Gaming Wii U Virtual Console Launch Lineup Revealed

[blaisedinsd]

Super Metroid is hitting the $.30 sale next

i had used the little club Nintendo deal (150 coins) to get it for the Wii VC and they reimbursed me today because of the fact (WOOOOOO)

I heard they were doing that, thats pretty cool. Makes me wish I spent the coins so I could have it on Wii and WiiU.

Has anyone got an upgrade price on one of these titles yet? I just wanted to confirm that after upgrading they don't disable your wii version of the game. None of my games are available yet on Wii U but I assume they simply offer you a discounted price and leave the old one alone. Your save data don't transfer so it would be nice to have the old version in tact.

 

[Rizsparky]

Enjoying the VC games on the GAMEPAD. I have an iPad/emu/classic controller setup, but playing handheld on a Nintendo machine just feels so much better.

Yup, feels awesome on the gamepad!

 

[ZaeZae64]

question.
I got some VC games off club Nintendo (Super Metroid, Mario RPG and Mario 64 for example)
Will I be able to upgrade those to the Wii U version when they're available on the Wii U Shop? Not sure if it applies to games obtained through codes.
(Just to let you know the VC games are currently on my Wii U's VWii and not a seperate console)

 

[Warlord698]

question.
I got some VC games off club Nintendo (Super Metroid, Mario RPG and Mario 64 for example)
Will I be able to upgrade those to the Wii U version when they're available on the Wii U Shop? Not sure if it applies to games obtained through codes.
(Just to let you know the VC games are currently on my Wii U's VWii and not a seperate console)

they are legitimately registered to your Wii shop account (which you should have linked to your Club Nintendo account) so yea, they should be subject to upgrade.
I don't know if they will refund coins on all the Club Nintendo games, or just recent purchases that are now coming to the Wii U VC.
then only ones that shouldn't be eligible for the discount upgrades would be the bootlegged downloadables

 

[Ray Lewis]

Iono, SNES games should be 5 bucks if you ask me, 5-7 depending on the title.

I was looking forward to this, but I recently just bought Super Mario World at the flea market so now I have no need for it on the WiiU. And I've been getting every other VC game for 30cents... and Super Metroid next month... <3

$5-7? Jesus Christ. Those are like 3 or more generations ago. $1-2 each? Wait, under powered and over priced, Nintendo strategy to be sure.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

$5-7? Jesus Christ. Those are like 3 or more generations ago. $1-2 each? Wait, under powered and over priced, Nintendo strategy to be sure.

And physical copies of those games go for like 20 and up. 5-7 is cheap.

 

[Ray Lewis]

they are legitimately registered to your Wii shop account (which you should have linked to your Club Nintendo account) so yea, they should be subject to upgrade.
I don't know if they will refund coins on all the Club Nintendo games, or just recent purchases that are now coming to the Wii U VC.
then only ones that shouldn't be eligible for the discount upgrades would be the bootlegged downloadables

And physical copies of those games go for like 20 and up. 5-7 is cheap.

Wow, over priced m. Like hardware and current games. $20?

 

[Warlord698]

Wow, over priced m. Like hardware and current games. $20?

how is my post in that related in any way to what shadow said?? I was answering somebody's question about discounts for upgrades, while he was talking about if you buy them first time

 

[Carnivean]

Wow, over priced m. Like hardware and current games. $20?

There's a finite amount of them and as the only way to get copies if you don't have them is to buy them off a reseller you will always have to pay whatever the market dictates. It's why shit like Earthbound boxed is now a couple hundred USD. If anything the prices are always going to be going up rather than down, especially with retro gaming having gained a resurgence in interest lately.

And obviously nintendo are going to match this and just always charge the most they feel they can get away with, it's certainly what they do with all their first party games.

 

[Maxternal]

Makes sense. I stand corrected. Now, the other thing I'm wondering is why are NES games filtered on HDTVs, but not Snes games. I tested this thoroughly and confirmed that this is the case. NES = filtered. Snes - not filtered. WTF?

I'm not sure which way would accomplish this (filtered or not) but it would be cool if mode 7 games like f-zero and FX games like starfox were actually rendered with the GPU at full resolution (even if just optionally) so the pixels and polygons didn't get quite so garbled off in the distance. There are other games that use effects stretch and zoom sprites that could benefit from this, too.

 

[Ergo]

The way VC games look on the gamepad > on an HDTV. Snes games were simply not meant to be upscaled to 720p without filters. Sorry to all those purists out there, but that's the way I feel.

Wouldn't the purists be more inclined to play it on a display that more closely approximates the native res of those machines?

 

[the_randomizer]

Wouldn't the purists be more inclined to play it on a display that more closely approximates the native res of those machines?

You'd think so, but unfortunately, the way it's scaled is just weird. It would make more sense to force-enable the VC games to enter 480p when you play them and then switch back to 720/1080 when you close it. That way, they'd look filtered.

