VC Tuesday: SRPG Tuesday

Posted Jul 15th 2008 10:15AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Virtual Console, Imports

This is the week for Japanese gamers who like RPGs with long battles. Two classic, somewhat rare strategy RPG sequels are now available on the Virtual Console. Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 is a quite late release in the Fire Emblem series, having been released as a download for a Super Famicom flash cartridge in 1999, when the Nintendo 64 was already out and tanking in Japan. Shining Force II was released on a plain old cartridge back in 1994, but it's interesting mostly for being a good SRPG. It's also got a better chance of being released outside of Japan, having been released in the U.S. and Europe as a cartridge.

Also there's one shooter. It's still the Virtual Console, after all. It's a good shooter, though!

Fire Emblem Thracia 776 (Super Famicom, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
Shining Force II (Mega Drive, 1 player, 700 Wii Points)
Darius Plus (PC Engine, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)

Tags: darius-plus, fire-emblem, shining-force

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

7-15-2008 @ 10:30AM

acefondu said...

Japan gets another great week of VC. I'll go sit in my American closet and breathe deep my old navy attire until I pass out from the unnatural smell of it.

7-15-2008 @ 11:03AM

McWeen said...

I have Darius Gaiden for my Saturn, is that the same game?

7-15-2008 @ 11:19AM

acefondu said...

It seems it is the same yes. I just checked out Gamefaqs. I could be wrong, but it looked the same to me.

7-15-2008 @ 11:19AM

Erwos said...

Dear Japan,

I hate you for your insanely superior VC releases. Please send aid packages of decent VC releases to America!

Love,
Erwos

7-15-2008 @ 5:12PM

Genome4824 said...

F*CK YOU GUYS!!!

i honestly thought Fire Emblem was imported thanks for crushing my dreams :'[

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