Street Fighter II

Limited edition release slated for November Retailer iam8bit announced this week that it is working with CAPCOM to release a new edition of Street Fighter II for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in late November. Retrotainment Games is manufacturing the SNES cartridge, which will come with an instruction booklet, embossed box, and "retro in-pack surprises." The game costs US$100, and there will only be 5,500 made. Of these, 4,500 will be red-colored cartridges while the remaining 1,000 will be glow-in-the-dark green; the different colors will be distributed randomly to customers. Street Fighter II debuted for arcades in 1991 and was later ported to SNES. The game was recently inducted in The Strong's Video Game Hall of Fame. Nintendo's upcoming mini SNES will include Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, while the Japanese mini Super Famicom will include Super Street Fighter II [Via Siliconera]

Both films streaming in Japanese, English Viewster is now streaming the Night on the Galactic Railroad and Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie anime films. Both are available in Japanese with English subtitles and with the English dubs. Kenji Miyazawa's 1934 novel Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru (Night on the Galactic Railroad) inspired the 1985 anime film directed by Gisaburō Sugii. Central Park Media and later Discotek Media released the film on home video in North America. Viewster describes the story: What is true happiness? For Giovanni, the answer is as far away as the stars. Mired in hardship, the young kitten faces problems that should be unknown to someone his age. At school, his classmates mock and ridicule him, and after the bell rings, Giovanni toils at a job to earn enough money for bread. Then at home, instead of being taken care of by his mother, he must take care of her. The sole bright spot is that of the Festival of Stars, where he hopes to run into Campanella