I'm not sure which way would accomplish this (filtered or not) but it would be cool if mode 7 games like f-zero and FX games like starfox were actually rendered with the GPU at full resolution (even if just optionally) so the pixels and polygons didn't get quite so garbled off in the distance. There are other games that use effects stretch and zoom sprites that could benefit from this, too.

It would nice, but they butchered that chance.

 

[Maxternal]

It would nice, but they butchered that chance.

I guess we'll have to wait for emulators to do that then.

 

[the_randomizer]

I guess we'll have to wait for emulators to do that then.

That would be a shame

 

[Ray Lewis]

I guess we'll have to wait for emulators to do that then.

ONlY in Wii U mode could emulators use the game pad screen. The blog and the comments/replies there clarify a lot. Interesting read, people should check comments and responses given.

ALSO, limited to Wii output in vWii. Unless I have misread.

 

[VampireLordAlucard]

I kinda think that's what their train of thought is, too, hope to entice you to buy another platform if you want handheld retro games. I think they should loosen up a LITTLE bit, though, and take advantage of the fact that their home console is semi-handheld anyhow ... even if it is JUST for the GBA games that the 3DS isn't powerful enough to emulate (at least not without them throwing a lot of money at emulator development.)

Didn't somebody determine a while back that GBA games on the 3DS were running natively, not emulated?

 

[the_randomizer]

ONlY in Wii U mode could emulators use the game pad screen. The blog and the comments/replies there clarify a lot. Interesting read, people should check comments and responses given.

ALSO, limited to Wii output in vWii. Unless I have misread.

Yep, but they still look like crap when upscaled to an HDTV. 240p/160p games were not meant to be scaled to 720 or 1080 without filtering, and I always heard arguments elsewhere when people said "But, they're in HD!" ROFL
HD my arse! The game pad filters them, so why can they be that way for Super Nintendo games? NES games are filtered on the TV and game pad. It can't be that hard to do. The only way I can get filtering for Snes is changing it to 480p, but that kinda defeats the purpose of having an HD console.
What should be done is an auto-detection mode that changes dynamically from 480/720 depending on when you use the VC and play a Wii U game.

This week's releases for the Wii U:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/05/nintendo_download_9th_may_2013_north_america

Solomon's Key
Xevious


Whoop-dee-f***ing doo.

*Plays RetroArch Wii*

I had faith that Nintendo of America wouldn't suck monkey balls with the VC releases. How wrong I was.

 

[Pong20302000]

Yep, but they still look like crap when upscaled to an HDTV. 240p/160p games were not meant to be scaled to 720 or 1080 without filtering, and I always heard arguments elsewhere when people said "But, they're in HD!" ROFL
HD my arse! The game pad filters them, so why can they be that way for Super Nintendo games? NES games are filtered on the TV and game pad. It can't be that hard to do. The only way I can get filtering for Snes is changing it to 480p, but that kinda defeats the purpose of having an HD console.
What should be done is an auto-detection mode that changes dynamically from 480/720 depending on when you use the VC and play a Wii U game.

This week's releases for the Wii U:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/05/nintendo_download_9th_may_2013_north_america

Solomon's Key
Xevious


Whoop-dee-f***ing doo.

*Plays RetroArch Wii*

I had faith that Nintendo of America wouldn't suck monkey balls with the VC releases. How wrong I was.

yo mad because EUR is bringing the goods

 

[the_randomizer]

yo mad because EUR is bringing the goods

No, I'm not mad at Nintendo of Europe since they know how to appeal to the customer, and see eye to eye. Nintendo of America on the other hand is that one socially awkward nerdy friend we have that arrives late the party and expects people to fill him in with the latest without making himself more awkward. For a while there, I thought it would be safe to trust them into not disappointing their fans, but you know what they say, history repeats itself. In fact, when this crap happened to the Wii's VC, that actually motivated me to install the Homebrew Channel. I'm glad I have RetroArch Wii. I thought that as a business, they wanted money, and I was willing to support them for the VC, but, I guess money isn't that important, neither is discouraging piracy. Oh well.

Edit: So I'm probably being a self-entitled prick, I won't deny it. It's one thing to get people hyped up for the potentiality of playing on the game pad and for what should be better support, but to release paltry numbers in the US when the other regions get real releases...that's just sad.

 

[Pong20302000]

No, I'm not mad at Nintendo of Europe since they know how to appeal to the customer, and see eye to eye. Nintendo of America on the other hand is that one socially awkward nerdy friend we have that arrives late the party and expects people to fill him in with the latest without making himself more awkward. For a while there, I thought it would be safe to trust them into not disappointing their fans, but you know what they say, history repeats itself. In fact, when this crap happened to the Wii's VC, that actually motivated me to install the Homebrew Channel. I'm glad I have RetroArch Wii. I thought that as a business, they wanted money, and I was willing to support them for the VC, but, I guess money isn't that important, neither is discouraging piracy. Oh well.

well its marketing normally

same as EUR announced there E-shop on Mondays so by Thursday people are ready and organized there money
USA do it on Thursday, more than like due to marketing showing Americans dont like to wait so if they dont know its fine and then they splash there cash without thinking, plus we all know Japan loves EUR more