Hacking References to Unreleased Wii U Virtual Console games found

[BayernTod]

I haven't posted here before so I apologize if this thread is off topic or has any other issues with it.
Either way, I was looking through the code of a couple N64 virtual console games and had come across a number of configuration files referencing N64 games that we never got. I haven't seen these documented anywhere, so I thought that I should probably mention them here. The games as listed in the code are:

• Pokemon Stadium
• SimCity 64
• SmashBrothers JP
• BioHazard2 JP
• Blast Corp JP
  
• Banjo2 JP
• Custom Robot I
• DRACULA MOKUSHIROKU2 US
  
• DRACULA MOKUSHIROKU2 JP
  
• DRACULA MOKUSHIROKU2 EU
  
• Diddy Kong Racing US
• Diddy Kong Racing JP
• Diddy Kong Racing EU
• taoshan
• GOEMON2 DERODERO US
• GOEMON2 DERODERO EU
• GoldenEye JP
• HYBRID HEAVEN US
• HYBRID HEAVEN EU
• HYBRID HEAVEN JP
• Puzzle League US
• Puzzle League EU
• STAR TWINS US
• STAR TWINS JP
• STAR TWINS EU
• IGGY
• Trouble maker(U)
• Trouble maker(J)
• Trouble maker(P)
• raymen 2 (this one has two separate files)

These were all found in the US versions of the DK64 and Majora's Mask Virtual Console files, specifically in "content/config"
I assume that these were all games that Nintendo were working on, but couldn't release due to licensing or other issues. I haven't tested them with injections, but I would assume that since these are official they would work really well.

 

[MaxiBash]

I haven't posted here before so I apologize if this thread is off topic or has any other issues with it.
Either way, I was looking through the code of a couple N64 virtual console games and had come across a number of configuration files referencing N64 games that we never got. I haven't seen these documented anywhere, so I thought that I should probably mention them here. The games as listed in the code are:

• Pokemon Stadium
• SimCity 64
• SmashBrothers JP
• BioHazard2 JP
• Blast Corp JP
  
• Banjo2 JP
• Custom Robot I
• DRACULA MOKUSHIROKU2 US
  
• DRACULA MOKUSHIROKU2 JP
  
• DRACULA MOKUSHIROKU2 EU
  
• Diddy Kong Racing US
• Diddy Kong Racing JP
• Diddy Kong Racing EU
• taoshan
• GOEMON2 DERODERO US
• GOEMON2 DERODERO EU
• GoldenEye JP
• HYBRID HEAVEN US
• HYBRID HEAVEN EU
• HYBRID HEAVEN JP
• Puzzle League US
• Puzzle League EU
• STAR TWINS US
• STAR TWINS JP
• STAR TWINS EU
• IGGY
• Trouble maker(U)
• Trouble maker(J)
• Trouble maker(P)
• raymen 2 (this one has two separate files)

These were all found in the US versions of the DK64 and Majora's Mask Virtual Console files, specifically in "content/config"
I assume that these were all games that Nintendo were working on, but couldn't release due to licensing or other issues. I haven't tested them with injections, but I would assume that since these are official they would work really well.

Dang, we didn't get Diddy Kong Racing? Bummer!

 

[AmandaRose]

Now I want to goto my mum and dads and get my N64 out of the loft to play Blast Corps defo my all time favourite N64 game.

 

[wolf-snake]

I'm pretty sure we knew about this since 2015 because the Banjo2 JP file is what was used to inject Banjo-Kazooie to a N64 VC game... or at least thats what i did.

 

[MikaDubbz]

Weird that they had plans to release Banjo 2 apparently, but never even released the original Banjo Kazooie to the service (of course injects have retroactively made this unofficially possible).

 

[StrayGuitarist]

DAMN IT! IF ONLY THEY'D MADE THE POKEMON STADIUM ONE A THING! WITH CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE POKEMON GBC VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAMES ON THE 3DS, SO YOU CAN STILL DO ALL OF THE LINK STUFF... GGRAAGH, I sold my N64 years back and wanna play that game again, but searching for old hardware is hard...ware. (ba dmm tss.)

 

[CORE]

Sorry to bust ur bubble buddy but we have known about these for few years now and there plenty of info here on Forum.

Hell here take a look at my blog.

https://gbatemp.net/blog/456945