Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[VC Tuesday: Flying, boxing, and no WiiWare]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/07/vc-tuesday-flying-boxing-and-no-wiiware/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/07/vc-tuesday-flying-boxing-and-no-wiiware/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/07/vc-tuesday-flying-boxing-and-no-wiiware/#commentsThis week, Japan finally gets Super Punch-Out!! on the Virtual Console. The Wii game, for which this SNES release has served as a promotional tool in other territories, isn't out until July 23 in Japan, so Super Punch-Out!! will have to tide over the crowd of Japanese gamers hungry for cartoon violence.

Also available on the Virtual Console: cartoon violence of a different variety and an older vintage, in the form of Namco's 1985 horizontal shooter Sky Kid. And on WiiWare this week: nothing at all.

Virtual Console:

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It's finally happening. When Hudson announced Turbografx-16 support on the Virtual Console, we thought "Oh, great, maybe we'll be able to get Dracula X!" Then when they revealed that CD-ROM titles would start coming out, we got really excited about being one step closer to Dracula X. Next month in Japan, Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo will be released on the Virtual Console for 800 points. As if Hudson hadn't already won at being awesome today.

Other than the amazing Dracula X, there's actually a lot of really great stuff coming out in April. It has actually renewed our faith in the Virtual Console, which is why we're starting to think we're being fooled by a tragic April Fool's Day joke on Nintendo's part. Metal Slug and The Legend of Valkyrie are standouts, as is the incredibly vintage RPG Bokosuka Wars, if only because it reminds us of this shirt.

Famicom:
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Sky Kid
  • Volguard II
  • Bokosuka Wars
Super Famicom:
  • Famicom Detective Club Part II
  • Heracles no Eikou IV
Master System:
  • Wonder Boy
Mega Drive:
  • Musha Aleste
  • Phantasy Star III
  • Phelios
N64:
  • Kirby 64
PC Engine:
  • Riot Zone
  • Legend of Valkyrie
  • Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
  • Digital Champion: Battle Boxer
  • Monster Lair
Neo Geo:
  • Metal Slug

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