Wii Virtual Console & Wii Ware Weekly Release

I thought it'd be good to have a "Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About the Virtual Console but Were Afraid to Ask" Section of this forum, to keep people up to date on what is available, and what's coming soon (and maybe even a little of what we'd like to see).

Virtual console seems to be updated ever monday night, so check on tuesdays to see what's new. I'll keep this first post up to date as to what is available on VC.

Thanks to Rhoq for this:

Wii Ware Added May 13th. I'll try to keep updates on Wii Ware releases as well in this forum from here on out.

April 6th 09': Added DSi Downloadable Content

Currently Available: (Updated 11/04/09)

Wii Ware:

1. Defend Your Castle
2. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
3. Lost Winds
4. POP
5. TV Show King
6. V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack
7. Critter Roundup
8. Star Soldier R
9. Family Table Tennis
10. Dr. Mario Online
11. Toki Tori
12. Protothea
13. My Pokemon Ranch
14. Block Breaker Deluxe
15. Cocoto Fishing Master
16. Gyrostarr
17. Magnetica Twist
18. SPOGS Racing
19. Major League Eating: The Game
20. Pirates: The Key of Dreams
21. Pong Toss: Frat Party Games
22. Wild West Guns
23. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Ep. 1: Homestar Ruiner
24. Midnight Pool
25. Helix
26. My Aquarium
27. Groovin' Blocks
28. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Ep. 2: Strongbadia the free
29. Potpourrii
30. Mega Man 9
31. PLATTCHEN Twist 'n Paint
32. Art Style: ORBIENT
33. Bomberman Blast
34. Midnight Bowling
35. MadStone
36. World of Goo
37. Cubello
38. Tetris Party
39. The Incredible Maze
40. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Ep.3: Baddest of the Bands
41. Art Style: ROTOHEX
42. Alien Crush Returns
43. Home Sweet Home
44. Brain Challenge
45. Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam
46. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Ep. 4: Dangeresque 3
47. Target Toss Pro: Bags
48. Boingz
49. Sudoku Challenge!
50. Space Invaders Get Even
51. Pit Crew Panic!
52. Bruiser & Scratch
53. Hockey Allstar Shootout
54. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Ep. 5: 8 Bits is Enough
55. Big Kahuna Party
56. Tiki Towers
57. Fun! Fun! Minigolf
58. Maboshi's Arcade
59. Cue Sports: Pool Revolution
60. Sandy Beach
61. Jungle Speed
62. Planet Pachinko
63. High Voltage Hot Rod Show
64. Family Glide Hockey
65. Niki - Rock N' Ball
66. Snowboard Riot
67. LONPOS
68. LIT
69. Evasive Space
70. Onslaught
71. Family & Friends Party
72. Gradius ReBirth
73. Bit.Trip Beat
74. Pop'em, Drop'em SameGame
75. Bonsai Barber
76. Equilibrio
77. Party Fun Pirate
78. Crystal Defenders R
79. Cocoto Platform Jumper
80. Penguins & Friends: Hey! That's My Fish!
81. Family Pirate Party
82. Crystal Defenders R2
83. Silver Star Chess
84. Bubble Bobble PLUS!
85. Adventure Island: The Beginning
86. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
87. Texas Hold 'em Championship
88. Swords & Soldiers
89. Fish 'em All!
90. Eduardo the Samurai Toaster
91. Rainbow Island: Towering Adventure!
92. Let's Catch
93. Drill Sergeant Mindstrong
94. NEVES Plus
95. Family Mini Golf
96. Water Warfare
97. Reel Fishing Challenge
98. Silver Star Reversi
99. Bit.Trip Core
100. Bust a Move Plus!
101. Heracles Chariot Racing
102. Bit Boy!!
103. Incoming!
104. Ant Nation
105. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Dark Lord
106: Battle Poker
107. 5 Spot Party
108. Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1
109. The Three Musketeers: All for One!
110. HB Arcade Cards
111. Overturn
112. Sexy Poker
113. NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
114. Rock n' Roll Climber
115. PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit
116. Family Slot Car Racing
117. Mr Driller W.
118. Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2
119. 3-2-1 Rattle Battle!
120. Contra Rebirth
121. ColorZ
122. Texas Hold 'em
123. Spaceball: Revolution
124. Mart Racer
125. You, Me & the Cubes
126. Family Tennis
127. Arkanoid Plus!
128. Driift Mania
129. Word Searcher
130. Gravitronix
131. Lost Winds: Winter of the Melodia
132. Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem
133. Ghost Mansion Party
134: Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3
135: Carnival King
136: "Aha!  I Got It!" Escape Game
137: Family Card Games
138. Excitebike: World Rally
139. Frogger Returns
140. Dragon Master Spell Caster
141. Pokemon Rumble

