Green with envy: Japanese Virtual Console line-up

And once again, the Japanese public gets all the fun as seen in the recently-released list of games available for the Wii’s Virtual Console which will be made available in Japan. As compared to the American and European versions, one major difference is that the Japanese list contains goodies such as Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Contra, Legend of Kage, and Puyo Puyo.

Another point of difference is that where everyone else needs 800 Wii points for a Genesis game, Japanese gamers will only pay 600 Wii points for them, which computes to about two or three US dollars less than usual. So are these part of the perks of living in Nintendo’s country of birth?

In any case, the list included here isn’t final yet as even more titles will be added before the end of the year, which would most likely include titles such as Comix Zone, Gain Ground, and Bonanza Brothers.

View the full list after the jump!

Once again, the Japanese get all the fun as seen in the recently-released list of games available for the Wii’s Virtual Console. As compared to the American and European versions, one major difference is that the Japanese list contains goodies such as Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Contra, Legend of Kage, and Puyo Puyo.

Another point of difference is that where everyone else needs to spend 800 Wii points for a Genesis game, Japanese gamers will only pay 600 Wii points for them, which computes to about two or three US dollars less than usual. So are these part of the perks of living in Nintendo’s country of birth?

In any case, the list included here isn’t final yet as even more titles will be added before the end of the year, which would most likely include titles such as Comix Zone, Gain Ground, and Bonanza Brothers.

Meanwhile, here’s the Japanese line-up so far:

Famicom/NES (500 Wii points each)

•   Ice Hockey (Nintendo)
•   Urban Champion (Nintendo)
•   Kage no Densetsu (The Legend of Kage, Taito)
•   Gradius (Konami)
•   Gomoku Narabe (Nintendo)
•   Soccer (Nintendo)
•   Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
•   Xevious (Bandai Namco Games)
•   Zelda no Densetsu (The Legend of Zelda)
•   Solomon no Kagi (Solomon’s Key, Tecmo)
•   Tennis (Nintendo)
•   Donkey Kong (Nintendo)
•   Donkey Kong Jr. (Nintendo)
•   Ninja Jaja Marukun (Jaleco)
•   Pinball (Nintendo)
•   Baseball (Nintendo)
•   Mario Brothers (Nintendo)
•   Wario no Mori (Wario’s Woods)

Super Famicom/Super Nintendo (800 Wii points each)

•   F-Zero (Nintendo)
•   R-Type III (Nintendo)
•   Akumajo Dracula (Super Castlevania?)
•   Contra Spirits (Konami)
•   Sim City (Nintendo, 900pts)
•   Street Fighter II (Capcom)
•   Super Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country)
•   Super Mario World (Nintendo)
•   Zelda: A Link to the Past (Nintendo, 900pts)
•   Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo (Nintendo, 900pts)
•   Mario no Super Picross (Nintendo)

Nintendo 64

•   Super Mario 64 (Nintendo, 1000pts)

Mega Drive/Genesis (600 Wii points each)

•   Ecco the Dolphin (Sega)
•   Gunstar Heroes (Sega)
•   Golden Axe (Sega)
•   Columns (Sega)
•   Shadow Dancer (Sega)
•   Altered Beast (Sega)
•   Space Harrier II (Sega)
•   Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega)
•   Toejam & Earl (Sega)
•   Puyo Puyo (Sega)
•   Ristar the Shooting Star (Sega)

PC Engine/Turbo Grafx (600 Wii points each)

•   PC Genjin (Bonk’s Adventure, Hudson)
•   Necromanser (Hudson)
•   Super Star Soldier (Hudson)
•   New Adventure Island (Hudson)
•   Dungeon Explorer (Hudson)
•   Battle Load Runner (Hudson)
•   Victory Run (Hudson)
•   Bomberman ’94 (Hudson)