Post by: Penguin_Of_Thyme on October 03, 2011, 09:32:50 PM
There has not been a new Wii Virtual Console game release in North America in over a month.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/27995
Nintendo has not released a new Virtual Console game for Wii in North America since August, causing the longest span between Virtual Console releases in the system’s history.
The last Virtual Console release was 39 days ago on August 25 when Jaleco’s The Ignition Factor debuted for 800 Wii Points. Previously, the longest amount of time between releases was 28 days which occurred not once, but twice last year.
While the drought may end this Thursday October 5, Nintendo could end up waiting just a bit longer. At the moment, there are no WiiWare titles set for release on October 12. The last downloads day without a WiiWare release was August 25, which also happens to be the last time the Wii received a Virtual Console game. Will Nintendo repeat itself and finally release a Virtual Console game on a week with no WiiWare titles?
Stay tuned to Nintendo World Report for the answer.
Post by: broodwars on October 03, 2011, 10:14:18 PM
Sadly, Nintendo is all about the 3DS now, so the 3DS is what gets the Virtual Console support now. By all rights, we should still have some notable titles coming to the VC given that the ESRB rated Lufia 2 earlier this year, but I'm not holding my breath that we'll actually see them.
Post by: King Bowser Koopa on October 04, 2011, 12:26:33 AM
I hope when 3DS Ambassadors get their GBA Yoshi's Island, Nintendo offer the SNES version to those who missed out on the promotion.
I for one would probably bet both versions anyway, as the graphics and sound are better on the original, and lack the annoying "wiihaw" baby Yoshi voice.
Post by: Kytim89 on October 04, 2011, 02:29:45 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on October 04, 2011, 02:52:18 PM
The fact that a SNES megahit like Yoshi's Island is not available is completely fucking ridiculous. Emulating the FX chip is not an issue because it has been done. If Nintendo themselves can't do it, they're incompetent.
I don't know what makes Nintendo think its audience has to choose like that when Microsoft and Sony don't seem to have that mental barrier, but that's how it seems to be.
Nintendo doesn't know that Sony and MS don't do it that way. Nintendo doesn't know how anyone does anything. The re-invent the wheel every time and isolate themselves from the rest of the industry.
Post by: broodwars on October 04, 2011, 04:43:28 PM
Is it safe to assume that the Wii is dead? Its retail releases are drying up by the day and now its online services are going into the trash heap. What Nintendo could is start letting companies like SquareEnix import SNES RPGs that were only released in Japan here in America.
Honestly, opening up import VC RPGs from Japan wouldn't do much good. There are few types of games that could be less import-friendly than SNES-era JRPGs. Now, if Nintendo wanted Square-Enix and other RPG companies to bring over the rest of the NA-localized games they've been holding back on (as well as SNES games that only released in Europe like Terranigma, but are still in English), that would make me quite happy.
Post by: Kytim89 on October 04, 2011, 05:45:59 PM
Nintendo still has Mischief Makes, DK64, Yoshi's Island and Warner Brothers Interactive could release the old Mortal Kombat games as well. Where are all the TMNT games? Are there any good games that can still be put on the service?
Post by: Mop it up on October 05, 2011, 06:00:12 PM
I'm not saying it's a viable strategy, but that's the main reason I believe releases have slowed so much.
Post by: broodwars on October 05, 2011, 07:34:33 PM
I think the issue with the VC is, once it became so popular, Nintendo realized they would have to support the service for a very long time. Since there is a limited amount of games that can be released onto it, Nintendo started lengthening the time between releases so that they can still put stuff up for many years to come.
I'm not saying it's a viable strategy, but that's the main reason I believe releases have slowed so much.
Here's the thing, though: the Wii's lifecycle is over once Zelda releases. Nintendo of America has a few minor releases still in the works for it, but for all intents and purposes the Wii is done after this year. When the Wii U releases, NoA's not going to care about leftover NES; SNES; and N64 titles (especially since they can continue to regurgitate N64 games on the 3DS for $40). The Wii U's VC will be all about milking the GameCube library as well as other disc-based consoles like perhaps the Saturn or the Sega CD. The time for releasing NES, SNES, and N64 titles is now. I don't know what they're waiting for.
Post by: MegaByte on October 05, 2011, 07:41:11 PM
Post by: Mop it up on October 05, 2011, 07:48:48 PM
Post by: Shaymin on October 05, 2011, 07:52:05 PM
There were 3-5 Wii downloads a week until the DSi.
There were 3-5 Nintendo downloads until the 3DS eShop launched.
And so on...
Post by: Kytim89 on October 05, 2011, 09:34:40 PM
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