Did SNK stop supporting VC?

[evildevil97]

With at least one compilation disc for the Wii, and no VC games since December, has SNK stopped supporting the Virtual Console?

[theUndead_feature]

sure hope not. I need more KOF compilation discs!

[Betagam7]

Originally Posted by evildevil97

With at least one compilation disc for the Wii, and no VC games since December, has SNK stopped supporting the Virtual Console?

I hope so, their PAL conversions were awful. I'd rather see disk releases.

[Earl_Wiggles]

Originally Posted by Betagam7

I hope so, their PAL conversions were awful. I'd rather see disk releases.

That is so your catch-phrase.

I really hope not, but it is starting to look that way.

[SKTTR]

Some companies try hard to get their games onto the Virtual Console.
The time for Neo Geo games is certainly not over.
They're just in works for the next update, hopefully with more high-class Neo Geo games.

[lordbowser]

I'd rather have some of their NES offerings *coughcrystaliscough.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Originally Posted by lordbowser

I'd rather have some of their NES offerings *coughcrystaliscough.

That's SNK?! So it is! That would be a great game to finally get on the VC. To be honest, with SNK supporting the VC, I wonder what the holdup is. Crystalis seems like an obvious one.

[digiki]

With single game weeks, I guess SNK just has to get in line for an opportunity to release their stuff.

[Angelic Lapras King]

Another possible break? We need have one early last year, then around May, they got rolling again.

Although, do remember some Neo Geo games will be too big for the Wii VC, so that will limit the library a bit...

[Nester]

Technically, SNK never supported the VC. The Neo Geo games that have appeared were all licensed by D4 Enterprise, and they supplied them to the Virtual Console. SNK, on the other hand, is more interested in compiling their games on disc and selling them at retail. This explains the redundancy of games appearing in both formats.

So, whether or not more Neo Geo games make it to the VC probably has more to do with whether D4 Enterprise continues to support it.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Originally Posted by Nester

Technically, SNK never supported the VC. The Neo Geo games that have appeared were all licensed by D4 Enterprise, and they supplied them to the Virtual Console. SNK, on the other hand, is more interested in compiling their games on disc and selling them at retail. This explains the redundancy of games appearing in both formats.

So, whether or not more Neo Geo games make it to the VC probably has more to do with whether D4 Enterprise continues to support it.

Hmm, good point. And if SNK remains more interested in the retail market than the digital market, the chances of seeing Crystalis could be slim.

[lordbowser]

Actually, correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't Nintendo buy the rights to Crystalis when they made the GBC remake, or am I thinking of another game.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Originally Posted by lordbowser

Actually, correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't Nintendo buy the rights to Crystalis when they made the GBC remake, or am I thinking of another game.

I don't know if they bought the rights, but it looks like they licensed the property to build the GBC one (and they published it, of course). I don't know if that changes SNK's relationship with the NES product though.

[KeeperBvK]

It would definitely be a shame if we wouldn't see any more NG games on the VC especially as long as Windjammers hasn't ever been ported to another system if I'm not mistaken.

[Betagam7]

Originally Posted by Earl_Wiggles

That is so your catch-phrase.

and how I long to be rid of it! If a few more people had that catchphrase maybe the companies would listen. I actually don't care about disk releases over VC anymore (as I did with World of Goo) as the storage solution has fixed that but when the unwritten rule is perfect conversions on disk and lousy half arsed jobs on the VC, I'll take the former over the latter.

Been playing my new 60hz Snes over the last few days and experiencing the games as they should be has given me yet another reason for my VC purchases to dwindle.
Still like this forum though, even if its just to talk about old games

[Mickeymac]

Probably. Sad, too, since I was hoping to legitimately play some of SNK's more obscure games.

[Betagam7]

Originally Posted by Mickeymac

Probably. Sad, too, since I was hoping to legitimately play some of SNK's more obscure games.

Nothing to say those titles won't appear on future Arcade Classics compilations

[Afrancio]

Lets not forget Guerilla War and POW for the NES. Both are fun arcade conversions. It may be NEO Geo dry spell similar to what happened with the Turbo Grafx. If more releases come out in Japan I assume we will get whatever they get.

[Mr. Cheez]

I sure hope they aren't, but given that they haven't released a single game since December or so, it does seem like that. I can't believe I'm saying this but... I wish we had some new Neo-Geo games. There's actually a few games from that system I'm interested in, and they all take up too much space to emulate. I also hope they get around to releasing Crystalis soon. I hear nothing but good things about that game. I should emulate it...

[marktheshark]

I'm having a feeling that Neo Geo games will start to be released on the VC again. Around next month, then again, it's nothing more than a guessing game!