Europe gets Punch Out, other virtual console classics first

by Kyle Orland { Mar 30th 2007 at 4:15PM }

OK, we're used to Japan getting cool stuff before us. That's OK -- they saved the game industry after Atari botched things up, so it's only fair that they get Final Fantasy and Gundam games early. But now we hear that Europe is getting Virtual Console games like Punch Out, Legend of the Mystical Ninja and Dragon Curse before us red-blooded Americans. Doesn't Nintendo know that Europe is supposed to get everything last? Maybe they can take some pointers from Sony on that score.

I suppose we shouldn't be too mad about this, since all these games have been available for other systems for over a decade. But it's the principle of the thing. We declared our independence from European mastery back in 1776, and yet those old-worlders still get to lord their downloadable classics over us hundreds of years later. It's just not right!

Tags: classics, dungeon curse, DungeonCurse, Europe, Japan, mystical ninja, MysticalNinja, punch out, PunchOut, virtual console, VirtualConsole

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

paralipsis @ Mar 30th 2007 4:25PM

Europe getting something first? Has someone checked the thermometer in hell lately?

Anonymous @ Mar 30th 2007 4:25PM

wa hey first post

oh man, the Wii gets Mystical Ninja? WANT

Anonymous (He who does not forgive) @ Mar 30th 2007 4:26PM

*second post

csc @ Mar 30th 2007 4:30PM

We STILL havent gotten a link to the past yet.........

JodyAnthony @ Mar 30th 2007 4:31PM

us in NA still don't have Donkey Kong Country

32_Footsteps @ Mar 30th 2007 4:34PM

Oh, you newbies. There are some of us who have been complaining about select European releases for years now. Like the fact that Europe got Vib Ribbon and we didn't. I think one of the Parodius games also managed to sneak out there.

Rubang B @ Mar 30th 2007 4:38PM

Japan's had Legend of the Mystical Ninja (aka Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki) since the 13th. We need it bad, almost as much as Super Donkey Kong.

Rubang B @ Mar 30th 2007 4:42PM

Whoa, but Japan doesn't have Punch-Out or Dragon's Curse yet! Europe even beat Japan!

THIS IS MADNESS!

And apparently Dragon's Curse is also known as Wonder Boy III OR Monster World II. ::head spins:: This is even better than Jackie Chan's Police Story 3 Part II.

RD @ Mar 30th 2007 4:44PM

It appears they also got Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles before us, as well. I'd like to play that game again.

Mr Khan @ Mar 30th 2007 4:48PM

Not so much madness

Did you all know that AUSTRALIA is the one getting Super Mario Strikers Charged first?

Official Nintendo site has a confirmed date of June, for Australia

while we all know Pokemon Battle Revolution will be the first Online game here, and that's in late June, and Strikers is online, sooo

Kye @ Mar 30th 2007 4:49PM

@ rubang B

THIS IS SPARTA!! I MEAN, EUROPE!!!!

p.s. thanx for the mii chararcters, some of them are, well, weird. Thank you all the same though.

dark @ Mar 30th 2007 4:55PM

Rob Schneider derp de derp. Derp de derpity derpy derp! Until one day, the derpa derpa derpaderp. Derp de derp da teedily dumb! From the creators of "Der" and "Tum Ta Tittaly Tum Ta Too", Rob Schneider is "Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb"!

6million in 6 months @ Mar 30th 2007 5:04PM

4. We STILL havent gotten a link to the past yet.........

If you're in Europe, that's not true. I downloaded Link to the Past last week when it came out.
Hurry to your Wii and do so, too. :)

Anthony @ Mar 30th 2007 5:21PM

Why don't you go Fuck yourselves

Anthony @ Mar 30th 2007 5:21PM

Doesn't Nintendo know that Europe is supposed to get everything last?

and again

Rubang B @ Mar 30th 2007 5:23PM

There can only be one reason Australia is getting Strikers: Charged before me. Hot Aussie Hookers. Hey, I read it on Joystiq the other day.

If that means Australia goes online before we do, I'm moving. I need wi-fi Strikers and prostitutes bad. Ooh, wi-fi prostitutes: Charged.

@Kye, heh, no problem. I figured it'd be better to send too many than not enough, so you could have the option to weed out all the weirdos or keep 'em.

ALH @ Mar 30th 2007 5:34PM

oh stop moaning, we STILL dont have trauma centre or elebits :(

JodyAnthony @ Mar 30th 2007 5:45PM

you mean eledees (lolz)

Rubang B @ Mar 30th 2007 5:59PM

Wow. I got both of those in December. I'm sorry. I take it back. You can have your Strikers before me. ::cringes in pain::

Chad @ Mar 31st 2007 2:54AM

and in Europe we don't even have a release date for Super Paper Mario. Trade ya!?

meist3r @ Mar 31st 2007 4:45AM

I'd swap all my excess download options on VC for an appreance of an Elebits(Eledees)/Cooking Mama/Trauma Center disc. Anyone wanna trade? It's not really an advantage getting all the (imho mostly lame+overpriced) old-games first and still have to wait for something decent to actually use the Wiimote for.

And btw. it's historically proven that Europe used to have some things first: crappy leaders, slavery, genocide, religious wars, civil war, cars, fries (you get one point for taters though), milk-chocolate -add more great european inventions here-. You got all the BS: phone, light bulb, nuclear bomb, bootlegged booze. A divided effort goes to: electricity, world wars, capitalism and the pr0n industry.