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Japanese Virtual Console list - September 2009

Posted Fri, 28 Aug 2009 by Marcel Van Duyn

Everybody's favourite goofy ninja returns to Japan!

Everybody's favourite goofy ninja returns to Japan!

Konami and Square Enix offer more support.

It's already the last Friday of the month again, so you know what that means - Nintendo of Japan has revealed next month's Virtual Console plans. As in the last few months, there's not exactly many games (For Japan's standards, at least) but those that are there are all quite nice to see. Too bad we'll probably not get many of them!

As usual, Namco Bandai has chosen not to reveal their arcade games until they're close to release, so there's only one Namco arcade game on the list right now - But there will be more!

Next month's full schedule is as follows:

Super Famicom:

  • Taikou Risshiden (September 1st - A historic simulation game by Koei in which you must live through a certain period of Japan's history just like you would in real life, potentially meeting historic figures along the way)
  • Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijyuurokubei no Karakuri Manji Katame (The third Super Famicom entry in Konami's comical ninja series)
  • Bahamut Lagoon (Another Japan-only Square Enix RPG)

Sega Mega Drive:

  • Earthworm Jim 2 (September 1st - Strangely, despite never originally being released in Japan, it seems like they're getting it before the rest of the world!)

Virtual Console Arcade:

  • Xevious (September 1st - The original arcade version of Namco's vertical shoot 'em up)
  • Rygar (The original sidescrolling arcade game from Tecmo. No overhead sections like in the more well-known NES port here!)

If Namco releases one arcade game each week, that means Japan is looking at a total of 10 VC games this month - Something we can only dream of these days!

Source: nintendo.co.jp.

Tags: Virtual Console, Japanese releases.

User Comments

1. 28 Aug 2009, 12:10 BST

10 vc this month, not too bad. Earthworm Jim 2 no way!

Don

2. Don United States 28 Aug 2009, 12:11 BST

I thought Final Fantasy V would be on the list considering there had been one released each month since May. Also no Nintendo 64 games, that probably means no N64 for EU in September as well though NA may get Super Smash Bros.

Tony

3. Tony United States 28 Aug 2009, 12:13 BST

The lack of Neo Geo and Turbo Grafx support is disappointing. Perhaps when the Namco arcade push ends then more games from other systems will arrive. Being a fan of Xevious it's nice to see the original arcade version arrive, but I already have the NES version which is a good port of the arcade version. I guess Japan will see Super Xevious soon.

Sean Aaron

4. Sean Aaron United Kingdom 28 Aug 2009, 12:31 BST

All of these bar the Square-Enix RPG appear to be coming out next week! Rygar, yay! It probably bears repeating that the arcade Xevious can be played on Namco Museum Remix complete with nice bezel artwork.

EDIT: Ooops, got excited because the others had screenshots, but actually that's not the case. Rygar and Goemon will have to wait a bit longer...

Cipher

5. Cipher United Kingdom 28 Aug 2009, 12:37 BST

Please, please tell me we're getting closer to Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for N64 on the VC!

Fuzzy

6. Fuzzy Australia 28 Aug 2009, 13:48 BST

Is that Goemon game the one already on our VC? That picture looks good!

edhe

7. edhe United Kingdom 28 Aug 2009, 13:58 BST

Bah! I like the look of that Goemon game (Is it as good as the first one).

Of course we'd have to wait for the hanabi festival for it to be released unless Nintendo changes their policy.

Betagam7

8. Betagam7 United Kingdom 28 Aug 2009, 14:00 BST

Fuzzy, no we have the first SNES Goemon game, this is the third one.

WarioFan63

9. WarioFan63 United States 28 Aug 2009, 14:06 BST

They took down Relics off the MSX list after like over a year of being on there.

bro2dragons

10. bro2dragons United States 28 Aug 2009, 14:08 BST

Hope Earthworm Jim 2 gets here soon... that was my favorite game growing up.

Ryuuga

11. Ryuuga Brazil 28 Aug 2009, 14:17 BST

Nice to see more konami support on VC! Hopefully we will see Rocket Knights Adventures soon! =D
Btw, it would be nice if they release the original TMNT arcade as well, it would be awesome!

Egg miester

12. Egg miester United States 28 Aug 2009, 14:55 BST

not a bad month for jpn noa really needs to do this for na everymonth but for that noa would have to care about na

That Guy from Faxanadu

13. That Guy from Faxanadu Sweden 28 Aug 2009, 14:55 BST

@Fuzzy:
No, this is the 3:rd SNES Goemon. We have the first. The sequels are better than "Nystical Ninja" but it´s still a pretty good game.

Hyper Luigi

14. Hyper Luigi United States 28 Aug 2009, 14:59 BST

It appears that Nintendo likes to shower the Japanese with good games, but they give us Americans and the Europeans the shaft. :(

Rapadash6

15. Rapadash6 United States 28 Aug 2009, 16:13 BST

Great! Good for Japan! I'm so happy for them! __________

Seriously though, when is North America going to get some better games. I find it funny how little credit the company gives Americans the way they wave mediocre Star Wars games in front of us as though we aren't aware that everyone else has had Smash Bros. for the better part of the year. I don't want to hear how I'm complaining about a game that is passe either because that's not the point. It's a game that many people want, Nintendo knows it, but they refuse to give it to us. It's just not right! And no, I don't think we'll be getting it Labor day either, so don't try and tell me that, thank you.

