Wii UK launch line-up

Backing up Wii's new launch titles are the relaunch titles of its Virtual Console, with Nintendo, Hudson and Sega chipping in with a selection of classics and, er, slightly less classics.

Big hitters include Super Mario 64 (the only N64 game offered), F-Zero and Donkey Kong Country on SNES, and Sonic on Mega Drive - and a surprise appearance from the terrific Japanese platform shooter love-in Gunstar Heroes.

Games will be priced by their original host console, not on a game-by-game basis, so you can expect to pay - in Wii Points - £3 for a NES game, £4 for a Turbografx game (like any of us had a Turbografx!), £5 for SNES and Mega Drive games, and £7 for an N64 game.

The full list:

NES
Baseball
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr
Ice Hockey
The Legend of Zelda
Mario Bros
Pinball
Soccer
Solomon's Key
Tennis
Urban Champion
Wario's Woods

SNES
Donkey Kong Country
F-Zero
SimCity

N64
Super Mario 64

Mega Drive
Altered Beast
Columns
Dr Robotonik's Mean Bean Machine
Ecco the Dolphin
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Ristar
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Harrier II
ToeJam & Earl

Turbografx
Bomberman '93
Bonk's Adventure
Dungeon Explorer
Super Star Soldier
Victory Run

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