VC Tuesday: Knuckular Power

It's a common complaint, but Japan gets so much cooler boxart for games (except for Sonic 3.) This boxart for what we know as Streets of Rage 3 is beautifully painted and would make a great poster for an action movie. Our boxart would make a great nothing for nothing. And the name: Streets of Rage is generic as can be, but Bare Knuckle totally implies tough people fighting with their fists-- which is exactly what is happening in this game.

The other stuff out this week in Japan is Esper Dream, a Famicom Disk System action-RPG that uses the same color scheme for its characters as The Goonies II, and Genpei Toumaden, an awkward-looking Turbografx-16 action game that we'll be getting soon as Samurai Ghost.

• Esper Dream (Famicom Disk System, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)
  

• Bare Knuckle III (Mega Drive, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
  

• Genpei Toumaden (PC Engine, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)