Nintendo confirms Wii U Virtual Console launch and suite of new eShop titles

Better late then never

Congratulations Nintendo on finally releasing something that should have been ready during launch week. And more retro games.....hurray.....

I think this is pretty simple.

If you think about it- Regardless of your opinion Nintendo is the busiest and biggest vid game company period.

They have always had the #1 handheld system to support and a home console.

They have over a dozen studios and 2 huge systems.

Sonys psp doesn't count- never haa been big.

There's your answer- you have so much responsibility as the largest company and the most franchises that need to be filled by your fans equals less time to make a new franchise.

Your lucky to get 1 new franchise every other year but if you do it really kicks ass because one thing about nintendo is they rarely invest in crap and that's why they will always have their dedicated fans coming back for new experiences with their most popular characters.

If you look at most of there games that are made every 2-4 years they are not lacking innovation and don't play the same- it's not as if they are giving you the same title like the latest gears of war and god of war- they feel like new games and you walk away being able to appreciate each game for what it is.

There you have it haters

If they do ALL old school 8-bit games, that would sell me immediately. I'd buy a Wii-U. I want ALL nintendo games. It'd be a retro-dream.. . !

This is actually good news for nintendo fans.

Still not Playstation 4, so it doesn't matter...but yeah..cool..wow..old games to play!

Wow, I never expected Nintendo to do this! :O

LOVED Earthbound! I remember at the time I was more into old western rpgs, then that game just blew me away!

THIS is why nintendo is dying out, make some GOOD current gen games withe some good CURRENT hardware. STOP dragging aeons old games up and putting them on the new machine, because in all honesty, they were good then but they look dated as **** and the gameplay is nothing to shout about. I loved the snes back in the day but there is no way in hell i would actually pay for any of the games, especially since my smartphone has the power to run every emulator going perfectly(apart from the ps2, ps1 runs SWEET!)

Every time people get excited about the re release of a nintendo or super nintendo game like this I just have one simple question to ask: Have none of you heard of roms and emulators??? lol They are generally free to download and you don't even have to pirate them. Why people would want to pay for free games is beyond me lol

btw, you guys remember virtual boy? i remember when i was a kid visiting the tiny games section in my local sears when my parents went shopping and trying to look into those goggles and barely reaching it cause i was so damn small.

you know what nintendo did wrong with the Wii? they got rid of the traditional controller. they also kept releasing games that required additional "accessories" to play them. and when you get board with the game, what the hell are you gonna do with a bulky ass accessory. they also just keep making "kiddy" games, thereby limiting their market to kids and dudes who are interested in weird games (which is few in the gaming market). also, the hardware is weak so many game developers skip it. its a shame. Nintendo used to be a console that released tons of awesome games. now it relies on too heavily on its exclusives, pumping 16 mario games variants. you know its running out of ideas when its has to rely on releasing "retro" games.

Bout time. Make a Hd version 2.

If Nintendo had any sense they'd have the virtual console on Wii, 3DS and Wii U all have the same games. The Wii virtual console is actually pretty good. If I could play my Wii virtual console games on my 3DS I'd play it a lot more. I want handheld versions of Mega Drive, N64 and SNES games, not just gameboy and gamegear games. 3DS virtual console is pathetic. It's bad enough not having the console virtual console that the Wii has, but it doesn't even have GBA games! And you know the worst part? They're actually capable of all of this. They just choose not to do it. For one, I already have and NES and 10 GBA games on 3DS from the ambassador program. Very frustrating.

YOu can play earthbound for about a million years on nearly each phone, tablet or computer of whichever brand or OS you want

you coulnt even buy both a ps4 and the xbox 720 for the cost earth bounds worth. one sold on amazon last year for £1400 and no ones sold one since.

I kept my Wii for the VC. If Nintendo rolled out a mass of NES/SNES upscaled HD games, I would buy a Wii U.

yeehaa earthbound, one of the best if not the best oldskool nintendo rpg....love it

but nintendo needs more than old virtual console stuff for the wii u...i still love my wii u but not enough good exclusive titles atm....NINTENDO do something!!!

awesome about time! virtual console is whats best about Nintendos!

how bout you give us some Wii U games already or you gonna end up like dreamcast nintendo

Earthbound is all well and good, but I just want to say that those pair of Zelda games are awesome. 3DS owners should download those too.

EARTHBOUND FOR LIFE, MO FO!!!!!!!

Nothing beats Ness on a bicycle

to everyone complaining about SNES not being on 3DS VC:

the 3DS has a resolution of 400 vertically. some SNES games have a resolution of 512 pixels. if SNES was on the 3DS, they would either have to remake it to fit the screen, or eliminate some lines of graphics from the game. id rather just keep SNES on wii u

Why not put Earth Bound on 3ds??!! (as well)

For this game, I will buy a Wii-U, also a Wii-U is cheaper than the original cartridge.

2 words my friends.

FUCKING. FINALLY.