GBA is not completely dead yet.. and the DS can play GBA games.. so, I don't think it's happening so soon :P

CockroachMan

@gibfather: Is it hell.

Poo_and_Weeeee

@supercrap: Haha. Hilarious. The full list is here: [en.wikipedia.org]

Morphie

@supercrap: My bad, 5 games. Literally, there are 5 games for this thing.

[en.wikipedia.org]

supercrap

Seems to me Nintendo are desperately trying to protect their own ips from VC by signing up every other retro console around.

There are still hundreds of SNES, NES and N64 games that we would all love to see but Nintendo just seem to be far to overprotective and reluctant to release them, I'm still waiting for SNES mario kart, N64 wrestlers.

it's one of the reasons I bought my Wii, and one of the reasons I installed the homebrew channel so I can bypass Nintendo's pathetic attitude.

jimmyNewtron

I can't believe somebody made an emulator for a system with 3 games for it. Well, I have always been curious...

supercrap

Stop fucking around and bring Majora's Mask to the VC nintendo. It's the only Zelda game I haven't played and it's almost impossible to get here :(

Burguois, Teabagger of Olde

Ghouls and Ghosts? Yeah, the population is getting kinda high. Some angry, violent suicides might thin out the numbers a bit.

Mister_Jack

@Saint Anima: It would be interesting if Nintendo can release a console emulator that would allow you to use the original disc media. That would eliminate the need for large downloads and storage.

gibfather

Man, i want the original Super Smash Bros on the VC :(

K-Squad! (Badass Edition)

I know I may be asking for too much because of the Wii's storage issue, but I'd love some Sega CD or Saturn games to be available somehow.

Saint Anima

Wow..the Wii is becoming the ultimate emulator station! And it's legal too!

gibfather

Damn it Nintendo, give us a storage device and Dreamcast games

DaveStrife

Hell, I'd go for Grey Brick gameboy games. Maybe something with the Super Game Boy, I'd be all over it.

Lyrai

What's so super about grafx?

Barbara

The New DS needs a flash drive capable of getting GBA games off the virtual console...

that said I think GBC games are more important right now...

SaanZ

@jimmyNewtron:

snes mario kart! why isn't it out, already? i'm standing here with my six or eight bucks (or whatever snes games cost- i don't recall). do the math nintendo, easy money.

bialia

@supercrap: Seven games:) But no worries, the Supergrafx is really just a Turbografx with a few extra specs, so it's not like the wrote an all new emulator.

Dreamwriter

@gibfather: The unofficial emulation scene on the Wii is even better, already have GBA games working pretty well, and a PSX emulator is in development.

Marios_shadow

@Lyrai: Hell yes, I'd definitely pay good Wii Points for the Super GB version of Donkey Kong '94 on VC.

Kyattsuai

Yeah, GBA would be nice just for Mother 3! Also, PLEASE get Metroid 2 from the old Game Boy on there!

fearing

@DaveStrife: Oh lord, Dreamcast on the VC, my life would be complete.

DaFox

@JB2448: Seconded, Thirded, Fourthed, and Fifthed. Seriously it makes NO FREAKING SENSE.

mackincheese

Nintendo: Would people rather buy Ghouls 'n' Ghosts, or EarthBound?

JB2448

They have to be running our of mediocre games by this point.

On the subject of Gameboy games, if they ever released Pokemon Red/Blue through VC, it would eclipse the other releases so much that everything would wither and die. The Japanese would download 8 copies each just to make sure they didn't accidentally delete 7 of them.

marmidukestank

@Kyattsuai: That Donkey Kong was better than the Arcade one, I don't care what anyone says.

FilthyAssistant

Original GameBoy (4 colour) games would be really sweet, even better if we could upload them to DS after we bought them. GBA is the closest console to the SNES, so those would be also welcome.

What I really (REALLY!) want on the VC is Commodore Amiga games. Nintendo, get the hint.

PS: Games are still way overpriced, Nintendo. 5 €uros for a C64, Master system and NES games? Come on...

Shiryu

@bialia:

Sorry, but that version of Mario kart was made obsolete a long time ago, I just can't stand it anymore...I have more fun now with like, Road fighter.

