Feb Japanese VC line-up

Nintendo's Japanese website is showing 23 new titles to be available on Virtual Console by the end of February.

Heading the list at a record breaking 1200 points is N64 masterpiece Ocarina of Time, followed by other classics Galaga (NES), Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (SNES), and the Mega Drive dazzler Streets of Rage.

Mario Kart 64 is among a handful of titles that will be available tomorrow for Japanese gamers, lucky bastards.

Europe can expect 36 new games in Q1, though which of this list and when is something Nintendo wasn't available to comment on.

List ahoy:

NES

• Galaga
• Kirby's Adventure
• Mighty Bomb Jack

SNES

• Fire Emblem: Genealogy of Holy War
• Kamaitachi No Yoru
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Super Ghouls 'N' Ghosts
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV

N64

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Mario Kart 64

Mega Drive

• Bonanza Bros.
• Gain Ground
• Comix Zone
• Bio-Hazard Battle
• Streets of Rage
• Beyond Oasis
• Vectorman
• Sword of Vermillion

TurboGrafx-16

• Soldier Blade
• Vigilante
• Chew Man Fu
• Shadow Land
• Wonder Momo

Virtual Console titles cost between 500 and 1000 Wii points (NES = 500, TurboGrafx-16 = 600-800, Megadrive/SNES = 800, Nintendo 64 = 1000), while the points themselves can be bought through the store or in card form on the high street.