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VC Tuesday: Dead moon over the demon castle


Even though we usually support the more obscure VC releases, we can't help but focus our attention on this week's most mainstream title: Castlevania. Finally making its appearance on the Japanese Virtual Console, Konami's side-scroller is a must-buy. I personally consider "liking Castlevania a lot" as an important component of my personality. What an awesome night to have a curse.

Like Castlevania, Power Sports and Dead Moon have both already arrived in the US (Power Sports as World Sports Competition), and Ichidant-R, a Bonanza Bros. spinoff, is the sequel to Tant-R, seen on the Sega Classics Collection. A multiplayer puzzle minigame collection, Ichidant-R is sort of a precursor to Mario Party and Wario Ware.

Hajimari no Mori is a graphical text adventure from Nintendo! Let's all hope for a miracle localization for that one.
  • Akumajou Dracula (Famicom Disk System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
  • Hajimari no Mori (Super Famicom, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
  • Ichidant-R (Mega Drive, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
  • Power Sports (PC Engine, 1-5 players, 600 Wii Points)
  • Dead Moon (PC Engine, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)

Japanese VC Castlevania is the Famicom Disk System version


This probably doesn't affect any readers here (although, if you're a Japan-local Wii Fanboy, let us know!) but we discovered something interesting while drooling at the Japanese Virtual Console page.

Proving their absolute and irrational devotion to historical accuracy, the version of Castlevania going up on the VC this month will not be the same cartridge version that's already been released in the US and Europe. Instead, Japan is getting the original version, which was released for the Famicom Disk System in 1986. The differences include a save state feature and a name entry screen with music unheard in the US version! Which, unfortunately, we can't find. The idea that there's Castlevania music out there that we haven't heard makes us kind of uncomfortable.

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MySims Kingdom
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FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play Oct 28
Cooking Mama: World Kitchen
Oct 28
Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009
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