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marcus1979 on 29 June 2008
Shining Force II Hits Japanese Virtual Console
Joining Spriggan and Fire Emblem this July

by John Tanaka
US, June 27, 2008 - Nintendo has made public its Japanese Virtual Console lineup for July. So what do import downloaders have to look forward to as a followup act to last month's Super Mario RPG?

How does a little Shining Force II sound? The strategy classic from Sega will be joined by the likes of Fire Emblem Thracia 776, Spriggan, and Darius Plus to make this another packed month for retro gamers in Japan.

Here's the full list of July titles. Unless noted, all games are scheduled for an undisclosed date next month.

FAMICOM
Digdug (Namco Bandai, 7/1, 500 WiiPoints)
Donkey Kong 3 (Nintendo, 500)
Chack'n Pop (Taito, 500)

SUPER FAMICOM
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

MASTER SYSTEM
Space Harrier

MEGA DRIVE
Splatter House Part 2 (Namco Bandai, 7/1, 600)
Shining Foirce II (Sega, 700)

PC ENGINE
Spriggan (Naxat, 7/1, 800)
Kiki Kaikai (Taito, 600)
Darius Plus (Taito, 600)
Blood Gear (Hudson, 800)

NEOGEO
Shin Samurai Spirits (D4, 900)
Big Tournament Golf (D4, 900)

MSX
Relics (D4, 800)
Eggy (D4, 700)

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whacker41 on 29 June 2008

Fire emblem should be released on the VC overseas. I'm sure many people would appreciate it.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 29 June 2008

I wish I lived in Japan, lol.



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pichu_pichu on 29 June 2008

They get Super Mario Rpg this month and they get fire Emblem this july, wow they're so lucky to get these great VC games



Oyvoyvoyv on 29 June 2008

Wait, they get Fire Emblem a few months before they release a remake? Isn't that odd?

EDIT: Oh, it's for the SNES. Is that a Roy one then?



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BengaBenga on 29 June 2008

@oyvoy: No, it's FE6, it's a chapter in the story of FE4: Geneology of the Holy war, which is already on VC in Japan. It doesn't have Marth or Roy in it. Marth belongs to the universe of 1,2,3 and 5. Roy to 7 and 8.

I hope these titles will come to the Western VC's. But I guess they won't. However, Shining Force is, so I guess II will come overseas as well.



Kihniö on 29 June 2008

@Zenfoldor
Couldn`t agree more



Kasz216 on 29 June 2008

Damn. SRPG love all over the place.

I want em.



Sullla on 29 June 2008
BengaBenga said:
@oyvoy: No, it's FE6, it's a chapter in the story of FE4: Geneology of the Holy war, which is already on VC in Japan. It doesn't have Marth or Roy in it. Marth belongs to the universe of 1,2,3 and 5. Roy to 7 and 8.

I hope these titles will come to the Western VC's. But I guess they won't. However, Shining Force is, so I guess II will come overseas as well.

Sorry to nitpick Benga, but Thracia 776 is actually Fire Emblem 5. You're right that it's the sequel to FE4 (Geneology of the Holy War) though. Roy is the star of FE6 (Sword of Seals) and his father Eliwood one of the main characters in FE7 (Blazing Blade, or simply "Fire Emblem" in America/Europe). Kinda confusing.

I really wish some of the Super Famicom Fire Emblems would be translated and put on the Virtual Console outside of Japan. I guess the audience isn't large enough to cover the translation expense... but you'd think they could just use some of the fan translations, right? I'm sure those folks would be happy to provide the info to Nintendo.



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Ratix240sx on 29 June 2008

Shining Force 2 is one of my favorite games of all time.