First Neo Geo titles confirmed for Wii VC, Sept in Japan

47 Comments by James Ransom-Wiley Aug 31st 2007 4:52PM
Filed under: Retro, Nintendo Wii, Online

Meet Elta, the last of the magician lords. He's eager to get back to defusing the Gul-Agieze's doomsday plot, and, thanks to the teeny-tiny Neo Geo system stowed inside Nintendo's Wii, he can. Yes, the dormant powers of the most garish console of its time will be unlocked at last: Neo Geo emulated on Virtual Console! (We knew it was coming; now it's just a little closer...)

Nintendo has confirmed three Neo Geo titles for the Japanese VC, including the aforementioned Magician Lord (the console's original pack-in game), alleged "Street Fighter ripoff" World Heroes, and ever-rereleased Fatal Fury. (Both Fatal Fury and World Heroes are also available in separate PS2 anthologies this year.) Fatal Fury will launch first, on September 11th, followed by the magi and heroes later in the month. Each port will cost 900 Wii Points ($9).

Specific Neo Geo titles targeted for the North American and European VCs have yet to be revealed.

[Via Wii Fanboy]

Tags: NeoGeo, VirtualConsole

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Fernando Rocker: Aug 31st 2007; 4:56PM

Now we only need USB Hard Drive supoport and demos... and I will be very happy.

=)

I think that the USB Storage support is very possible... almost every gamer has full the Wii's internal memory. And Neo Geo games are a little heavy.

And then, WiiWare titles starting in 2008.

Shagittarius: Aug 31st 2007; 5:58PM

I don't buy games I bought years ago again. I hardly have anything on my Wii's HD.

natureboy46: Aug 31st 2007; 4:59PM

Surely this means that we will see one of two things happen: 1) an external hdd (unlikely) or 2) the ability to save the games to, and then play directly from, an SD card.

I'd rather see two come to fruition but would take either solution.

mr nimblewick: Aug 31st 2007; 5:09PM

SD card will be fine for me. I don't want to hook up an external drive to it.

phattie: Aug 31st 2007; 5:05PM

Nintendo will release a 4gb Wii and make you buy it again... which you will; you heard it here first.

Fernando Rocker: Aug 31st 2007; 5:09PM

Phat Vaztard!

vidGuy: Aug 31st 2007; 5:38PM

I'm just interested, phattie, did you/are you going to buy the 80GB PS3? Or the 120GB PS3 with a 4x BluRay? Or the 200GB PS3 with a 6x BluRay? Or the...

Nintendo wouldn't be stupid enough to alienate current customers by not providing them with a solution. They may upgrade the internal flash, but it won't be a whole new model with a $100 price increase.

waves: Aug 31st 2007; 5:12PM

Yeah, how big are these Neo Geo games exactly? And how much can they be compressed? 3rd party hard drive support for the Wii would be real nice, although I haven't run up against the limit yet.

Fernando Rocker: Aug 31st 2007; 5:16PM

There are Neo Geo games of 100mb and up

Playmore Intern: Aug 31st 2007; 5:22PM

I love Neo Geo, but i won't be spending $9 dollars for games i already have on my HDD. (Roms)

Sorry Nintendo

accidental: Aug 31st 2007; 6:08PM

That's applying the same mentality to all VC games. Lucky for Nintendo most people know roms are illegal, and actually give a shit about gaming enough to not be a dickhead and pirate them. Hence the phenomenal VC success. This will extend to the Neo Geo, especially so I reckon, because most people never had the luxury of owning one.

rockintom: Sep 1st 2007; 11:03AM

Right on. I sure as hell wouldn't pay for groceries when I could just shoplift!

Confusatron: Aug 31st 2007; 5:25PM

Samurai Showdown! Where is Samurai Showdown? That was the only Neo Geo game I ever cared for, but man was it fun! I want my fountains of blood!

The Boo: Aug 31st 2007; 5:26PM

Back in my day we had to pay $100+ for these games on top of the $600 entry fee! You youngsters don't know how good you've got it... (mumble mumble)

rokerovakero: Aug 31st 2007; 7:49PM

lol, I'm happy the kept a normal price, I was expecting $35 downloads!

