aniki. Well, fearing that the first may disappear in Europe too, I may still download it...
This happened at the beginning of this month at the latest. It's happened to other games as well, but I don't know which ones and where.
ha, i was just looking into this game for the first time yesterday, and today its gone lol
wii vc really cant afford to lose its imports. thats a blow
Its sad, but this was completely expected. Im glad I picked up all of the Wii Shop games I wanted back when the Wii U was launched (including Star Parodier), the only delisted game I missed and really wanted was "The magic obelisk"
Another one's gone.
Another one's gone.
Another one bites the dust.
Digital is the future!
Well it should have been obvious by now (heck two years ago) that if you want any digital Wii games, get them sooner rather than later
Im so angry about this! I was gonna pick it up but never got around to it. Now, without warning, it is gone!!
@gojiguy Hear hear
I just checked—Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is gone too. Dang, I was gonna get that. I guess I'm not missing that much, but this is still alarming. And this forum post indicates that Shanghai II is gone as well.
I ought to get Strider before Capcom follows suit. The old Strider, that is. The new one's probably not going anywhere for a while. 😌
@ogo79
If only they had charged rare pricing on this?
@KingMike
now yer thinkn!
@ogo79 With that pricing scheme, I wouldn'ta hesitated. I must own all the rarities! 😋
In all honesty, I was going to buy this this week.
Hate to see anything removed from the VC but for removing Star Parodier especially someone should publicly shame reps from Hudson and Nintendo at whatever video game event/convention/trade show they appear at. SHAME.
0/5 staph removing meh games I haven't bought yet.
Will pay triple to DL all removed VC and WiiWare games... (I know one WiiWare game got removed!)
@Bikeage And Activision, but I guess enough people already hate them.
Dunno if it was mentioned elsewhere, but Super Turrican 2 was removed. Super Turrican and Mega Turrican are still up though, so get them while you still can.
I hate it when TurboGrafx / PC Engine games get pulled as many of them are great and highly overlooked during the original game releases on the original hardware. In Japan, the system was a amazing success but ignored between the SNES and Genesis when they were on the market.
Still random games disappear from the classic Wii Virtual Console offerings in which many hidden gems exist and has made the system my safe haven for classic gaming glory when hearing yet more negative news.
I hope to get all the SNES games as well as N64 and even more games worthy of keeping. What saddens me is the removal of the DKC series and other quiet removal of other games.
One thing I'd advise, if you don't have Dracula X for the PC Engine, get it now for some Castlevania greatness that costs a fortune for a physical copy let alone the real hardware to play it on.
Sure you could use Magic Engine, but playing a emulator on a PC just doesn't feel the same as having the real deal and Piracy is bad... M'kay...
Another thing that bugs me is many games for various systems that were an amazing level of awesome, never came to be for the old Wii which it would easily handle.
Making a memo to grab the N64 version of Sin & Punishment before it disappears along with other import games on various systems and find the best WiiWare short of titles from Shin'en.
I have the Strong Bad series and a few other WiiWare games. I'd like to grab more before they all go
I expect the Wii Shop will wind up soon anyway, however it would be nice to see a better method of playing Wii downloads a la the 3DS with DSiWare. I understand the technical reasons for having a Wii Channel, however they could at the very least give you links in the Wii U that would launch the Wii Channel a la the Disc Channel when you have a Wii disc loaded.
I got this in Europe a good while back and it's probably my favourite Wii VC game... lots of fun and mental, outlandish designs that hook you in.
Bit of a shame as it's one of those undiscovered gems.
Down loaded today.
Will download once I return home (please still be there).
Darn I just had to chose to cycle in today!
i would have got this too if i knew it was leaving
Went and downloaded both Neutopia games, just in case the same thing happens to them.
Never heard of this one, though it makes me think of how I got Pulseman when I did, for fear of its permanent removal.
I would have bought it in a heatbeat if I knew it was going to be removed. I'm tempted to follow GeminiSaint's lead and get Neutopia 1 and 2 asap. Sames goes for Pulseman. Here's hoping for some extra money after PAX East.
"Would you have picked this up if you knew it was going to disappear?"
Nope, and that's the worst part.
Here's a reminder that discussing illegal methods of playing games is against our community rules.
Is there an updated list anywhere of all the VC/WiiWare games that have been removed? This is making me antsy to pick up some games before they're gone.
Huge bummer for those who don't own the PCEngine version or have already downloaded it. Such a fun shooter. very Colorful fun filled game.
Wow, for once I got lucky. This was my most recent purchase for the Wii - just picked it up a few weeks ago. It's up there with Blazing Lazers, Axelay and Castle of Shikigami III as one of my favorite shumps. May be time to get all the Star Soldier games before they disappear too.
I have never even heard of this game, but for some reason that picture makes me want to play it.
Too bad. I thought this was one of the better shumps on the Wii VC.
Luckily I already have this game on the PSP.
Another one bites the dust! Sad!
@Donjwolf You thinking of a different game? It's not available on the PSP unless you pirate it and play it on an emulator.
@accc
Wrong.
The PSP has the best SHMUP collection on a handheld. hugs it
Oh cool, I didn't know that existed!
eShop, please.
I never saw it on there? Looks cool! Just wish they would give a heads up on removing games.
I would have purchased it had I known it was going to get removed. It was on my 'to get' list. I already had cute-em up Detanna Twin Bee, so I wasn't in a big rush, but disappointed none the less.
Oh yeah... when I went to look at the VC yesterday, one of the headings above featured games said: "Popular this week in 2008" Sad.
My favorite cute-em-up along with Parodius and Twin Bee series.
Here the playlist with the complete video walkthrough of Star Parodier that I made: https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F3D2154CBBA2808F
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