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)