Today, Nintendo has announced the first 30 games that will be available on the Wii's Virtual Console download service. Spanning five different console systems - two of which were not released by Nintendo - the list is a mixture of classics (The Legend of Zelda, Bonk's Advnture) and "why did they bother?" (Urban Champion, Victory Run) that has us excited for the future of the service. These games will all be out by the end of December 2006.
In Nintendo's pricing scheme, NES games cost 500 points (with one point being one cent.) TurboGrafx 16 games are 600 points while SNES and Sega Genesis games are slated to hit at 800 points each. Nintendo 64 games round it out at 1000 points.
NES
Mario Bros.
The Legend of Zelda
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Ice Hockey
Pinball
Soccer
Tennis
Urban Champion
Baseball
Wario's Woods
Solomon's Key (originally released by Tecmo)
SNES
Sim City
F-Zero
Nintendo 64
Super Mario 64
Sega Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog
Altered Beast
Golden Axe
Columns
Ecco the Dolphin
Gunstar Heroes
Space Harrier II
Toejam and Earl
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Ristar
TurboGrafx 16
Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Victory Run
Bomberman '93
Dungeon Explorer
It doesn't quite match up with our dreams. If you're curious about which games we'd most like to see during 2007, just hit upour feature for 10 lost classics we demand to see.
October 31, 2006
