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By Qui-Gon Joe (Mar 31, 2007) (#1)
Perhaps it's because hardly anybody in the gaming press seems to know anything about the TG16/PCE, but I've seen no mention of the most interesting part of the most recently announced games coming to the virtual console: Battle Lode Runner has never been released in America before. As far as I know, this is the first virtual console game getting a NA release when the original version of the game was Japan-exclusive. Granted, the game likely doesn't have much (if any) text to translate, but I hope it could pave the way for future releases.
On a related note, the game has been nigh-impossible for me to find in Japan, and locating a copy took over two and a half years. Of course they would have to go and announce it for the VC a month afterwards. x_x
By Ryu (Mar 31, 2007) (#2)
Very interesting. A shame that I don't care for the TG-16 or Genesis games (unless Konami gives us their Castlevania games for each)... I'm happy for Europe/Australia for getting Punch-Out Friday, the bastards. I hope NOA stops screwing us and give us that one Monday (perhaps along with Zelda II, Castlevania, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES that region 2 has). Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV only this last release was a freakin' rip-off.
What's Battle Lode Runner play like? I may get it just to support getting more games not previously released.
By Qui-Gon Joe (Mar 31, 2007) (#3)
Ryu wrote:
What's Battle Lode Runner play like? I may get it just to support getting more games not previously released.
Actually, I've been too busy as of late to even try the game, so I can't really say. From what I understand, it's Lode Runner gameplay crossed with Bomberman style multiplayer. Sounds like it would make a good party game (assuming the people you play games with are tolerant of 16 bit!).
By XLord007 (Apr 01, 2007) (#4)
Qui-Gon Joe wrote:
Perhaps it's because hardly anybody in the gaming press seems to know anything about the TG16/PCE, but I've seen no mention of the most interesting part of the most recently announced games coming to the virtual console: Battle Lode Runner has never been released in America before. As far as I know, this is the first virtual console game getting a NA release when the original version of the game was Japan-exclusive. Granted, the game likely doesn't have much (if any) text to translate, but I hope it could pave the way for future releases.
This is significant. Maybe Nintendo doesn't know this either and Hudson is pulling a fast one on the big N!
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