[Wii] Virtual Console Rip-off

I don't think you'll be seeing such issues in Majora's Mask when it comes out. I think the problem with Collector's Edition is it's reading it from a disc and trying to access new music or something. With the VC it's straight from flash memory which is probably even quicker than accessing an N64 cartridge.

The way I'm guessing they do VC emulation is one of two ways. One, you download the emulators with a firmware update like the one you got for the Shopping Channel so they're already there when you download VC games which then run on the emulators you have on your system. Two, each game has its own slightly tweaked emulator with game rom that you download. The games do exist as channels after all.

Also, for those that haven't downloaded a VC game yet it's pretty slick. Each game comes with a nice instruction manual that details just about everything in the game that you can access at any time by pressing the home button. I've only downloaded Mario 64 so far but it's perfect.

It's very interesting how they do controller configuration because they do it on a game to game basis hence the lovely instruction manual. For Mario 64 L, Z1, and Z2 are the Z button. I was worried they'd have trouble with N64 and Genesis games but I think they'll be fine as long as their configurations make sense.


My only gripe with the Virtual Console is the games I want aren't out now. The selection we got was rather slim. Also, who's to say they'll be releasing all of their games at the rate they're going. 3rd parties are a big concern for me. Most of them are signed on but I've heard no plans of what they'll be giving us. I'd like them to go all out but will Capcom be releasing all their Megaman or Megaman X titles when they already have compilation games out there? Will we be getting all the Castlevania titles? Will Square-Enix hold back giving us Chrono Trigger or Secret of Mana because they're assholes? I mean people want to download these games but it seems that for whatever reason companies want to play coy to the idea of giving us the good stuff and instead deal out their small titles that we don't really care about. That's the impression I'm getting. I'm waiting for good news but it's taking a while to get here.

Oh and what of the great games we never saw? Secret of Mana 2, Earthbound 0, Starfox 2, Sin & Punishment. There are games that never made it out here or weren't even released. How much trouble would it be to get a translation for these games and is Nintendo even that cool to put forth the effort. What is so terrible about having new games from the classical era that noone got to play before? I'm going to be a pessimist and say Nintendo doesn't have the balls to do such an awesome thing.

Speaking of original games, with 512 mb of limited sectioned out space how are original games for the VC going to work? That's pretty limiting. Since the VC can't access SD cards to play games you can forget any spectacular downloadable games like Konami's Castlevania Symphony of the Night that XBL will be getting. The VC has an incredible amount of potential but I worry about its limitations. It will be interesting to watch how it all plays out.

So yeah these are the things I think you all should be more concerned about and not something petty like the prices of games.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Okay, I stand very much corrected.

In any case since you are actually paying to download these games I don't expect anything less than perfect emulation from Nintendo. The Collector's Edition was just a freebie to those who had preordered Wind Waker so hey.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Point being is these are replacement systems they're doing it for. If you were to get a new Wii. Maybe you really wanted a black system which might come out in a year or so then they probably won't lend the same service to you if you wanted to put your virtual console games on the black system. Perhaps if they managed to link your MyNintendo account to your Virtual Console games and then only allow those to be downloaded on the Wii that is currently registered to it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.