Nintendo Download: 27th March (Europe)

I think everyone will download mariokart. And 3 downloads rather than 2 is an improvement on previous weeks. But we need more snes and n64 and dreamcast and megadrive and neo geo please nintendo. It was done for the wii so there is no reason this should be left out of wiiu

SMK for me and PL VS PW as a boxed copy.

Yay! Super Mario Kart GET! It's basically free with Mario Kart 8. Awesome! Will also buy Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney eventually! It's going to be EPIC!

Are people really getting the download version of PL vs PW when they can get the reail version for the same price?

Difficult for me to understand considering Nintendo's "account system".

Maybe someone can explain that to me.

This is a good week! Definitely getting Super Mario Kart. Really want to get Adventure Island II as well, but would rather have it on my Wii U than on my 3DS, so will hold out for that one.

No need for Mario Kart here, got the original on my SNES. The rest really isn't my thing. Oh well...

I was hoping for more Castlevania but this is good too. I still have Mario Cart for the SNES lying around, so i'm only getting Ninja Gaiden (HAI!)

Also, THREE GAMES!!!

Super Mario Kart, Mighty Bomb Jack and F1 Stars discount for me.

Would've got the SMK download but I already have the original on SNES cart, and the £5.49 discount only applies to the download version of MK8 (getting Limited Edition with t-shirt and keyring from Nintendo store). Will be getting PL v PW on cart, as it's about £10 cheaper.

Mario kart and f1 racing stars for me been interested in the later so just been waiting for a price drop. Layton vs, already on pre-order for retail .... That's me ... One happy gamer, just not enough time to play it all.

Nintendo are still idiots for charging £40 for PL v PW, when you can get it for £30 at retail, and not lose it if your 3ds is stolen/broken. I already have Ninja Gaiden and haven't the slightest interest in Mario Kart, so nothing for me this week.

Good week for VC.

NO ONE getting skater cat?

Maybe SMK but that is about it at least its an improvement.

Definitely getting Wario Kart, will be dowloading the new one so it'd be mad not to!
Am also getting the limited edition, but will put it away for 20 years in the hope it'll be worth something good.

Smk for me

@Marshi N64,SNES,DREAMCAST? HELLYEAH!!!

Could be tempted by F1 for £9.99

Not a bad week, not a great wewk, but not bad. SMK, not sure, might leave it. Adventure Island 2 on the 3DS, think I'm gonna go for it. Must look into F1 also.

EDIT: Yeah after reading the review again for F1 Racers, I'm getting it on Thursday, €12.49 is a great price(to me), and the game is STILL €25 on PSN.

Europe gets 3 virtual console games on one system this week, danggg.

@RainbowGazelle If your 3DS is broken or stolen you get all your downloads back, I wish people would stop spreading false information like this.

But yes the price is steep considering the retail alternative.

Super Mario Kart forever! I can't for its release.

I wonder what difficult to control NES sports game the US will get this week. I really wish I could say this means we are getting Super Mario Kart too this week but... Looks like we haven't even got an SNES games since Jan

Ninja Gaiden (Wii U Virtual Console) for me
Might get F1 Race Stars: Powered Up Edition but unsure if it's any good? And can buy physical for £4.99 new on PS3.
Already got Mario Kart on SNES other wise I'd be all over that.

@electrolite77

Or preferably have a re-download(able) scheme that both Sony and Microsoft have implemented.

... since 2006.

Gonna go for F1 Race Stars, I've been waiting for this offer since US got it before =)
Also, I'm getting Mario Kart but just because I'm going to download MK8 ASAP, so it's going to be for free...

What????? 3 VC titles in one week???? that is un-heard of now! I hope this means the 1 a week will be done.....probably not sadly.

@Heng-Yu - I prefer digital on my 3DS because of the portability. The only issue account wise would be if my 3DS broke but it is my understanding that Nintendo will work with you to recover any DL games. If it is stolen then my Homeowners Insurance would cover it completely for me.

@Emblem Okay, sorry, my mistake, but like @electrolite77 says, it's a pretty poor, outdated system.

@Peek-a-boo
Yeah, I don't like buying same games again for a different system.

The Wii VC >>>> Wii U VC.

All I really want is games that look serious and are challenge. I mean Skater Cat? Really? I'm starting to get real tired of cute.

@Marshi

The Wii had Dreamcast games?

Skater Cat looks interesting. Still waiting on Yumi's review.

3 VC (4 w/ 3DS) on Wii U this week? Woah....

Physical carts are outdated and you can always lose them too. Having said that, because they're tiny and don't take up much space I don't mind them but with Wii U I'd prefer to go all digital those versions also perform better.

@Luffymcduck
You can count yourself out on this one. I just purchased $120 worth of prepaid cards for eShop games. I'm going partially retro this year lol can't wait for smk8 or the new brawls I also preordered.

Nintendo will do better this year.

Boo! Why aren't they delivering the GB version of Adventure Island II?

NES games belong on home consoles (cough Wii U *cough).

@Marshi - Nope. I'm not downloading Mario Kart. Even though I'd like to play it on my latest Nintendo consoles I have bought it many, many times since the original on the SNES.

I wish Nintendo operated a proper account system and allowed those that have paid for a game countless times in the past to re-download it for free on current systems. For example I bought Hotline Miami on my Vita, yet it has been announced today that a PS4 version will be coming soon. I will be able to download that for free on my PS4 and I think Sony's system really makes Nintendo's look poor in comparison.

