Hopefully this means Hudson isn't quite ready to give up on VC.
Now If they could just Import Rondo of Blood to the U.S. I'll be a happy Gamer.

Ah I knew Hudson was still giving us more TG-16 games. Bomberman 94 looks like a good game but I love to see the likes of Gradius and maybe Darius Plus.

Really happy to see Twin Bee appear as it increases the likelihood we'll see the great Pop n Twinbee for Snes and as its an import I don't even have my ususal concerns about PAL NES games to worry about.
have often thought about getting the TG16 bomberman, is this one superior or is the Wiiware version best? On a price/memory factor?
I hope that MUSHA aside, as we know its coming out, the Hanabi stays away from Mega Drive games given that they don't support 60hz

If Hudson could just import Spriggan, Spriggan Mark II, Image Fight, Image Fight II, Ai Cho Aniki, Mr Heli and Super Darius.
I'll be a very happy gamer.

im happy we got some more games on the list of coming soon if we keep goin with 1 game a week we dont have enough games for this year

There are still 2 Turbografx games what Europe need and the USA have.

Twinbee!

I have the PAL localized Pop 'n Twinbee games on SNES and they're excellent, I'd love to see the series on VC

I knew that Hudson would still support the VC.

Is Twinbee the same game as Stinger on the NES or are they 2 seperate series?

Hudson keep hope alive! Give us more VC games

"Is Twinbee the same game as Stinger on the NES or are they 2 seperate series?"

Stinger is a localization of the second Twinbee game.

Hm, I don´t think I´ll update my Bomberman 93´to 94´. I like tha games, but one is enough (wish they had released 94´first, but this is the way VC works). Twinbee is okay for 2 players, but it´s not as crazy as Twinbee3 and later games.

MUSHA is the highlight so far for possible Hanabi candidates...

@sfog
Thanks I thought they looked similar, so I wonder if Stinger will be a follow up after they release Twinbee

Is Bomberman 94 better than Bomberman Blast?

Wow, that's made my mind up then. although bomberman is firmly a multiplayer faivorite I'd never buy a game i couldn't play solo as well.
is the game a disc based release in Japan?

Gee, a TG-16 game in the cue? I knew you guys assumed too much when you heard this Hudson rumor. Maybe they just meant that they will no longer be releasing domestic titles but still have plans for imports. Now how about getting the information page for Rondo of Blood back up and running, k?

@Drake: But Bomberman Blast in online, which makes it superior to all th games that aren't.
Come on, who plays Bomberman in single player anyway?

A New Hanabi is certainly close, i can feel it. I was hoping for a New Years one but better later than never i guess.

Bomberman 94 certainly looks better than 93, and i own that Bomberman so i may think twice about getting 94. TwinBee though is a classic and something i would download near-instantly.

Woah, Bomberman 94? Japan's had that since the beginning! lol. XD

could it get any lamer

i dont care about traditional bomberman games we already have one for the turbographx16 and one on wiiware

i just want bomberman 64

Single-player Bomberman always sucked.
I'm looking forward to this anyway if it comes out in the US. I wouldn't have gotten Bomberman Blast (which was kind of disappointing) if I'd known one with Rooey and character choices was coming out. Do the characters have special moves? I played some Japanese Bomberman on a friend's emulator, and it was 100x better than every other Bomberman I'd ever played because of the special moves.

But Bomberman Blast in online, which makes it superior to all th games that aren't.
Id say Saturn Bomberman is the best but thats only because I got a kick seeing other Hudson characters playable in a Bomberman game.

I have been playing Bomberman Blast by myself. Is there some other 1 player mode that it doesn't have that the other Bomberman games have? I am confused.

TWINBEE!!!!!!!!!!

And thank goodness Hudson hasn't completely abandoned the VC yet.

Looks like Europe has a great line for Hanabi, bet you guys can't wait.

You know, I was just thinking to myself yesterday that we need more great NES games in the queue, and all of a sudden this new turns up! Pretty lucky coincidence, eh?

Europe's getting Twinbee!? You lucky dogs! Don't care about BM '94, as it's probably not that different from most Bomberman games. I hope US gets an import week soon too.
Also, Hudson still cares about VC after all! HOORAH!!

RE: Bomberman single player
I always thought BM's single-player was boring too, but some of the games, like Generation and Tournament, have great single-player.

@Drake. As I could recall, the main theme hasn't been used for years, and tbh, I don't think it's that great (though the SNES remake is quite nice). I kinda miss that battle theme though.

@Drake, thanks for the info.

When is the next Hanabi Festival expected?

