Some more Virtual Console news

So I know RMC posted on this, but we just got an official press release from Hudson that I thought was worth posting. I can’t believe that we’re THIS close to the Wii!

REDWOOD CITY, CA - OCTOBER 31, 2006 - Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of Hudson Soft Co., Ltd, announced today that classic games originally created for the TurboGrafx-16(tm) system (also known as the PC Engine(tm) in Japan) will be available to download using the Virtual Console(tm) feature on Wii(tm). Wii, Nintendo’s new home console, launches on November 19th in North America, December 2nd in Japan, and December 8th in Europe.

By year end, Hudson Entertainment will release five games in North America and Europe, and seven games in Japan. Over the next year, Hudson will provide more than 40 classic TurboGrafx-16 titles in North America and Europe, and more than 60 in Japan. Third-party TurboGrafx-16 games will be released by Hudson.

The titles can be downloaded through the Wii Shop Channel using Wii Points, starting at 600 Wii Points per title. Wii Points can either be purchased online via the Wii Shop Channel using a credit card or users can purchase a Wii Points Card in retail stores.

About the Virtual Console titles available in 2006:

North America:
Price per download (Turbo Chip Titles): start at 600 Wii Points = 6 dollars

Number of Titles: 5
Hudson Entertainment will provide more than 40 games over the next year including third-party games originally released for the TurboGrafx-16.

Initial titles include: Bonk’s Adventure, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, Bomberman 93, Dungeon Explorer

Japan:
Price per download (HuCard Titles): start at 600 Wii points = 600 Yen
Number of Titles: 7
Hudson Soft will provide more than 60 games over the next year including third-party games originally released for the PC Engine.

Initial titles include: Adventure Island, Bonk’s Adventure, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, Bomberman 94, Dungeon Explorer, Necromancer

Europe:
Price per download (Turbo Chip Titles): start at 600 Wii points = 6.00 Euro
Number of Titles: 5
Hudson Entertainment will provide more than 40 games over the next year including third-party games originally released for the TurboGrafx-16.

Initial titles include: Bonk’s Adventure, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, Bomberman 93, Dungeon Explorer

About Virtual Console
Gamers can download classic games using Wii’s Virtual Console. Hudson will provide several games for the Virtual Console; games were co-developed by the NEC corporation (formerly NEC-HE) and Hudson Co., Ltd. Hudson and NEC have a large library of classic games that will be strategically released over the Virtual Console’s life-cycle, and Hudson will be releasing many third-party PC Engine games as well.