Topic: 3DS Will Feature Handheld Virtual Console

[Mop it up]

Probably not, but even if it is possible, I don't think there are enough worthwhile games for it to be worth it. You don't see the Atari Jaguar on the Wii Virtual Console.

[Ian Sane]

Would any of you actually buy non-Nintendo portable games?  Seriously I can only think of a very small handful of Game Gear of Neo Geo Pocket Color games that I would consider worth owning.

Whatever the price is it will likely be a little bit higher than we would like.

[vudu]

I'm hoping Nintendo ditches the "single price for all games on the same system" pricing scheme.

A GB game from 1989 (that's not Tetris or SML) isn't worth the same amount as a GB game from 1998.  All games are not created equal.  There's no reason why Nintendo should feel the need to sell them at the same price.

[Ian Sane]

vudu, that makes sense but I figure Nintendo would abuse it.  They would have their normal GB pricing which will be more than what we would pay for Alleyway but a bargain for Link's Awakening and then they would just charge more for the better games.  I doubt they would make the worse games cost less, it would just raise the price of the better.

Right now Urban Champion and Super Mario Bros 3 each cost 5 bucks.  That's a big rip-off for Urban Champion but a perfectly reasonable price for a classic like SMB3.  If they keep a fixed price at least we'll know we'll get a good deal for some of the more rare or exceptional games.

It would be great though if they went the opposite direction and recognized that certain games are not worth the single price.  It would be nice if the pricing was $5 or lower.  But they won't so let's not give them the idea to raise the price of the better games.

[Mop it up]

I don't think Nintendo will ever ditch the fix pricing scheme that they've used since the NES, they don't even lower the price of their games anymore. Sure, Nintendo has before talked about how games should be priced as what they are worth, but a company like Nintendo think all their games are worth full/high prices.

[Kytim89]

Is it harder to emualte home console or handheld games?

[Mop it up]

Whether it is home or portable is irrelevant, it is all about the hardware itself. It wouldn't matter with a console, there'd be no difference between console and handheld, but a handheld would have a more difficult time emulating a home system if the display resolution of the handheld is smaller than the original system.

[Kytim89]

Whether it is home or portable is irrelevant, it is all about the hardware itself. It wouldn't matter with a console, there'd be no difference between console and handheld, but a handheld would have a more difficult time emulating a home system if the display resolution of the handheld is smaller than the original system.

This is why we wont see home consoles on the 3DS virtual console, right? I would prefer that they just kept the two seperate and offered each a uniqe arsenal of games.
 
What does a virtual handheld service mean for the wii virtual console? If Nintendo is going to offer VC for a new system, they will have to push it into the main stream and this must mean that they might speed up the wii virtual console once again.
 
I have a strong feeling that Game Gear and Neo Geo Pocket color games are going to show up on the service. I keep saying it, but I think the slide pad on the 3DS could accomodate NGPC because of the similarity with its D-pad.
 
I would love to be able to play all the older Nintendo competitor handhelds without having to worry about batteries or back lighting.

[MegaByte]

If we don't see all console games on here, I wonder if we'll still see TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine games.  The game cards were so small, they were used interchangeably between the TurboGrafx-16 and TurboExpress handheld systems, and Hudson seems to be pushing out their games wherever they can.

[Ian Sane]

If they put console games on the 3DS VC and portable games on the Wii VC then it opens the whole can of worms about transfering games between the two systems.  Ideally if I buy a VC game I should be able to play it on either my Wii or my 3DS.  Well if the two VCs are clearly seperate with no crossover then that doesn't really come up.

[Halbred]

Straight GB games will be one price and GBC games will be higher. I can see GBA games, should they ever appear, as the $10 "N64" games of this service.

On a happy note, we might well see Shantae (GBC) release for the service. Capcom would have to get on board, though.

[Kytim89]

Straight GB games will be one price and GBC games will be higher. I can see GBA games, should they ever appear, as the $10 "N64" games of this service.

On a happy note, we might well see Shantae (GBC) release for the service. Capcom would have to get on board, though.

Should they appear? You mean when they appear, right? This is one reason why I want this serive to revisit all the good GBA games. Is there any reason for why they will never appear? I mean the GBA is a handheld SNES and I do not see any problem emulating the system on the 3DS.

[Halbred]

I say that because it wasn't specifically announced. Just GB and GBC games were.

[Shaymin]

There's already GBA games on DSiWare for 800 Reggies, but I could see them moving up to 1000 if it comes to pass.

I'd prefer to see 200 (GB)/500 (GBC)/800 (GBA) in line with DSiWare pricing, though.

[Kytim89]

I say that because it wasn't specifically announced. Just GB and GBC games were.

Why would they include those consoles and not the GBA?

[Mop it up]

They might not have the GBA portion ready yet. I'm sure it'll be on the service eventually, but it might not be there day one.

[Kytim89]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSsOTBETVAg
 
This is a really cool video and shows off a bunch of handhelds. Most of these will end up on the Virtual Handheld service.