The awesome just keeps on coming: more Virtual Console games [update 1]
by Jason Wishnov 
{ Nov 8th 2006 at 9:44PM }
Because the eight we just posted weren't good enough, we've got another ESRB confirmation ... this time for thirteen. We'll let the list do the talking for us:NES:
- Excitebike
- Ice Climber
- Dr. Mario
- Mario Brothers
- Ice Hockey
- Soccer
- Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
- Kirby's Super Star
- Super Metroid
- Kirby's Dream Land 3
- Mario Kart 64
- Starfox 64
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
[Thanks, Cian C.!]
[Update 1: Dammit, we can't count.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
[GeekPunk] @ Nov 8th 2006 10:05PM
12? Does one of those on the list not count?
Patrick @ Nov 8th 2006 10:18PM
lol ya there is 13 games....I like the new games...I hope it gets confirmed as Virtual Console Games....I know eventually I know they will, but I hope they are a secret luanch list. God only 10days 2 hours 45min and 49 seconds
Author X @ Nov 9th 2006 8:46AM
Omigawd! Super Mario RPG! I LOVE that game so much! Go Squeenix! Kirby's Super Star is also cool beans. Now I really have some games to look forward to on the Virtual Console :)
Gozan @ Nov 8th 2006 10:14PM
ICE CLIMBER!!!
Foetoid @ Nov 8th 2006 10:23PM
ZOMG @ STARFOX 64. Better known as Lylat Wars...ZOMG! I loved that game so much. They had it set up at my local games store before and i finished the whole game on the hardest path even before i owned it LMAO. Mario Kart 64 is PWNT, OOT i already have on Gamecube. I want them to hurry up and announce Donkey Kong Country 2 + 3 (1 is already announced) and Unirally (i think it was called Uniracers in the US). And find out who has the rights to Shadowman on the N64 and put that on too. Paper Mario 64 wouldn't go astray either. i can see my half a gig of Flash memory is gonna be chewed up so fast, ima get me the biggest possible SD card, anyone know how big they get? I was told 8 gig.
Crono141 @ Nov 9th 2006 7:51AM
"The biggest name on this list is certainly Mario RPG"
Funny, I thought the biggest name was "Super Metroid"
I wonder how the lag will translate for speedrunners.
nitefire @ Nov 8th 2006 11:11PM
CONTRA
I mean the 360 gets it before Nintendo?
Joe @ Nov 8th 2006 11:29PM
Beware of the 8 gig SD cards, those use a special type of slot called SDHC, which we're not quite sure if it will work on the Wii. I assume that the slot will work with FAT32, which would mean that the biggest card that will work is 4gigs. With how prices have been, you're better off getting two 4gig cards than one 8 gig card anyway; SD cards have always had the best value if you go one size down from the smallest. I suggest people watch Slickdeals.net for cheap SD cards though, there seems to be a new deal on them every couple of days.
Dan @ Nov 8th 2006 11:57PM
The entire SNES lineup there is beyond awesome. I was really hoping Super Star would end up on the VC, and I was not disappointed. As for Squeenix, they pledged their support for the VC pretty early on. I recall seeing their logo go up on the japanese VC website not long after it was announced. Chrono Trigger is definitely going to see a rerelease somewhere, either GBA or VC (or hopefully, both). I'm really hoping they might throw some new translations at us (Seiken Densetsu 3?), though that might not be worth it for the price of VC games.
@Foetoid, Newegg has a couple 8GB SD cards, but be prepared to pay well upwards of $100 to get one. I got a 2gig on sale last month for $6 shipped. Keep an eye on slickdeals.net; there's usually a good deal on SD cards at least once a week. Hope that helps.
Pat @ Nov 9th 2006 12:21AM
who plays wii for old games?
emulation ftw!
mykie @ Nov 9th 2006 12:56AM
Uhm, guys, Mario Bros. and SUPER Mario Bros are two totally different games.
Don't get your hopes up for Super Mario Bros quite yet.
Steinmania @ Nov 9th 2006 1:17AM
Kirby Super Star! w00t! that was some awesome fun back then... Now I just need the Final Fantasy games, Chrono Trigger, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time!!!
*Does the Wii dance*
Ryan @ Nov 9th 2006 2:29AM
Kirby Superstar.
Mario RPG.
Super Metroid.
Starfox, Mario Kart, and Zelda 64.
Nintendo just won the freaking 'downloadable games' war. And they aren't even in it yet.
Live Arcade got NOTHING on this.
Gabe @ Nov 9th 2006 8:51AM
"who plays wii for old games?
emulation ftw!"
I will be playing the Wii for a few older games.
N64 emulation plays like shit on my PC, and I'm dying to play Starfox 64. There's also that whole copyright infringement thing. :D
Erich @ Nov 9th 2006 10:41AM
I would have thought that the N64 titles would be the biggest. But on the otherhand, the only game there that I can honestly say I will actually pay for (already own the 3 N64 titles) is Mario RPG because it's a game I never gave a chance but heard good things about it afterwards.
Smoke @ Nov 9th 2006 12:11PM
Let's hope that this time Super Mario RPG makes it across the Atlantic for a European release as well. If it does, I'll buy it the day it's available. Mario Kart 64 and Starfox 64 are two other must-haves, although I do hope the glitches in the original MK64 are fixed(Speed issues on certain tracks with certain amounts of players)
All Your Lost Socks @ Nov 9th 2006 12:34PM
That is a somewhat terrifying picture :)
The 64 list makes me happy, especially with the addition of OoT (even though I already have it on my Gamecube Zelda collection disc, it makes me fuzzy). I just keep hoping, even if no one else bothers, that they will include F-Zero X. I know they already have F-Zero on there, but that next one was my favourite (aside from GX which, while being sickeningly frustrating at times, totally rocked my socks).
Other than that, that is a very happy list of additions. Especially Super Mario RPG, which I never got to play, and Kirby, which I love. Whee!
TurboFool @ Nov 9th 2006 1:24PM
Best list so far. Mario RPG is one of my all-time favorite games, I missed out on Super Metroid back in the day, so I want that, Mario Kart 64 was an awesome game, Starfox 64 is the number one game I've been waiting for on the VC, and need I say anything about Ocarina of Time?
I just wish they'd make some minor "upgrades" to these. Little stuff, like adding save to Starfox, for instance.
Neoimmortal @ Nov 9th 2006 2:18PM
I am very happy that Super Metroid is on the list. I still want to see Super Mario World, as that was my first SNES game but still my favorite. Zelda OoT will be great, I have it for N64, but that is in the back room where all the old systems are at and I dont play them because they are back there, same thing for Mario Kart 64. Now to just put money aside for this wii system and hope that our small town Wal*Mart will do the midnight release for us too.
Chris Cardinal @ Nov 10th 2006 1:56AM
Dear #9:
Speaking as someone who actually played SUPER Mario Bros. at E3 ON the Wii, I assure you, it's coming.
FinalFan3 @ Nov 10th 2006 1:34PM
Super Mario RPG better come out in Europe's VC. We never got the SNES version :(
JacKal @ Nov 10th 2006 5:59PM
SUPER MARIO RPG!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't played this game since I used to own the actual cart for SNES... one of the best unexpected RPG games for SNES!! Finally my friends who have never played it finally can... (emulation of the game is mediocre at best sometimes due to it's special video effects) This should bring hope to the other SNES RPG that is longed for VC... Chrono Trigger!
Eric_the_conversationalist @ Nov 13th 2006 8:54AM
Kirby is my hero.
PS Is it a cloud or bubblegum? I was never quite sure.