another Virtual Console ?

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#1 lesliebrianfitz
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I see that at this time there are only 2  N64 titles at the Wii Store  they are Super Mario64 and Mario Kart64.

Does anyone know if and when Diddy Kong Racing which was originally for N64 (now for DS) will

be available at the Wii Store.

Is ther any way to request titles to be available at the Wii Store ?

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#2 Mac8457
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I see that at this time there are only 2 N64 titles at the Wii Store they are Super Mario64 and Mario Kart64.

Does anyone know if and when Diddy Kong Racing which was originally for N64 (now for DS) will

be available at the Wii Store.

Is ther any way to request titles to be available at the Wii Store ?

lesliebrianfitz
Never. I don't know... I would buy the DS version since you can play that one online if you really have to purchase the game.
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#3 aransom
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Rare made Diddy Kong Racing, so there might be licensing issues standing in the way of it coming out on the VC.
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#4 Genexi2
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Rare made Diddy Kong Racing, so there might be licensing issues standing in the way of it coming out on the VC.aransom

Main licensing issue mainly being the characters available in said title.

Rare had to axe Conker & Banjo out in their DS port since they're Microsoft property, and I'd doubt they'd allow the original DKR on the VC without said characters being killed as well, which I doubt Nintendo would even bother taking the time to do, more-so since the thing is already newly available on their handheld.
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#5 littlefugue
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The game in question features Rare-specific characters that Nintendo doesn't have the rights to.  Those in question were removed from the DS port, and Nintendo doesn't seem to like messing with the VC emulations.
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Rare made Diddy Kong Racing, so there might be licensing issues standing in the way of it coming out on the VC.aransom

There's none.
Nintendo ownes the characters and got the game in part of the deal when selling back Rare's shares to Rare.

There's nothing stopping Nintendo from putting it on the Virtual Console except Nintendo's timing
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[QUOTE="aransom"]Rare made Diddy Kong Racing, so there might be licensing issues standing in the way of it coming out on the VC.Jaysonguy

There's none.
Nintendo ownes the characters and got the game in part of the deal when selling back Rare's shares to Rare.

There's nothing stopping Nintendo from putting it on the Virtual Console except Nintendo's timing

Nintendo doesn't own Conker or Banjo.