@ThumperUK Better yet, why not release the games that have never been released for the original Wii (Yoshi's Island, anyone)?

I HOPE he puts up his theme song on the title screen. I think that alone will get the M rating. ;D

Also, if the game gets panned, what a huge irony that will be!

How about releasing games that have never been released for the VC like Yoshi's Island (SNES) and Super Double Dragon, mmmmkay?

Usually, when stuff isn't announced in E3 when it normally does, then it is a sign of trouble. But in the age of the Internet, with Nintendo Direct now, I wonder if this will be a good money-saving strategy by Nintendo. Only time will tell.

After receiving poor reviews for the other consoles, can you really blame Sega? This is one delay (albeit permanently) that I actually welcome.

It's become a reality. I'll still use physical discs to rent, but if I want to buy, I'll digitally download them; let's face it, you don't get a lot in return if you resell the game.

I agree that it's a little too soon to judge the Wii U, but Nintendo really needs to start kicking ass again. "Innovation" and "uniqueness" isn't gonna cut it anymore. It needs to COMPETE! It needs to compete with the other consoles, and it needs to acknowledge that it IS in competition with Microsoft and Sony. There's no other way to see this.

The Moon Theme in HD is something I definitely look forward to.

First party games alone are not enough. It's the third parties that will make all the difference... again!

It looks good, but I can't help but think that this feels like a button-masher kind of game.

Who is this guy to decide if the aspect of a single-player game has to go away or not?

I don't plan on selling my Wii U, but if my Wii U were to break beyond repair or get lost/stolen, then what?

I know some of you are worried about the hacking problem, but that's why we have to keep logging to our e-mails and such to make sure that stuff like that doesn't happen. And if it does, then we contact the network and say "Hey, something is not right here."

Like NL said: in this day and age, it's inexcusable.

Damn! I should've waited for this version.

Sure, it was a good conversion of the arcade (at the time), but considering that other versions are now out, this game did not age well at all: No two-player version, no Guy, and the animation looks a bit clunky.

This should've been a VC Arcade release (with some modifications, of course).

@moomoo I don't know. I really don't care much for it. But I'm amazed that they felt like they've lost their best friend. Take a chill pill here, people. Delays suck, but being a little overdramatic here?

@DerpSandwich Hear, Hear!

I'm not sure why people are so up-in-arms about the game being "defected" to the other consoles. News flash: third-party developers owe us NOTHING! They're their own companies. If that's where the money is going, then that's where they're going.

Don't hold your breath on Bayonetta 2, Lego City Undercover Stories, etc.

I'm not holding my breath for it to be an exclusive for very long. Honestly, who cares?

If you guys think that Nintendo screwed you over because it was supposed to be a "console" exclusive, you were just kidding yourselves. Nintendo does not own Tecmo. Just like it doesn't own Platinum Games as well, I wouldn't be surprised that Bayonetta 2 will not be a Nintendo exclusive for very long.

Let's see how the games are, and how well the competition does, in the long-run. Then we'll talk.

@rjejr You took the words right out of my mouth. People would have to BUY the damn thing for people to truly experience it. Ubisoft's talking point is not gonna work.

This is not a deal-breaker for me (since I own a Wii U anyway), and call me a "spoiled" or "entitled" gamer (I've also been gaming for 25 years now FYI), but I do have a few legitimate gripes about this one.

1) I've put in a lot of time and effort into these games, especially in games that require more than one hour in one setting to beat. Nintendo needs to make some kind of update that would not require you to start all over again.

2) Some of you are saying that you will not be "transferring" the games to the Wii U, and that's fine, but assuming that you will continue to play with Nintendo consoles on 2018 and beyond, you will have no choice but to make those transfers. There is no GameCube backwards compatibility on the Wii U, so what makes you think that your game saves on the Wii will be safe from the post-Wii U console?

3) Some of you are defending this practice from the way Sony (or whoever) does it. Yes, Nintendo is its own company. Yes, Nintendo has every right to do its business as it sees fit. BUT, if Sony (for example) is providing a better service, then I have the right to call out on Nintendo and say "hey, they're actually doing this better than you." Isn't that what competitive consoles do? Listen to customer feedback and study the competition?

4) There are suspension modes for a reason, and I'm actually thankful for that. I'm sorry, but the "golden age" of sitting-on-your-behinds-for-2-to-3-hours-straight-just-to-beat-a-game-in-one-setting-because-there-are-no-save-states is over. Just because some games originally didn’t have save states, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t exist. This is the flip side of "GET A LIFE!"

