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The TurboGrafx-16 Returns to North America in March

Posted Fri, 27 Feb 2009 by Marcel Van Duyn

Bomberman '94 - One of the best classic Bomberman games

Bomberman '94 - One of the best classic Bomberman games

Remember when the last TG16 games were released in North America? It was way back in October last year. Since then there hasn't been a single Hudson game on VC - A lot of people even thought that they dropped support entirely.

We can now say for sure however that this is definitely not the case - Hudson Entertainments's North American TG16 VC site has updated with two titles to be released in March!

Both Bomberman '94 and Detana!! TwinBee will supposedly come out within a few weeks. It's good to have some solid confirmation that the TG16 isn't gone just yet!

Source: Hudson Entertainment USA

Tags: Virtual Console, TurboGrafx-16, Imports.

User Comments

Rapadash6

1. Rapadash6 United States 27 Feb 2009, 17:20 GMT

TwinBee is mine! It's only a matter of time untill we see Rondo of Blood over here as well. You guys should really get the pages back up on those TG16 titles that you dropped when you claimed the sky was falling. Obviously any of those games still have a good chance of coming over.

seanehawk

2. seanehawk United States 27 Feb 2009, 17:22 GMT

Good news indeed

Bass X0

3. Bass X0 United Kingdom 27 Feb 2009, 17:36 GMT

indeed it is. the VC was crying out for another shooter.

worrybomb

4. worrybomb United States 27 Feb 2009, 17:40 GMT

Cool. I'll probably get TwinBee and maybe Bomberman. I really hope Hudson listened to us and the users over at Siliconera about putting more titles on the VC.

7th lutz

5. 7th lutz United States 27 Feb 2009, 18:16 GMT

I am looking forward to Detana!! TwinBee being release this month.

KnucklesSonic8

6. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 27 Feb 2009, 18:22 GMT

I'm wondering if I should get B94....

@worrybomb: I hope so too!! Bomberman 64, and the 3 Mario Party games must be added! They were recommended a lot. I'm hoping they listen. :)

Clayfrd

7. Clayfrd United States 27 Feb 2009, 18:25 GMT

Hmm... is Bomberman '94 worth investing in if I've already bought Blast and '93?

Link79

8. Link79 United States 27 Feb 2009, 18:41 GMT

Does there have to be a separate Hanibi festival for each country or does one count for all territories? A long while back when Rondo of blood was released in Japan it was anounced as part of a Hanibi festival. Does that mean if Rondo is coming to the U.S. they have to announce it in another Hanibi festival or is it already likely to come out here eventually since they already had a Hanibi festival which included Rondo? Am I making any sense?

WarioFan63

9. WarioFan63 United States 27 Feb 2009, 18:46 GMT

A long while back when Rondo of blood was released in Japan it was anounced as part of a Hanibi festival.
No, it wasnt. What happened was that this site added it to the Coming Soon List with the assumption that being a fan favorite, theyd have to bring it over sometime.

Link79

10. Link79 United States 27 Feb 2009, 18:54 GMT

I was pretty sure I remember when Rondo was announced for Japan it was part of one of these Hanibi festivals. I can't find the article though cause they have since taken the page down because everybody thought Hudson dropped VC support.

Bass X0

11. Bass X0 United Kingdom 27 Feb 2009, 18:56 GMT

#7: Did you enjoy Super Bomberman 3 or Mega Bomberman? If so then yes.

NintendoBrad

12. NintendoBrad United States 27 Feb 2009, 18:58 GMT

With the exception of the first NES game, Konami seem to release Castlevania games near the end of the year, so maybe Dracula X will be a Halloweenish release? Or maybe it'll be a part of this year's second Hanabi Festival.

Super Castlevania 4 - December '06
Castlevania - April '07
Castlevania 2 - October '07
Castlevania 3 - October '08

Link79

13. Link79 United States 27 Feb 2009, 18:59 GMT

@ Bass XO
Between Bomberman 93, 94 and Blast which is the best to get If I only wanted one?

Adamant

14. Adamant Norway 27 Feb 2009, 19:23 GMT

"I was pretty sure I remember when Rondo was announced for Japan it was part of one of these Hanibi festivals."

Why would a Japanese-only game being released on the Japanese VC service be part of an import month?

Only Europe have Hanabi Festivals, where they get a ton of import games at once. America get them at random, and I'm not sure if Japan gets them at all. There aren't many games on the VC that never originally got a Japanese release.

Bahamut ZERO

15. Bahamut ZERO United States 27 Feb 2009, 19:32 GMT

Rondo please :(

slangman

16. slangman United Kingdom 27 Feb 2009, 19:33 GMT

Oh I wounder if us europeans will get those next week. I would love to try those games out. :(

I think japan does get imports (I think Japan never got Sonic 1 & 2 on the SMS, or Vectorman) when they were first released.

Tony

17. Tony United States 27 Feb 2009, 19:53 GMT

Welcome back Turbo Grafx 16! We have missed you

Ferret75

18. Ferret75 United States 27 Feb 2009, 19:54 GMT

Now I'm glad I never got Bomberman '93, now I can get the better '94 version. =D

tatemon555

19. tatemon555 Canada 27 Feb 2009, 20:09 GMT

This is awesome news! More Bomberman for all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Ferret75: You should get '93, as it rules, but watch out for glitches: the game can get completely messed up.

