Europe: WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!
European Wii Shop users got a pleasant surprise: a secret area inside the Virtual Console section! To access it, follow these simple steps:- Be European (depending on your circumstances, this is either the easiest or hardest step).
- Download the latest update.
- Click on the little smiley emoticon.
Jump over the post break to enter GERMAN YOUTUBE DEMONSTRATION ZONE!
[Via GayGamer]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
baronjon @ Feb 24th 2007 3:37PM
I just came back from my wii reading about ocarina of time and some easter eggs in the game/zelda:TP. The kirby bio was last week.
shadow @ Feb 24th 2007 4:03PM
European Wiis are surprisingly quiet.
dukemeiser @ Feb 24th 2007 4:09PM
Anyone have a translation?
RHR @ Feb 24th 2007 5:21PM
That's odd. When I click on mine (I'm in the UK), it shows me secrets and about OoT!
And yes, I do have it on my Wii already :D
baronjon @ Feb 24th 2007 5:32PM
The latest:
"Warp Zone - Ocarina of time special
wow, what an update we've got for you this week! classic games don't come any classier than the legend of zelda: ocarina of time: the miyamoto masterpiece now available on virtual console.
like most zelda games, ocarina of time is packed full of secrets to discover, but some are more unusual than others. Here is a smal selection of fun facs to look out for while you play...
familiar faces
When you first meet princess zelda in the courtyard of hyrule castle, take a look through the windows and you will can see portraits of mario, peach, bowser and yoshi!
Moo-re milk!
When you have Epona, return to Lon Lon ranch and talk to Malon, and she will challenge you to a race. Win and you'll get your own cow, and an everlasting supply of milk! also, take a close look at Malon's brooch: it's shaped like Bowser's face!
Stone songs
Got a good memory for tunes? many of the ocarina of time songs featured in ocarina of time appear as howling stone songs in twilight princess.
Fishing photo
In twilight princess, inside the hut at the fishing hole, there's a photo of a man. this is the fishing pond owner from ocarina of time.
leave Cuccos alone!
Do not, under any circumstances attack Cuccos. Dont say we didn't warn you"
Mr Khan @ Feb 24th 2007 6:20PM
Whenever the Shop Channel actually gets to the "start shopping" screen, it scares the shit out of me, because its all quiet, then BOOM, that loud, addicting music
This is awesome, wish i was European
(no i don't, i'd be about 70$ poorer from buying Wii alone)
NothingShocking @ Feb 24th 2007 6:25PM
Wow Brian Rettie, you sure are a WINNER! I hope one day to be half as articulate and intelligent as you. Never have I read anything so profound that it actually caused me to perceive life in a whole new way. Thank You sir for your kindness and grace in all things. You are my hero.
David Hinkle @ Feb 24th 2007 7:39PM
Brian Rettie,
Comments like that are not welcome, nor are they ever needed.
Ban'd!
dukemeiser @ Feb 24th 2007 9:07PM
Thanks baronjon.
BPM @ Feb 24th 2007 10:27PM
Man, NOA is slacking off...
The only message we see is "The Wii Shop Channel is now open!"
It's never changed...
WhackMushrooms @ Feb 24th 2007 11:26PM
would be nice to have something more to do on my wii besides bowl and play games ive already played ... zelda was such an awesome experience that everything else just has not cut it. it would be cool to have stuff like this for our VC though.
brian @ Feb 25th 2007 7:13AM
omg
Charles @ Feb 25th 2007 8:42AM
BPM:
10. Man, NOA is slacking off...
The only message we see is "The Wii Shop Channel is now open!"
It's never changed...
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So true, it seems Europe are getting extremely cool launches for the VC and stuff but NOA has the advantage in Wii software...don't worry, it will come soon on our US Wiis...
Mr.Chills @ Feb 25th 2007 9:53AM
Just when it thought the wii couldnt get any better. That sounds VERY cool. I try to customize my "main screens" to have the greatest games of all times on the first page(mario kart64, kid icarus, super mario64, etc and hopefully someday soon pilotwings64. But is it possible to remove the forecast and news channel from my page like i do for other games?
Protome @ Feb 25th 2007 11:10AM
This isn't new...this's been around since the Wii came out here.
Chris @ Feb 25th 2007 2:48PM
i tranlated it for you
enjoy!!!
"wellcome to the warp zone!
congratulations. you found the hidden area of the virtual console! this area is like a gate to the past.
in future you can regularly find background information and interesting details for the virtual console games. maybe from time to time we will give you some tipps or tell you secret tricks! in the warp zone anything is possible!
this week we start with a hero to whom danger is not at all a foreign word, but who, however, looks sweet and innocent like sugar cotton wool at the same time.
kriby is one of the strongest videogame-characters of all time - even when he's pink. but did you know that he was white once a day?
in his first game, kirby's dream land for game boy, kirby had no color because of the one-colored display and therefor he was painted white on the package of the game. in his nes-debut (now available for the virtual console) he then was pink as his creator masahiro sakurai originally intended to be. sakurai-san later developped super smash bros. in which kirby also appears.
and in case you always wondered why kirby has the shape of a simpel ball - thats because sakurai-san and his team (including the current president of nintendo, satoru iwata) first used him as a substitute symbol. but rapidly they succumbed kirbys simple charme and his look stayed unchanged since then!"
Brian Rettie @ Feb 26th 2007 8:21AM
no it hasn't protome
Chris @ Feb 27th 2007 7:55PM
i translated it for you
enjoy!!!
"wellcome to the warp zone!
congratulations. you found the hidden area of the virtual console! this area is like a gate to the past.
in future you can regularly find background information and interesting details for the virtual console games. maybe from time to time we will give you some tipps or tell you secret tricks! in the warp zone anything is possible!
this week we start with a hero to whom danger is not at all a foreign word, but who, however, looks sweet and innocent like sugar cotton wool at the same time.
kriby is one of the strongest videogame-characters of all time - even when he's pink. but did you know that he was white once a day?
in his first game, kirby's dream land for game boy, kirby had no color because of the one-colored display and therefor he was painted white on the package of the game. in his nes-debut (now available for the virtual console) he then was pink as his creator masahiro sakurai originally intended to be. sakurai-san later developped super smash bros. in which kirby also appears.
and in case you always wondered why kirby has the shape of a simpel ball - thats because sakurai-san and his team (including the current president of nintendo, satoru iwata) first used him as a substitute symbol. but rapidly they succumbed kirbys simple charme and his look stayed unchanged since then!"