Images of Nintendos 'Virtual Console'

[Mentok]

http://www.wiigamer.com/?p=780

You can taste the retro goodness

Video update...

http://media.revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707705/vids_1.html

 

[Cold2daToucH004]

Sa-weet. I'm glad they showed something concerning the virtual console.

 

[ToddIsDead]

Nice.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

i donmt get it,those are just picsof the last gen consoles...?

 

[ToddIsDead]

It's just showing what the menus will be like for when you buy some of the classic games.

 

[Mentok]

First post updated with video.

 

[Hades]

SQQQQQQQQQQquuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[ampersand]

That is going to be so awesome

 

[Johnny Blaze]

God, I can't wait to play me some Bonk.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

nintendo just really owned the other two and it feels so good.

 

[Bat Brain]

Cool, I love the design. Have they mentioned whether the VC will be available worldwide?

 

[Majin Boo]

How do you obtain the retro games? Do you have to pay for each game and you download it? does that mean that the WII comes with a built in hard drive?

 

[Carter]

Awesome. I loved N64, I can't wait until wii comes out

 

[The Amazing Lee]

Is this an addition to the Wii or this is a completely different console?

 

[Bat Brain]

How do you obtain the retro games? Do you have to pay for each game and you download it? does that mean that the WII comes with a built in hard drive?

I believe they'll be saved on to 512 MB flash memory

 

[The Amazing Lee]

Schweet. I'm definetely getting a Wii. Because being a retro gamer, I'll definetely be getting alot of the old school games!

 

[Majin Boo]

but do you pay for each game?

 

[The Amazing Lee]

Well if you have to pay for them...I hope they are cheap.

Otherwise it'd be easier just to go and buy the original consoles and look for the games on ebay

 

[Bat Brain]

but do you pay for each game?

Yeah, there'll be a fee for each game, no actual prices have been revealed yet though.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Looks very good.

Majin Boo, the prices have not been announced. I did read that the more recent games will cost more than the older games (N64 games will cost more than NES). I'm guessing the Sega and Turbo games will cost more than Nintendo games.

 

[The Amazing Lee]

That's obvious though.

But I'm more interested in the older games to be honest.

(Puts on his nostalgia hat)

 

[The Amazing Lee]

I'm hoping that for the Nes games, you have to open up the console and blow hard, when the game doesn't work first time up:

 

[Majin Boo]

So tell me, what is the advantage of paying for the old school games, that I can get via Roms for free of the net?

 

[The Amazing Lee]

You can play with them on neat controllers?

 

[Capt Throbberson]

So tell me, what is the advantage of paying for the old school games, that I can get via Roms for free of the net?

Controller works better than a keyboard.
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The feature is a perk, basically the Nintendo version of xbox live with more features.

With that logic, why buy Gears of War (When it comes out), Oblivion, etc. when you can just torrent them for free?