[Japan] New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console: 13 titles releasing over 2 weeks, special 3DS Theme

21 November 2016 Lite_Agent Capcom, Final Fight 2, Final Fight 3, Japan, Konami, Mega Man X3, Romancing Sa・Ga, Square-Enix, Super Castlevania IV, Super Punch-Out!!

Unlike in Europe and North America, where they are more or less regular, New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console releases are pretty infrequent in Japan. Nintendo usually release them in batches every month or so, but it’s been almost 4 months since the last batch (in early August, with one more game in late August).

And today, Nintendo announced a special promotion to celebrate the 26th anniversary of the SNES (released as the Super Famicom on November 21st, 1990, in Japan). This promotion has two parts:

a total of 13 New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console titles will be released this and next week (November 21st and November 28th);
an exclusive Nintendo 3DS Theme will be given to any user purchasing at least one New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console title between today and December 5th (must have a Nintendo Account linked to a Nintendo Network ID). It can be any of the 24 titles released on the New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in Japan, not necessarily one of those releasing this and next week.

Here’s what the Nintendo 3DS Theme look like:

Here’s the New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console line-up for November 21st in Japan:

Super Punch-Out!! (Nintendo, Super Famicom): 823 Yen [requires 44 blocks / 5.5MB of free space on the SD Card] [web eShop page]

Akumajou Dracula / Super Castlevania IV (Konami, Super Famicom): 823 Yen [requires 30 blocks / 3.75MB of free space on the SD Card] [web eShop page]