Japan Gets A Bumper Helping Of SNES Titles On New 3DS Virtual Console

With six more on the way next week

by Damien McFerran Mon 21st Nov 2016

Seven Super Famicom titles (SNES to you and me) are launching on the New 3DS in Japan this week.

The games are Final Fight 2, Final Fight Tough / Final Fight 3, Tactics Ogre, Rockman X3 / Mega Man X3, Romancing SaGa, Super Castlevania IV / Akumajō Dracula and Super Punch Out.

Furthermore, if you purchase one of these then you'll be entitled to the free 3DS theme shown below. The promotion runs until December 5th and a valid Japanese My Nintendo account is required to receive the code for the theme.

Do you have a Japanese 3DS? Will you be downloading any of the games listed above? Let us know with a comment.

[source twitter.com]

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1
Shiryu
Mon 21st Nov 2016

... Japan gets "Tactics Ogre"!? head explodes

2
Alexface
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Tactics Ogre!!! Want!!!

3
cfgk24
Mon 21st Nov 2016

@Shiryu I don't know what it is . . BUT I WANT TO PLAY TACTICS OGRE!

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Shiryu
Mon 21st Nov 2016

@cfgk24 "Tactics Ogre" is a 10/10 from me and that is all that need be said: https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/snes/tactics_ogre_let_us_cling_together

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Menchi187
Mon 21st Nov 2016

They just need to release the Squaresoft and the Enix RPGs on N3DS already, they're killing me without them.

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Moon
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Epic jels.

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ThanosReXXX
Mon 21st Nov 2016

@Shiryu "head explodes"

MEDIC!!!

Don't expect me to clean up that mess...

8
PinkSpider
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Oh for God sake I want that theme, hope it shows up on my nintendo

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nhSnork
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Romancing Saga on Virtual Console! Now would be an opportunity to release it in the west at long last... #wishfulthinking #heyitdidhappentoSinAndPunishment

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vitalemrecords
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Tactics Ogre PLEASE - NA!!!

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1UP_MARIO
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Little too late

12
darthstuey
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Already have castlevania and punch out on the Wii VC and refuse to pay for them again
I hope Nintendo sorts a bloody real account system out by the time the switch arrives

13
Lukeim64
Mon 21st Nov 2016

I just want that theme. 😥

14
Anti-Matter
Mon 21st Nov 2016

I really want Japanese New 3DS, but my wallet says No because I still have to know some interesting Japan Only 3DS games. If only Nintendo make it Region Free...

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manu0
Mon 21st Nov 2016

correction to the story: you can buy ANY SFC game on 3DS to get the theme not just one of the new games.

16
burninmylight
Mon 21st Nov 2016

@Shiryu My reaction as well.

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DaringDiggersby
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Oh man, hoping to get Tactics Ogre in the US in the future! Also, maybe they will release more snes games on the new 3ds, I hope so.

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Serpenterror
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Surprise to see Super Punch-Out!! on there considering the game was never released for the Super Famicom. If Japan got a western title (Super Punch-Out!!) then we need Tactics Ogre over here.

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Yalaa
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Tactics Ogre is for those that don't know the basis for Final Fantasy Tactics.

Only Better.

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BanjoPickles
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Nice! It was looking to me like Nintendo was quietly taking the first steps towards abandoning VC support on the N3DS, just as they did with the original 3DS. I'm glad to see that isn't the case (for now).

I would kill to see Square Enix support the N3DS VC in the West, but I doubt that they will, save for Super Mario RPG. It has never made sense to me, for two reasons:

1). Square got their start with Nintendo.

2). Their support of PS3, PS4, and even the PSP made sense. The fact that there are more SNES RPG's available for Vita, a system that has sold TERRIBLY, than there are for 3DS/N3DS doesn't make any sense at all to me!

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Shiryu
Mon 21st Nov 2016

@TossedLlama Thanks, there really is nothign else to say, I can't fault this game at the time it was released, its peak performance for a the SNES in every way.

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KayFiOS
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Reggie could learn a thing or two from this. This is how VC games should be released; in batches of multiple games, not just a single game every other week, if even that!

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Shiryu
Mon 21st Nov 2016

@Frosty_09 Yes, the PSP port is the definitive edition and despite keeping the original graphics, the widescreen aspect is a welcome addition. Go for that one because we will never get the Super Famicom version released officially in the West.

I sadly never completed "Tactics Ogre: Knights of Lodis" having opted to get "Final Fantasy Tactics" at the time instead. It has its fans, but a lot of people disliked it for some reason and consider the weakest game in the whole series.

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BulkSlash
Mon 21st Nov 2016

I would actually pay money for a Super Famicom theme for the 3DS. No doubt if we get anything it will be some nasty PAL themed skin, just like those terrible PAL MegaDrive and Dreamcast themes.

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bolt05
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Ah man tactics ogre! I guess it was only ever fan translated to english

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KingMike
Mon 21st Nov 2016

@retro_player_22 Super Punch-Out was one of a few games that was basically a "digital only" release. It was released on what was basically an official flashcart, known as a "SF Memory Cassette" and "Nintendo Power". (buy the cart, and then take it to a store to legally buy a ROM download)
Super Famicom Wars was another major exclusive.
A few of the late Japanese retail releases were also first released through the Nintendo Power system.

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JaxonH
Mon 21st Nov 2016

Got em all on 3DS VC already.

Man, I'm glad I didn't end up waiting on Nintendo to fill my VC library. I could wait 20 years and I bet I still wouldn't have the selection I have now