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

Earthbound has remained in the top 5 of my all time favorite RPGs for well over a decade now, and even though I still own my original SNES package with the player's guide and scratch n sniff stickers, I can't tell you how hard I'll be buying this once it goes up.

Even if it's a slight tip in favor of getting some kind of release of the GBA game, original NES game, and any other potential installments in the series outside of Japan, it's money well spent in my opinion. To me, this series is a definitive example of the awesomeness that can be had when game designers take a chance at doing something completely opposite of whats to be expected.

I have just one question. Why is it so hard to just merge The Wiis VC store to the Wii Us VC store. All they really do on the Wii U VC is give these games a new fancy interface and a Miiverse portal. Or I'll stop complaining when I get Castlevennia Rondo of blood on the Wii U VC. Yes I know the Wii U has a Wii chip in and I can switch between the 2 systems environment But I just got back into retro gaming and I don't have that much titles on the Wiis VC at the first place. I just find it a hassle to manage 2 different accounts on the same system . So I'll just wait I know the Wii U Vc is going to get all the Wii VC titles anyway. But I feel that this process could have been done way faster, like at launch day.

Nintendo needs to release more than crappy GameBoy games on the 3DS.

If earthbound was on 3DS I'd buy the system in heartbeat. Can't say the same about the Wii U.

I'd rather play this on the 3DS. It certainly can handle it. Anyway, Nintendo is too late to the party with this one as I just played through it last year through Wiibrew.

About friggin time.

If this sells well, they might consider making a new mother game :D

FINALLY! Everyone please buy this game so they develop a sequel. Or translate Mother 3 haha

Wow, I can't wait to play Earthbound.

Finally, people can play this game without spending big bucks or using an emulator! Absolutely my favorite game.

Going to download this to see what all the fuss is about, many classic JRPGs that I've missed out on (to put into perspective, Final Fantasy VII was the earliest JRPG I ever played).

Some of these people are going NUTS over this, as if we couldn't play it on an emulator whenever we wanted.

It is a great game though, I bought it when it first came out. It came in a big box with a guide that had scratch and sniff stickers.

That's it Nintendo, keep going backwards with no new ideas and a crap console.

Still not worth buying a Wii U over. But hey, if Nintendo releases 1&3 also I might just have to reconsider.

OMG Earthbound finally!! Wait a second what about the sequel that was in Japan but never here..... I would like to buy it but...... I got it on my Emulator years ago as well... soooo this is pointless but awesome.

OOOHHHHHHOHHH MAN. What I would do to play this game on my snes console, although I'm sure it would be blisteringly hard as it was on an emulator :X

I miss Earthbound so much. Great game!

Big deal. Had it on my emulator decades ago. And with much better versatility. Too bad i couldn't buy it because i didn't find a copy on my country.

Hopefully this will drop the absolutely ridiculous price of the snes game way, WAY down.

can i buy this on my wii?

i'd rather get it for wii. i have an snes controller that works on the wii.

I will get a Wii U as soon as possible!

This is what we need, Nintendo. The Wii U killer apps will come in time, but the new Virtual Console will pull in a lot of the old guard.

Took'em long enough to resurrect the fan fav. By now, thousands got sick of waiting and snagged the rom.

This is awesome until you download it and realize you're still playing an RPG from 1995... with no enhancements whatsoever. Not THAT big of a megaton.

Yay, finally!

Now where's my Terranigma?