Hudson Announces First Batch Of "Virtual Console" Titles For Wii In North America, Europe And Japan
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on November 01, 2006 5:49:49 AM
Gamers Will Be Able to Play Classic Turbografx-16 Games on Wii's Virtual Console
Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of Hudson Soft
Co., Ltd, announced today that classic games originally created for the
TurboGrafx-16TM system (also known as the PC EngineTM in Japan) will be available to download using the Virtual ConsoleTM feature on WiiTM.
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.
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.
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.