Definitely great news. Here's hoping they find a unique and creative way to use the gamepad with it. I'm hoping they jam a crap ton of tracks in there as well.

Oh, and Nintendo PLEASE try to find a way to stop the hackers from getting in there and ruining the online play. That was and CONTINUES to be one of the biggest problems with Mario Kart Wii.

@peach64 No we are not listing our favorite Genesis games here, thank you.

Well said Kage. People do not give Wii the credit it deserves. Often all you hear on the internet is how it was underpowered, the motion controls were a "gimmick" and got old or the system was a wasteland of shovelware. This system got 3 excellent Mario games in it's lifespan for god sakes! The only other console that managed to do that was the NES. Virtual Console and WiiWare added so much to the system as well.

The SNES is still the best console ever made IMO though. I don't think that will ever change.

Needs to be budget price.

I agree with the other comments about a new HD F-Zero! It's now been close to a staggering 10(!) years since an F-Zero game was made for a console. It's long overdue.

How are the games "enhanced"? It's also pretty ridiculous that it's only launching with NES and SNES games. It should be launching with all the numerous consoles already supported on the Wii VC, plus some new ones like maybe Gamecube and Dreamcast.

It's silly to expect software on a console that's only been out for a weeks to sell even half as much as it's competing systems when those systems have been around for years and are in millions and millions of homes.

And speaking of spam, how appropriate that we now have a spammer here. Time to report!

STFU Pachter.

This is garbage.

There's already a crap ton of Wii's on store shelves, including that new blue Skylander model. Wouldn't Nintendo prefer to sell off as much of that stock now since the Wii U is now the focus of the company?

Why does his opinion hold any weight? He's just an old man who hasn't had any success in the video game business since President Reagan was in office. I don't take his opinion anymore seriously than I do any random Joe Blow on the internet. Nintendo is the company that's remained a relevant, powerful entity in the video game business for close to 30 years and is now worth billions of dollars. Where's Atari these days? Pfff...

The Wii U has already had a very successful launch despite it's problems(major mandatory 1 gig update right out of the box, some bad press about it's supposed "slow" cpu). I see no reason to believe it wont be a success, especially as more quality AAA software starts to come out and various system updates improve it. Nintendo is a proven brand that people trust and as such many millions of people will continue to be loyal to the brand.

After reading all the comments, this has only confirmed to me that the Wii U is a powerful HD console. I HIGHLY doubt the 360 version of Black Ops 2 would have it's high framerate if this was 2005 when it was brand new and developers didn't fully understand it's architecture yet. The fact that the Wii U version looks AND RUNS as well it does when it's a multi-platform port running on new hardware speaks volumes about Wii U's power. Even if the CPU is on the slower side(and that's all speculation at this point!), we already know the GPU in the Wii U is VERY powerful

Just wait until Nintendo starts releasing their 1st party titles like a new 3D Mario and Zelda. Then we'll really start to see what this console can do.

How in the blue hell is a new IBM Power Architecture-based multi-core processor "horrible" and "slow"? That's absurd! I don't believe for a second that the old CPU's in the PS3 and 360 are more powerful, let alone even in the same league as the Wii U's. An 8 year old processor can never out perform a new one! Technology doesn't work like that!

And didn't another developer say the Wii U can do HD graphics without breaking a sweat? I call BS on this. This developer is obviously sucking the nipples of Sony and Microcrap.

Picking up on what TrueWiiMaster wrote; has anyone been able to confirm if you can purchase and download all the current Wii VC games on the Wii U? I was hoping there would now be some video on YouTube of the Wii U's Virtual Console service, but alas, I cannot find anything yet,

If not, that's going to be a huge blow to the Wii U and yet more incentive to keep our Wii's, assuming Nintendo doesn't shut the service down entirely for the original Wii! shudder

Huge blow to a service that's already got 1 foot in the grave. VC is losing nearly as many games as it gains these days. At least this hasn't happened to NA yet. Though I'm afraid I'll jinx it just mentioning that. Luckily I have all 3 games on my SD card anyway.

I wish I had a couple of grand to purchase every title I still wish to download for fear that any one of them could be removed in the near future...

YouTube on that god awful Opera browser was a nightmare and crap video quality to boot.

pntjr: The Wii is the BEST selling video game console of this generation. A market leader, revolution and true innovation. Bow down to it's greatness, peon.

No kidding. We haven't seen a single TG-16 release on VC since Rondo of Blood way back in March of 2010!!! Then again, that may have something to do with Hudson's downfall... But heck, we haven't seen any VC releases for any platforms besides the Neo Geo in quite a while now. I love the Neo Geo, but this is getting ridiculous.

I've said before that I would love to see them, especially Turok 3 since I've never played that one. Luckily I still have Turok 1 and 2 here on my N64 to play whenever I want.

So now where's Out Run?

2012 now and still no sign of it, but supposedly it's still coming now that Interplay has got their *&^% together again, along with the release of the long awaited Descent 4. Keep your fingers crossed for this one guys.

