Early last month, we found OFLC listings for two import games: Gley Lancer, which has since been released in Europe and Australia, and Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa. A release of the obscure platformer anywhere outside of Japan seemed incongruous enough, but now, bafflingly, it's planned for a North American release as well, though there's no guarantee it'll show up any time soon. Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, in case (for some reason) you aren't familiar with it, is a Famicom Disk System platformer starring a baby with a rattle.Both Gley Lancer and Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa are now rated by the ESRB, along with non-imports City Connection and Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Unfortunately, there's no sign of Gley Lancer's Hanabi Festival cohorts like Gradius II, Star Parodier, and Cho Aniki.
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5-21-2008 @ 12:39PM
Roto13 said...
No Cho Aniki = No Deal
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5-21-2008 @ 2:55PM
xeleion said...
Exactly. +1 to you.
5-21-2008 @ 2:04PM
Matthew J. said...
I was wandering if they brought these games out if there would be a new system on the virtual console for the Famicom Disk System.
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5-21-2008 @ 3:03PM
TheFreak said...
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa was also eventually released in cart form, which is probably the version we're going to get.
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5-21-2008 @ 7:37PM
Comstock said...
@1: I agree. And let's have them throw Star Parodier in as well. I'd much rather have a little hanabi festival in the US than WiiWare at this point. Don't get me wrong, I like having the WiiWare games. I just really want Cho Aniki and Star Parodier.
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5-22-2008 @ 12:13AM
Fortyseven said...
I remember renting 'Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa' from a local independent video store back when businesses still did such things as "rent NES games"... it was a powder-blue (I believe) Famicom cartridge with an adapter on the end. It was labeled "Mario Baby". I had no idea, of course, except that it was Japanese and for all I knew back then it really WAS an unannounced Mario game to be eventually ported over. The latest Japanese gaming news, at the time, was pretty rare... ;)
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