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JP Wii Virtual Console: 10/23/07: River City Aniki Week of Awesomeness

Akira_EX | October 23, 2007 | News | Wii 
Simply put, Japan's Virtual Console additions totally outclass North America's VC Offerings for this week.

There are not one, but TWO highlights this week.
Highlight #1: River City Ransom for the Famicom.
Highlight #2: Cho Aniki for the PC Engine CD (TG16 CD)

They speak for themselves.

Joining them are Donkey Kong Country 2 (Super Famicom), Dyna Brothers 2 Special (Mega Drive) and Raguy/Blue's Journey (Neo Geo).
Nintendo of Japan just completely outclassed the meager offerings we got on the VC yesterday, even if we did get an import game. It was not a fair fight. Most significantly, our favorite NES game the best NES game is available for download in Japan today.

As we read the title, we tried to temper our excitement, afraid that we'd make an assumption out of the Downtown Nekketsu part and miss that it was actually Downtown Nekketsu Koshinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundokai (otherwise known as the predecessor to Crash 'n the Boys Street Challenge, otherwise known as not a big deal). But we saw that the word Monogatari was in fact there, and we desperately searched for someone to high-five. It's River City Ransom! On the Virtual Console! It's only a matter of time until we're throwing garbage cans at Generic Dudes in the U.S.

Just as we were starting to catch our breath and regain feeling in our extremities, we read down the list and found Cho Aniki! Dare we even dream of such a wealth of awesome on our on VC? Probably not, but we're kind of happy just being reminded that it exists.

  • Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom) (Famicom, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
  • Donkey Kong Country 2 (Super Famicom, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
  • Dyna Brothers 2 Special (Mega Drive, 1-2 players, 700 Wii Points)
  • Cho Aniki (PC Engine CD-ROM, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
  • Raguy/Blue's Journey (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points)

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      Zero and X | October 24, 2007
      I always wanted to play River City Ransom, along with Double Dragon 1 and 2.
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      Gogetenks | October 25, 2007
      Isn't Cho Aniki that ridiculously homo-erotic sidescrolling shooter? The one with two muscular guys in speedos? If it is, I really hope this goes up soon on the North American VC, I need to try that game out sometime.

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