As much as we value and admire the Virtual Console, we've always found it to be lacking in the area of River City Ransom. Our hopes that this oversight would be corrected were briefly raised in October, when the game appeared on the Virtual Console in Japan (where it is known as Downtown Nekketsu Story), but since then little has been heard about any Generic Dudes making the trip to English-speaking parts of the world.So imagine our excitement this morning, after learning how Australian regulatory body the OFLC has approved the release of Street Gangs (River City Ransom's inferior PAL title, with matching inferior PAL boxart) and Adventures of Lolo 2 on the Aussie Virtual Console. Which, as we know from history, usually leads to a release on other Virtual Consoles.
If we fail to write any more posts for the rest of today, now you know why: it's because we're too busy running around with our jumpers pulled over our heads in fits of celebration.
[Via Go Nintendo]
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1-18-2008 @ 5:18PM
Author X said...
Oh my god, yes!
I'm actually as excited about this classic as I was about Star Tropics!
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1-18-2008 @ 6:26PM
Andreas said...
Well isn't that some god news ^_^. River City Ransom was awesome.
http://www.hyrulehype.blogspot.com
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1-18-2008 @ 6:46PM
DirtyHands said...
rIVER CITY RANSOM IS STILL MY FAVORITE, oops sorry for the caps
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1-18-2008 @ 6:59PM
DaiMac79 said...
RCR is such a great NES game, and laid the foundations for so many future games...can't wait to play it again, never owned the cart myself ;)
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1-18-2008 @ 9:06PM
Jared said...
I, too, am a "have not" that is excited about the opportunity to play this title for the first time. Please let it be so!
Now, if only they'll release Mighty Final Fight so that we can play that, too.
1-19-2008 @ 2:32PM
ssuk said...
Fantastic news, now get it on the EU UK VC.
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