Topic: GBA VC on Wii U

Eh, the only one I'm getting is Yoshi's Island. I would want Super Circuit would get released, never got to play that one.

Eh, the only one I'm getting is Yoshi's Island. I would want Super Circuit would get released, never got to play that one.

I have one tiny complaint: The manuals are cool and all, but why the blazes didn't they include the Dutch parts?! We are talking about European manuals, the cover says English, German, French, Dutch, etc. Every language seems included, EXCEPT Dutch! Very lazy, if you ask me.

Like many others I don't get why Game Boy Advance titles are on the Wii U virtual console instead of the 3DS, I would much rather spend $10 for virtual console versions of Nintendo 64 titles. Games like F-Zero X, Pilotwings 64, Pokemon Stadium, Star Fox 64, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, and of course Goldeneye just to name a few seem way better suited for a platform like the Wii U than a bunch of handheld games.

Has Nintendo ever released a statement explaining/defending this illogical choice they've made?

I don't think they need to explain anything

Because the GamePad is like a GBA XXL?
(or a 1/2DS )

come onnnnnn fire emblemsssss!!!!!

Anyone else buying Yoshis Island tomorrow? So hype

Actually I take back what I said, I do see logic in the release of GBA games on the Wii U versus N64 games, earlier I glanced at an Nintendo 64 controller and I don't think games that use that control layout would translate very well to the Wii U, the C buttons would be the AB/XY buttons, the A and B buttons would have to be stuck up on top with the L and R buttons, the Z button would have to be mapped to the Select button, basically the controls would be a mess. So taking that into consideration perhaps it's simply a matter of the GBA having a control layout that could be translated well enough to the Wii U.

Controls for 64 games worked great on a Wii Classic Controller and the Wii U has the advantage of a touch screen which can provide vitual buttons, even if that isn't ideal

Even then, I doubt it was a simple choice between Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Advance titles. Perhaps they wanted to try something no one expected, and judging from the reactions here, I'd say it was a bit successful

In Mario Kart 64, it's a stretch to try to push L to use an item (I think that was the mapping) while steering with the left stick.

I'm loving GBA on the VC a lot more than I thought I would.

Picked up WarioWare, Metroid Fusion, Advance Wars, and Yoshi's Island so far.

Particularly WarioWare and Advance Wars are nice additions to the library since those are unique gaming experiences on the Wii U (WarioWare, Inc. being much better than Game and Wario).

Might pick up Golden Sun and Superstar Saga for the nostalgia sometime down the line.

Occam's razor strikes again.

One of the things that initially turned me off of the Game Boy Advance games on the Wii U Virtual Console was that in many of the videos I've seen they don't seem to have the graphic smoothing enabled, so the video looks kind of blocky and I thought that's just how the games looked, but now that I know about the option to clean the graphics up a bit I think I might be picking up at the very least F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Kirby and The Amazing Mirror, and maybe even Metroid Fusion even though their are multiple Metroid games to choose between.

I have the ambassador game, so nah

I am exceedingly hoping for Minsh Cap coming to the Wii U Eshop.

Yeah I played more of Yoshi's Island today and the game looks amazing with the smoothing filter on.

Great on the TV and gorgeous on the Gamepad.

Glad Nintendo went with this upgraded GBA version with all the bells and whistles rather than the original SNES version, and at the same price as a SNES game at that.

To comment about GBA VC games, I think Nintendo made the right choice to release these games on the Wii U. All of the GBA games I've played so far have worked wonderfully on the Gamepad. It feels like I'm playing on a Gameboy Advance XL. Add to the fact that I'm using the Gamepad again and more frequently because of these games, I feeling more compelled to play my Wii U while doing other things around the house. With the added smoothing filter these games look more polished than other VC games (really hope they add this feature into future titles).

Also, playing through these games on the Gamepad made me realize how much better the Wii U dpad feels compared to the dpad on the 3DS. The Gamepad's dpad has a smooth smooshy feeling that I much prefer over the small clicky one on the 3DS. Just something I noticed when switching over from SMB3 on the 3DS to the GBA games on the Wii U.

I wanna see May and June's GBA VC lineup!!!

Maybe next month you'll see them

The audio on the GBA is George Lucas enough if they add more bells and whistles there will be riots!