Imports on VC this Monday: Bomberman '94, Detana!! Twinbee

by JC Fletcher on Mar 20th 2009 12:25PM

After five months of total inactivity, during which time it focused on WiiWare, Hudson is returning to the Virtual Console this Monday. Just like the last set of TurboGrafx-16 games so long ago, the two games announced for next week are imports! This means, at the very least, that Hudson has not abandoned the Virtual Console.

You may be familiar with Bomberman '94 as the Genesis/Mega Drive Mega Bomberman. The original PC Engine version was only released in Japan. This one features kangaroos that Bomberman can ride (who can also take an explosion for him). Detana!! Twinbee is an absolutely beautiful vertical-scrolling cute-em-up from Konami, in a series rarely seen in North America.

Being imports, both games will cost 700 Wii Points. And being Hudson Virtual Console games, we can't be sure they'll actually show up on time.

[Via VC Reviews]

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Tags: bomberman-94, detana-twinbee, hudson, imports, konami, virtual-console

Reader Comments (9)

Bomberman '94!

I wonder if its worth it, being that i have '93...

I loved Mega Bomberman. I am so there.

Wow, I actually remember playing TwinBee. Cute-em-up is a very precise description.

I remember lusting after Bomberman '94 after seeing it in a Japanese PC Engine magazine back in the day. Glad to see it coming stateside.

I know it'll never happen, but I want to see Ys IV localized for a US VC release. No need to re-record the audio, just do English subtitles. Thanks!

Too bad. For a second I was hoping that Twinbee, would be the platformer as I own the shooter for my SNES and always liked the platformer better.

My brother is obsessed with the Louie Kangaroos ever since PSX's Bomberman Fantasy Race. And I do remember playing Mega Bomberman on the Sega Channel.

As for Twinbee, I hope we get Twinbee Adventure soon.