Super Star Soldier isn’t the only new TurboGrafx-16 title releasing on the North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow. Nintendo’s website is also listing World Sports Competition, priced similarly at $5.99.

Here’s the overview from Nintendo’s site:

“Players compete in 6 categories of events that include shooting, archery, rowing, swimming, and track and field. The game features Olympics mode, where you play all the events over the course of a few days, and Training mode, where you can choose individual events to play. After practicing in Training mode, go for the gold in Olympics mode and break world records!”

It was confirmed earlier today that World Sports Competition will be available in Europe beginning on Thursday as well.

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Super Star Soldier hitting the North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow

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Super Star Soldier is the next TurboGrafx-16 game releasing on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. According to Nintendo’s website, it’s due out tomorrow.

We have the following overview:

“Super Star Soldier is a classic, vertically scrolling shooting game. The Special Attack Squad, led by the Mother Brain, has launched an all-out invasion of the Earth. Take your small-scale fighter, the Neo Caesar, with its arsenal of 4 regular weapons and 2 special weapons, and send them back where they belong!”

Super Star Soldier will cost $5.99.

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World Sports Competition hitting the European Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow

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The Turbografx releases on the Wii U Virtual Console continue this week. In Europe, World Sports Competition is confirmed to be launching tomorrow.

The news comes from Nintendo of Europe’s site, which provides the following overview:

“Play through a total of 18 sport events in this action/sports title. Players compete in six categories of events that include shooting, archery, rowing, swimming and track and field.
The game features several modes, where you play all the events over the course of a few days or where you can choose individual events to play.
Depending on your play time and ability, you can enjoy the game a number of different ways. Gather friends and play in competitions with up to five players to get even more out of this great game.”

We also have this trailer:

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Six new games out now on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console

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A bunch of new Wii U Virtual Console games showed up in Japan today. In addition to Langrisser: Hikari no Matsuei and Necromancer, which we heard about last week, four more are out now: Fire Fighting Idol, Janshi Suchie-Pai, City Connection, and Formation Z. Trailers for all of these games are below.

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World Sports Competition, Battle Lode Runner, Super Star Soldier should be on the Wii U Virtual Console soon (TurboGrafx-16)

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The Wii U Virtual Console has been on a roll as of late with TurboGrafx-16 games. More appear to be on the way, judging by new classifications.

World Sports Competition, Battle Lode Runner, Super Star Soldier have all been rated by the ESRB. We don’t have release dates, but there’s a good chance that all three will be rolled out over the next few weeks.

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Neutopia, Dungeon Explorer Wii U Virtual Console footage

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Two new TurboGrafx-16 games recently came out on the Wii U Virtual Console in North America – Neutopia and Dungeon Explorer. Find footage of both below.

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Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (3/16/17, North America)

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A few new games out came out this week on the Wii U and 3DS eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.

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Nintendo Download (3/16/17, Europe) – The King of Fighters ’94, Dungeon Explorer, Neutopia, more

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo The King of Fighters ’94 – €6.99 / £6.29
Splatoon 2 Global Testfire

Wii U Download

A.C.E. – Alien Cleanup Elite – €5.00 / £4.49
Double Breakout II – €7.00 / £6.00
Sky Force Anniversary – €7.99 / £7.19 until March 23; regularly €9.99 / £8.99

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Nintendo Download (3/16/17, North America) – Tomorrow Corp Switch games, The King of Fighters ’94, more

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ – $39.99

Switch Download

ACA NeoGeo The King of Fighters ’94 – $7.99
Human Resource Machine – $9.99
Little Inferno – $9.99
World of Goo – $9.99