These platforms join the handheld download service. Updated.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/25558
During Iwata's keynote, it was announced that Game Gear and TurboGrafx-16 (through the TurboExpress handheld, which played the same games) would be joining Game Boy and Game Boy Color games on the 3DS Virtual Console when the service launches in late May.
No information is available yet for what games will be released. So far only Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening have been confirmed for the Virtual Console portion of the eShop. Virtual Console will be accompanied by 3D Classics, 3D versions of classic console games.
UPDATE: Five classic Game Gear releases from Sega are planned for the Nintendo eShop launch.
Who said Nintendo is trying to keep consoles and handhelds separate? Mario 64 DS? OoT 3D? NSMB? They're a business trying to make money on two fronts. Maybe they'll come out with Nomad games, who knows? It's way too early to call, and more especially, way too early to complain about.
Who said Nintendo is trying to keep consoles and handhelds separate? Mario 64 DS? OoT 3D? NSMB? They're a business trying to make money on two fronts. Maybe they'll come out with Nomad games, who knows? It's way too early to call, and more especially, way too early to complain about.
I meant separate as far as Virtual Console goes. They haven't offered any games for Game Boy or any other handheld on the Wii VC, and are only offering them now on the new 3DS VC. Clearly, that's keeping them separate. Also FYI, there's no such thing as Nomad games. Nomad only played Genesis games.
Besides, the examples you've given technically don't back up your case since the all ARE exclusive to to their systems with exclusive content. Especially NSMB-- at least with the first two were ports of games that originated on consoles, but the original NSMB and NSMBW are two entirely different games.
But they might as well just go all out and offer any sort of game which the 3DS hardware is capable of.
The Game Gear is technically just a portable Master System, so by the same logic Master System games should probably be allowed as well. But they might as well just go all out and offer any sort of game which the 3DS hardware is capable of.
The Game Gear is technically just a portable Master System, so by the same logic Master System games should probably be allowed as well. But they might as well just go all out and offer any sort of game which the 3DS hardware is capable of.
There aren't any TurboExpress games either, it just plays TurboGrafx-16 games.
The Game Gear is technically just a portable Master System, so by the same logic Master System games should probably be allowed as well. But they might as well just go all out and offer any sort of game which the 3DS hardware is capable of.
So the question is, why are they making an exception for TG-16, and not others.
Because TG16 games were playable on a handheld system, I think it is simple as that. If the TurboExpress didn't exist, then we wouldn't be seeing TG16 games on it. I do wonder if they will make us rebuy the games though.So what about the Genesis games that were playable on the Nomad....?
Because TG16 games were playable on a handheld system, I think it is simple as that. If the TurboExpress didn't exist, then we wouldn't be seeing TG16 games on it. I do wonder if they will make us rebuy the games though.
So the question is, why are they making an exception for TG-16, and not others. And since many people already bought TG-16 games via their Wiis will be be able to transfer them as we will DSiWare?Maybe because there wasn't a dedicated Turbo handheld. Or maybe they just made a big push to make it happen like they did recently on other platforms.
So the question is, why are they making an exception for TG-16, and not others.Because TG16 games were playable on a handheld system, I think it is simple as that. If the TurboExpress didn't exist, then we wouldn't be seeing TG16 games on it. I do wonder if they will make us rebuy the games though.So what about the Genesis games that were playable on the Nomad....?
The later Sega Game Gear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Game_Gear) is effectively a hand-held Master System, with a few enhancements,[14] although it required an adapter to play actual Master System cartridges.[14]
It wasn't just the carts. The resolutions were different, so more substantial modifications have to be done to get them to play.
