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It’s a masterpiece. Don’t touch it

I’m honestly canceling my preorder…this “DLC” is simply content that they’re withholding from the main game. C’mon Nintendo…why would you announce this before the game is even out?

Nope…Nintendo’s subpar online service should be free for an un-“limited” time.

As someone who is platform agnostic, I’ve been screaming about this for the last 20 years! Super annoying!

The game that “clouds” all this is actually Zelda II. NOT Breath of the Wild.

DQ IX is REALLY good!

Had this game as a kid. Couldn’t beat it then, but a few years ago I went back to it and finished it on my original NES! Absolutely adore this game. It is a part of my childhood, it is a part of me.

Just couldn’t get it to work for me unfortunately.

Wow. Way too soon Nintendo! The Wii U isn’t even 10 years old. Absolutely ridiculous. This makes me quite upset

I never could get used to the controls on switch. I had played to many hours of the PlayStation versions

I bought a Vita

Parents understand this issue perfectly. With multiple children in the house (and only two switches), we decided against purchasing this game (and I loved past AC titles).

Frankly, we are a two-Switch household but with six kids (and I’d like to play too!), I decided against grabbing the game. I love AC (tremendously) but the file-save system deterred me from purchasing New Horizons.

Having to share an island (basically your game file) is not appealing for most parents, such as myself. The concerns could be addressed by Nintendo.

Castlevania II should rank WAAAay higher...and I’ve played almost all of them

Only if it had analog-out so I could hook it up to a CRT TV (truly the best way to play classic games).

OLED screen would be nice. The Vita screen is still nicer than the switch!

Kind of cheapens the whole Dragon quest Builders experience. First game didn’t have DLC and was great

Huh not seeing them discounted in Canada, the most “North” of North America

great article!

Was this a PlayStation Plus (PS3) item a while back? Can’t recall

A word of advice to those just getting into the classics: play anything before (and including) Playstation 2-era games on a CRT TV. I'm not saying that in a know-it-all "oh you simply aren't a retro gamer unless..." kind of way. I sincerely believe that they play better on a CRT TV than on a modern display.

@wazlon Thanks. I think it certainly speaks to my taste in games and maybe says a little bit about the type of person I am. It also serves as a cross section of the catalog of games I played in my youth.

@wazlon Yes I paid for most but I did get a few through Club Nintendo promotions. My second Wii was purchased used and had a dozen games already on it. This is all of them: https://youtu.be/E-v0vYWsatQ

@AlienX I spent a bit more over the years (109 in total I think; over two consoles)
Wii Virtual Console Games:

• [x] Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
• [x] Magician Lord (Neo Geo)
• [x] Devil's Crush (TG-16)
• [x] Star Fox 64 (N64)
• [x] Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (SNES)
• [x] Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
• [x] Tecmo Bowl (NES)
• [x] ActRaiser (SNES)
• [x] Punch-Out!! (NES)
• [x] Super Metroid (SNES)
• [x] Baseball Stars 2 (Neo Geo)
• [x] Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers (SNES)
• [x] Super Mario Bros. (NES)
• [x] Donkey Kong (NES)
• [x] Super Mario World (SNES)
• [x] River City Ransom (NES)
• [x] Dr. Mario Online Rx (WiiWare)
• [x] Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES)
• [x] Ys Book I & II (TG-16)
• [x] Super Mario RPG (SNES)
• [x] Mega Man 9 (WiiWare)
• [x] Secret of Mana (SNES)
• [x] Phantasy Star IV (Genesis)
• [x] Super Punch-Out!! (SNES)
• [x] Sin & Punishment (N64)
• [x] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
• [x] The Legend of Zelda (NES)
• [x] Mega Man 2 (NES)
• [x] Final Fantasy III (SNES)
• [x] Blaster Master (NES)
• [x] Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (TG-16)
• [x] Ogre Battle 64 (N64)
• [x] Samurai Shodown 2 (Neo Geo)
• [x] Cave Story (WiiWare)
• [x] Lords of Thunder (TG-16)
• [x] Gate of Thunder (TG-16)
• [x] Mega Man X (SNES)
• [x] Chrono Trigger (SNES)
• [x] Super Mario Kart (SNES)
• [x] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
• [x] Kirby Super Star (SNES)
• [x] Mario Kart 64 (N64)
• [x] Paper Mario (N64)
• [x] Zelda II: Adventures of Link (NES)
• [x] The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (N64)
• [x] Castlevania II (NES)
• [x] Faxanadu (NES)
• [x] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
• [x] Strider (Genesis)
• [x] Super Mario 64 (N64)
• [x] Shock Troopers (Neo Geo)
• [x] Neo Turf Masters (Neo Geo)
• [x] Ninja Commando (Neo Geo)
• [x] The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES)
• [x] Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (TG-16)
• [x] The Last Blade (Neo Geo)
• [x] Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Genesis)
• [x] Gradius III (SNES)
• [x] Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)
• [x] Golden Axe (Arcade)
• [x] Double Dragon (NES)
• [x] Gradius: Rebirth (WiiWare)
• [x] The King of Fighters ‘98 (Neo Geo)
• [x] Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Genesis)
• [x] Neutopia 2 (TG-16)
• [x] Harvest moon (SNES)
• [x] Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (NES)
• [x] Shining Force (Genesis)
• [x] Breath of Fire II (SNES)
• [x] Beyond Oasis (Genesis)
• [x] DoReMi Fantasy: Milon’s DokiDoki Adventure (SNES)
• [x] Wild Guns (SNES)
• [x] Monster World IV (Genesis)
• [x] Shinobi III (Genesis)
• [x] Princess Tomato at Salad Kingdom (NES)
• [x] Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis)
• [x] Mega Man 3 (NES)
• [x] Axelay (SNES)
• [x] Shining Force 2 (Genesis)

