Nintendo Wii U

[scottcr]

Neogaf melts because VC isn't all you can eat console games or something,,,

Ffs

[strider]

Is the vc update today? I cant be bothered to turn my wii u on to look.

[scottcr]

Ho ho ho

[Revival]

Neogaf melts because VC isn't all you can eat console games or something,,,

Ffs

I think they're 'melting' because Nintendo are being incredibly half assed again.

This is the Wii U VC launch lineup:

Balloon Fight

Donkey Kong Jr

Excitebike

Ice Climber

Kirby's Adventure

Punch-Out!!

F-Zero

Super Mario World

4 games we've already had so they are effectively launching with two of the oldest NES games and the (brilliant) SNES launch game. Nintendo really don't get it do they?

It takes them six months to decide to launch a service like this... why?

[joffocakes]

Dunno why they did a countdown to the VC launch titles 'reveal' then; those are the same games already announced in the last Nintendo Direct. I'll get Mario World anyway.

Actually, wasn't Mario's Picross there before too?

[Not Thread Owner]

Dunno why they did a countdown to the VC launch titles 'reveal' then;

Did they?

[strider]

I think they're 'melting' because Nintendo are being incredibly half assed again.

This is the Wii U VC launch lineup:

Balloon Fight

Donkey Kong Jr

Excitebike

Ice Climber

Kirby's Adventure

Punch-Out!!

F-Zero

Super Mario World

4 games we've already had so they are effectively launching with two of the oldest NES games and the (brilliant) SNES launch game. Nintendo really don't get it do they?

It takes them six months to decide to launch a service like this... why?

I'm glad I didn't look now. What a pitiful list and I run a retro mag. Even I'm finding it hard to get excited about those.

[Paulando]

As long as they have a steady stream each week I don't mind at all. I'd rather that than have 30 games that I want all come out on the same day.

There will be a steady stream, right?

[strider]

Hopefully. There's been some cracking stuff on Wii, but it has been trickling out. Earthbound is lovely, but surely these can be day and date (unless the transferring stuff is more difficult).

[hub2]

How did it work on Wii? One, two a week? It'll ramp up quite quickly after a few months.

Worrying is the lack of an announcement for other non-Nintendo platforms.

[SteveH]

Neogaf melts because VC isn't all you can eat console games or something,,,

Ffs

But just like the 3DS, it is bobbins really isn't it? Can't you now play a shit ton of psp games on the Vita for example?

[Red Alignment]

This is the Wii U VC launch lineup:

Balloon Fight

Donkey Kong Jr

Excitebike

Ice Climber

Kirby's Adventure

Punch-Out!!

F-Zero

Super Mario World

Wait, weren't 4 or 5 of those games once considered so throwaway and simplistic that they were given away 'free' inside a full game a decade ago (Animal Crossing)?

[SMD]

That was before Nintendo realised how valuable they were. Or something.

[Red Alignment]

Thing is, I find it really hard to believe that people in any signifiant quantity are paying out for old Famicom/NES launch games. Particularly in European countries, where we have fuck-all nostalgic feelings towards the NES. It's utterly mystifying.

[SMD]

I honestly have no idea, the only one I'm interested in is Super Mario World but I already got it on the Wii Virtual Console. I'm waiting to see what the deal with this account system is but really they need to make the games cheaper or put more out there.

[Barny]

Neogaf melts because VC isn't all you can eat console games or something,,,

Ffs

Scott. Stop it.

[strider]

Scott. Stop it.

No it's funny. That's why we all love him.

[b00dles]

If they put Amiga games on the Wii U VC I'd probably shit myself with joy.

[Barny]

It's not really funny. Once in a while, yeah. But all the fucking time?

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

I'd rather that than have 30 games that I want all come out on the same day.

This makes no sense at all, it's not that you have to buy them all at the same time... I'd prefer to just make everything available at the same time so you can play the game you want at the moment you want rather than having to wait for God how long until Nintendo decides it's time to milk that particular antiquity.

[sweetdaddyg]

If they are all a sensible price and released in a steady stream I dont care what they put out first....oh no, sorry, of course that wont happen

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

I just wonder what the benefits of a VC system are if the games are released so sparingly and for way too much money. It's not that we've got about a million alternatives to play them for free through emulation on a plethora of open OS-based systems (PC, Linux tables/consoles) or modded consoles (Xbox, Wii, PSP, etc.). So far the only benefit of the Wii U is that you'd be able to play them on the pad screen, but that's about it.

[Super Craig]

You might as well ask what the benefits of Steam are when you can pirate all the games for free.

[scottcr]

When's this 'transfer your Wii VC games and add save states and gamepad support' thing coming out?

[Droo]

Still no update!

[Not Thread Owner]

Of course there's no update. It was never supposed to be yesterday.

[Droo]

oh! colour me idiotic.

NB. I kept the WU on the principal that 'as soon as I sell it, it will explode with content'...

[Not Thread Owner]

I just wonder what the benefits of a VC system are if the games are released so sparingly and for way too much money. It's not that we've got about a million alternatives to play them for free through emulation on a plethora of open OS-based systems (PC, Linux tables/consoles) or modded consoles (Xbox, Wii, PSP, etc.). So far the only benefit of the Wii U is that you'd be able to play them on the pad screen, but that's about it.

And that it's legal that way.

[simms]

How much will they be charging for these Wii U vc games?

[Not Thread Owner]

A pint of blood and a kidney.