Sega Master System, Mark III and Game Gear Coming to the Japanese VC

We all knew there would be more classic consoles coming to the Virtual Console at some point. Neo Geo was already added a while ago and now it looks like Sega is stepping up its game by giving Japanese gamers the chance to download Master System, Mark III and Game Gear games soon. Master System titles will begin appearing on the Japanese Virtual Console some time in February with Fist of the North Star (600 Wii points) and Fantasy Zone (500 Wii points). Don’t fear, IGN is also reporting that all three system’s games will become available in the U.S. and Europe too, though no exact dates have been released yet.

If you’re like me, you were a normal kid and didn’t really hear about Sega until the Genesis hit our shores with it’s incredible Blast processing (it’s OK to speak of Sega on a Nintendo site now, right?) so you never really go the chance to play some of the amazing games that came out on the Master System. I’m really looking forward to actually being able to get my hands on games like Alex Kidd, Wonderboy, and Phantasy Star without resorting to hunting down an increasingly rare Master System. Add to this some of the incredible games that came out on Game Gear and you’ve got even more classic games to pile onto the already impressive pile of must buys that the Virtual Console possesses.