Why not play VC games on their regular systems?

when i go on WII shop and see these overpriced games,it frustrates me.i mean, Mario Bros. for $5 bucks.im sure a majority of you still have NES and SNES systems still,why not play the games on that?i can go to the pawn shop or flea market and get a Nintendo game for 1-2 dollars,why pay five to eight?do ppl just want to download so they can use the Wii?or to lazy to hook up your old system?there is maybe 4-5 games i can think i would really purchase via Wii shop.

im sure alot of you dont/didn't have a NES/SNES,but for the same price of a few VC you can find a system and games.

plus there are tons of ppl who use emulators...why pay so much for something you can get so much cheaper for?

plus there are tons of ppl who use emulators...why pay so much for something you can get so much cheaper for?

Kcafe

1.  Convenience - It sounds lazy, but it is nice to have these games on one machine. Downloading is a nice convenience.

2.  Even if you own every system, Chances are you dont own every game (although if you still own every system, it wouldn't surprise me if you own most of the games :)

3. Some of these games may not be that easy to track down anymore. although ebay would probably make it much easier.

4. IMO emulators suck. I would rather play my old favorites with my favorite traditional controllers.

5. If you don't want to pay it, don't buy it. nintendo isn't forcing you to buy these things. Go ahead and get your old systems out, go to your flea market, and good luck trying to find the games.

Not everyone has the old consoles. For example, I don't have SNES which was indeed my favourite. Now if you wanted to go find the old games for your old consoles, it'd be harder. Emulators are illegal and for many people (also including me) find it unethical. Besides, emulators kinda stink because they just don't have the feel that makes them so great.

VC is a great idea and if you don't like it, don't use it.

1. Not everyone had the old systems and those who did didn't buy every game.

2. The old systems won't work forever and the cartridges aren't reliable.

3. Nintendo is greedy and likes to sell their consumers the same games and systems 3 times.

no, i do not assume,i suggested that they can find these same games for more cheaper.walk into any pawn shop or thrift store and i bet you anything, you can find super mario bros for 1 dollar.ppl just like the concept of being able to download.they wanna use their system for more then just playing games,they need more like online,download,etc.Kcafe

A. I dont have A/V cable for my 64

B. I dont have anything under the 64

C. My 64 controller is practicly broken, so now I use my GCN controller to play 20 years of nintendo :D

My NES and N64 broke a while ago, and even if it didn't, blowing into the games for a while just to play them gets a little irritating (goes for the SNES as well).  More importantly in a small dorm room I don't have the room for all of these systems to be hooked up to my tiny tv, so I would much rather just not have to hassle with all of it.  I guess another reason is that some of the batteries in my carts are starting to die on me, so I woud rather not spend money on a game that I don't know if it'll work for a prolonged period of time.

However, I do understand where the TC is coming from.  I would much rather play the games on their original system just because that's how I grew up playing them.  It's a shame that as a child I didn't take better care of the games so they would last over the years.