NintendoFanbot: Aug 31st 2007; 5:26PM

SAMURAI SHOWDOWN
KING OF FIGHTERS
KING OF THE MONSTERS
2020 SUPER BASEBALL
GAROU MARK OF THE WOLVES
SVC CHAOS
WORLD HEROES 2 JET

If not on VC then on standard DVD!!!

Nintendo/SNK, you have your marching orders. *shakes fist*

BPM: Aug 31st 2007; 5:43PM

Only reason I care for SVC Chaos is because Megaman Zero's in it. And being the Megaman Maniac I am, I am obligated to play every game a Megaman character appears in, including spin-offs and cameos.

Garou: Mark of the Wolves is fighting game awesome. We recently got a copy of it for the arcade I work at. Woot!

Shagittarius: Aug 31st 2007; 6:00PM

Don't forget Super Spy and the fantasy version of that as well.

hvnlysoldr: Aug 31st 2007; 5:26PM

Where's the Sin and Punishment love?

BPM: Sep 1st 2007; 5:59AM

Just announced for Japanese VC, as well.

Will it come here? Who knows. Anything's possible. We've already gotten one game not previously released in the US in the form of Battle Lode Runner (TurboGrafx-16).

Miharu: Aug 31st 2007; 5:33PM

What a horrible price. How about 30$ for a DVD with 20 games?

vidGuy: Aug 31st 2007; 5:41PM

haha, yeah $9 seems steep but I guess it's how much you are going to play them. The current price structure keeps me from impulse-buying, but for some I just can't pass it up. Super Mario World, LttP, and Super Metroid are all still worth $8, IMO.

BPM: Aug 31st 2007; 5:45PM

Considering how expensive actual NeoGeo carts are, this is more than reasonable. And, hopefully, the Wii's NeoGeo emulator is of excellent quality.

Disc compilations are nice, too, though (I loves my Metal Slug Anthology!).

vidGuy: Aug 31st 2007; 5:39PM

So what Neo Geo games should a be interested in? Wiki has a list but nothing really seems to stick out except for a few of the shoot-em-ups.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Neo-Geo_games

HB96st: Aug 31st 2007; 5:45PM

I know its not Neo Geo, but i would like to see SNK vs Capcom card battle.. and make it playable online.

Count Noobula: Aug 31st 2007; 5:50PM

Before calling me a Fanboy of any kind note that I have the Wii60 combo going right now. I have to say that 900 wii points for those games is expensive considering that Fatal Fury Special is coming to XBLA for 400 M$ points. I think I'll just buy the superior title in FF Special.

Lower the VC prices please nintendo and company.

kinshadow: Aug 31st 2007; 6:24PM

What really sucks is that the 360 ports usually have new features (at least leader board and achievements; many have online play, new graphics, etc.) AND cost less.

I really wish Nintendo would do a little more with the games than just give you the ROM. Many of these games would be a thousand times better with a little check-point / saves integration or some graphics tweaks.

vidGuy: Aug 31st 2007; 7:06PM

Additions would be nice, but about all they could do in most cases is make new sprites, ala Super Mario All Stars, which would be cool and all but I'd hate to wait for every game to be done like that. And every game has 'checkpoints' now thanks to the save-state that is created when you exit to the Wii Menu from a VC game.

Roger: Aug 31st 2007; 5:52PM

Nothing against this article, but today must be a slow news day.

blerg: Aug 31st 2007; 5:55PM

samurai showdown, samurai showdown, samurai showdown!!!

Mr Khan: Aug 31st 2007; 6:45PM

Yeah, i'd say no to this

wake me when we get Samurai Showdown, Neo Turf Masters, and the original King of Fighters (i'd include Metal Slug, but a lot like Sonic on the VC, the anthology collections are easily available for teh cheap)

Chainblast: Aug 31st 2007; 7:01PM

Yes, now I can spend $70 instead of $40 on all the Metal Slug games! :D

BPM: Aug 31st 2007; 7:35PM

Who said they're bringing Metal Slug to VC? It'd be silly to do so, since it'd be sabotaging sales of the Anthology (however, it would have the advantage of Classic Controller support).

6 games (Metal Slug 6 is on Atomiswave, not NeoGeo) x $9 = $54, not $70.

