kinda surprised that they also release nes games that havent been in the ambassador program

I guess they'll have to or the NES Virtual Console will only have 10 games

I think they might still make a 3D Classics version somewhere down the line. What I think is less likely is the games that come out as 3DS Classics first getting a VC release on the 3DS after, as from Nintendo's point of view they would have already given us a superior/definitive version.

Please come to the US...

I think Nintendo is doing a great job with the 3DS VC, but they should focus more on past handheld games in my opinion. The NES titles coming are most likely already on the Wii, so...

Please come to Australia...

I'm with @kyuubikid213. I really don't care about seeing NES games come to the 3DS VC. Leave those for the Wii (you know, an actual console). If they focus more on handheld games maybe we won't have to wait 8 more months before we start seeing some Game Gear games!

This would have looked great as a 3D classic

At least there's still a chance for "3D Classics: Super Punch-Out!!"

Also, I bet Japan will get the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 (Lost Levels) really soon as well, and they will also get Virtual Console Arcade games sometime in the 3DS's life as well.

I dont they would release a 3D classic version and a Nes VC version, more likely to release a retail sequel to the wii version...
touch control fighting AND Gyroscopic controls for ducking and dodging with the graphics n style of the wii version would work.

its japan they always get better stuff than us

Just hope we get kung fu master 3d!!

I still think it would make more sense to release NES games as 3D Classics, since the 3DS VC was supposed to focus on handheld games, but I guess it won't be too bad as long as they just stick with first-party titles.

Well this is great news. Kinda confirms more NES games are coming.
Also I must say - why were people still expecting this to be a 3D-Classic?
6 have already been released, Nintendo are unlikely to make more.

@2 They never confirmed more NES games for general release, just like GBA games. There was no way to know this was coming, unless you're expecting more GBA games to be coming in soon as well.

aww... i want it in america!

i was suprised that punch out never made the 3DS ambassador list.
i`m just glad it`s made the eshop VC atleast, albeit in japan.
although i think we`re going to see the same trend on the 3DS as we`ve seen on the wii, japan will storm ahead with the games that are made available, while everywhere else is constantly playing catch up.
i wish NoA and NoE would get their acts together so that we aren`t trailing months behind. sometimes it bothers me when retail games can get a world wide release with in days of each other, yet downloads take forever.

I'll take non-3D Classics Punch-Out!! over no Punch-Out!!. Plus it won't be as overpriced this way.

This is surprising considering that they would release an NES game not part of the Ambassador program.

Game seems perfect for 3D too. That's a shame!

So it's official now, the NES is now a part of the 3DS VC outside of the Ambassador games. Would be nice if we could have the option to transfer our Wii NES games over, but meh.

Awwww damn it.I mis-read this and thought it was a 3D classic. VC. no thanks ,already have this on Wii.
This would be sweet in 3D........

I wish for Super Mario Bros 3 on 3DSVC, seeing as Punch Out gets to see the light on 3DSVC.

But this game would have been so epic for 3D Classics. Either way, I'm buying it.

Oh please let this come to America, Nintendo.

When are they going to update the ambassador games with save states like the other VC games?

One of my favorite games of all time, and one of my favorite franchises ever....yet I Already have it on the NES and Wii's VC. Plus there's no Mike Tyson which automatically makes it inferior.

Too bad this isn't a '3D Classic' because then i would blast down the cashOla faster than sugar poppin Sonic the Hedgehog.

As is, i have zero interest in playing NES games on the 3DS. That's with the Wii's for, after all these are Console games ment to be played on a TV. Nintendo's kind of stealing away that virtual console NES magic from the Wii in doing so. They're just milking it. And for me, playing NES games in portable form just doesn't retain the awesomeness, magic or feel when playing on the Tube, at least for me anyways.

Stick to GB, GBC, GBA and whatever other 'handheld' titles you plan on releasing Nintendo.

Hoping this also hints at gba games being sold soon too.

Wow! After a hideous start to the 3DS eShop, Nintendo is kickin butt...so long as this gets stateside. Punch Out is def. on my Top 5 Most Wanted NES games

@BudrSbastig Yes! A 3D version of Kung-Fu would be awesome! I loved that game

Well, now I'm sad this wasn't an ambassador game. I was hopeful before that we would get a 3D Classic version, so I took it as a good sign when it wasn't one of the ambassador titles. I might still buy it again anyway, but this was one game I really wanted to see as a 3D Classic for sure. I guess I'll have to keep my fingers crossed for a new 3DS version of Punch-Out!!

i will definitely get this one if it comes

Does this mean that the 3DS Virtual Console will also have NES games like the Wii Virtual Console?

Well, that makes 7 classics

I still think it's a waste of space, releasing a nes game on the 3DS VC. I mean: They are already on Wii VC and every nes game on 3DS VC is one gb/gbc game less!!

I would prefer this to be a 3d classic, but I guess beggers can't be choosers's....

I will buy it if it comes to the US. The lag on the VC version made it pretty much unplayable for me.

As someone who doesn't own a Wii, quite selfishly, i'm happy that NES games at least seem to be coming to 3DS VC. I couldn't care less about the 3D Classics after the treatment of Kirby given the frame it was presented in rather than full screen. If we're just going to get 3D Classics in the stock standard VC window, then just release the NES games as VC games so we can more of them rather than the 4 per year or so. The Ambassador NES games look great, so I don't see for a second why more NES releases as part of the VC range is in any manner a bad thing. If anything, it could be the right step toward a universal Nintendo Online Store.

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A 3D Classic version would be better, but I'd still get this if it came westward.

This game would be IDEAL for 3D Classics. They should be focussing on that. I love Nintendo but they make stupid decisions sometimes...

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