You guys are too harsh. I'm grateful for Ubi's support. They've pretty much always been behind Nintendo strongly and Nintendo needs strong 3rd party support. The lack of 3rd support really hurt the N64 and Gamecube.

The problem is, the Wii U is not really going to be competing with the PS3 and 360. Those systems will already be on the way out when the Wii U hits store shelves. Instead it will be competing with the PS4 and Xbox 720(or whatever microcrap is going to call it) and I'm not convinced it's going to be as powerful as those consoles. Of course it will have the technically advanced, innovative controller going for it, which is a big plus. So we'll see how things play out.

My biggest complaint about it thus far is that it's not backwards compatible with Gamecube games. One of the things I loved about the Wii is that, with the help of the Virtual Console, it was in many ways like having every Nintendo console ever made in one small machine. This isn't a major negative, but it still irks me some.

Oh and kudos to HolyBlade for remembering R-Type and Ghosts n Goblins.

@misswliu81 Not really. A couple of the Wonderboy games have been released on the Megadrive/Genesis and Turbografx-16, just under different names.

Same game:
TG16 - Monster Lair
MD - Wonderboy III - Monster Lair

Same game:
TG16: Dynastic Hero
MD: Wonderboy in Monsterworld

I hate this version of the game(snes version was much better), but I am tempted to DL it because of the online play.

@G4L Uh, the lock on technology is present in the Sonic Mega Collection. Where are you getting your info from?

Now people can truly say VC is dying. Yeah, we're still getting a few games, but the service is losing more than it's gaining. And now it's losing, top selling high profile games to boot. This is crap.

Definitely sucks, but at least their games should remain on Virtual Console since Konami owns the rights to all of them.

@Darkrai: So I have to buy an expensive new HD console to play a sequel to a decent downloadable game? No thanks. I'll just stick with the superior Genesis games on VC and Sonic Colors.

Apparently not weirdproq.

Too bad Super Street Fighter on the MD/Genesis is a steaming pile of crap. Worst sound ever.

While it's pretty ridiculous that they're actually removing games while giving us zilch for new ones these days, this one isn't a huge loss IMO. The TG16 version is close to arcade perfect. This version is very impressive considering a system with 8-bit graphics is pumping it out, but it's still inferior. Still I'm tempted to snatch it up now before it's gone forever...

I would also like a confirmation from Nintendo that Virtual Console is continuing on Wii U. I can only assume it is, but they won't say. Also, they've REALLY got to create an easy way for users to transfer their VC games to the new console, ie. move them over with an SD card. I would also like to know if there's going to be any platforms added such as the Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast or even Gamecube. A lot of unanswered questions...

Does look a little bit too much like 360, but at the same time it's much better than those supposed "leaked" photos of the console that looked like an external hard drive or something. It looks enough like a traditional console to please the "hardcore" gamers. And I guess that's the idea. Nintendo has clearly had enough being given stupid labels like for "casual" gamers or families or kids... Time for Nintendo to step up and show they can compete head on with Sony and Microcrap for the so called hardcore gamers.

Likewise Graph. I just fail to understand how people can get "bored" with the Wii and let it collect dust. Between all my Virtual Console games(of which i still have plenty i'd like to download and play), the good new games(and yes, there are plenty of them on the system) and Netflix streaming, my Wii gets used just about every day. I more than feel it was worth the money. And I'll probably be using it every day for years to come. Well, unless I buy into the Wii U hype and purchase one at launch.

Hmm, so I guess Nintendo is gonna try and steal away a bunch of those "hardcore" gamers while simultaneously trying to retain the "casual" gamers?

Also, did they confirm if Virtual Console was going to be supported?

No VC? Come on dude, the release pattern has been 1 game every other week for a long time now. It sucks big time, but it's hardly anything new.

Cool that it's finally coming, but I still hate RPGs. So you guys have fun.

Hopefully long gone, never to be seen again, Omega.

Hey James Newton, I'm pretty sure the long awaited return of Master Higgins happened last month with the release of Adventure Island II. Not that I'm complaining about this one getting released. I was hoping it would as I love it's soundtrack.

Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be awesome. Retro are gods among game developers.

What does SNK have to do with Street Fighter? That's Capcom man.

This definitely looks superior to the first game. I believe there's also a third entry that was titled "The Peace Keepers" here in the states. I wonder if Jaleco is planning on releasing that one to VC as well. I love side scrolling beat em ups, so the more the better I say.

Patience RPG fanatics. I suspect FF3 will come next Monday or the Monday after.

The first Super Adventure Island has way better music though.

OMG. I just watched some gameplay footage of Last Resort on YouTube and I just about sh%! a brick. That is one supremely shooter. They either release that one on the NA VC or I'm rioting.

No PSICOffee. It's been on the European and Japanese VC services since late last year, but it hadn't been on the North American VC until now..

I love you Hudson. Truly one of VC's best supporters. Thank god their recent troubles didn't affect their VC support.