The company revealed at its 2010 press conference earlier today that the 3DS will have its own Virtual Console, from which you’ll able to download both Game Boy and Game Boy Advance titles.
No specifics like availability or price were made available, though two games shown were Super Mario Land and Link’s Awakening.
Mario maniac
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 4:22 PMYEAH!
I’m officially buying a 3DS on launch day. Gosh darn I love you Ninty. <333
Mario maniac
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 6:03 PMHaha, whoops, sorry bout the expletive. Got a little excited there. ^_^;
Pioneer
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 4:32 PMHooray for another entire generation of rehashed titles! Oh Nintendo you innovative little gremlins!
MrBS
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 4:38 PMIndeed. Doesn’t stop us from buying them though. Ninty will have my money come launch day.
Daniel Chand
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 4:39 PMNo Virtual Boy?
That would have worked well, since we would have finally been able to play Virtual Boy games without going blind!
The Cracks
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 4:48 PM*Victory dance*
Benjamin Sutton
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 5:03 PMI’ll be picking up one of these bad boys come release day. I can’t wait :)
James Mac
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 5:49 PMJust as I was thinking how much I miss Tetris.
Arcane Azmadi
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 7:30 PMWhile I guess it’s good news, does Nintendo really have ANY excuse for not putting these games on the DSi instead? My DSi owning friend was really pissed that it didn’t come with the counterpart to the Wii’s Virtual Console.
Zhabroah
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 8:14 PMGiven how well Nintendo support the Virtual Console on thw Wii currently I really could care less about the Nintendo 3DS doing it. We’ll get a few great games in the opening year maybe then a bunch of crap followed by nothing at all.
Blackwater
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 8:29 PMI’ll bust a nut if the surprisingly awesome Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is on there. Damn that game got addictive, too bad every game since has sucked. Finished it like 7-8 times.
Steve0410
Friday, October 1, 2010 at 3:44 PMThis is pretty fantastic. All the GBA games to replay, the Golden Suns.. Mario Kart, Advance Warses etc.
I just hope it’s going to be relatively cheap. We’re still paying through the nose with Wii’s VC at $17 a pop for 10 year old N64 games.