Mr Khan: Sep 1st 2007; 8:11PM

Yes; but they're bringing Sonic games to all the downloadable services, when all the 6th gen consoles got Sonic Mega Collection, which has to be dirt cheap by now, and was probably a better deal even when it was $50

Evan: Aug 31st 2007; 9:27PM

$600 system and $100 games? Sounds like the PS3!

(Sorry, had to say it)

Evan: Aug 31st 2007; 9:27PM

(Comment meant for The Boo)

Vexorg: Aug 31st 2007; 10:08PM

Since I already have arcade stuff here, I think I'd almost be more inclined to buy the NeoGeo games I want on MVs, so I could play them in proper arcade form. On the other hand, if Blazing Star ever shows up, I'll probably end up getting that one.

Count Noobula: Aug 31st 2007; 11:17PM

NeoGeo games that I would like on VC:
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Sengoku (1,2,3)
King of the Monsters (though an XBLA version with online play would rule all).
King Of Fighters '95
SVC Chaos
Art of Fighting 3
World Heros Perfect
Mutation Nation

Dave Silva: Sep 1st 2007; 2:25AM

Nine bucks per game?

SNK's probably making boatloads of money off their recent PS2 compilations... which sell for six dollars more (MSRP, eleven bucks more at Gamestop/EB.)

There are some great games on the NeoGeo, but nine bucks for each is just too much. And don't get me started on space concerns... :(

BPM: Sep 1st 2007; 6:05AM

Two of SNK's compilations are $15:
Art of Fighting Anthology (three games)
Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol.1 (four games)

Metal Slug Anthology (seven games) is $40 for all three platforms (Wii, PS2, PSP).

While I do agree that, compared to retail compilations, these digitally distributed copies seem a bit pricey (which is why I have the GameCube Sonic collections instead of Virtual Console versions), but comparing to the actual game cartridges being sold, it's MUCH cheaper.

NeoGeo games go for about $100. Depending on demand, it may be higher/lower, but that's about the average.

Dave Silva: Sep 1st 2007; 9:40AM

BPM:
I was including the entire Online Collection in Japan (there's eight volumes out, and a ninth is coming out soon.)

I agree with the whole "It's a lot cheaper than owning the Neo carts" argument, but it's STILL expensive for a digital distribution game. And honestly... who wants to pay nine bucks for friggin' Fatal Fury? (I have sentimental reasons to love the game, but there's no way in heck I'll pay nine bucks for it.)

Majic: Sep 1st 2007; 9:49AM

It would be nice to play Magician Lord at home and I remember World Heroes as a nice alternative to other fighters when I wanted something different back in the day. Cool.

ZippyDSMlee: Sep 1st 2007; 10:35AM

9 a pop?
no thanks
make a DS/GBA adapter already so I can play my games on the TV ,I so hate holding a portable.....

HB96st: Sep 1st 2007; 3:34PM

Zippy, Thats what they shouldve added built in to the Wii..

-GB/DS card reader

-dvd playback

-40gb HD

-the option of using the arcade remote for EVERY game including Gamecube games

-add rumble to the arcade remote

-$299 US

ysdarkfact: Sep 1st 2007; 9:43PM

9 bucks a game is really expensive. I'll wait until Neo Geo games are on the XBL Marketplace for 5 bucks a piece with online play.

NaeemTHM: Sep 4th 2007; 11:00AM

You know what they SHOULD do. Remote DS play. I want to take my VC titles with me. What's the freaking hold up? Sony has had this going on for a long while now.

That's right SONY. Shouldn't Nintendo have came up with this first then have it copied three months later with Sony saying "No way dudes we thought of this first...just ask bob. Seriously I told him about it mad long ago."

BPM: Aug 31st 2007; 5:41PM

Technically... Nintendo DID do Console->Handheld downloads first. A few GameCube games would let you download minigames and whatnot to the GBA's RAM (NES games from Animal Crossing, Tiny Chao Garden from Sonic Adventure 1/2 and PSO EpI&II, Dr. Mario/Yoshi's Cookie/Panel de Pon from Nintendo Puzzle Collection, etc.)

As for why we're not seeing Wii->DS downloads yet... [shrugs]

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