[Wii On] Virtual Console!

Zek

Virtual Console Thread

This here is the thread for the Virtual Console. I'll pretty it up later if I feel like it, but for now the meat:

Pricing: ($1 = 100 Wii Points)
NES: 500 points
SNES: 800 points
N64: 1000 points
Genesis: 800 points
TG-16: 600+ points

Currently Available Games: (North America)

NES
Baseball
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Gradius
Ice Hockey
Mario Bros
Pinball
Soccer
Solomon's Key
Super Mario Bros
Tennis
The Legend of Zelda
Urban Champion
Wario's Woods
Xevious

SNES
F-Zero
R-Type III
SimCity
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
Super Castlevania IV

N64
Super Mario 64

Genesis
Altered Beast
Columns
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Ecco the Dolphin
Ristar
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Harrier II
Toejam & Earl

Turbografx 16

Alien Crush
Bomberman '93
Bonk's Adventure
Dungeon Explorer
Military Madness
Moto Roader
R-Type (800 pts)
Soldier Blade
Super Star Soldier
Victory Run


Additional games arrive every Monday morning, and are usually announced a couple days beforehand.

Zek

To start things off, a question:

I was informed a while ago that you would be able to create new channels to organize your VC titles as you pleased. Anyone know how to go about doing this?

For the Future

List blows, but I can't wait for TJ and Earl again. I rather liked that game.


Also needs Battletoads

Darlan

All I really want to be on there is Majora's Mask and Super Metriod. Do that, and you'll have your 1800 points from me, Nintendo.

Ultravisitor

For the Future wrote:

List blows, but I can't wait for TJ and Earl again. I rather liked that game.


Also needs Battletoads

Also, can't wait for Bonk's Adventure...tis been a while ;[


I would love it if they brought some PAL games to it. If Nintendo tossed Terranigma on the VC I think my testicles would explode...out of joy, of course.

Bandetta

I think $1 for NES, $3 for SNES/Genesis/TG16 and $5 for N64 would have been more reasonable given that it's what they go for in used game shops these days.

Akinos

I want online co-op for TJ&E. :cry:

Remington

Games should come with Wii points, somehow. Like 250 points should come with most games.

UncleSporky

Zek wrote:

To start things off, a question:

I was informed a while ago that you would be able to create new channels to organize your VC titles as you pleased. Anyone know how to go about doing this?

As far as I'd heard, every game always gets its own channel and that's that. *shrug*

Thanks for making this thread, I'm interested in the whole VC thing. I hope they play their cards right and it does really well. Are you going to update every week with what new games are available? Because that would be awesome, at the moment my Wii cannot get online to check.
Until I figure out a way to do so on campus I can always take it to a friend's house.

I bought two classic controllers and a 2000 card just for Toejam and Earl, I may spend the remainder on SimCity since the SNES one is my favorite version of the game ever.

I'm sure some people have VC games, what is the manual like that you get with it? Digital copy of the original, or a crappy "this is what each button does" list?

Seta 3000

I sure wish my Wii would stop having errors and connect to the Internets

Zek

I downloaded F-Zero as my first purchase. I'm something of a packrat and derive great pleasure from the notion of a collection of VC games that I've perfected being on my system. So my goal is to beat F-Zero on Master before I move on to the next one. I'll probably get Super Mario 64 at some point, if nothing more tempting shows up.

Ultravisitor

Bandetta wrote:

I think $1 for NES, $3 for SNES/Genesis/TG16 and $5 for N64 would have been more reasonable given that it's what they go for in used game shops these days.

Im content with the pricing for snes and up....but i think 5 bucks is a little much for nes games. Especially ones that have been ported several times.

Dulath

Seta 3000 wrote:

I sure wish my Wii would stop having errors and connect to the Internets

Are you sure it isn't your Internets that is having errors?

DaveTheWave

I wish that instead of crap like Tennis and Soccer, which there is no real reason to play these days aside from nostalgia, they would put stuff which is actually worth buying, like River City Ransom, Faxanadu, Ogre Battle 64 et cetera.

Variable

this is such a tough situation for me as a collector... I like to own any game I like enough that I'd want to play it, but this makes it so easy to ignore that tendency.