Virtual Console

Prices (typically):
Virtual Arcade: 500
NES: 500
SNES: 800
N64: 1000
Master Sys: 500
Genesis: 800
TG16/TGCD: 600
NeoGeo: 900
Commodore 64: 500

Note: 100 Wii points = $1 US

Virtual Arcade
1. Galpus
2. Mappy
3. The Tower of Druga
4. Starforce
5. Space Harrier
6. Tecmo Bowl
7. Altered Beast
8. Rygar
9. GoldenAxe

NES
1. Donkey Kong
2. Donkey Kong, Jr.
3. The Legend Of Zelda
4. Mario Bros.
5. Pinball
6. Soccer
7. Solomon’s Key
8. Wario’s Woods
9. Ice Hockey
10. Tennis
11. Super Mario Bros
12. Baseball
13. Urban Champion
14. Gradius
15. Xevious
16. Kid Icarus
17. Ice Climber
18. Kirby's Adventure
19. Legend of Kage
20. Elevator Action
21. Tecmo Bowl
22. Excitebike
23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
24. Galaga
25. Punch Out (Featring Mr. Dream)
26. Castlevania
27. Mighty Bomb Jack
28. Ninja Gaiden
29. Pac-Man
30. Legend of Zelda II: Adventure of Link
31. Miltons Secret Castle
32. Lode Runner
33. NES Open Tournament Golf
34. Super Mario Bros 2
35. Mach Rider
36. Yoshi
37. Balloon Fight
38. Star Soldier
39. Adventures of Lolo
40. Metroid
41. Super C (Contra)
42. Adventure Island
43. Donkey Kong Jr. Math
44. NES Play Action Football
45. Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
46. Ninja Gaiden II
47. Lunar Pool
48. Ninja JaJaMaru-kun
49. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
50. Volleyball
51. Wrecking Crew
52. Double Dribble
53. Zanac
54. Ghosts n' Goblins
55. Blades of Steel
56. Bubble Bobble
57. Startropics
58. Adventures of Lolo 2
59. Operation Wolf
60. Ninja Gaiden III
61. King's Knight
62. Spelunker
63. Yoshi's Cookie
64. Bases Loaded
65. River City Ransom
66. Double Dragon
67. Renegade
68. SkyKid
69. City Connection
70. Dig-Dug
71. Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
72. Donkey Kong 3
73. Mega Man
74. Clu Clu Land
75. Mega Man II
76. Super Dodgeball
77. Mega Man 3
78. Zoda's Revenge: Startropics 2
79. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
80. Life Force
81. Crash N' the Boys Street Challenge
82. Final Fantasy

SNES
1. F-Zero
2. Sim City
3. Street Fighter 2: World Warrior
4. Super Castlevania IV
5. R-Type III: The Third Lighting
6. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
7. Contra III: The Alien Wars
8. Super Mario World
9. Donkey Kong Country
10. Super Ghouls & Ghosts
11. Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV
12. Gradius III
13. Legend of the Mystical Ninja
14. Final Fight
15. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong
16. Actraiser
17: Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
18. Kirby's Dream Course
19. Super Metroid
20. Breath of Fire II
21. Kirbys Avalanche
22. Metal Marines
23. Super Mario Bros. 3
24. Axelay
25. Vegas Stakes
26. Cybernator
27. Donkey Kong Country 3
28. Pac-Attack
29. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
30. Harvest Moon
31. Super Turrican
32. DoReMi Fantasy: Milon's DokiDoki Adventure
33. Super R-Type
34. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
35. Super Turrican 2
36. Secret of Mana
37. Space Invaders: The Original Game
38. Kirby's Dreamland 3
39. Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
40. Super Punch-Out
41. Uncharted Waters: New Horizions
42. Nobunga's Ambition
43. Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Grey Wolf
44. Super Star Wars
45. Super Empire Strikes Back
46. Super Return of the Jedi
47. Final Fight 2
48. Zombies Ate My Neighbors
49. Indian Jones' Greatest Adventures

