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I still need to buy Henry Hatsworth, but I have no doubt it'll be awesome. Can't wait to see what else Kyle will work on.

Yeah, right now I'm trying to survive 20 waves in Endless Survival (Achievement in the Steam version), madness!

Good to see someone else on NL bought Plants vs. Zombies, I bought it when it was released a few days ago and it's probably my favourite PopCap game yet.

It's really weird that Contra 4 never came out in Europe, the game actually even includes the Probotectors as unlockable characters!

I guess now we know why the original Contra isn't on VC yet

I try

The only one they'll finally be able to enjoy is Cubello (Or Cubeleo as it'll be called in Japan), they've had Orbital and Dialhex on the GBA since 2006

Wario Land 4 is probably the weakest in the series

VBWL's the main reason I want a Virtual Boy, wish it was released in Europe!

I don't get anyone who says Rare are traitors, Nintendo sold them

Oh yeah, just so you all know, Super Mario Kart and Pilotwings were rated by the OFLC today

Actually it's been officially announced as AAI: ME, which is indeed different from the other games.

It's more of a port, the only new feature is Wii remote controls, they didn't even add additional video options!

Code Veronica and an entirely new chapter are both confirmed to be in the game already, but they haven't shown anything from them yet. My guess is that there's a handful of new rooms in the RE2 segments (Which would also hint heavily at a possible RE2 remake).

But this week is a VC week... unless they're going back to VC and WiiWare in all weeks?

And also, I thought this week was likely to be the start of a Hanabi Festival - Last year had one in May and Japan actually has a holiday this week.

I think you have to beat the special stage. It appeared after beating the final boss for me but I'm not sure what the requirements are, maybe get all Gold Melons?

Here's the Japanese site so you can see some of it: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/wiiware/wetj/index.html

Honestly, compared to the older Adventure Island games it's incredibly easy. If you've played them you'll notice it immediately

And now we're both beaten quakster, some guy somehow got 70000 more points than us!

Nothing happened to that, people were just making up stuff they hoped would happen. Super Smash Bros. has no indication of coming to the US anytime soon as far as ratings are concerned, and you'll probably get Majora's Mask first.

Some people just don't know a good game when they see one. The whole Nobunaga series is great, probably my favourite Koei series.

@ quakster: Done, your turn

It's a good game, it just feels a bit rushed. I think the lack of a classic mode with one-hit kills and no weapon upgrades/new moves is the biggest oversight.

Blizzard has always owned the rights, and since they recently merged with Activision (Who are supporting VC) I really hope this will show up.

Most of the time games from the Stars Catalogue are shipped faster than other things, you'll probably have it within a month.

@ SKTTR: You're probably thinking of Renegade. That's the first Kunio fighting game, but it's not really like River City Ransom and Downtown Special, there's no RPG elements at all.

@ greyelephant: Football is football when you actually use your feet to move the ball instead of your hands

You're both wrong and right, both Monster Lair and The Dragon's Trap are called Wonder Boy III even though they're different games. The US never got Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair on the Genesis.

@ stratocastx: The WiiWare version is missing about 3 or 4 character classes and I believe some of the levels.

There's no way they're going to release that - Why put that up when the Wii Shop already has a Dr. Mario game, with the same features (And more) for 1000 points?

I could see them releasing Dr. Mario 64 though, because it has some stuff not in any other version (Such as a story mode).

The only way the games are connected are through little references here and there, there's no over-arching story.

It's not really one of my favourite RPGs, but I'll always remember it for being one of the only "big" games to get an official Dutch translation (And a good one too!), plus of course the music.

Yup, Illusion of Gaia is one of very few SNES titles not developed by Nintendo but still published by them. It just goes to show how good it is

I agree with KeeperBvK, this is the best SNES game, Chrono Trigger's overrated

@ Terranigma: I played through The Granstream Saga when it first came out, and while it does share similarities to the other three games it's nowhere near as fun to play. It's really slow and boring and more like an actual RPG than an Action RPG.

No, Terranigma, it's not been released in Europe. Every other region has it already but NoE's being stupid as usual

I only found out about them because they have a song in the first Ouendan game. It's pretty much my least favourite song in the game though, their other music is much better!

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Then you don't understand what VC Arcade is. It's exclusively arcade games, and SotN is not an arcade game.

I wish Nintendo of Europe would throw this in the Stars Catalogue, every region but Europe has it!

I believe the sumo game is actually supposed to be a sequel to a sumo series Tecmo has been making for a long time, Tsuppari Oozumou. There's a few old installments on Japan's VC too.

Symphony of the Night will only happen if the Sega Saturn is added to VC. Which isn't likely since Sega doesn't know how to emulate it.

Yeah, this one's a bit weird - It got a German and French release (Which were also in their respective languages) but wasn't released anywhere else in Europe. Makes me wonder if it'll be an import on VC or not!

Brilliant game though, just like the other two, of course.

@ Outrunner: Yup, but only in Japan. The original Gradius has a TGCD port as well, which is on Japan's VC together with the NES version.

@ Adamant: Yeah, I'm not sure about that one, seems like an odd license to rerelease/make a sequel to. It's pretty popular in Japan though for some reason.

IMO, the fact that not a single Gaia game is available on VC is the service's single biggest crime. Where's Soul Blazer, already?

I replayed this a few months ago and it's still amazing, one of the top 10 SNES games for sure.

I think NoE might localize it - Their localization of Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland shows they don't mind bringing over crazy titles. NoA probably won't even consider it though.

I loved this, but the learning curve is extremely steep. Prepare for loss after loss on the later stages

I keep hearing it's not as good as the original (Which is hard to do since, after all, it was perfect), but I'll definitely pick it up when it's out in Europe.

More like Umbrella Chronicles, the character you see walking around is your AI partner, not you.

Each of these costs 1000 points in Japan

I have heard that the GameCube version was less likely to freeze if you turned rumble off, perhaps you did so? For me the GC version froze twice in one playthrough, I haven't touched it since. Both times I lost hours of progress.

@ Objection_Blaster: Blame the proofreader, I certainly didn't make that typo

Here's some videos of the VC version: http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=212445

It only skips for a fraction of a second and it only happens in Clock Town, so it's pretty negligible.