At the very least, it helps because even if I own a game (i.e. TLOZ for NES) I don't have to dust off my nes and get it going to play.

Cariblue

Bandetta wrote:

I think $1 for NES, $3 for SNES/Genesis/TG16 and $5 for N64 would have been more reasonable given that it's what they go for in used game shops these days.

My store sells NES games for 5$, 5$-15$ for SNES/Genesis, and 5$-30$ for N64

Seta 3000

Dulath wrote:

Seta 3000 wrote:

I sure wish my Wii would stop having errors and connect to the Internets

Are you sure it isn't your Internets that is having errors?

Well, I'm on them now.

Zek

Bandetta wrote:

I think $1 for NES, $3 for SNES/Genesis/TG16 and $5 for N64 would have been more reasonable given that it's what they go for in used game shops these days.

Well, first of all, those games are used in 10+ year old cartridges. Obviously they're devalued. Also, the Wii versions are superior in a couple ways:

1.) No old hardware necessary
2.) Reliable, backup-able games & saves
3.) Suspension functionality

UncleSporky wrote:

I'm sure some people have VC games, what is the manual like that you get with it? Digital copy of the original, or a crappy "this is what each button does" list?

It's a relatively minimalistic set of Wii-style pages that gives you a summary of the game and how to play it, what each button does, how to save, screenshots of the GUI with descriptions, etc. Doesn't have the nostalgia factor of the original manual but it gives you all the basic info.

Chen

Ultravisitor wrote:

Bandetta wrote:

I think $1 for NES, $3 for SNES/Genesis/TG16 and $5 for N64 would have been more reasonable given that it's what they go for in used game shops these days.

Im content with the pricing for snes and up....but i think 5 bucks is a little much for nes games. Especially ones that have been ported several times.

Unless it's Mega Man 3. Or Castlevania 2. Or Life Force. Or Super Contra. Or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.

What I mean is, Capcom and Konami, git to da wii!

UncleSporky

Zek wrote:

Bandetta wrote:

I think $1 for NES, $3 for SNES/Genesis/TG16 and $5 for N64 would have been more reasonable given that it's what they go for in used game shops these days.

Well, first of all, those games are used in 10+ year old cartridges. Obviously they're devalued. Also, the Wii versions are superior in a couple ways:

1.) No old hardware necessary
2.) Reliable, backup-able games & saves
3.) Suspension functionality

4.) 480p...unless there is already a way to do this with older game systems?

Zek wrote:

UncleSporky wrote:

I'm sure some people have VC games, what is the manual like that you get with it? Digital copy of the original, or a crappy "this is what each button does" list?

It's a relatively minimalistic set of Wii-style pages that gives you a summary of the game and how to play it, what each button does, how to save, screenshots of the GUI with descriptions, etc. Doesn't have the nostalgia factor of the original manual but it gives you all the basic info.

Well at least it sounds like they put a little effort into it. I'll really miss the TJ&E earth bestiary, though.

bionic

I'm hoping that they'll add Mario RPG on the VC list. I played it ever so briefly on a friends' system many years ago and I'd really like to play it again.

Zimmydoom

I am really hoping that Nintendo is going to make the VC sales data available to the public (investors) in some fashion. I am going to be really curious to see how much money Nintendo is really going to be making off of these downloads.

Along similar lines, I wonder if they'll adjust their pricing scheme based on how many people take advantage of the service. I think if they find they're only moving one or two games per Wii sold over a six-month period that they might find other ways to get VC games to the consumer, either by offering something like free Wii points with games/accessories or by lowering prices.

Also, how long before we start hoarding Sprite caps and Milky Way wrappers to redeem online for Wii points?

aeolist

Super Metroid and Mario RPG have been announced for later, right?

Also isn't Space Harrier a shmup? I kinda want that and Gunstar Heroes to start out with.

HadjiQuest

I just want Earthbound....

Olivaw

I'm just really excited for Earthbound. I've never played it before, and everyone is always all like "earthbound rules" so.

SageinaRage

UncleSporky wrote:

Zek wrote:

Bandetta wrote:

I think $1 for NES, $3 for SNES/Genesis/TG16 and $5 for N64 would have been more reasonable given that it's what they go for in used game shops these days.