N64
1. Super Mario 64
2. Mario Kart
3. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4. Star Fox 64
5. FZero X
6. Paper Mario
7. Wave Race 64
8. Yoshi's Story
9. Sin & Punishment
10. Pokemon Snap
11. 1080 Snowboarding
12. Kirby64
13. Cruisn' USA
14. Pokemon Puzzle League
15. Mario Golf
16. Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Sega Master System
1. Wonder Boy
2. Fantasy Zone
3. Alex Kidd in Miracle World
4. Sonic the Hedgehog
5. Space Harrier
6. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
7. Enduro Racer
8. Wonder Boy in Monster Land
9. Sonic Chaos
10. Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars
11. Secret Command
12. Phantasy Star
13. R-Type
14. Wonder Boy III: The Dragons Trap

Sega Genesis
1. Altered Beast
2. Columns
3. Ecco The Dolphin
4. Golden Axe
5. Ristar
6. Sonic The Hedgehog
7. Gunstar Heros
8. Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine
9. Space Harrier 2
10. Toe Jam & Earl
11. Comix Zone
12. Bonanza Bros.
13. Gain Ground
14. Streets of Rage
15. Bio-Hazard Battle
16. Sword of Vermilion
17. Sonic Spinball
18. Beyond Oasis
19. Virtua Fighter 2
20. Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
21. Wonder Boy in Monster World
22. Streets of Rage 2
23. Kid Chameleon
24. ToeJam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron
25. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
26. Golden Axe 2
27. Ecco the Dolphin: Tides of Time
28. Shining Force
29. Dynamite Heady
30. Shining in the Darkness
31. Shinobi III: Return of the Master Ninja
32. Ghouls N' Ghosts (Ghosts N' Goblins 2)
33. Landstalker: Treasures of the King Nole
34. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
35. Super Thunder Blade
36. Streets of Rage 3
37. Golden Axe III
38. Alien Soldier
39. Sonic 3D Blast
40. Ecco Jr.
41. Eternal Champions
42. Alien Storm
43. Rolling Thunder 2
44. Light Crusader
45. Columns III
46. Phantasy Star 2
47. Puyo Puyo 2: Tsuu
48. Powerball
49. Mega Turrican
50. Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
51. Super Fantasy Zone
52. Gley Lancer
53. Splatterhouse 2
54. Vectorman
55. Shining Force 2
56. Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
57. Earthworm Jim
58. Forgotten Worlds
59. Boogerman: A Pick 'n Flick Adventure
60. Phantasy Star IV
61. MUSHA
62. Wolf of the Battlefield: MERCS
63. Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
64. Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
65. Galaxy Force II
66. Clay Fighter
67. Pulseman
68. Revenge of Shinobi

NEC TurboGrafx16 + TurboGrafix CD
1. Bomberman ‘93
2. Bonk’s Adventure
3. Super Star Soldier
4. Victory Run
5. Alien Crush
6. Military Madness
7. R-Type
8. Soldier Blade
9. Dungeon Explorer
10. Moto Roader
11. Vigilante
12. New Adventure Island
13. Chew Man Fu
14. Double Dungeon
15. Splatterhouse
16. Dragon's Curse
17. BravoMan
18. Bonk's Revenge
19. Battle Lode Runner
20. Shockman
21. Ordyne
22. Ninja Spirit
23. Blazing Lazers
24. JJ & Jeff
25. Dead Moon
26. World Sports Competition
27. Bloody Wolf
28. China Warrior
29. Dragon Spirit
30. Air Zonk
31. Silent Debuggers
32. Devils Crush
33. Drop Off
34. Galaga '90
35. Cratermaze
36. Neutopia
37. Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
38. Neutopia II
39. World Class Baseball
40. Legend of Hero Tonma
41. Gate of Thunder
42. Samurai Ghost
43. Power Golf
44. Super Air Zonk
45. Dynastic Hero
46. Monster Lair
47. Riot Zone
48. Lords of Thunder
49. Psychosis
50. Chase HQ
51. Break In
52. Star Parodier
53. Ys Book I & II
54. Final Soldier
55. Cho Aniki
56. Digital Champ Battle Boxing
57. Gradius II: Gofer No Yabou
58. Bomberman '94
59. Detana Twin Bee
60. SimEarth: Living Planet
61. Fighting Street
62. Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

