News Tagged: EU Releases

EU VC Update: Phantasy Star IV and Mega Man 3

EU VC Update: Phantasy Star IV and Mega Man 3

By Marcel Van Duyn - 13 Nov, 2008

Fear not, European Mega Man fans. You don't have to wait long for Mega Man 3 - It's available now! And while it alone would make for a great update, Sega has decided to give us a special..

93 comments | In Mega Drive, NES, EU Releases.

EU VC Update: NES Halloween Trio

EU VC Update: NES Halloween Trio

By Marcel Van Duyn - 30 Oct, 2008

This week's update falls right on Halloween - Nintendo of Europe would be fools not to take advantage of this! Thankfully they are aware of it - All three games released today have a horror..

73 comments | In NES, EU Releases.

EU VC Releases: Mayhem in Monsterland and More

EU VC Releases: Mayhem in Monsterland and More

By Marcel Van Duyn - 17 Oct, 2008

A very nice surprise for Commodore 64 fans today - Out of nowhere, Commodore has released one of their most popular games. Accompanying it are two Sega classics. Mayhem in Monsterland was..

104 comments | In Commodore 64, Master System, Mega Drive, EU Releases.

EU VC Releases: Earthworm Jim and Shining Force II

EU VC Releases: Earthworm Jim and Shining Force II

By Marcel Van Duyn - 03 Oct, 2008

A Sega duo hits the Wii Shop today. And it's not just any duo, as both of the games are extremely well-liked cult classics, which many Sega fans have been longing for. In Earthworm Jim you..

101 comments | In EU Releases, Mega Drive.

EU VC Releases: Master System Sonic & Two C64 Classics

EU VC Releases: Master System Sonic & Two C64 Classics

By Marcel Van Duyn - 19 Sep, 2008

Today's releases include Europe's 250th Virtual Console game! We're not quite sure which of the games Nintendo considers to be the one, but all three of them are absolute classics. Sonic the..

64 comments | In Commodore 64, Master System, EU Releases.

EU VC Releases: DoReMi Fantasy and Ys Book I & II

EU VC Releases: DoReMi Fantasy and Ys Book I & II

By Marcel Van Duyn - 05 Sep, 2008

Can you believe it? It's already time to say goodbye to the Hanabi Festival, as this is presumably the last week with imports. But it goes out with a bang - Not only are there two more..

117 comments | In NES, SNES, TurboGrafx-16, EU Releases.

EU VC Releases: Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa and Dig Dug

EU VC Releases: Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa and Dig Dug

By Marcel Van Duyn - 29 Aug, 2008

Finally breaking the annoying pattern which has been going on the past few months, Nintendo of Europe has not only released WiiWare games today. They've released both Virtual Console AND..

38 comments | In NES, EU Releases.

EU VC Releases: Super Mario RPG and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

EU VC Releases: Super Mario RPG and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

By Marcel Van Duyn - 22 Aug, 2008

Exciting times for Europe today, as it seems to be the start of the third Hanabi Festival - That means that you can once again probably expect a bunch of import games the coming weeks! The..

306 comments | In NES, SNES, EU Releases.

EU VC Update - Samurai Shodown II

EU VC Update - Samurai Shodown II

By Marcel Van Duyn - 08 Aug, 2008

Samurai Shodown II was supposed to be released in the US last Monday, according to SNK. Sadly, this ended up not happening. Europeans, however, are now able to buy SNK's fighter masterpiece..

190 comments | In Commodore 64, Mega Drive, Neo Geo, EU Releases.

EU VC Update - International Karate +

EU VC Update - International Karate +

By Marcel Van Duyn - 25 Jul, 2008

It seems this week is some sort of "arcade week" in Europe, as there are three new games which all have distinct arcadey gameplay. If you don't like karate, painting roads or golf,..

87 comments | In Commodore 64, Neo Geo, NES, EU Releases.