Well, first of all, those games are used in 10+ year old cartridges. Obviously they're devalued. Also, the Wii versions are superior in a couple ways:

1.) No old hardware necessary
2.) Reliable, backup-able games & saves
3.) Suspension functionality

4.) 480p...unless there is already a way to do this with older game systems?

Is this true? If so my desire for these games just jumped. Again.

Taya

I bought 2000 Wii Points but nothing on that list excites me right now. I'm holding out for the following:

Kirby Superstar
Uniracers
Paper Mario
Super Mario RPG
Star Fox 64
Yoshi's Island
Kirby 64
Pokemon Snap

And I'm hoping to be surprised by some third party games as well. Harvest Moon SNES plz.

edit: whoops forgot about Earthbound. I'll buy Earthbound too.

Zek

Olivaw wrote:

I'm just really excited for Earthbound. I've never played it before, and everyone is always all like "earthbound rules" so.

Honestly it hasn't aged that well in terms of gameplay, but it's worth it just for the experience.

HadjiQuest

Olivaw wrote:

I'm just really excited for Earthbound. I've never played it before, and everyone is always all like "earthbound rules" so.

I am in the exact same situation.

The Cheese

[spoiler:ba6472ce79]earthbound isnt actually as good as everybody says it is[/spoiler:ba6472ce79]

Lunker

The ability to pause and resume play of the VC games makes the prices more than acceptible.

And goddammit! The two SNES games they release are two that I really, really love. Fuck you, Nintendo!

Turkey

The_Cheese wrote:

[spoiler:ddb263cdd6]earthbound isnt actually as good as everybody says it is[/spoiler:ddb263cdd6]

I agree, although I still think that it is a fine game.

The Cheese

Turkey wrote:

The_Cheese wrote:

[spoiler:36f183f505]earthbound isnt actually as good as everybody says it is[/spoiler:36f183f505]

I agree, although I still think that it is a fine game.

Yes it is.

Zek

I didn't realize there were so many fans of the SNES version of SimCity. What's so good about it?

BTP

I just hope they release Pin-Bot for NES. I played that so much at my cousin's house.

Eliot Dubois

Funny thing is, as far as the NES is concerned there is only one Nintendo published game I absolutely need, and that is Mother. Just about everything else I'd want (Guerrilla War, River City Ransom, Blades of Steel, Baseball Stars, Castlevania III, DQ IV) are all 3rd party. Actually, add in a few of the lightgun games and Startropics II.

The SNES however, man alive they might make a killing I want:

Soul Blazer
Illusion of Gaia
Terranigma
Actraiser
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana II
Lufia II
Breath of Fire I&II
Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Mario RPG
Ogre Battle
Tactics Ogre
All, that's right, all, Super Scope 6 games
Fire Emblem 3-5
Super Metroid
Dragon Quest V-VI


N64 is easy. I want Sin and Punishment, and possibly OB 64/HM 64 for nostalgia, I have a lot of working N64 carts.

1up

I was really suprised when I stopped Sonic after beating Marble Zone 1 when I came back it was exactly where I was when I left.

Im going to really take advantage of that with Super Mario 64.

Cant wait for better SNES games and RiStar.

bongi

what is the point in a virtual console if it doesn't have streets of rage


i mean really

Lunker

Zek wrote:

I didn't realize there were so many fans of the SNES version of SimCity. What's so good about it?

I'm not a superhuge management-sim kind of guy, so the SNES version was nice for me because it was still fairly simple -- everything from SimCity 2000 on had too many damn variables to take care of (Water? Trash? Oh, screw it.)

I'll admit that it's also nostalgia, too. A fun game from my youth plus my favorite console of all time. There aren't too many NES or N64 titles I'm really going to get, except if/when the Dragon Quest titles show up.

Freezie KO

If you use the GC Controller for VC games, can you use the analog stick as a digital input subbing in for the D-pad, or do you have to use the tiny D-pad?

Eliot Dubois

My big thing is that I rented games through most of the SNES era, only owning three of them by the time I got an N64. I have since expanded that but I know the pain that is finding SNES games. It cost me nearly $200 bucks and three years to get some of the key titles of that era, and I'm still missing a whole bunch, that's why I hope the third parties really start stepping it up.