Phalanx Remake Coming to WiiWare in Japan

Phalanx is a shoot’em up game that was released back in the day for the SNES, GBA, and the Sharp X68000. Although I never actually played the original game myself, I distinctly remember the amazing box art with the banjo-wielding bearded dude.

The WiiWare remake will be based on the X68000 version with some new content thrown in and it’s scheduled to drop in Japan this winter for 500 Nintendo Points.

Here’s a gameplay video of the old Sharp version…

You can check out some screenshots of the WiiWare version here.

[Tiny Cartridge via GoNintendo]