Earthbound coming to Wii U Virtual Console today

@csuram2001 @Forefront-049 @racerxgundam Says you and the horribly outdated DMCA. I'm not paying $10 for locked-down legacy software...

@Forefront-049 @racerxgundam Because what you're doing is stealing. Shame on you.

@Furwings @silvergol @Gigawattblade @dlCHIEF58 @Nintendoshortga

It's only legal if you're the one making the digital back up. Downloading the rom from a website claiming it's your digital back up for your physical copy is illegal. BUT WHO CARES LOL WE ALL DO IT ANYWAY BBL GONNA PLAY SOME DOLPHIN

@silvergol @Gigawattblade @dlCHIEF58 @Nintendoshortga They're only actually legal for "backup" purposes if you physically own the original cartridges.

@Koited @dlCHIEF58 @silvergol @Gigawattblade @Nintendoshortga

Yes, the only other exception is if the game/ROM/music/movie has gone to public domain. This obviously does not apply to this game as someone still has an active copyright as evidenced by Nintendo re-releasing it.

@Koited @dlCHIEF58 @silvergol @Gigawattblade @Nintendoshortga Genius!.

@dlCHIEF58 @silvergol @Gigawattblade @Nintendoshortga So they are legal with those conditions.

@silvergol @Gigawattblade @dlCHIEF58 @Nintendoshortga

No they are not. The emulator is legal and having a copy of the ROM is ONLY legal if you own an original cartridge/ROM. You are only allowed to legally have a "backup ROM" if you own the original. Check the Digital Millennium Act.

They're legal in my heart.

@Gigawattblade @silvergol @dlCHIEF58 @Nintendoshortga No! they are perfectly legal!

Everybody know that!.

@silvergol @dlCHIEF58 @Nintendoshortga Uh no... roms are illegal.

@GSJones1994 Here's a thought...because MOST of those 10 million people actually KEPT the game, thus making it rare to find?

@dlCHIEF58 @GSJones1994 ; Yup. If gold could just be picked up off the ground like any ordinary rock it would worth about as much.

@GSJones1994 TV COMMERCIAL,HIGHEST SCORES ON THE MAGAZINES WORLDWIDE,

No piracy,no roms,no digital download!.

@GSJones1994

Yes, if there were only a limited number on the market and demand was high, the price would be high. Doesn't matter how many were sold initially, it matters how many are available for sale now and how many are willing to pay the price. There are obviously more copies of FF VII available than Earthbound since it can be had at a lower price.

The other conditions that factor in are popularity, condition, and current fads. But the quantity available for sale is probably the biggest determinate of price.

@Space_Paranoids @OuroborosChoked This reply cracks me up.

"If you like Nintendo then you already have a Wii U most likely."

Most likely, not a lot of people like Nintendo, then. Lawl.

"it's a massive step for Nintendo to even be able to bring this to North America again."

It's a file. They just hit "upload". It's already translated. Hell, they could've just stolen a rom from the internet and published that. Massive step my ass! Lawl #2.

"if this sells well enough we could get a true sequel"

You mean the Mother 3 that already exists but Nintendo never bothered to bring it to the US? The one you can get translation patches for? Or like the original game that they translated and left abandoned on the shelf and you can now purchase as a reproduction cart (or download)? Sequel indeed. Lawl #3.

@GladChimer @slayerSS-3 I have a Wii U, I have the original Earthbound cart and I'm going to buy this...That's just me. $10 seems fair for such a fantastic game, I can equate that monetary value with over 30 hours of my time that I can now play laying in bed or even on the toilet if I wish. I also want to send the message to Nintendo that I as a fan do want a sequel.