+ Watch video

GodKiller0

I'm almost certain GB/GBC/GBA Virtual Console will be a DS thing. Or a DS2 thing - not too far from being "about that time"

HikariOblivion

@vidgmr: 1941, not 1942 sir.

vidgmr

@vidgmr: 1941, not 1942!

vidgmr

I'll take the far superior SuperGrafx Ghouls N Ghosts thank you very much. And the awesome 1942, Darius Alpha and Plus. Maybe only 7 games, but they were top notch.

vidgmr

This gets my hopes up for some Sega Saturn. Virtual On! plzplzplzpzlplz

cheesecake000

You know, I am certain that this system is totally awesome and everyone is stoked to play its five games. However, I would prefer to have Sega Saturn emulated on the virtual console. My disc of Dragon Force is scratched so I can play just fine until the very end, at which point it freezes. This limits me from playing Reinhart and I love playing Reinhart. Solve my disc problems Nintendo!!!

DrPhilbert

Has anyone ever heard of this system? This system has to be the least known system in the history of gaming consoles. I remember Turbo Grafx 16 when I was ten and I still thought it sucked.

Mysticgamer

@DaFox: Hells to the yes. Another good reason to buy another copy of Skies of Arcadia, the best RPG evar!!! But only with a hdd. It would no fit on there rite now.

sandal-hat17

@mackincheese:

Actually, I'm an rpg fan since, well dragon warrior 1 and I would rather play ghouls n ghosts, earthbound sucks in my point of view because of it's linearity, limited combat, no choice of upgrades, the game is always the same every time. It was ok first time around but I'm never gonna play it again

GodKiller0

I want to play those old Colecovision games again. Venture and Montezuma's Revenge were so great...

FreakyFavabean

I mean, YES! Too bad that there were only about 6 titles made for the SuperGrafx.

Eltigro

YES!

Eltigro

@GodKiller0: i didn't know that you were the final word. ;)

in all seriousness though, i've played it to hell, too. but i just played it the other day on the snes with my brother and we had a blast.

i'd pay 5 bucks just to do time trials in all honesty (only kinda kidding), but (and it's obviously unlikely) i'd love some online thrown in. i always felt i was super amazing and feel that it's time for a reality check.

bialia

@jimmyNewtron:No, it's more like Nintendo has figured out. "Hey, this system is entering into it's 3rd year of life, systems are on a five year time span, we might not want to blow our load right off of the bat."

There's also the issue that every time a game is re-released, they have to get the okey for it, you speak of the N64 Wrestling Games, well none of those were released by Nintendo, they were third party releases and not only would the current holder of the wrestling rights for games have to do it, they would also have to contact the guys who did it before as well as strikes -new- deals with WWE and very likely maybe even with various wrestlers who are no longer active or even alive. Copyrights and Trademarks are a pitfall.

So before going and blasting Nintendo for not releasing the games you want right now, maybe you should go do your homework and figure out if Nintendo published or even developered the game in the first place.

Nintendo has to flesh out the VC with other systems as much as possible or they would blow their wad within a year and folks like you would still be bitching. While I agree releasing more of their first party stuff would help, VC can not live on Nintendo alone.

@DrPhilbert:Saturn is a bitch to emu. Plus Dragon Force was a Working Designs release, who is now completely defunct, so even if the Saturn does hit, seeing WD games on it is slim to none.

@HikariOblivion:Gameboy games are supposed to be slated for VC release, but yes, GBA is unlikely till DS2, as the current DS plays every GBA game just fine and the DS sells like crazy.

Foxstar Sixtail

Dreamcast...PLEASE Nintendo!!..Pleeeease!!!

moremeds

Wow, I have a Supergrafx. Too bad they killed it off so quickly.

Ghouls N Ghosts on SuperGrafx is much nicer than the Genesis version (though harder), so it's probably a little bit exciting for fans of the series.

eastx

@vidgmr:

Don't forget Aldynes, that was a great shooter for it's time.

nastygamer

Wow. When you said "We," I thought you meant those outside of Japan. My hopes arose in vain.

