Will the Wii U Virtual Console Ever Match the Wii's?

30th September, 2 replies

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Nintendo’s Wii U online store, the eShop, is home to current releases, indie titles, and classic games of yesteryear. The store is updated with new entries weekly, but when it comes to the state of the Wii U Virtual Console specifically, the quantity and variety is sorely lacking for a system that has been on the market for almost two years now, particularly when compared to the content that its older sibling, the Wii, offered in the same timeframe.

When the Wii’s Virtual Console opened shop, Nintendo provided a very respectable amount of classic games to build up the library. For a good part of its life, the Wii’s Virtual Console was the recipient of three classic games a week, and not only ROMs spanning all previous Nintendo home consoles (sans GameCube), but games from several classic systems including the Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, and TurboGrafx-16. Later, the Virtual Console was host to Neo Geo games of yore and even a few arcade-perfect ROMs as well. Over the span of its life, the Wii Virtual Console accrued over 400 titles from a variety of different platforms...

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