It was a decent August for Japan, what with Rockman 2, Twinbee, and Nazo no Murasamejou coming out for the Japanese Virtual Console service, but their September just may trump what August had to offer. One of the more celebrated games for the SNES makes its way to the service this month.

Famicom:

Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Yokohama Minato Renzoku Satsujin Jiken (September 2nd)

Wagyan Land

Super Famicom:

Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana) [Wiki]

Space Invaders

Nintendo 64:

Mario Go...

One of the latest games from the Taito braintrust is Space Invaders Get Even. From Dengeki Online comes a large batch of great looking screens for the WiiWare title.

Space Invaders Get Even puts a spin on the classic game, allowing the player to control the Space Invaders themselves to destroy the planet and its defenses. Players will use the nunchuk to control a UFO, using the Wii Remote's pointer to command up to 100 space invaders to attack and destroy buildings an enemies in a full 3...

"In 1977 Tomohiro Nishikado, a 33-year-old Japanese computer programmer, was a company employee, like millions of others. In his spare time he played video table-tennis, manoeuvring white paddles up and down a black-and-white TV screen to return a white blob of a ball to his opponent. In the amusement arcades, he had noticed a new game called Breakout, which involved moving a paddle from side to side to hit a ball, in order to destroy a series of blocks at the top of the screen.

One day, Ni..."

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