Games on 2nd Wii

• [x] Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
• [x] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
• [x] Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis)
• [x] Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES)
• [x] Ys Book I & II (TG-16)
• [x] Super Mario RPG (SNES)
• [x] Mega Man (NES)
• [x] Phantasy Star II (Genesis)
• [x] Final Fantasy (NES)
• [x] Earthworm Jim (Genesis)
• [x] Romance of 3 Kingdoms IV (SNES)
• [x] Shining Force (Genesis)
• [x] Metal Slug (Neo Geo)
• [x] Super Mario Bros. (NES)
• [x] Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)
• [x] Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
• [x] Secret of Mana (SNES)
• [x] Kirby’s Adventure (NES)
• [x] Eternal Champions (Genesis)
• [x] Phantasy Star (Master System)
• [x] Shadow of the Ninja (NES)
• [x] Castlevania III (NES)
• [x] Ufouria (NES)
• [x] Ninja Combat (Neo Geo)
• [x] The Last Blade 2 (Neo Geo)
• [x] Sonic & Knuckles (Genesis)
• [x] MUSHA (Genesis)
• [x] Final Fantasy II (SNES)
• [x] Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (SNES)
• [x] Vectorman (Genesis)

@Pod good point. Not to mention the rounded corners on those 4:3 CRT icons.

@Crono1973 I agree. The UI is nice and, to this day, is as snappy as ever. I never transferred games to the Wii U as (on Wii U they ran in that Wii emulation shell) it just seemed like it required one-too-many steps to access.

It’s the end of an era. Here’s my collection (worth every penny):
https://youtu.be/E-v0vYWsatQ

Farewell sweet Wii Shop. It was a good run. Here’s my collection:
https://youtu.be/E-v0vYWsatQ

I would NOT recommend transferring virtual console games from Wii to Wii U.

Man...Chris Scullion trashes the NES too in his Atari Flashback review. "Once you start working your way through them it becomes clear that many of them have aged incredibly badly. We aren’t talking NES levels here, either".
What's up with NES haters at NintendoLife?

Lemme help you with that list son. Rest assured this will provide a much more favorable consensus:

1. SNES
2. NES
3. Wii
4. Gamecube
5. Gameboy Advance
6. Nintendo DS
7. Gameboy
8. Switch
9. N64
10. 3DS
11. Virtual Boy

Oh for heaven's sake. What millennial put this list together?

Keep it locked in the Disney vault Aonuma. That game wasn’t great (though I played through it in its entirety). I’d let it ferment a while longer.

Just got an email telling me that they're shutting Netflix down on the Wii January 31st, 2019. Makes me sad. I actually use still use it on my CRT tv.

I’ve been saying for years that there could be a lot of money in rereleasing old SNES games. I know several people, including myself, who keep their SNES hooked up.

This game is a masterpiece as is. Please leave it alone.

