Japanese games could hit US VC

Some classic Japanese games that never made it overseas have a cult following in the US and other countries. It's known Nintendo have been hiring translators, and according to NoA's George Harrisson some of these games are likely to get released onto the Virtual Console in other regions.

Rob Jones

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User comments

Yoshi-1up said:

Sweet! I've always wanted to play the other Final Fantasies and Star Fox 2.

Koen van Beeck said:

Cool! Looks like Europe will AT LONG LAST get its Super Mario RPG and Earthbound.

Seamninja said:

I am not really excited about this because they already ported FF3, what more is left?

joey24 said:

US vc what about europe vc.

Chaos said:

Awesome! I heard about this before the Wii came out, but I doubted it was true. We may finally be able to have original games like Fire Emblem and Mother on Wii! Could this mean the end to fan-translated emulations?

Master Foot said:

Shame on Nintendo if this is not done. In fact, it would be in Nintendo's best interest to prolong the VC as long as possible. How long can it take to translate antiquated games anyway? Rockman and Forte and Pocky and Rocky are a couple of good reasons to go forward. How about the uncensored and unedited versions of the Final Fantasy damn it!

[RS]Omega Red said:

Awesome, maybe this'll make them think about releasing other games for the Wii that are only for the Japanese here.

cmk said:

Dude, that's awesome. MOTHER!

Gonzo said:

Finally, more VC games come here, most VC games go to other continents.

odogg said:

Which games? And when is zelda ocarina of time going to be available?

interesting said:

I hope that mother 0 comes to the vc! I have been dying to play that ever since I saw it and I'm also hoping for earthbound and maybe earthbound 3 for the gameboy. It hasn't been released here yet.

Ekaj185 said:

Great! I've wanted to play some of the games I've missed out on cause of the 'only Japanese' thing.

Captain Jamesman said:

Really? Neat!

Elementrat said:

Oh man, I can't wait for Mother!

Crimson Hawk said:

Are you serious! This is cool.

Wiipaw said:

I hope they can put a perfectly translated and localized version of Metal Gear 1 and 2 on the VC. Me no want bad translate of game.

Some Guy said:

Cmk, that is most definitely a possibility, because they had partially translated it already. MOTHER!