Do Kesubei

Install Homebrew channel and there is no region issues.
AND you can try before you buy WiiWare titles (most of which are crap) something that is sadly lacking on the Wii.

VC titles are absurdly overpriced considering
you are just getting a ROM.

That's it. No enhancements. No online. No new features.

Considering most titles on XBLA are revamped, enhanced, or totally redesigned for about the same money, that sucks big time.

Even PSN has more bang for the buck than VC with it's original IP. The PS1 downloads are overpriced in my opinion. I get PS1 games in decent condition at my local mom&pop game store for about $5.

Screw that noise!

Even back at E3 2006, I felt the price model should have went for a more iTunes style $.99 or $1.99 per game. When they revealed the prices I found it insulting and typical of greedy marketing slime.

The big N is raping you with nostalgia factor and the assumption that most people that love this shit are 30+ years old with disposable income to throw around in order to relive their youth.

I've bought 1 title from each system just to see how the VC emulator compares to the PC or the Xbox Media Center emulators.

I own most of the games I love from the 8 and 16-bit era and am not about to fork over $8-$12 just to play them on my Wii.

Got Homebrew Channel, a couple 2GB SD
cards and never looked back.

nastygamer

Saturn and Dreamcast....right off the disk. (Most of the games I own have no chance of being re-released)

OtakuboyT

@nastygamer:It's called "We are here to make money." You've made clear you don't want to give them money, so what's the point? Also, to think it costs them nothing to load the ROM, host it on a server, map the controls..jeez, you pirates will use anything you can to make not wanting to pay seem noble, won't you?

Foxstar Sixtail

@nastygamer: Cry, steal. Cry, steal. Where's your diaper?

tomjonjon

Saturn games are NOT happening. That system is almost impossible to emulate and Sega lost code for alot of the great Saturn games.

tomjonjon

Throw some GB Mega Man games on there and I'd bite.

And where the FUCK is my Super Mario Kart!

Rocci1212

GBA games would be sweet. I'd like to replay the metroid and golden sun games.

serotoninzero

@OtakuboyT:

It's sad. but I don't think dreamcast emulation is going to happen. It takes a one hell of a processor (i think the minimum reqs on Chankast are something like 2ghz and god only knows what kinda gfx card)

In any case, i doubt we'll be seeing anything newer than the n64 era on VC.

Karunamon

@Foxstar Sixtail:

Ooh, generalizations! I can do it too!

*ahem*

"Gee, you fanboys will use anything you can to justify bending over and taking it, won't you?"

No, seriously. "Map the controls"? are you daft? It probably takes one guy less than five minutes to do this. No wait, it's probably a moot point. I'd almost say that all of the VC games for a given system share the same emulation (and by extension, controller)code.. the hardest part of a given release is probably getting the manual in there!

Whereas I can load up an emulator, play any game I want, and also get the benefits of cheats and save states (which the wii vc implements.. sort of. brokenly.)

Inferior product for $10,
Superior product for free

Really, it's not that difficult of a choice.

Karunamon

@Barbara:
budum tshh:P

NBoy

Does anyone else get goosebumps thinking about the possibility of playing a LEGAL (ie. sans emulation)version of "Aldynes" without spending a hundred dollars on Ebay? Just thinking about that first level music coming out of my decent speakers excites me to no end.

MrGilder

@Karunamon:Translation. "I don't want to pay, I refuse to pay and here's my media-level spin why."

Just say "I don't want to pay." and i'll respect you a hell of a lot more then when your spinning at me.

Foxstar Sixtail

that stinks just a wast of money.i mean grafx wats so speciel about it

lancey1999

Better yet, a flash drive for DS, and a virtual console for DS.

AliyaPriam

@Barbara:

It's basically a Turbografx 16 with an additional background layer, double the sprites, and scaling + rotation. It never took off in Japan, despite being a capable powerhouse. For years folks have been going off the rumor that it was too weak to handle the new graphic upgrades, which simply wasn't true at all.

The only two worthwhile games for the system were 1941 and Ghouls N' Ghosts, which is several times better and more arcade-faithful than the Genesis version.

CplEthane

good luck with the saving feature in Majoras Mask!

SadgatiGebius