Japan’s Virtual Console: April releases

March 30, 2007

Given that April is just a few days away, we took a closer look at what Japan will be receiving in the Virtual Console shops come next week.

Aside from classic games like Elevator Action and Final Fight, gamers also stand to receive Star Fox 64 – gamers in the U.S. will be reassured to know we’ll be getting it, too. Other classic games included in Japan’s list are Ninja Gaiden and Punch Out, with the latter already being released in Europe.

On a side note, Shockman, originally slated for this week in Japan, appears to have been moved up to an April release as well. Just read over the list in case any of these games catch your fancy, and hope that we’ll be seeing it (or them, if you like more than one) at the ESRB site’s listing soon.

Famicom (NES)

Punch Out (Nintendo, 500 points)
Elevator Action (Taito, 500)
Ninja Ryuukenden (aka Ninja Gaiden, Tecmo, 500)
Meikyuu Kumikyoku (aka Milon’s Secret Castle, Hudson, 500)
Gradius 2 (Konami, 500)

Super Famicom (SNES)

Hercules no Eikou III (Pione, 800)
Final Fight (Capcom, 800)
Kirby Bowl (Nintendo, 800)

Nintendo 64

Star Fox 64 (Nintendo, 1000)

Mega Drive

Rent A Hero (Sega, 600)
Puyo Puyo Tsu (Sega, 600)
Pulseman (Sega, 600)
Bahamut Senki (Sega, 600)

PC Engine

Final Soldier (Hudson, 600)
Narazumono Sentou Butai Bloody Wolf (G-Mode, 600)
PC Genjin 2 (aka Bonk’s Revenge, Hudson, 600)
Kaizou Choujin Shubibiman 2 (aka Shockman, Hudson, 600)
Benki Gaiden (Sunsoft, 600)
PC Denjin (aka Air Zonk, Hudson, 600)