I would give it a 7 because it's 30 cents right now.. Otherwise, yeah, it's overpriced.

@tgru You're not wrong if it's your preference, but it shouldn't be an issue now since the machines we have are much more advance. I've played the original Double Dragon on the original arcades and the XBLA, and I still hate the slowdowns when there are too many enemies. Just because there were flaws via hardware limitations on the original versions doesn't mean they should still exist.

But I am open to having a version in which you can switch either the 50Hz (for you) or the 60Hz (for me and I suspect most people).

@Randomname19 Darth Vader and the Joker do appear in video games so that's a moot point. Now, whether or not they deserve to be on the list is a different issue.

21. The "Readers?" You mean the Reapers?

What about the Illusive Man or even the Catalyst for making you go through all this crap?

NTSC has blast processing. The PAL doesn't. So what does blast processing do?

I was wondering what the big fuss is all about, but after seeing this footage... yep, I can see why people are pissed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9RfPScinQY

I already own Punch Out for the Wii VC, but think about this: if I were to skip this one out, I would have to pay $1 to transfer the game to the Wii U.

Damn, Nintendo, just take my 30 cents already.

At least it's 30 cents (for the time being).

@Rawk_Hawk

1) Probably not.

2) I think that would now be for the Wii U Virtual Console.

I never bought Super Metroid. Now I have NO excuse in not getting it. Ditto for F-Zero.

The only problem I have with download-only games is that I can't rent them. Even if digital becomes rental, it would take FOREVER to download a retail game. It doesn't have to be either/or. I'm for digital downloads, but let us also have the option of renting physical copies as well.

#4 Include the GBA, DS, and GameCube Games in the Virtual Console/eShop library

#5 Bring 3rd party classic gaming into eShop: Doom (the "XBLA" version), Final Fight (arcade, with online co-op), etc.

#6 More demos, and make them unlimited.

#7 Bring back DKC into the VC.

This is just dumb on Nintendo's part. Microsoft, Sony, and Steam have been doing this for years now, and Nintendo still can't get that part right. I'm sorry, I don't care if they're "new to the game", it's 2013, this is just inexcusable.

Bless Warren Spector's heart, but after two disappointing installments, you'd think that he would either a) believe that it is time to abandon the franchise altogether or at least b) give it a long hiatus.

The BC functionality may be a nice bonus, but it won't last. Given that the later Wii U models will not have this feature, Nintendo needs to also start releasing Wii Games for the VC as well.

@Ren

As critical as I am to Nintendo, the Wii (up until now) was the only true backwards compatible system of the consoles; it played ALL GameCube games. The Xbox 360 was an overall disaster for the original Xbox games, and the PS3, you have to buy a certain model to play certain games.

@TrueWiiMaster

That was a completely different era.

Never underestimate your competition. Yes, as long as those are games playing in those devices, it's competition. Bite your tongue, Nintendo.

Howard and NESter FOREVER!

So why after all these years, after the Mario Bros. movie, he decided to say that? It's ironic because I was at the Wii U Experience (I had fun, so thanks guys at Nintendo Life) in Los Angeles, and one of the questions for some prizes was "What is Mario's last name?" and of course the answer was "Mario." So, I guess that can't be one of those questions anymore.

Furthermore, what about the Koopa Kids? I don't get it. They were never Bowser's kids? So what's this "King Dad" I kept hearing from the TV show?

@doctor_doak Yeah, I was a little perplexed by the title too, until I read the reasoning and the fact that I can buy a bigger storage USB Drive (which I probably would've anyway) and buy a "core" game for $60. So I guess the basic bundle is better after all.

My body is ready for Wii U because I've been gaming with Nintendo since 1987. (Adult Pass)

@19Robb92 No it doesn't, but Nintendo had a hard time making it a selling point with the games it has.

It will drop, just like the Nintendo 3DS when it first came out for $250. When the more powerful PS Vita was released for the same price, Nintendo had to drop the price because it knew that selling a handheld console with less hardware power with the same price was ludicrous. When the Xbox 720 and PS4 system come out, Nintendo will have no choice but to cut the price of not just the system but the games as well.

I can live with that.

The Wii was also $250 when it was first released... and it was also a generation behind. Hmmm...... I just hope the third-party games are better this time around.

@Chris720 They'll probably (at least hopefully) include the interactive comic "Genesis" from ME2 to import ME1 and something similar for ME3 from ME2.