Both Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi are coming to the Virtual Console in the next few weeks. All three Super Nintendo games will be available for 800 Wii Points ($8) each. Nintendo promises more LucasArts Virtual Console releases in the future, although no other titles were announced.
Nintendo is also bringing additional Star Wars flair to other Wii channels. The Check Mii Out Channel will have contests in which people submit their best Mii character renditions of Star Wars characters. The Everybody Votes Channel will have classic Star Wars debates, such who fired first Han Solo or Greedo?
Nintendo's Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing Cammie Dunaway is happy with the partnership. "These three Super Star Wars games represent fantastic additions to the growing Virtual Console library," she said. "And the exclusive Star Wars content on the other Wii Menu channels is sure to have people from different generations having fun and interacting with one another."
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Multiple LucasArts Super Nintendo Games Head to Virtual Console
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 10, 2009 - Fans of Star Wars® and classic Nintendo games will want to keep an eye on their Wii Shop Channel for the next month. Nintendo will be releasing multiple LucasArts favorites for Virtual Console, starting today with Super Star Wars®. In the coming weeks, both Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back® and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi® will be added to the Virtual Console lineup. All three Super Star Wars games were originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and will be available at 800 Wii Points each.
The arrival of the first three games will be accompanied by additional Star Wars-themed content on other Wii channels throughout the week. The Check Mii Out Channel will invite people to submit their best Mii character renditions of classic Star Wars characters. On the Everybody Votes Channel, users can cast their votes to help settle old debates, such as the proper order to watch the six Star Wars films, and who fired first - Han Solo or Greedo?
"Our expanded partnership with LucasArts brings the Star Wars and Nintendo universes together," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "These three Super Star Wars games represent fantastic additions to the growing Virtual Console library, and the exclusive Star Wars content on the other Wii Menu channels is sure to have people from different generations having fun and interacting with one another."
"Virtual Console on Wii is a great way to make these games available to our fans again, and it's an awesome opportunity to expose our classic console titles to an entirely new audience," said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts.
Additional classic LucasArts games for Virtual Console will be announced in the future.
Rogue Squadron needs to happen on VC. We already know that the Expansion Pak won't be a problem, thanks to Majora's Mask.
Rogue Squadron needs to happen on VC. We already know that the Expansion Pak won't be a problem, thanks to Majora's Mask.Rogue Sqaudron doesn't require the Expansion Pak. I'd think it would be more likely to be released without the Expansion Pak enhancements if they required more effort to include.
VC does already have Monkey Island & isn't Sam & Max on there too? I couldn't imagine Lucas Arts wanting to sit on the side line and not collect free money if those games are selling decently well.
VC does already have Monkey Island & isn't Sam & Max on there too? I couldn't imagine Lucas Arts wanting to sit on the side line and not collect free money if those games are selling decently well.
WiiWare. No Monkey Island or Sa7 Max games on the VC (and not gonna happen unless Nintendo adds a PC section).
Force Unleashed was pure awesomeness.
Note that they have only said that the SNES games are coming to the VC. No word on the N64 titles coming during this special event.
Additional classic LucasArts games for Virtual Console will be announced in the future.
I wonder what brought on this sudden wave of cashing in on nostalgia?Quite possibly they're trying to distract us from the fact that their only announced project after the forthcoming Clone Wars games is The Old Republic. They just don't have anything else in the pipeline that's going to give them money soon.
The best part about this announcement is it now says it's very possible for Nintendo to make deals with other publishers in the future to bring other license based games to the Virtual Console.
Hopefully this means Nintendo will eventually make a deal with Disney. There were so many amazing Disney games released for the NES, SNES and Genesis that's it'd be a shame, no it's be downright CRIMINAL if none of them ever show up.
Rogue Squadron needs to happen on VC. We already know that the Expansion Pak won't be a problem, thanks to Majora's Mask.Rogue Sqaudron doesn't require the Expansion Pak. I'd think it would be more likely to be released without the Expansion Pak enhancements if they required more effort to include.
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Ah, I remember those Super Star Wars games. Even better, I remember when they were re-released as Player's Choice games and were given walkthroughs in Nintendo Power. I only played Return of the Jedi, and I remember it being very hard. Didn't it have a Mode-7 speederbike sequence? And didn't it f*cking rock?