Neo Geo
1. Fatal Fury
2. World Heroes
3. Art of Fighting
4. Magician Lord
5. Blue's Journey
6. Baseball Stars 2
7. Top Hunter
8. King of Fighters 94
9. Metal Slug
10. Ninja Combat
11. Samurai Showdown
12. Burning Fight
13. Fatal Fury 2
14. King of Monsters
15. Ninja Commando
16. Art of Fighting 2
17. Neo Turf Masters
18. Samurai Showdown
19. Metal Slug 2

Commodore 64
1. The Last Ninja
2. International Karate
3. Pitstop 2
4. Summer Games II
5. Tower Toppler
6. Boulder Dash
7. California Games
8. Last Ninja 2
9. Cybernoid

Hudson has the game manuals available online here:
Titles > Virtual Console

DSiWare

1. DSi Web Browser
2. Bird & Beans
3. Master of Illusion Express: Funny Face
4. Art Style:Aquia
5. Wario Ware: Snapped!
6. Brain Age Express: Math
7. Mixed Messages
8. Master of Illusion Express: Shuffle Games
9. Dr. Mario Express
10. Master of Illusion Express: Deep Psyche
11. Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics
12. Paper Airplane Chase
13. Animal Crossing Calculator
14. Animal Crossing Clock
15. Real Soccer 2009
16. Art Style: PiCTOBiTS
17. American Popstar: Road to Celebrity
18. Photo Clock
19. Mighty Flip Champs!
20. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini's March Again!
21. Mario Clock
22. Mario Calculator
23. ArtStyle: Boxlife
24. Sudoku Master
25. ArtStyle: Base10
26. Asphalt4: Elite Racing
27. Brain Challenge
28. ArtStyle: Zengage
29. Sudoku Student
30. Art Style: Precipice
31. Brainage Express: Arts & Letters
32. Flipnote Studio
33. Brain Age Express: Sudoku
34. Guitar Rock Tour
35. Pop+Solo
36. Puzzle League Express!
37. Clubhouse Games Express: Family Favorites
38. Art Academy: 1st Semester
39. Oscar in Toyland
40. Clubhouse Games Express: Strategy Games
41. MySims Camera
42. Art Academy: Second Semester
43. Dragon Quest Wars
44. Thorium Wars
45. Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon
46. Crash Course Domo
47. Hard-Hat Domo
48. Pro-Putt Domo
49. Rock-N-Roll Domo
50. White-Water Domo
51. PictureBook Games: The Royal Bluff
52. Sudoku
53. Sparkle Snapshots
54. Viking Invasion
55. Battle of the Giants: Dragons - Bronze Edition
56. Bomberman Blitz
57. Electroplankton: Trapy
58. Electroplankton: Hanenbow
59. Electroplankton: Rec-Rec
60. Electroplankton: Nanocarp
61. Electroplankton: Beatnes
62. ArtStyle: DigiDrive
63. Arcade Bowling
64. Robot Rescue


Edited by CaseyL - 11/16/09 at 8:55am

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

All 21 games currently available on the Wii Virtual Console in North America...

NES (500 Wii Points)
1. Donkey Kong
2. Donkey Kong, Jr.
3. The Legend Of Zelda
4. Mario Bros.
5. Pinball
6. Soccer
7. Solomon’s Key
8. Wario’s Woods

SNES (800 Wii Points)
1. F-Zero
2. Sim City

N64 (1,000 Wii Points)
1. Super Mario 64

Sega Genesis (800 Wii Points)
1. Altered Beast
2. Columns
3. Ecco The Dolphin
4. Golden Axe
5. Ristar
6. Sonic The Hedgehog

NEC TurboGrafx16 (600 Wii Points)
1. Bomberman ‘93
2. Bonk’s Adventure
3. Super Star Soldier
4. Victory Run


Also, as of this past Monday (December 4, 2006) Nintendo updates the virtual console with new games at 9 AM, Pacific time (12 Noon for us folks on the Eastcoast). Apparently, this was the first "official" Monday for the V.C. even though we did see an update last Tuesday and Wednesday.

