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MSX and Neo-Geo games to be on Virtual Console photo

Now, I can’t read Japanese very well (translation: at all), but I did manage to catch the English words MSX and Neo-Geo amongst a sea of non-Roman characters on Nintendo’s official website.

What does that mean, you ask?

First, settle down -- stop knocking everything off your desks and screaming in eager anticipation. Confirmed by cubed3, Nintendo’s Virtual Console will now offer games from 80s standardized home computer MSX and classic (but expensive) 90s console Neo-Geo. Whether these additions will just stay in Japan is unclear.

This news is almost out of nowhere, but who are we to complain if Samurai Showdown is eventually only one awkward download away.

What do you think? Good news for more obscure video game fans? Or is this just another way for us to throw away our hard-earned money?


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Tino's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 09:52
Tino
I absoultely LOVE Neo-Geo games. One fantastic little system.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 09:52
Niero
I hope they release games on time for it - and the good ones. I want my Waku Waku 7, dammit!
mandlebaum123's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 09:53
mandlebaum123
Any news of more games on the VC is good news. If they are good, and you haven't owned them before, the prices they charge are worth it.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 09:53
BahamutZero
niero is my hero for having played waku waku seven. Dandy J FTW
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 09:54
BahamutZero
GIVE ME GAROU: Mark of the Wolves and Last Blade 2!!!!!
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 09:54
BahamutZero
magical drop 3
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 09:55
BahamutZero
I'm going to have an aneurysm. sorry for mucking up the board.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 09:57
Snaileb
Wow, hey Chad!
primitiveworker's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 09:59
primitiveworker
Magical Drop 3 is RIGHT! And Magical Drop 2, which I found to have more dramatic combinations, despite feeling like a beta release.
-D-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 10:05
-D-
it's going to happen.

Metal Gear Solid 4 on the MSX via the VC.

Exclusivity lost. Sony am cry.
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 10:07
galagabug
waku waku waku! i hope this makes its way over, and is priced right.

just thinkin about it has me tingly.
windjammers? oh hell yeah.
puzzle de pon? yup yup.
0vertop? w00t!

make it happen!

mwhead2's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 10:08
mwhead2
The site says that MSX virtual console games will be available starting in the spring, and Neo-Geo in the summer. Great to have more support for the virtual console :)
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 10:10
subnet6
First, ALL video games are just another way for us to throw away our hard earned moneys. It doesn't take a classic game to earn that description. That being said, I am looking forward to this since I didn't own either of these systems and I'm always looking to expand my gaming experience. I've heard good thing about some of the titles on both of these systems so if I can get them for $5-10 bucks without hooking up another system or leaving the house, I'll probably grab a couple.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 10:12
Necros
Really, the only thing I can think of that I never got to play on MSX was the original versions of Metal Gear Solid and Vampire Hunter, the MSX version of Castlevania. The first two I already have on MGS3: Subsistence, and I don't particularly need the third.

Neo Geo, however, sounds awesome.
CaffeinePowered's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 10:20
CaffeinePowered
NeoGeo = awesome
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 10:22
Rosseh
NeoGeo is awesome but it would be great if there was online for things like KoF. Ah well I still get to play Last Blade 2 awesomeness.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 10:27
bhive01
Looking forward to seeing the Neo-Geo games on the VC. Only played those games in the arcades.
Zankyo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 10:42
Zankyo
Samurai spirits V special FTW!!!!!
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 11:02
BluDesign
It's funny, I know a guy who has about $20,000 in Neo-Geo stuff. Like 4-5 spare consoles and sticks, a ton of games, maybe the whole lot of 'em, I dunno.

Anyway, he just got pwned by a small white box.

I think it's cool. Bravo to Nintendo for finding a way to bring MORE backwards compatibility to the Wii, seeing as how some other people (Sony?) think less is more.
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 11:16
velcroman
wasn't this already confirmed a long time ago, or an i just imagining this?
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 11:43
Chad Concelmo
I do remember reading something about this a long time ago as well -- this was the first I have heard of it confirmed, though.
... and Kannon -- I am a huge Nintendo fan (just ask my Princess Peach tattoo). You have to admit, though, the download service for the Virtual Console is very lacking and could be improved. Other than that ... Wiiiii!

***I really don't have a Princess Peach tattoo -- please don't start any vicious rumors.
908peruvian's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 11:50
908peruvian
damn it!
i can't find any Wii points anywhere!!

meanwhile i have excess Microsoft points without anything
good to buy!
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 11:59
Snaileb
Princess Tattoo? Does this mean I can tell people about my Link in skimpy tunic tattoo? Suddenly, I dont feel alone!
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 12:00
Snaileb
Oh yeah. Peruvian use a debit/credit card. Easier.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 12:04
bhive01
Kokomo has a Princess Peach Tat? That's dedication.


The Peach loves you back.
908peruvian's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 12:25
908peruvian
i'll do that today.
Blaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 12:41
Blaine
Neo-Geo games are as close as we're ever gonna get to a "Virtual Arcade".

I have a Neo-Geo MVS cab in my house and a lot of the games still hold their own a decade later.

NOW, if they're gonna give me Fatal Fury and World Heroes. I won't lie, I'm not buying.

I'm also not buying Fire Pro Wrestling, Nam75 or Joy Joy Kid.

I WILL, however buy (the aforementioned) WakuWaku7, Twinkle Star Sprites, Garou:MOTW, Super Dodge Ball or any number of games that would cost me $100+ for the cart.

So... I'm not paying $5-$10 for a download title that I can get for $10-$20 in real life. It's the standard VC problem.

But if you offer me Twinkle Star Sprites for $10 (which runs about $90 in MVS form and is none-to-cheap for Saturn and Dreamcast) - I'm alllllllll over it!
apc_35's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 12:43
apc_35
great....now they just need a new solution for storing these games.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 12:52
Im OK
Do people really still say "Dag!"? I remember hearing people say that back when I was in, like, middle school or something, and that was... one... two... carry the two... well over a decade ago.

Anyway, MSX and NeoGeo games on the VC would be awesome.

Which reminds me... I should probably get around to buying one of those Wifi thingers one of these days, so that I can finally connect my Wii to the internets.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 13:17
BahamutZero
Ooo dag
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 13:17
BahamutZero
Ooo dag
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 14:16
bhive01
I'd think it was more like "dag nabbit." You wascally Wabbit!

[img]http://apavlik0.tripod.com/sunsetblog/ElmerFudd.jpg[/url]
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 14:16
bhive01
I suck

Civnerd's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 14:54
Civnerd
OMG, neo geo by summer??? I just hope it's not like 20 bucks a damn game.....
jamisu's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 16:37
jamisu
FINALLY! A reason to play with my Wii! Though I already own a home Neo-Geo console, supporting it is hella expensive. If they keep up with the game releases, I'd rather get my SNK fix on the Wii. Let's just hope they make a CDZ controller to use instead of that classic controller.
esaks's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/23/2007 19:53
esaks
NEO GEO. that is fucking awesome.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/24/2007 00:11
Mxyzptlk
I would definitely throw down for Windjammers and League Bowling. I hope they're at SNES prices instead of N64 prices.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/24/2007 07:35
michiyoyoshiku
SNK is Lazy the games won't be out until 2008 if they ever come at all.

Where's Fatal Fury SP on 360 we were promised months and months ago?
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2007 14:39
The-Excel
I want them to release the Metal Slug games on the Virtual Console. It's ironical, sure, but it would look better than the Anthology versions.
xPRESS's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/01/2007 23:38
xPRESS
Sounds like you guys never heard of winkawaks or Neorage X
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