Difference between revisions of "Virtual Console"

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NES and Sega Master System games can play properly with the Wii Remote, but games for other consoles will likely require either a [[GameCube]] controller, or the Classic Controller, which is sold separately.
 
NES and Sega Master System games can play properly with the Wii Remote, but games for other consoles will likely require either a [[GameCube]] controller, or the Classic Controller, which is sold separately.
  
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Despite continuous strong sales of the Wii, additions to the Virtual Console service have slowed down considerably since the service was introduced in 2006, partly due to the launch of [[WiiWare]]. In South Korea, no Sega games have been released for the service.
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Despite continuous strong sales of the Wii, additions to the Virtual Console service have slowed down considerably since the service was introduced in 2006, partly due to the launch of [[WiiWare]]. In South Korea, no Sega games were released for the service.
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In September 2017 it was announced that the Wii's Wii Shop Channel (Where the Wii's Virtual Console is housed) would be shutting down on January 31, 2019 at 3PM JST/5PM AEDT/1AM EDT/6AM GMT/January 30, 2019 at 10PM PST. The ability to buy Wii Points to purchase games was stopped on March 27, 2018 at 5AM JST/7AM AEDT/March 26, 2018 at 1PM PDT/4PM EDT/9PM BST. In the interim between not being able to buy points and it's closure, you were still able to download items you had previously purchased.
  
 
==Sega Games on the Virtual Console==
 
==Sega Games on the Virtual Console==

Revision as of 19:08, 18 March 2018

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Virtual Console
System(s): Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer:

Virtual Console is the name for the emulation service initially provided to Wii users. It allows players to purchase and download games by browsing a specialized section of the Wii Shop Channel and later Nintendo's eShop. This requires the user to connect to the internet, and to also purchase Wii/Nintendo points beforehand to make the purchase. Games downloaded are stored on the Wii's 512MB flash memory built into the system. From there games can be transferred to a memory card, but can not be played directly from the memory card. Games on the memory card can be transferred back to the Wii it came from, but not to another system.

While most Virtual Console games are unchanged from their original release, some games, such as The Revenge of Shinobi, have had minor changes to them, while other games, like Dyna Brothers 2, are quite different (in this case, Dyna Brothers 2 Special, which was the Sega Channel version).

Games available come from a variety of systems including: Nintendo's Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES and Nintendo 64, Sega's Master System and Mega Drive/Genesis, NEC's TurboGrafx-16 and TurboGrafx-CD, SNK's Neo Geo AES. It also supports region specific consoles such as Commodore 64 (Europe only) and MSX (Japan only). Some publishers may choose to release region-specific games internationally in the special Import category (for example, the standalone Puyo Puyo Tsuu was released overseas this way).

NES and Sega Master System games can play properly with the Wii Remote, but games for other consoles will likely require either a GameCube controller, or the Classic Controller, which is sold separately.

Despite continuous strong sales of the Wii, additions to the Virtual Console service have slowed down considerably since the service was introduced in 2006, partly due to the launch of WiiWare. In South Korea, no Sega games were released for the service.

In September 2017 it was announced that the Wii's Wii Shop Channel (Where the Wii's Virtual Console is housed) would be shutting down on January 31, 2019 at 3PM JST/5PM AEDT/1AM EDT/6AM GMT/January 30, 2019 at 10PM PST. The ability to buy Wii Points to purchase games was stopped on March 27, 2018 at 5AM JST/7AM AEDT/March 26, 2018 at 1PM PDT/4PM EDT/9PM BST. In the interim between not being able to buy points and it's closure, you were still able to download items you had previously purchased.

Sega Games on the Virtual Console

Wii

Arcade

Japan

(As of 21 June 2011)

North America

(As of 24 January 2011)

Europe/Australia

(As of 21 January 2011)

Mega Drive

Japan

(As of 27 October, 2009)

North America

(As of 15 February 2010)

Europe/Australia

(As of 12 February 2010)

Master System

Japan

(As of 19 May 2009)

North America

(As of 1 February 2010)

Europe/Australia

(As of 11 December 2009)

Nintendo 3DS

Arcade

Japan

Game Gear

Japan
North America
Europe/Australia

Wii U

Game Boy Advance

Japan

Promotional material

  • Launch line up press release

  • Q1 2007 batch press release

  • March/April 2007 press release

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