@ForegroundMusic thanks for the advice. I only played the Game Gear version of shining Force and it was okay. It’s no Advance Wars, but I’d like to give the console versions a try.

@YamAsereht I’m not an emulation expert but I’m 40 years old and have been playing Neo Geo since I was 12. To my eyes, Neo Geo VC titles running through component-out to a CRT TV, look really good. The emulation shell is bare-bones compared to Hamster’s feature-rich Nintendo Switch titles, but Switch is HDMI-out only (making it difficult to plug into a CRT TV).

Here are the one’s I still would like before Wii Shop closure:

NES
Castlevania III
Shadow of the Ninja

SNES
Breath of Fire 2
Final Fantasy II
Wild Guns
DoReMi Fantasy: Milon’s DokiDoki Adventure

Genesis
Beyond Oasis
Monster World IV
Gain Ground
Shining Force

Wii Virtual Console Games I’ve purchase over the years:

• [x] Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
• [x] Magician Lord (Neo Geo)
• [x] Devil's Crush (TG-16)
• [x] Star Fox 64 (N64)
• [x] Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (SNES)
• [x] Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
• [x] Tecmo Bowl (NES)
• [x] ActRaiser (SNES)
• [x] Punch-Out!! (NES)
• [x] Super Metroid (SNES)
• [x] Baseball Stars 2 (Neo Geo)
• [x] Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers (SNES)
• [x] Super Mario Bros. (NES)
• [x] Donkey Kong (NES)
• [x] Super Mario World (SNES)
• [x] River City Ransom (NES)
• [x] Dr. Mario Online Rx (Wii VC)
• [x] Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES)
• [x] Ys Book I & II (TG-16)
• [x] Super Mario RPG (SNES)
• [x] Mega Man 9 (Wii VC)
• [x] Secret of Mana (SNES)
• [x] Phantasy Star IV (Genesis)
• [x] Super Punch-Out!! (SNES)
• [x] Sin & Punishment (N64)
• [x] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
• [x] The Legend of Zelda (NES)
• [x] Mega Man 2 (NES)
• [x] Final Fantasy III (SNES)
• [x] Blaster Master (NES)
• [x] Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (TG-16)
• [x] Ogre Battle 64 (N64)
• [x] Samurai Shodown 2 (Neo Geo)
• [x] Cave Story (Wii VC)
• [x] Lords of Thunder (TG-16)
• [x] Gate of Thunder (TG-16)
• [x] Mega Man X (SNES)
• [x] Chrono Trigger (SNES)
• [x] Super Mario Kart (SNES)
• [x] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
• [x] Kirby Super Star (SNES)
• [x] Mario Kart 64 (N64)
• [x] Paper Mario (N64)
• [x] Zelda II: Adventures of Link (NES)
• [x] The Legend of Zelda: Majorca’s Mask (N64)
• [x] Castlevania II (NES)
• [x] Faxanadu (NES)
• [x] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
• [x] Strider (Genesis)
• [x] Super Mario 64 (N64)
• [x] Shock Troopers (Neo Geo)
• [x] Neo Turf Masters (Neo Geo)
• [x] Ninja Commando (Neo Geo)
• [x] The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES)
• [x] Gradius II: Gofer (TG-16)
• [x] The Last Blade (Neo Geo)
• [x] Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Genesis)
• [x] Gradius III (SNES)
• [x] Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)
• [x] Golden Axe (Arcade)
• [x] Double Dragon (NES)
• [x] Gradius: Rebirth (Wii VC)
• [x] The King of Fighters ‘98 (Neo Geo)
• [x] Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Genesis)
• [x] Neutopia 2 (TG-16)
• [x] Harvest moon (SNES)

Time to act is now. I’m loading up points. The Wii has excellent analogue out (to a CRT TV) and really good emulation. I feel Wii VC is as close as you can get without having the original console hooked up.

Still have the collection on Wii plugged into my CRT. It plays fantastic (other than the grenade controls). A really fun series with truly great animation

Lords of thunder is really good. Would wanna play it on a CRT TV thiugh

Blah. Terrible

I'm still purchasing Wii VC games (like a lot of them). Does that count?

@GravyThief I'm with you. Give me the original console and a CRT TV

Any differences from the Wii VC version?

Are they spoiler-free?

I'm just glad I kept my VC games on my original Wii. I still buy the odd new one