10:42 AM on 01.09.2007
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Ishaan
So, everyone's been pretty frustrated by Nintendo rolling out their quality Virtual Console titles at a snail's pace lately. Last week's line-up in the U.S. was especially disappointing it seems, as several of you here at Dtoid were crying for the blood of Nintendo to flood through the streets.
Sorry guys, no good news for you today. Europeans on the other hand ... there's some VC love headed your way. For a change, you guys get to be the lucky ones while everyone over in the West clenches their teeth in anger while repeatedly slapping their Wiimotes against a brick.
Hit the jump for the full press release of upcoming Virtual Console titles in Europe during the first quarter of '07, including the much awaited Ocarina of Time and much love from Sega.
Owners of Nintendo’s revolutionary games console, Wii, are in for a retro treat at the start of 2007, with 36 new Virtual Console titles spanning Nintendo’s 20-year history available to download in Q1.
Gamers will be able to turn back the clock and enjoy titles which made their debut on the NES, SNES, N64, SEGA MEGA DRIVE and Turbografx (PC Engine).
Using the Wii’s Wii Shop Channel, gamers are able to download retro games to Wii’s Virtual Console. Once selected these games are saved to the Wii internal flash memory and added to the console’s Wii Channel Menu allowing them to be easily accessed at any time. The Virtual Console games that will be added to the Wii Shop Channel in Q1 include 20 Nintendo titles, 7 Turbografx (PC Engine) games and 9 classic SEGA MEGA DRIVE games. New Virtual Console titles will be added throughout 2007 creating a constantly growing library of games.
Fans of Nintendo’s classic titles will be delighted by games from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo (SNES) and Nintendo 64 (N64), including Mario Kart 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Street Fighter II: World Warrior (CAPCOM), Super Probotector and the hugely popular Super Mario World.
SEGA is treating its fans with the release of a host of popular games including Streets of Rage, Bio-Hazard Battle, Bonanza Bros. and Comix Zone. Hudson will also be entertaining gamers with a selection of its best titles from Turbografx (PC Engine) including Soldier Blade, Double Dungeons and New Adventure Island.
Wii owners can download Virtual Console games using Wii Points. Wii Points can either be purchased online via the Wii Shop Channel using a credit card or users can purchase Wii Points by buying a Wii Points card in retail stores. These points can then be redeemed against Virtual Console games via the Wii Shop Channel.
Nintendo will also be rewarding its loyal customers by adding Wii Points to the Stars Catalogue available at www.nintendo-europe.com. When gamers purchase any Nintendo product they will receive Stars which can then be redeemed against items including Wii Points on the site. What’s more, Wii owners can synchronise their Nintendo-Europe.com account with their Wii Shop Channel one to earn Stars points on all Virtual Console downloads.
Virtual Console games range in price from 500 Wii Points for NES games to 800 Wii Points for Super Nintendo games and 1000 Wii Points for Nintendo 64 games. Wii points required for titles available in 2007 may vary. Wii Points Cards are available to buy in retail stores and are estimated to retail at around €20 (£14) for 2000 Wii Points. In the Stars Catalogue smaller fractions of Wii Points will also be available.
The Wii console is available at the estimated retail price of around €249 (£179 in the UK). Included with every Wii console is one wireless Wii Remote, a Nunchuk, Wii Sports game, Stereo AV Cable and the sensor bar for Wii’s unique control system. Software is available at the estimated retail price of between 49 Euros and 59 Euros (£34 to £39 in the UK).
[Via Go Nintendo]
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Snaileb, will we ever have a thread with 1,000 of your humping stormtroopers? that's something I'd like to see. A whole field of humping stormtroopers.
Fortunately, those of us who bought Wind Waker when it came out already have a Wii-compatible OoT.
Glad to see the stars conversion finally taking shape, though I expect it'll be a rip-off nevertheless.
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They better not neglect Sega Saturn games
I was gonna say the same thing. I thought I might have been the only person who wouldn't really care if Ocarina came out on the Virtual Console. I didn't download the original Legend of Zelda for the same reason.
And YES. I have been saying this ever since they announced they'd be doing TG-16 games. I wanted the Bonk games (one of which we got) but more importantly I wanted Keith Courage. WHEN IS IT COMING OUT?
And THANK YOU DvD Design!! Friggin A, no one remembers it. JJ & Jeff was like the Mario of TG16. I just downloaded em both the other day..
Im stoked about some of the other titles, the gensis ones from Summa's thread and now Super Mario World too.
I just want Link to the past. I own OoT and MM already on GC disc.
I can't believe XBLA gets SOTN. I wanted that badly. What next? Nights and Radiant Silvergun? 360 looks better every day.