I've got about 480 dollars set aside from tip money I made over the summer (working in a coffee shop, so tipping was extra income). I imagine I'll dedicate about 300-350 dollars of that to Wii, depending on how much it costs. I intend to buy:

Twilight Princess (still not sure which version; probably Gamecube)
Metroid Prime 3
extra controllers, probably three
memory card?
a few VC downloads

I'm also interested in Red Steel and EXCITETRUCK but I'm not sure if I'll get them or not.

Also, are Gamecube memory cards compatible with Wii? I guess they'd have to be, right? I just never really heard anything about it.

They are, there are 4 gamecube controller ports along the top of the console (underneath the flap), and 2 memory card slots.

We also need another Waverace. Specially if Excite Truck, Downhill Jam, GT Pro and other racing games prove that the Wiimote can do the genre justice.

I'm not sure 350 dls is enough money for all that.

I was wondering that myself. I hope to be wrong, but somehow I get the feeling that Nintendo will only allow the use of GC memory cards to save GC games' stuff.

In any case, I guess we can start by using Wii's internal memory. The easiest solution would be the support of any USB flash drives and SD cards.

Will the new games be able to be saved on Gamecube memory cards, then?

Wii games use SD cards for saving. Much much better and cost effective. You can get a 2 GB SD card for like 50 to 100 bucks. That's plenty of room for virtual console content and saved games. There's also talk of using the USB ports in the back to connect the system to USB harddrives. I'd totally buy another 120 Western Digital portable harddrive just for that if it's true. The Wii uses a type of DRM to protect Virtual Console games from being played on other systems though I think but saved games should be a-ok. I'm sure we'll get more specifics on DRM later. The specifics on how that will really work has not been revealed yet.

Jesus, I wish I worked in your coffee shop. :( Let's see... $7 a night...3 nights a week....$21 a week. :\
(Cheapskate bitches, some orders over $100 and we'll see $1 in tips)

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Let's see....in terms of costs.....correct me if I'm wrong, but...

Wii Console - $200 (or hopefully less)
Controllers - $30 (just a guess from the past era) x 3 = $90
2GB SD Card - $50 (according to Acer)
Games - $50 (Really don't know actually, just a guess) x 2 = $100

For all that.....that's about $440. You probably won't need a 2GB SD card, nor do you need all 3 controllers (unless you plan on huge parties and such) so a total of 2, a single launch title would be good enough for me, so now, we're looking at about...

Wii Console - $200
2nd Controller - $30
1GB SD Card - $30
Launch Game - $50

$310. Not bad at all.

Virtual Console leak!

The ESRB proves that it's not entirely worthless.

Ugh, those games are just going to be on the Sega Genesis Collection (except for TJ&E).

And that thing's supposed to be like, 20 bucks or so. Plus, you get a whole shitload of other games with it, including Phantasy Star II, III, and IV.

Why play Genesis on Wii if you can buy the whole shebang for 20 bucks on PS2?

Oh wow.

This better be true. Toejam and Earl is my favorite game, and I'd really like to see it on the Wii. It'd be great if there was some online multiplayer action in Toejam and Earl, but that's never going to happen. Still, I'd like to see it in the Virtual Console.

Pretty good selection of games to kick off with. Could do with less Ecco and more SHINOBI. I don't really care about the Mega Drive stuff though, I wanna know if Bonk from TurboGrafx will be there day one. =o

I'm waiting for Shining Force 2.....man, that takes me back. Hopefully, it's not an impossible wish.

I would hope that Sega includes everything from that PS2 megacollection and more on the Wii VC lineup. By all means they're already making them portalicious, and have done so with nearly all of them at some point in one of their collection packages.

Ecco the mothaf'n' Dolphin though, that's where it's at. And TJ&E... I spent so many many long hours playing that one. It was the only game I got my dad to play with me too, I made him be Earl.

Unlikely, the memory card ports and controller ports are likely there for backwards compatibility purposes. It's the exact same situation from PSX to PS2.

I would love for Konami/NEC to make Dracula X Rondo of Blood available on the virtual console, but I won't hold my breath.

The Virtual Console just seems to be for people that want a specific game or want to play an old game in a specific series. It's pretty useless as a "general" classic game player since buying a large amount of individual games will probably be pretty expensive compared to buying a collection of them in a single pack. Especially with the Sonic games...they've already had two Sonic compilation packs on the Gamecube (which of course the Wii is backwards compatible with), so why would anyone that's interested in the series download it for the VC when for $40 you can have EVERY game in the series from before Adventure? Although Sonic CD, Sonic R, and Sonic Fighters probably wouldn't be on the VC anyway.

Well I have 480 dollars to spare, I was just trying to be optimistic. :P
I'll probably only get two extra controllers from the get-go, but I like having four for parties and stuff. God knows, half my friends will have a Wii, too.
I'm definitely getting two games, Metroid and Zelda. I'm interested in other games, too, but those might be good for Christmas or something.

Hopefully, we'll be able to work out what we have to budget it in a few days. With any luck.

I would shit a squirrel if they made a sequel to Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future on Wii. It was probably one of the most underrated games of this generation.

They could probably even market it as part of whatever they intend to call the Wii counterpart of Touch Generations. The Dreamcast title was a very all-ages game.

I pray for some Sega Saturn games on the VC. Any word on something like that?

super smash bros brawl all the way...also since i live in canada...i heard it will be $299...and lanch games are like $65 here...rawr cant wait till lanch date which is nov 16

The controller ports aren't exactly only for backwards compatability, as the GCN controllers can be used to play some of the Wii games if developers decide that the GCN ones may be more suitable. SSB Brawl is said to be one such games, at least for the moment.

So, uh, where did you hear this?

I am anticipating a $299 CND launch price. I would very surprised if it were cheaper. And I mean very. Games will certainly range from $59-74. I can see myself spending $500 easily on launch day, with the system, a game or two, memory stick and whatever odds and ends I decide to pick up.

My Mastercard is getting a lot of lovin' lately with my recent PSP purchase. Over $600 right there thank you very much.

The whole point of the console is to establish and explore gaming with a new interface device. Again, the ports are there for backwards compatibility purposes, not as a cop-out for lazy developers.

It doesn't reflect well on the machine if half of the third party developers are working on it with half their foot out the door.

Some games it just doesn't work that well. Fighters being one of them but who knows we may see some sort of Wii controller implimentation into Brawl in the coming months but I really doubt it. The gamecube controller layout was already perfect.