Wow! I thought Hudson had given up with the VC this is great News, I down loaded Bomber man when I first got a Wii and this is another game for me to down load, So when we're see this release? Hanabi 2009 it'll be nice if we see it before then (Isn't Hanabi in September?), also will that give Nintendo the excuse to finally give us Mario Kart or Pilot Wings or even Majora's mask. On a UK website there's a release for pilot wings for the Wii (27/03/09) So will we see the SNES version finally making it's debut on VC? Let's hope So!!!

There are two Hanabi Festivals a year - one in Spring and one around September.

@Adamant:

I like playing Mega Bomberman in single player mode. Matter of fact, I like playing most Bomberman games in single player moder for the GBA.

Don't care about Bomberman 94 because I already bought Bomber Blast which is, well, a blast.

TwinBee is an import game that has been on my vc want list for a while.

I will not be downloading Bomberman 94 when it comes. I own the genesis version of the game.

Bomberman 94 is a great game single and multiplayer. At least Hudson hasn't give up on the vc yet.

I was hoping to see Rondo of Blood among these games, but it's still a relief knowing Hudson hasn't given up on the VC yet.

Rondo of Blood has got to be my most wanted VC game. I hope it comes across Japan, I really do.

European VC has the best releases!

This is certainly good news, if Hudson is preparing to release new material on VC, it could mean we might get Faxanadu someday, after all, only Nintendo and Hudson are involved in this one
crosses fingers

@BassX0

Thank You for putting me right! I didn't realize there is two Hanabi Festivals! Roll on Spring time.......!!

We don't actually know that for a fact. Just because a pattern has emerged one year doesn't mean it will be repeated, otherwise we'd still be getting five game weeks.

@ WarioFan63 - Hells yeah. Saturn Bomberman... in particular the Saturn Sega Net version with online play...is absolutely the best in the series. I really wish there was even a glimmer of hope that we'd see a Saturn channel. So many great games... so many that are hard to find imports. Radiant Silvergun anyone?

There were also a couple of odd-ball 3-d Bombermans on the Saturn in Japan. They're... interesting. Not necessarily bad. Just... different

Good news: Possible continued Hudson support
Bad News: That's the least exciting possible Hanabi list yet.

Last year's early Hanabi Festival was in May. So it could be some months away (about three) before we get any of these games. So we shouldn't get our hopes up.
http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/05/eu_vc_releases_2nd_may_the_hanabi_festival_returns

I honestly don't think that there is a particular pattern between Hanabi Festivals. I think that NOE just do a Hanabi Festival when there are enough games ready for VC release to warrant one.

Yeah ! I put both on my wish list. :]

This is awesome news for me. I certainly hope Bomberman '94 makes it over to the US which I assume it will. Despite its age, I enjoyed Bomberman '93 (second VC game I owned); I even enjoyed its single-player over the single player in Bomberman DS. Can't really say if I liked it more than the 3-D Bomberman games though, but anyway, I look forward to this game!

♥ bomberman '94

Was the original Twinbee on TG16?
I thought it was NES. And it is available on a DS compilation "Konami Classics Series - Arcade Hits" (as Rainbow Bell).
Too bad Twinbee is very unforgiving. One tiny little bullet hits you, and you a life and all your powerups. Worse than Gradius, you have to use shots to juggle the bell, only shooting enough times to change color. And when enemies/bullets surround you at the same time...
Would rather see Pop'n Twinbee for SNES. At least I think it was a bit fairer. You get a life meter instead of lives (as I mentioned, extra lives don't mean much when it's hard to get powerups, even speed, back), and I think you could shoot powerups bells a couple times before they'd change.

"Too bad Twinbee is very unforgiving. One tiny little bullet hits you"

Yeah, no other shmup has ever done that. Curse you, Twinbee, and you evil design ideas!

Interesting how you mention these games are heading for "Europe" considering the OFLC is an Australian office.

And yes, we have gotten games at different times than Europe in the past.

Twinbee you are now officially on my wishlist of VC games. Congrats

"Was the original Twinbee on TG16?"

No. The TG16 entry is Detana Twinbee, the fourth total entry in the series, and the second arcade game in the series.

I kinda want TwinBee, but I'll definitely get Bomberman '94 when it comes. So what that I have Bomberman '93 AND Bombeman Blast! The more Bomberman, the merrier, as it is one of my fave franchises.

Bomberman '94 is one of the better entries amongst the classic series (along with Bomberman World). I just pray that they get around to releasing the N64 Bomberman games (Bomberman 64, Bomberman 64: The Second Attack, and Bomberman Hero). The Holy Trinity of Bomberman games, I do declare. Among them, Bomberman 64: The Second Attack was my personal favorite.