Why no Dr. Mario or Tetris on the Virtual Console?

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#1 muscle_shark
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Both of those games were huge hits, so why did they never make it to the virtual console? Now that the Wii-U is out, I'd like to download those games on my Wii and give it to my mom because she always enjoyed playing them when I was a kid. Will Nintendo ever release them for the VC in the future?
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#2 magiciandude
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I don't think SMW2: Yoshi's Island ever came out for the VC either.

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The Wii has superior versions of both games on the Wiiware, so Nintendo probably thought it was pointless to release the older versions on VC.

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The Wii has superior versions of both games on the Wiiware, so Nintendo probably thought it was pointless to release the older versions on VC.

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This, and there's also the problem of licensing.