Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Famicom with 30-cent Virtual Console games!
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/33105
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Famicom in Japan, known as the NES elsewhere, Nintendo is starting a Wii U Virtual Console Trial Campaign.
The campaign will allow Wii U users the ability to purchase select NES or SNES Virtual Console titles for the low price of 30 cents (or 30 pence) each with one new title be offered each month. Sticking with the theme of 30, each game will only be offered at the discounted price for 30 days. After the 30 days, the games will return to their normal price.
This campaign begins today with the release of Balloon Fight and will continue through July. The release schedule is as follows:
January – Balloon Fight (NES)
February – F-Zero (SNES)
March – Punch Out! Featuring Mr. Dream (NES)
April – Kirby’s Adventure (NES)
May – Super Metroid (SNES)
June – Yoshi (NES)
July – Donkey Kong (NES)
Japan will be seeing a similar release lineup with a few key differences, most notably Mother 2 (Earthbound) being released in March. The Japanese lineup can be seen below.
January – Balloon Fight (NES)
February – Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo (Mystery of the Emblem) (SNES)
March – Mother 2 (Earthbound) (SNES)
April – Kirby’s Adventure (NES)
May – Super Metroid (SNES)
June – Yoshi (NES)
July- Donkey Kong (NES)
March – Mother 2 (Earthbound) (SNES)Only in Japan.
For thirty cents?
tee hee. I can imagine the outcry once this word gets widespread. :D
March – Mother 2 (Earthbound) (SNES)
For thirty cents?
tee hee. I can imagine the outcry once this word gets widespread. :D
Iwata is clearly abusing his powers shoving his game Balloon Fight everywhere.March – Mother 2 (Earthbound) (SNES)Only in Japan.
For thirty cents?
tee hee. I can imagine the outcry once this word gets widespread. :D
Only for 30 days.
I'll pick up Super Metroid for 30 cents.That's the only one worth buying for me :/ I'd get mother if I could as well. Wish there were some better titles on that list.
This had better mean that Nintendo's finally solved their self-imposed problem with Earthbound being on the VC, and that we'll finally get it eventually.A true fan would have played it on SNES. I'm callin' you out, son. Where's your Nintendo cred now?
This had better mean that Nintendo's finally solved their self-imposed problem with Earthbound being on the VC, and that we'll finally get it eventually.A true fan would have played it on SNES. I'm callin' you out, son. Where's your Nintendo cred now?
Unless I'm mistaken, Mother 2 was never released on the Wii VC in Japan.Hey Wait... Aren't you Dead?
This would make the Wii U release the first re-release since Mother 1 + 2 for GBA came out back in 2003. If the only reason that game never made it to the US was because of low projected sales / NOA's desire to kill the GBA then this means there's at least still hope that Earthbound might come out someday in the future.
It is NOT only for 30 days. Who in Earth said that?
Thing is, the PERIOD IN WHICH THE GAME IS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL PRICE (30 CENTS) IS 30 DAYS . After that, it returns to the original price. But if you buy it during the campaing, THE GAME IS YOURS.
You download it, install it, its yours, its on your console. It has no time limit.
Guys, please, pay a bit more attention on things...
Who are you talking to? That's exactly what the news article says.Ha! Sero Fail.
