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Japanese Nintendo downloads: King of Fighters '95, Kamenin Merchant
Today, for those Japanese gamers who like King of Fighters games but didn't purchase the Orochi Collection disc -- or the Neo Geo Online Collection Complete Box sets, King of Fighters '95 is available on the Virtual Console. SNK Playmore's business model is so strange -- these Virtual Console releases seem to actively compete with the company's retail collections. Also available: two cute Namco arcade games, including Rompers, an obscure game about pushing walls over on enemies. DSiWare features a Tales of Graces spinoff, a calendar that lets you mark upcoming events, and a Picross variant with surprisingly nice sprite work. The King of Fighters '95 (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points) Ordyne (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points) Rompers (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points) Ponjan Wii (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points) Ato Nannichi? Kazoeru Nintendo DSi Calendar (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Kamenin Merchant (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Kaiten Illust Puzzle Guruguru Logic (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Final Fight 3, Metal Gear headline Japanese Virtual Console lineup next month
Metal Gear kept Japanese Wii owners waiting last month, as publisher D4 Enterprises missed the game's announced November release window. The tactical espionage action progenitor has snuck into December's lineup, along with another November refugee, Yie Ar Koutei no Gyakushuu. December will also see the arrival of Final Fight 3 for SNES, which features Guy and Haggar along with two new characters, all doing what they do best: punching people, eating garbage, and destroying lots of barrels. Of course, no Virtual Console schedule is complete without shmups, and December will see two: Ordyne, an adorable side-scroller from Namco, and Zaxxon, a classic Sega shooter with a confusing perspective. See the list after the break. [Via Andriasang]
VC Tuesday: Be thankful VC downloads don't include boxart
You know how boxart is always better in Japan than in the US? You're looking at the counterexample. The Japanese Sonic 3 cover is arguably the worst thing to happen to the series right up until the creation of Shadow. Apparently Sega was doing their best to kill their flagship series in Japan, by throwing some Cross Colours-tinted doodles and tiled "THE MOST FAMOUS HEDGEHOG IN THE WORLD" signs on a white background and throwing it out like it's acceptable. The US box, in comparison, is spectacularly beautiful.Pretty good game, though. Other games on the list include a forgotten launch-era NES sports game and Ordyne, the adorable Namco horizontal shooter that we totally already have! This week's Japanese Virtual Console releases are: Volleyball (Famicom, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points) Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive, 1 player, 600 Wii Points) Ordyne (PC Engine, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
