Topic: is nintendo ever

are they ever gunna allow Gameboy advance game titles on the eshop anytime soon. IF Soon respond because i got my 3DS After the Ambassorder program ended so i was kind of screwed but are they like working on GBA TITLES FOR THE SUMER IN THE vc section it was be nice to see this

Pokemon ruby

Pokemon Sapphire

Golden Sun

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Kingdom hearts chain of memories

Mario Party Advance

Sonic advance

sonic Advance 2

Mario Kart Super Circuit

Metroid Fusion

Fire Emblem

Super mario world

they should all be added to nintendo esho if nintendo ESHOP Could make this list possiable that would be awesome and i think they should remake all these games in the GBA FORMAT BUT IN REALLY UPDATED 3dgraphics. Sorry i dont have spell chek on here this computer sucks but if nintendo could add all these games for this summer id be really Happy

To the best of my knowledge, Nintendo has never given any indication that they will make Game Boy Advance titles available for purchase on the eShop.

That doesn't necessarily mean they won't become available someday, of course, but I wouldn't expect it to happen anytime in the near future either.

I REALLY don't understand why they won't, either. I mean, us Ambassadors already have 10 of them for free. :/

Now that's debatable.

Nintendo has better things to do than to put old games on the eShop. Things such as Mario games and Pokemon.

Don't know if you are joking but they would be making money on games that are already made, just a few adjustments for the GBA games that are not on the 3ds already.

Being an Ambassador and spending like 50 bucks more then the improved 3DXL's are worth now, I think I wanted something special that not everyone else has. That being said, I really don't understand why Nintendo don't release a little more then they do. I mean, there are a ton of games people are wanting to play again, or maybe missed the first time around, but they seem to take their good old time.

Didn't Nintendo mention in a Direct that they were planning to bring GBA games to the Wii U eShop at some point? Maybe they are planning a PS3/PSP-style format with PS1 and PS Mini games of allowing to have some games on both consoles and having interchangeable saves and stuff.

I know they said that they will be bringing GBA games to the Wii U VC as for the 3DS VC your guess is as good as mine.

I would think they could have been releasing some of this stuff with this 'no first party titles' period we are going through right now on the Wii U.

Sometimes, they like money. Sometimes, they don't.

My personal theory about Nintendo withholding GBA titles from the 3DS eShop is that they want to maximize sales from GB/C titles before launching GBA titles, since a good chunk of consumers wouldn't bother with them if there were flashier retro titles like GBA games available. Also helps with preventing an end-of-generation VC drought we were all complaining about the last few years of the Wii's lifetime.

Until the day Nintendo officially states that they're coming, I'm going to assume they're not.

Even before they were updated, the NES games always ran just like any other VC title (just minus the restore point function, and multiplayer for certain titles).

GBA games on the other hand weren't optimized for the 3DS at all. There are no restore points, you can't suspend them, and all of the 3DS' online functions shut off while playing them. They were very hastily ported, so much so that it's obvious they were never planning on giving them official release.

Is nintendo going make ever thing free one day i keep getting demos all demos i only got one game thats not a demo and thats mario kart 7 and it was on my 3ds xl when i first got it

No, businesses need to sell things to make money.

They make so much money on mario and stuff they should make some games free like on xmas or something

Except that would completely discourage people from actually paying $ for their games (If you knew something that's usually $30-40 would be available for free in a few months, would you pay for it to have it then and there, or would you just wait for it to become free?) and infuriate those who did pay for it (notice the amount of appeasement Nintendo had to give out for the 3DS price discount). While Nintendo could be far more generous with their sales, if you don't like their sales ideas (you know, trying to make a profit for what they spent making the game and whatnot), vote with your money and just buy an iDevice or Android device.

Start a business with that idea and see how long you last

Yea Nintendo are a bit confusing lately... Their way of managing Virtual console is a bit strange. Are they keeping it for the successor of the 3ds ? And now just thinking of their policy of downloads per system, no account :/ Still I like Nintendo -_- I got their 3DS... but so far thats all, no WiiU. They worry me a bit lately.