Ricardo91

20. Ricardo91 United States 27 Feb 2009, 20:15 GMT

Fantastic news! Good to have ya back, Turbographx! I want Detana!! Twinbee, but it's supposed to be on that Konami arcade collection for DS, which I plan to get. Might get Bomberman '94 if I decide not to bother with the other Bomberman games downloadable on Wii, but otherwise will probably pass on it.

@Clayfrd. I wouldn't say so, as most traditional Bomberman games are pretty identical.

Sean Aaron

21. Sean Aaron United Kingdom 27 Feb 2009, 21:00 GMT

I'm still stuck on the Bomberman '93 boss; I'll probably have to wait a while before I tackle another Bomberman game, but I expect I'll have Bomberman '94 someday -- probably from the Japanese VC to save on points.

Pj

22. Pj United Kingdom 27 Feb 2009, 21:52 GMT

I will definitely download this once we get in Europe!!!!

Storm Owl

23. Storm Owl United States 27 Feb 2009, 22:53 GMT

Happy happy joy joy :3

Shinnok

24. Shinnok United States 27 Feb 2009, 23:09 GMT

I liked this game on the Genesis, so I might give this one a try.

BlueFlameBat

25. BlueFlameBat United States 28 Feb 2009, 01:10 GMT

I hope Bomberman '94 gets translated in the U.S. I'm sure it won't, but it would be nice if it does. Now how about Sylphia?!

What?! I like to play as female fairies!

Ferret75

26. Ferret75 United States 28 Feb 2009, 03:23 GMT

@tatemon: What kind of glitches?

chunky_droid

27. chunky_droid Australia 28 Feb 2009, 04:32 GMT

I'll only get Bomberman '94, I might check out a vid of Twinbee, but I'm just not into shooters.

Mickeymac

28. Mickeymac United States 28 Feb 2009, 05:27 GMT

Whoa! Holy cow! Detana Twinbee, in a few weeks?! This is spectacular news!!! I can't wait!!!:D

Virus

29. Virus United States 28 Feb 2009, 05:44 GMT

Well, this is fantastic news, although I was kinda hoping for the return of another system. God, I want a N64 game to finally come out...call me a fan boy, I don't care...

Shinnok

30. Shinnok United States 28 Feb 2009, 05:46 GMT

I completely agree Virus. I want "Bomberman 64: The Second Attack", and "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon" so badly. Alas, they are always overlooked.

Cally

31. Cally United States 28 Feb 2009, 07:31 GMT

Very cool. The Wii definitely comes with a Turbografx-16/CD (for most intents and purposes . . .). I love it.

I'm still pining for imports, tho. :)

Cally

32. Cally United States 28 Feb 2009, 07:55 GMT

<whines> Speaking of imports, I'm having fun getting tantalized by a TON of Japan-only games for the PCEngine on the site Corbie gave a link to a while back.

http://www.pcengine.co.uk

Particularly the Falcom RPGs.

Jockolantern

33. Jockolantern United States 28 Feb 2009, 16:14 GMT

Excellent news! The more TG-16 games we keep seeing, the better. Also very glad to see another shmup coming our way soon, as well as the superior-to-'93 Bomberman '94. Woohoo!

Digiki

34. Digiki Canada 28 Feb 2009, 16:18 GMT

Yay Turbografx! We need some cool Neo Geo's now

Kevin

35. Kevin United States 01 Mar 2009, 01:19 GMT

Yeah! The chances of getting Rondo of Blood have slightly improved!

chunky_droid

36. chunky_droid Australia 01 Mar 2009, 04:59 GMT

@Cally, isn't Twinbee an import?

Shinnok

37. Shinnok United States 01 Mar 2009, 07:16 GMT

I love the first level of Rondo of Blood. The music is so cool.

Jolted85

38. Jolted85 United States 01 Mar 2009, 08:36 GMT

I don't have a Bomberman game yet, so when these games come out, I'll get Bomberman 94' and maybe the Twinbee game.

KingMike

39. KingMike United States 02 Mar 2009, 05:33 GMT

@#36:
Yes, Twinbee is an import. The only non-import Twinbees were Stinger (Moero! Twinbee, or Twinbee 2) for US NES (unsure if there was a PAL version) and Pop 'n Twinbee (shooter) and Rainbow Bell Adventure (platformer) for PAL SNES.

chunky_droid

40. chunky_droid Australia 02 Mar 2009, 07:43 GMT

@KingMike: I was pointing out to Cally that TwinBee was an import, he said he was pining for them when it was just announced we're getting one

DiggerandIndy

41. DiggerandIndy United States 02 Mar 2009, 18:57 GMT

It's nice to see some decent games coming out, but personally, I'd much prefer Mega Bomberman.

Ricardo91

42. Ricardo91 United States 02 Mar 2009, 22:25 GMT

@Cally. Yeah, that is a pretty cool site. I personally was drooling over many of those import shooters. :)

@Virus. Yeah, I want another N64 week too. I am DYING to see Excitebike 64 get released. The drought of games on that system is what's leading me to buy a real N64.

Corbie

43. Corbie United States 04 Mar 2009, 04:47 GMT

I've been visiting that PC Engine site ever since I began collecting TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine systems and games many years ago. Great site and lead me to many of my favorite PC Engine titles. :)

Goomba2996

44. Goomba2996 United States 18 Mar 2009, 19:37 GMT

This is great news! GREAT NEWS! TurboGrafx-16 we missed you so on VC.

JJ

45. JJ United States 19 Mar 2009, 03:19 GMT

looking forward to bomberman 94

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