Virtual console news and updates from the specialized section of the Wii shop channel. Including newly downloadable games and other software for the Wii gaming console.
Posted on December 11th, 2007 by Angela in Virtual Console
Get ready to celebrate the arrival of a bunch of fun new features on the Wii Shop Channel. This week marks the debut of the first Pokémon game for the Virtual Console: Pokémon Snap, which originally was a hit on Nintendo 64. This Pokémon photographic adventure comes with a special Wii bonus: It now includes [...]
Posted on December 03rd, 2007 by Angela in Virtual Console
Three new classic games have gone live. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. Drumroll please… This week’s new games are:
ZANAC (NES, [...]
Posted on November 29th, 2007 by Mark in Virtual Console
Very recently, I had the opportunity to hit up a DS download station and sample two very excellent games — Contra 4 and Ninja Gaiden. Based on the small taste I got of each of them, I am 100% interested in purchasing them both. For very different reasons, they were very fun games. Which means, [...]
Posted on November 29th, 2007 by Angela in Virtual Console
The ESRB has listed Baseball Stars 2, by SNK Playmore USA on their ratings list, with an E rating for the Wii. Given the history of the title, one would assume it will be appearing on the U.S. Virtual Console at some stage inthe near future.
Baseball Stars 2 was originally released back in 1992 by [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2007 by Angela in Virtual Console
Live in the U.S. and long for the day you’ll be able to play Huson Soft’s classic title ‘Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly Paradise’? Well, today is your lucky day! Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly Paradise is set to be released on the Wii Virtual Console today (US). The game will set you back 800 Wii points.The [...]
Posted on October 28th, 2007 by Mark in Virtual Console
Despite Nintendo’s sketchy (at best) history with that whole “online community” concept, they continue to be optimistic with the potential for their whole “channels” idea on the Wii dashboard. I think we can all agree that there are a lot of fun things Nintendo can do with those channels, and Nintendo is already beginning to [...]
Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Mark in Virtual Console
While it holds great potential, the idea of WiiWare still exists largely in the realm of speculation and myth. We know it is there, we know magical things will eventually be issuing forth from it — but right now, it just offers us the Everybody Votes Channel, a 5 dollar Opera browser (if you didn’t [...]