WarioFan63

16. WarioFan63 United States 28 Aug 2009, 17:04 BST

I hate hate hate it when people think Nintendo is "refusing" to give us popular games. Thats so outlandish.

Darknyht

17. Darknyht United States 28 Aug 2009, 17:27 BST

I don't think they are intentionally doing it so much as the people making the decisions at Nintendo of America just don't get it.

Rapadash6

18. Rapadash6 United States 28 Aug 2009, 17:43 BST

@WarioFan63 and Darknyht

It's just NOA trying to be smart with releases, you know, waiting for the "right time" to release those big name titles. The truth of the matter is that it doesn't matter WHEN they release them because they'll be as successful no matter what. So, yeah, that is something they just don't get. Frankly, though, I'm tired of the BS and just wish they would stop "holding on" to their first party titles.

jpfan1989

19. jpfan1989 United States 28 Aug 2009, 18:10 BST

Earthworm Jim 2?!!!! thats one step closer to 3

Stuffgamer1

20. Stuffgamer1 United States 28 Aug 2009, 18:50 BST

I wish we'd get some Goemon games on import...though they proably wouldn't be translated, which would suck. There's still one more Super Famicom game to go before the N64, I think. No telling how long THAT could take. And even once they do get to N64, it'll be a wait to get to Goemon's Great Adventure, after however many other 64 titles there are (including the 3D one that was released here). :(

While Bahamut Lagoon certainly won't come to our VC, I believe there's a fan translation out there somewhere. Never tried it myself, but I've seen people online talking about it. I think it came up in discussion of the Mother 3 translation, though I don't remember why.

I'm sick of the lack of Smash, too. Nintendo knows we want it, but doesn't release it anyway. Sounds like refusal to me!

cyrus_zuo

21. cyrus_zuo United States 28 Aug 2009, 19:25 BST

You know I'd buy the Arcade Rygar game...but I'd be ecstatic about the NES Rygar game coming to the VC in America. One of my personal all-time favorites. I wish I didn't feel so hopeless about NOA and the VC. I just feel a sick sense of desperation whenever I put NOA and VC in the same sentence.

vherub

22. vherub United States 28 Aug 2009, 19:31 BST

I didn't even know there were goemon 2-4 on the snes, I loved mystical ninja, I wonder if there is a translation somewhere...

StarFox

23. StarFox United States 28 Aug 2009, 19:50 BST

Should I get Earthworm Jim? I never saw the cartoon.

Bass X0

24. Bass X0 United Kingdom 28 Aug 2009, 20:16 BST

Watch a few episodes of Earthworm Jim on YouTube. See what its like.

Devastator

25. Devastator United States 28 Aug 2009, 20:16 BST

I am excited about this websites article about how Earthworm Jim will get some updated graphics or remade somehow.

MrLopez

26. MrLopez Netherlands 28 Aug 2009, 21:27 BST

You don't need to watch the cartoon to like EWJ. The game was first, the cartoon has almost nothing to do with the games...

Oh and Ganbare Goemon 3 is cool except it's hard to play because a lot of text is in japanese... Also I don't really like that the newer goemon games are more futuristic with robots and stuff... I really loved Mystical Ninja (SNES) because I could explore the old Japanese Folklore and Culture!

double sunday

27. double sunday United States 28 Aug 2009, 22:30 BST

japan gets all the good game before us like for example we get only 1 virtual console game while japan gets 4 north america has 313 games and europe has 306 and 286 in austraila japan is at there 484 games

moroboshi

28. moroboshi United Kingdom 29 Aug 2009, 00:03 BST

I love the Goemon games, but good as 3 is I rate 4 as the best of the series. They'll never come to the US or EU virtual consoles though due to the amount of kanji in them. Shame, as they're real gems.

Jolted85

29. Jolted85 United States 29 Aug 2009, 01:20 BST

damn 10 vc games come on nintendo let us have some of that

StarFox

30. StarFox United States 29 Aug 2009, 01:34 BST

I'm picking up a points card today. I'm getting Super ESB and SBCG4AP ep. 3.

MetalMario

31. MetalMario United States 29 Aug 2009, 03:49 BST

Wow...10 VC games.

KeroKero Cola

32. KeroKero Cola United States 29 Aug 2009, 04:11 BST

I so totally forgot about Super Smash Bros. until someone had mentioned it. I can't believe we don't have it here yet.

KnucklesSonic8

33. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 29 Aug 2009, 05:22 BST

For once, I'm actually not jealous over Japan's releases although I do find EW Jim 2's release rather odd.

BlueFlameBat

34. BlueFlameBat United States 29 Aug 2009, 07:56 BST

I really want those Goemon games released on the American Virtual Console in English so I can play them too.

StarDust

35. StarDust United States 29 Aug 2009, 09:48 BST

Not fair :( Japan always gets tons more/ better/ cooler/ whackier stuff than we do.

RadioShadow

36. RadioShadow United Kingdom 29 Aug 2009, 18:41 BST

YAY! Earthworm Jim 2!

Sean Aaron

37. Sean Aaron United Kingdom 29 Aug 2009, 20:26 BST

@MetalMario: that's only the announced stuff; I fully expect that Namco or Sega arcade games will be released that aren't on here as well.

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