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

Am I the only one who thinks they are asking too much for yesterday's games? I just don't picture myself plonking down $5 for a NES game or $10 for a N64, no matter how bad I want it, especially since I'm providing the storage media.

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I don't mind tossin' down $5 for a NES game, but the N64s are getting a little steep. I can usually get N64 carts used for that or less.

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I agree, way too expensive.

The lineup looks pretty lacking right now as well.

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Apparently, the plan is that Nintendo will be releasing the high-profile games to the Virtual Console during periods where there might be a dry spell in Wii releases. I'm thinking that January through March 2007 might be good for the VC since nothing major is going to be released until March/April at the earliest (Metroid Prime 3?).

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

4 new games on the Virtual Console, today (Dec. 11, 2006)

From the Nintendo Press Release...

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Can everyone else get into the Wii shopping channel consistently? I've gotten in a few times but most of the time i get a 209600 or 209576 error.

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

The only time I ever have a problem is if I've got something (usually BitTorrent downloads) hogging up my bandwidth.

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I haven't had any trouble connecting yet.

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

The Forecast channel went live yesterday. You can now view local or global weather forecasts. Slightly entertaining. In other news the Opera Browser will be available for Beta Dec. 22. The full version will be available in march, and will be a free DL until June 07. After that, it'll be 500 wii points.

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Also Military Madness was just released for the TG16, Tennis for the NES, and Space Harrier 2 for the GEN.

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Waiting on Wiis to be a little more out there so I can get one without waiting or paying. I want to see Gradius and Mike Tyson's Punch Out -- although didn't they lose the license or something? I know there was a re-release minus Tyson years later.

Doug

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

When Tyson's contract with Nintendo expired, the game was re-released (as "Punch-Out!!") with "Mr. Dream" in place of Tyson.

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

I think a lot of those high-profile games that everyone wants we'll see later during slow Wii title-release times. I believe that's sort of their plan to balance slow times with strong VC games.

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

Coming Soon:

Dec. 25

Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Street Fighter II: World Warrior (SNES)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
Toe Jam & Earl (GEN)
R-Type (TG16)

Jan 1

Baseball (NES)
Urban Champion (NES)

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

The Browser went up this morning. I promptly visited HTF, and NWR, followed by Quicktime, where I locked it up trying to get a trailer (without quicktime).

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

No waiting until later this morning, there titles are available on the VC now!!!

I downloaded Super Mario Bros. and Street Fighter II, for now.

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Until someone figures out how to use a keyboard with the Wii, the browser will never be anything more than something casual. Having to type with the Wii-mote, while functional, is just not ideal.

Also, resizing is a bit wonky. Text is either too small, or too big (2). When you zoom it (+) to what is usually a decent size, you have to scroll left and right to read everything. I hope the Opera team gets these issues resolved for the final version of the browser.

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I would agree that the prices are a bit too high for what they are selling. I wish they would put the same effort that is going into the Xbox Live Arcade games.

As far as Virtual Console wish lists go, I wish for
Super Dodgeball
Super Metroid
Killer Instinct
Mario's and Zelda's of course

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I think the prices are fine, considering it's a one shot deal for you to permanently have all of those games in one place. The Channel interface was ingenious, and is a major selling point for a lot of the VC games, IMO.

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Jan 1=Boring.

Baseball - NES
Urban Champion-NES

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Jan 8

Gradius NES
Soldier Blade TG16
Dungeon Explorer TG16

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Jan 15

SNES R-Type III: The Third Lighting
NES - Xevious
TG16 - Moto Roader

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

Downloaded Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past today. Oh so worth it!

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Mariokart 64 is supposed to be next Monday's game. (I don't know if there are supposed to be any others along with it.)

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Question - can you buy Wii Points directly from the shopping channel, or do you need to buy one of those cards from a store?

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I'm pretty sure you can buy them from the shopping channel.

Re: Wii Virtual Console Details

By going to the Shopping channel, you can purchase Wi Points with a Credit Card

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The Wii News Channel went live today. A fairly unique way of looking at headlines, it uses a globe similar to the one on the Wii Weather Channel, with headlines appearing over the area they originate, so If you're interested in Chicago news, you just roll the globe to the Illinois area, and wammo! News!. The headlines are also available broken up into categories if you don't want to use the globe.