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The Wii Virtual Console Hands-On

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the business-is-believing dept.

Gamespot has a hands-on with the virtual console for the Wii. From the article: "Nintendo's Wii Virtual Console demo station featured five signature games from system's past: Super Mario Bros. from the NES, Super Mario World from the SNES, Super Mario 64 from the Nintendo 64, Sonic the Hedgehog from the Sega Genesis, and Bonk's Adventure from the TurboGrafix 16. The navigation menu only allowed us to scroll through the five title selection pages, so we didn't get a chance to select and download games to run."

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  1. Re:So.. by xavid · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you RTFA, they were able to play all 5 games. They just weren't able to select and download any games that weren't already installed.

  2. Suck my tiny yellow b*lls. by tepples · · Score: 2, Informative

    Late 2007, Microsoft buys Nintendo.

    O rly? Hey Ballmer, why don't you suck my tiny yellow balls?

    1. Re:Suck my tiny yellow b*lls. by Salamande · · Score: 2, Informative

      You do know that was a hoax, right?

  3. Virtual Console to support Home-Brew? by inio · · Score: 4, Informative
    From the Official Page:
    Virtual Console ... will be home to new games conceived by indie developers whose creativity is larger than their budgets.
    This fits nicely with previous claims that developers of any size will be able to develop for the Wii (virtual console).
  4. Re:Answer me this: by AnyoneEB · · Score: 2, Informative
    Answer me this

    Good luck on getting an answer. This is Nintendo we are talking about. They don't give out information any earlier than they have to even if there is no reason to be secretive.

    They have mentioned per-game fees differing by console with N64 games the highest at $10, but those numbers were not final. A monthly fee option is not out of the question.

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