Are Nintendo intending to just keep re-releasing the same VC games on every console from here on in and expecting people to keep repaying? I think they will and also think it sucks...

Ooh, so if I upgrade Super Mario Kart for $1.95 I can get $10.40 off Mario Kart 8? Awesome since I was always going to download it! And I get another $7 from the Premium Wii U promo too.

I guess I´ll get SMK even when I still have the original so I can play using the gamepad only.

I´lI love to get MK8 downloaded just not to have to change discs every time I want to play it (I´ll play it a lot) but even with this promotion buying retail will still be cheaper.
What the hell is Nintendo thinking, Download is more expensive plus the games are tide to the console. There´s no way I´m buying downloads instead of retail until that changes.

@sinalefa

Well technically, WiiWare had a Dreamcast game or two. MDK2 somehow got ported down to fit the size limit, and The Last Blade 2 (which is technically an arcade game, but also got a Dreamcast port).

I was wanting to buy F1 Race Stars as I like the Steam demo but didn't want to pay £20. I was not even holding any hope of it happening to be on sale.

I also want Mario Kart as I have it already on the Wii VC.

@smikey666 They could give credit for the cheapest one or something similar. They already have the loyalty thing so it could be done.

I hope the digital discount to MK8 applies to people who are only paying £1.49 for SMK. I'm also not sure if I've ever played SMK at 60Hz, I should be able to knock a decent chunk off all my PBs!

It's kind of weird to put a discount offer for Mario Kart 8 buyer by buying VC game first.

I guess eShop doesn't offer a pre-order promotion unlike any other digital distribution does. (i.e. Steam)

A pretty good week in terms of Wii U Virtual Console. 3 quality games!

I'm surprised that there is so little Indie releases on Wii U, when there must be over 200 upcoming announced by now. Indie support is great, but barely any releases.
I wonder if there will there be a time with 5-10 Indie's a week later like on PS3?

Okay this is getting a bit frustrating. Where dah hell is mah DS VC??

@smikey666

Wasn't GBA VC announced for April? I thought they hadn't commented on the arrival of DS games so far.

@Joshers744 I think the only nintendo made nes sports game left is pro wrestling

@smikey666 you can't download ps3 downloaded titles for free to ps4 just sayn

Wow?! three VC games? NOA needs to stop being lazy and do this too!

@Kaze_Memaryu This is the US release and not the PAL version so a 60 or 120Hz television should be happy.

If every VC-week was at least this good: **chiichiingg**-Wii U

I wish that F1 game would come to 3ds

@sinalefa The only Dreamcast game I can remember was Sega Bass Fishing on Wii

@faint : wait....did you just say wrestling? Awwww hell yeah! What I would love to see would be every N64 wrestling game dropped onto the VC. Add online play, and it's a wrap.

Time to convert some stars to Wii points!

@faint There's also Track & Field (the one that came with the nes running pad thingy), knowing nintendo they'll probably release it for the heck of it since it can be played with a regular controller. I seriously wouldn't put it pass them.

I'm with everyone else though, 3 VC games on 1 day is madness. Last time that happened for NoA was when Capcom released their games. Nintendo for some reason can't manage it with all their games they have waiting and it being their own hardware.

@Nico07 Not much of an argument for me. I got the original, paying 8€ for a frame upgrade doesn't seem worth it.

@sinalefa Wii has Samba De Amigo / House of the Dead 2 (I don't count Overkill) as well. (Although the Wiimote is not as good as the original Dreamcast Maracas or the lightgun). And bass fishing like Windy said. (Thing is you can get a physical copy of any of those three at least in the UK for less than a SNES VC release).

A slightly better week for for the Wii U VC but overall it's starting to look like the new VC is actually inferior to the old VC. I don't see any Sega or SNK titles yet, the variety of consles and game developers is what was great about the old VC. I was the expecting more powerful consoles to be added to the new VC along with the old ones but u have question if this will happen at all. Things would not be so bad if they emulated more arcade games like a Final Fight Arcade or a Marvel vs Capcom 2. For example i love Street Fighter 2 on the SNES but i'd like to able to play Street Fighter Third Strike on the Dreamcast too,maybe this will happen down the road, i hope it will but i'm having doubts.

With the Wii U VC and the Wii U overall Nintendo seem to be sticking more to games that were released on Nintendo consoles or were developed by Nintendo themselves which is fair enough being that Nintendo has a fantastic library of games but variety is the spice of life and it will be disappointing to find that certain games just won't get released because of that. Will any non nintendo consoles appear on the new VC?, it's been over a year u have to wonder. It would be a let down if that were the case but like that if VC Arcade was improved upon it would'nt be so bad.

Finally! It seems like I have been waiting years for Phoenix Vs. Layton to be released over here. Probably because it actually has been years...

@RainbowGazelle actually i'm sort of glad nintendo charge more; physical copies would've been out the window if they had undercut them.

I just bought Super Mario 3D World so nothing for me! I'll be getting PLvs.PW at retail once my gf and I finish Azran together.

On a roll with 3D World at the moment, but SMK and F1 for me. £20 seemed a bit of a gamble, but £10 is a no brainer. Kind of think the original price should have been £15 and they would have shifted a lot more units. SMK on the gamepad will be very nice!