VC Friday: The Hanabi Festival returns! [Update]
by Chris Greenhough 
{ May 2nd 2008 at 10:30AM }
An immensely pleasing sight greeted our bleary eyes when we inspected the PAL Virtual Console this morning -- the revival of last September's Hanabi Festival! What does that mean? Simple: for the next few weeks, the VC will feature games that were previously unreleased in Europe or Australia, which we suppose justifies the slightly higher price tags.Best of all, we're promised that this will continue for the next few weeks. Wonder what else we'll get? Here are this week's trio:
- Columns III: Revenge of Columns -- Mega Drive -- 900 Wii Points
- Final Soldier -- TurboGrafx-16 -- 700 Wii Points
- Gradius II Gofer no Yabou -- TurboGrafx-16 -- 900 Wii Points
[Update: There's much excitement here, as further inspection of Nintendo's press release reveals that Speedos-clad TurboGrafx-16 shooter Cho Aniki will be one of the future Hanabi Festival releases!]
Columns III: Revenge of Columns (Mega Drive)
Final Soldier (TurboGrafx-16)
Gradius II Gofer no Yabou (TurboGrafx-16)
Want to know what else has been available to us PAL gamers these past few weeks? Just check out past editions of VC Friday here, as read exclusively by Wii Fanboy's most intelligent, good-looking readers.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nigeria @ May 2nd 2008 10:58AM
Yay, it's Columns...3...
...I hope we get something along the lines of Sin and Punishment. You know, a real special game. Speaking of which, I really need to get on with completing that game. I got onto the tube section and, sort of, gave up, and the like.
ritchCORRUPTION @ May 2nd 2008 11:09AM
We already got that? at least we did in europe.
I want old fire emblem games!
Nigeria @ May 2nd 2008 11:25AM
Oh yeah, I already know.
I already alluded to that.
???
Maybe I wasn't clear?
hvnlysoldr @ May 2nd 2008 11:38AM
Even my brother who was not weened on rail shooters like me could beat the game. He actually beat Sin & Punishment and not Star Fox.
Nigeria @ May 2nd 2008 12:13PM
Sin and Punishment is a difficult game. Well, at least I think so.
I like rail shooters, love them, I was raised on Panzer Dragoon and Virtua Cop, but those games were much more leisurely when compared to S&P. I was never a fan of Space Harrier, and this game has that familiar frenetic feel to it.
But I do like S&P. It's one of my favourite VC games. But yeah, it's a little hard.
Joshua @ May 2nd 2008 1:07PM
Doesn't it depend on which difficulty you select?
RupeeClock @ May 2nd 2008 12:10PM
There will be more coming soon too, as I received in an official email!
Star Parodier - TurgoGrafx
Puyo Puyo 2 - Megadrive
Digital Champ - Megadrive
Gley Lancer - Megadrive
Cho Aniki - Turbografx
Break in - Turbografx.
...We're getting Cho Aniki?
Joshua @ May 2nd 2008 1:10PM
Whoa! I want Cho Aniki! ...Well...Maybe...It would be cool just to have it released, though.
It'd be like... We seriously got. Cho. Aniki. Outside Japan. Jaw drop.
hvnlysoldr @ May 2nd 2008 8:42PM
Watch as it gets rated M.