Over the past few weeks, it seems that Nintendo of America has been keen to play catch up with the European Virtual Console. That trend looks set to continue, as this week's update will be including not one, but two DS games that are arriving nearly a year later on from their initial eShop debut. As always, better late than never, right?
The two games are Kirby: Canvas Curse and Animal Crossing: Wild World, both of which have popped up on Nintendo's site with release dates set for this week. Both of these games went on to spawn excellent Wii U sequels in the same vein, in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse and, well… Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the 3DS. Still, for those of you looking that were impressed by those later titles, it might be worth your while to check these out.
What do you think? Will you be picking these up? What other games would you like to see on the VC in the near future? Drop us a comment in the section below.
[source nintendo.com, via nintendo.com]
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So September was Wii VC month, this month looks to be DSVC, so expect next month to be N64 VC month?
Never tried either of them.
Animal Crossing: Wild World was great, although without the online connectivity, it will definitely lose some of its value.
Why did you link to Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival?
...Eh, guess I could get Canvas Curse, since I liked that game. Also, I loved the music.
2 Great VC Weeks in a row for me then! I enjoyed March of the Minis more than I thought I would. Planning on getting Kirby Canvas Curse since Rainbow Curse was my cup of tea (I was able to play the whole game looking at the T.V. no problem). As for Wild World, it's successors made the game obsolete. Rather get New Leaf later on if I want my Animal Crossing fix.
Canvas curse has aged poorly in my opinion. I think I'll get Wild World
With tomorrow being October 13 it would be perfect for some Castlevania VC! Maybe it will be the stuff of legends?!
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AC:WW was one of my first games, and I loved it so much. I still have my DS cartridge.
@Mega_Yarn_Poochy
Because Animal crossing amiibo is the "only" Wii U game of animal Crossing (and ""sequel""); understand that "statement"?, XD
Welp. At least there's now a release of a proper Animal Crossing game on Wii U...............right?
Don't really see the point of Wild World VC when City Folk and New Leaf are available.
I'd grab Kirby: Canvas Curse on a sale, since I lost my original DS copy.
FINALLY! I'll probably get them on cartridge though as they're better suited to handheld play.
been waiting for this to hit VC for SO LONG! happily buying tommorow. 2nd favorite kirby game next to superstar.
https://www.house-mixes.com/profile/Umegames/play/kirbys-umbrella---rihanna-vs-kirby
i have been waiting months for Wild World to be on Wii U, and now i can finally get it and Red Dead on PS4 next month!
Sweet! I've been dying to try canvas curse!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but they never edited the method to get the Nookster's store to it's final upgrade (which in the cart version, you had to invite another player over to your town) in the EU Download or did they?
Kirby: Canvas Curse - Eh, I'll try it out. Been curious about this game after the "quality" time I had with Rainbow Curse
Animal Crossing: Wild World - I never liked this game at all and due to this, I traded-in my copy to GameStop. So...pass.
I know a lot of people hate on city folk for being too similar to wild world, but it was basically a 60fps wild world with real holidays once you learned to manage your grass.
As for a game, I'd like to see on the DSVC, Kirby superstar ultra, what's holding them back?
@invictus4000 you're missing out! Wild World was one of the best in the series of Animal Crossing, introducing the player to player direct play online, and holidays only seen in Wild World!
@Xaessya has its own unique holidays only in Wild World (La-Di-Day, Yay Day, Acorn Festival, etc).
@Quizler and a city, losing the Animal Crossing: Wild World-specific holidays, cliffs, and a fountain where you get the gold axe like the original. Those things you mention (real life holiday, fps) are from the original. City Folk is more of a blending of Animal Crossing for Game Cube and Wild World, that's why IGN specifically said it's a "blending of the prior two games", because it's NOT any one prior game.
You know what needs to be released on the Wii U VC? Sonic Advance.
Virtual console is good. I sometimes look at the eshop and go to buy it physically on eBay.
Nearly 100% of the times cheaper
Aren't we being a bit liberal in the use of the word 'excellent' when applying it to Kirby and the Rainbow Curse? Never played it, but my recollection is that it got slightly above-average reviews from most critics. And before anyone has a go, yes, reviews influence my buying decisions as I'm unwilling to spend £30-£40 on a game unless I'm confident I'll enjoy it for a decent length of time.
Canvas Curse is great, but probably a bit awkward on Wii U.
@GameOtaku I plan on playing Legends on my Super Gameboy for Halloween. I started Harmony of Despair during my PlayStation Now free week. Not sure if I like it as much as the other real ones. I still need to 100% Aria on Wii U. I did the other two last year.
But yeah; we need more Castlevania VC. I'd like to see Adventure 2, Legends, Kid Dracula, and the DS entries. I'd even buy the 64 ones on VC. Suspend points would be great for those!
I miss the days of N64, SNES and NES releases. Bonus points if it's a newbie that the Wii VC didn't get. I love Nintendo. Hardcore. But their slow drip VC release schedule doesn't really make emulation sound like a bad option, especially when so many of the VC titles we purchased haven't even made the transition yet.
Wow! 2 Wii U vc in one week?? Almost fell out of my chair!!
Getting canvas curse. That way it goes with rainbow curse.
I sunk so many hours into Wild World. That game was my obsession for months. Man, those early years of the DS really were something special. So many fun and unique games.
@sleepinglion The massive lack of N64 support on Wii U is really depressing. They are still missing so many.
Canvas Course (Power Paintbrush in Europe) is one of my favorite games for Nintendo DS. Glad to see it in Wii U VC.
It's easy to play catchup when the European eShop is getting absolutely nothing.
Omg, yes! Kirby: Canvas Curse was a game I've been wanting to play again after so long. Totally gonna get it again!
So been meaning to get into the Animal Crossing series, so Wild World seems like a good game to start with.
@Superzone13 Agreed, amigo. For a company so averse to free emulation of their old titles, they don't supply consumers with nearly enough of them.
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