EU VC Releases - 11th July - Neo Geo Duo

EU VC Releases - 11th July - Neo Geo Duo

By Marcel Van Duyn - 11 Jul, 2008

If you were expecting five games spanning a variety of systems today you're unfortunately out of luck. Nintendo has decided to instead give us only two games (Basically meaning we waited two..

202 comments | In Neo Geo, EU Releases.

EU VC Releases - 27th June - Super Fantasy Zone

EU VC Releases - 27th June - Super Fantasy Zone

By Marcel Van Duyn - 27 Jun, 2008

After this week, it is rather safe to assume that Nintendo of Europe is indeed following a pattern. There's 5 new VC games to pick from, and like two weeks ago, no WiiWare games. The top..

84 comments | In Commodore 64, Mega Drive, Neo Geo, SNES, EU Releases.

EU VC Releases - 20th June - Epic Fail

EU VC Releases - 20th June - Epic Fail

By Marcel Van Duyn - 20 Jun, 2008

Things are dire in Europe again this week. Those 5 releases last week must've been to throw us off-guard and then give us this: Absolutely nothing! Yes, it's the same situation as two weeks..

120 comments | In EU Releases.

EU VC Releases - 13th June - The Last Ninja 2, Alex Kidd and more!

EU VC Releases - 13th June - The Last Ninja 2, Alex Kidd and more!

By Marcel Van Duyn - 13 Jun, 2008

After last week's VC disaster, we assume everybody was hoping Nintendo would release an extra large amount of new games this week as some sort of apology. Well, they have chosen to do..

62 comments | In Commodore 64, Master System, Neo Geo, EU Releases.

EU - 6th June - No Virtual Console Games!

EU - 6th June - No Virtual Console Games!

By Marcel Van Duyn - 06 Jun, 2008

When we got Paradroid during the week of the WiiWare launch, many thought we narrowly dodged a bullet (As the US and Japan both got no VC games at all with the WiiWare launch). Sadly, it..

121 comments | In EU Releases.

EU VC Releases - 30th May - Samurai Shodown

EU VC Releases - 30th May - Samurai Shodown

By Marcel Van Duyn - 30 May, 2008

If you like SNK fighters and N64 puzzlers you're in luck today. There's two news games that fall into the former category, and one that falls in the latter. I think you can guess the N64..

54 comments | In Neo Geo, N64, EU Releases.

EU VC Release - 23rd May - Paradroid

EU VC Release - 23rd May - Paradroid

By Marcel Van Duyn - 23 May, 2008

Seemingly copying the US, Europe's VC only gets one new week. However, because WiiWare launched earlier this week, that makes Europe the only region to get a VC game in the same week as the..

51 comments | In EU Releases, Commodore 64.

EU VC Releases - 2nd May - The Hanabi Festival Returns!

EU VC Releases - 2nd May - The Hanabi Festival Returns!

By Marcel Van Duyn - 02 May, 2008

Europeans who have had their Wii for a while will no doubt remember last September - Nintendo of Europe introduced a special "Hanabi Festival" dedicated to give us import game..

57 comments | In EU Releases, Hanabi Festival, Mega Drive, TurboGrafx-16.

EU VC Releases - 25th April - The Last Ninja

EU VC Releases - 25th April - The Last Ninja

By Marcel Van Duyn - 25 Apr, 2008

It seems every two weeks we get a Commodore 64 week now - No complaints from us, especially when it means that we get The Last Ninja, an excellent action platformer/puzzler hybrid featuring..

51 comments | In EU Releases, NES, Commodore 64.

EU VC Release - 18th April - Sega Week - Phantasy Star III

EU VC Release - 18th April - Sega Week - Phantasy Star III

By Marcel Van Duyn - 18 Apr, 2008

After the 4-game blowout last week, some Europeans wondered if Nintendo of Europe had somehow completely turned around and would start to throw out multiple games every week from now on..

31 comments | In EU Releases, Mega Drive.