JP Wii Virtual Console: 01/22/08: A Devil's World

Akira_EX | January 22, 2008 | News | Wii

Well, Japan gets an astounding one game this week. With the the number of releases per week in 2008 a lot fewer than in 2007, you'd have to start wondering if Nintendo is slowing down the VC from the breakneck pace we have enjoyed before.

The single game this go around is a Famicom title called Devil World. Many US gamers will recognize the Devil character as being an Assist Trophy in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl. European gamers have already gotten a taste of this Pac-man-like game with a scrolling twist. The reason why this game had never hit American shores was because of the religious imagery involved.

Recap:

FAM: Devil World, 1-2 Players, 500 Points

Keep track of the latest VC releases with the new 2008 edition of What's New on VC? in the Virtual Console forum.

Despite both of this week's North American VC releases being quality games in their own right, we found the selection disappointing. We only got two games, one of which is only a minor upgrade over an existing release. Why did Nintendo skimp on the releases? And why have they been skimping for the last three or four weeks?

The situation is actually not that much better in Japan. This week only one new game is available: Devil World, the weirdo Famicom maze game designed by Miyamoto. With the game's dancing Devil making an appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it's not terribly surprising that the original Famicom game is showing up on the VC.

Is it going to join imports like Super Mario Bros. 2 and Sin and Punishment on Western consoles? It's got a lot of religious imagery -- more than Devil's Crush, which was censored -- so we're going to say no and hope we're proven wrong.

Devil World (Famicom, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)

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