Could we be seeing the unreleased adventures of Bren McGuire soon?
As you might know, videogame forum NeoGAF is quite popular among people in the industry - Various videogame developers and publishers post there. One individual, called Turrican, claims he works at Factor 5, and has given some information on Turrican's VC future in NeoGAF's Virtual Console thread.
First up, if you downloaded Super Turrican, you might've noticed the operations guide has a whole list of enemy sprites - Including a few not in the game. These are from a never released original version of the game that Factor 5 has dubbed "Super Turrican - Director's Cut". Aside from some extra enemies and weapons, it had some extra levels. The game was actually practically completed in this form, but Nintendo told Factor 5 to put the game on the smallest possible SNES cartridge, so they had to cut and edit some of it.
Turrican (The user) says that the Director's Cut still exists somewhere, and also hints at a possible release for it with two seperate quotes:
So, that Super Turrican - Director's Cut is certainly not lost. Just slightly delayed
Super Turrican - Director's Cut is safe. Not only on a floppy disk. Releasing it in some shape or form is another story. Let's get Super Turrican 2 out first, shall we?
So, could we be seeing the VC's first never before released game sometime soon? Only time will tell!
Another member of the forum also asked Turrican if the Commodore 64 Turrican games will be coming to Europe sometime soon - At this point, they're not.
The NeoGAF topic in question can be found here (Turrican has only posted on the very last two pages).
1. Damo
17 Apr 2008, 09:12 GMT
It would be great if we started seeing games on the VC that never got released. Starfox 2 would be an obvious choice, as it was very nearly finished before it was cancelled.
2. That Guy from Faxanadu
17 Apr 2008, 09:22 GMT
Wierd news! I like Turrican, so a "directors cut"? I´d take one. Sorry to hear C64 Turrican won´t make it in the near future.
3. Bass X0
17 Apr 2008, 10:14 GMT
I wonder if this would be a seperate download to the Super Turrican already on the Virtual Console. If its free to those who have already downloaded Super Turrican then great. If you've already downloaded it and want to play the Director's Cut then thats really no good is it?
4. DEMON212
17 Apr 2008, 11:11 GMT
The question is, will it be a free add on since these things are listed as in the game according to the Op Guide?
Also, reckon it'll add 8 directions? Because that and it's easiness are pretty much why I really dislike ST.
5. wii-c-kid
17 Apr 2008, 12:18 GMT
I sure as hell hope so DEMON because I sure as sugar won't be buying it, or Super Turrican 2. in a hurry. Maybe the update will make the gameplay suck less?
6. Bensei
17 Apr 2008, 12:35 GMT
Starfox 2 ftw
7. Jupiter Adept
17 Apr 2008, 12:46 GMT
Unreleased games? I hope Nintendo follows their lead. EarthBound (or Mother, or EarthBound Zero, I don't know what to call it) would be excellent. It was completed, just unreleased, like ST:DC.
8. Kelvin
17 Apr 2008, 13:10 GMT
Another member of the forum also asked Turrican if the Commodore 64 Turrican games will be coming to Europe sometime soon - At this point, they're not.
Booooo! That's disappointing news.
9. DEMON212
17 Apr 2008, 14:48 GMT
Ditto Wii-C, ditto
Jupiter, as we already have games like Mario Picross which never left Japan, when they're saying unreleased games, they're meaning, unreleased games. Games that never made it legally onto a console in any country ever with an official release.
10. Jogurt the Yogurt
17 Apr 2008, 16:26 GMT
Starfox 2! Nintendo's "lost" Mother translation!
11. Atlantis1982
17 Apr 2008, 17:16 GMT
The real qestion is if this is all true or a whole bunch of bull$#%&.
12. ICEknight
17 Apr 2008, 17:39 GMT
...I won't be buying the same game again with a few extra levels, for the whole price.
13. Kelvin
17 Apr 2008, 17:43 GMT
Atlantis1982, the anonymous tipster who gave us all that early C64 knowledge on these very boards appeared to be right on the money, so you never know.
14. Viral
17 Apr 2008, 19:11 GMT
I for one would appreciate Nintendo releasing things we do know exist before releasing never before seen games that only have one additional level... Earthbound for the win...
15. Shiryu
17 Apr 2008, 20:01 GMT
Oh... my.. GOD! o/
16. Rapadash6
17 Apr 2008, 20:18 GMT
Meh. Didn't particularly care for the version that's already available. It's 800 points I wish I could get back and I'll likely never even play it again.
17. Objection_Blaster
17 Apr 2008, 21:00 GMT
Um...a whole article about a guy naming himself after a game and "claiming to work for Factor 5"? Doesnt seem very reliable, VC-R...
18. jg233
17 Apr 2008, 21:40 GMT
Star Fox 2 FTW! What other games could their be?
19. Atlantis1982
17 Apr 2008, 22:05 GMT
Well it doesn't matter to me anyway (Not interested in Turrican), I just don't like seeing people getting disappointed from a pure lie.
20. niner
17 Apr 2008, 22:27 GMT
I'm with you Atlantis1982, I never liked the Turrican games. Europe seems to like them though.
21. timp29
17 Apr 2008, 22:43 GMT
I work for sony and I just want to announce on the sly a new system coming to the VC... its called playstation 3...
22. diablos79
17 Apr 2008, 22:46 GMT
@ DAMO: i didnt even know they were working on starfox 2. any info on why it was shelved before release? the original was great fun.
23. Drake
18 Apr 2008, 00:13 GMT
The poster called Turrican has been a member of NeoGAF since 2004, and didn't post until now. Many developers register at the forum so they can see the extra boards that open up to members, but never actually post. Now that Turrican's in the spotlight again I guess he felt compelled to shed some information, so I do believe that he is for real.
24. Herandar
18 Apr 2008, 03:19 GMT
@diablos: It's called the information superhighway. There is lots of information if you search. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fox_2
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