Topic: Virtual Console Most Wanted

[King Bowser Koopa]

Wii would still like to play! Please, Nintendo!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/28713

With the Wii's Virtual Console service all but dried up, one can't help but fear for the worst when it comes to potential releases in the future. Wii U is coming towards the end of this year and now is likely Nintendo's last chance to throw their motion-controlled juggernaut some love and end its reign with a bang, but unfortunately the focus now seems to be on trickling out Game Boy classics onto the 3DS Virtual Console.

We know that some kind of download service will be on Nintendo's next machine, but the lineup for that will likely revolve around GameCube titles rather than expanding on the currently available lists of NES, SNES and N64 games.

There are still literally dozens of games that could and should be posted on the Wii Shop Channel, some obvious choices that gamers have been desiring to replay since the console's launch, some obscure fan favorites, and others that will likely never see release due to licensing factors. I've put together a personal wish list of games that I'd really love to see, with a special guest page by Pedro. Along the way I'll try to fathom a reasonable guess as to why these games aren't already available on the Virtual Console service, but here's hoping some, if not all of these, eventually do make it to retro retail glory.

[broodwars]

Well, these are some nice picks to start with, but here are some more (taking into account, of course, that Rare-published games have to be excluded):

NES:

Base Wars (the only baseball game I have ever liked)
TMNT 2: The Arcade Game and TMNT 3 (licensing rights, I know. But it's still worth mentioning)

SNES:

Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinestrals
Illusion of Gaia
Terranigma
Soul Blazer
TMNT 4: Turtles in Time (licensing rights, I know. But it's still worth mentioning)

N64:

Space Station Silicon Valley
Body Harvest
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Star Wars - Episode 1: Battle for Naboo
Hybrid Heaven
Rayman 2 (hey, Ubisoft's released it on just about everything else, so we might as well have the N64 port)

[xcwarrior]

I'm too tired to think of VC games that should be on there, I only know there are plenty of games they SHOULD put on there.

Nintendo, you're so close to getting it right with the Club Nintendo points for games.

Now just do some sales each week. Take the 5 minutes to update the Wii Shop and streamline the damn store and promo it. Say its a preview of what's coming for Wii U. Just fix it and and bring back the Wii Virtual Console!

[Shaymin]

If we're going to get a Stadium game, it has to be 1. 2's actually too big for the Wii's file size limit (it filled a 64MB cart... same reason we'll never see N64 RE2).

Also, Earthbound and Mother. But you already knew that.

[Sarail]

I have the PAL cart for Terranigma, which doesn't work with my converter cart. :/ But I long so very badly for this game to hit the VC. Day one purchase guaranteed.

[Caliban]

I've got my Faxanadu, so all I need now is Terranigma.

[JRokujuushi]

There was actually a game earlier than Yoshi's Safari that called the princess Peach.  In Yoshi's Cookie, you can select the princess in versus mode, and if you just select "end" without entering a name, it will use one of two default names, PEA and PRI.  Of course, since it only lets you enter three letters, it doesn't fully reveal the name Peach, but that's clearly what it's alluding to.

[Kytim89]

Here is my Virtual Console Most Wanted List:
 
Genesis:
 
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Contra: Hard Corps
Rocket Knight Adventures
TMNT Tournament Fighters
Strider
Alisia Dragoon
 
Nintendo 64:
 
Donkey Kong 64
Winback
Resident Evil 2
Mischief Makers
Bomberman 64
Megaman 64
 
Arcade:
 
Contra
The Simpsons
Punch-Out!
X-Men
Out Run
 
NES:
 
Strider
Mighty Final Fight
Dragon Warrior 1 through 4
Megaman 6
TMNT 2
Batman
Power Blade
Metal Gear 1 and 2
Duck Hunt
Contra
Crystalis
 
SNES:
 
Treasure of the Rudras
Bahamut Lagoon
Weapon Lord
TMNT: Turtles in Time
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Lufia one and two
Secret of Evermore
Soul Blazer
Star Ocean
Demon's Crest
Breath of Fire
Star Fox
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario All-Stars
Earthbound
 
Gamecube:
 
Everything that is possible
 
Dreamcast:
 
Grandia 2
Soul Caliber
Skies of Arcadia
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
 
 
What the Hell? All of the NES, SNES, and N64 Rare developed games.
 
I plan to make a seperate Gamecube VC list later.

[GK]

I certainly would like a Goemon's Great Adventure VC release just so I can finally finish it & not have the Memory Pak wiping me save data clean. As much as I loved the N64 controller, putting something as vital & fragile as a memory card in the most abused part of the console was a bad idea...

If Wii doesn't add more VC stuff, I hope Wii U will have some of these missed titles & rig in an online play to the multiplayer games as well. I probably would have downloaded more games if online play was possible.

[TrueNerd]

Earthbound. I've never had the pleasure.

[UncleBob]

Virtual Arcade: Super Mario Vs. Please.

[Fatty The Hutt]

Pilotwings 64 please.
Never played it but love the SNES and 3DS versions dearly. Anyone have any idea why they didn't release thsi to help promote the 3DS game? Some technical issue or something?

[StrawHousePig]

I'll second Mystical Ninja. Not sure why now, but I remember enjoying it.


I'd also like to add:

• Cubivore
• Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
• Mario & Luigi [all] [sorry, didn't snap this was exclusively for Wii VC][But I'd still like them for the 3DS VC]

[Mop it up]

The only game that I would want to come to the Virtual Console is Blaster Master 2 for the Sega Genesis. I have no idea if this game was actually good or if I was just excited that I finally had a sequel to an NES game I enjoyed, so I really want to play it again. I'm never going to buy another Sega Genesis because every other game I liked is available on some sort of game collection. Blaster Master 2 is the only game that hasn't ever been re-released, to my knowledge.

Also of note, Pokémon Stadium 2 is on a 64MB cartridge, so it can't come to the Wii VC because it is over the download file size limit.