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This week in Europe, Hudson Soft has one release on all three Wii download services. That’s a pretty impressive feat, even if the individual games don’t seem that exciting. We suppose 50 sudoku puzzles for 200 points is nice, and SimEarth is a good game.

The Hudson releases are joined by Taito’s Puzzle Bobble/Bust a Move update and by Altered Beast. Now, we love Altered Beast more than most people (by which we mean we love it some), but 900 points for the arcade version? What’s that about?

WiiWare:

• Puzzle Bobble Plus! (1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
• Water Warfare (1-2 players offline, 2-8 online, 800 Wii Points)

Virtual Console:

• Altered Beast (Arcade, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points)
• SimEarth (Turbografx-16 CD-ROM, 1 player,800 Wii Points)

DSiWare:

• Sudoku 50 for Beginners (1 player, 200 DSi Points)

VC Friday: Hudson Powers Up originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May’s Virtual Console lineup in Japan may be small in number — just six games — but it’s packed with quality. Most notably, Square Enix’s GDC-announced plan to release vintage Final Fantasies on VC starts next month with the obvious choice for the starting point: the first Final Fantasy.

Also very, very cool: SimEarth plus a samurai-themed River City Ransom sequel and the first game in the series that we would come to know as Advance Wars. This one’s called Famicom Wars because, you know, it’s on the Famicom.

Famicom

• Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shugou
• Ninja-kun Ashura no Shou
• Final Fantasy
• Famicom Wars

Master System

• R-Type

PC Engine

• SimEarth

Final Fantasy available on Japanese Virtual Console in May originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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