LeoA
Senior HTF Member
I wonder if Nintendo will wise up and toss the Wii titles up on the Wii U eShop simultaneously so fans of digital distribution have the same deal. Makes too much sense...
While it would be very much like Nintendo to not go past this initial group, I hope to see more waves of rereleases and a few more Wii titles. I still want Wii Sports Club and Pikmin 1, so I hope they get included sometime in this relaunched program (It's about time).
And since there's precedence here, I hope that New Player Control: Chibi Robo finally appears in North America as part of this lineup. The last round of Nintendo Selects releases in 2012 were when the NPC conversions of Mario Power Tennis and Pikmin 2 made their belated North American Wii debuts after appearing in Japan three years earlier.
Wal-Mart Canada had it for $20 back in 2014, but they were out of stock when I crossed the border so I paid $60 in the end. So far that's the only real deal I've seen on Super Mario 3D World, discounting generic deals like buy 2 get 1 free sales, until now.
Wind Waker HD though was $15 that day as I recall, so not a wasted trip.
I luckily got into the 2nd and until now last printing of Super Mario All-Stars during its initial Wii release, but glad to see it reappear here for those that missed out.
It won't include the bonus content, but it was basically worthless anyways. Looked at it once and never again, but perhaps worth mentioning if it matters to someone.
Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Brothers 2 and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 on the Wii U Virtual Console though are essentially ports of the Super Mario All-Stars remasterings of those two titles, with a few additions here and there. So half of it was basically already available on the Wii U.
With the SMB3 download you even get the GBA exclusive World E, which utilized e-Reader cards originally, if you download it off the Wii U's Virtual Console.
While it would be very much like Nintendo to not go past this initial group, I hope to see more waves of rereleases and a few more Wii titles. I still want Wii Sports Club and Pikmin 1, so I hope they get included sometime in this relaunched program (It's about time).
And since there's precedence here, I hope that New Player Control: Chibi Robo finally appears in North America as part of this lineup. The last round of Nintendo Selects releases in 2012 were when the NPC conversions of Mario Power Tennis and Pikmin 2 made their belated North American Wii debuts after appearing in Japan three years earlier.
This is good news. I've been wanting to buy Super Mario 3D World, but I've never seen it drop below $59.
Wal-Mart Canada had it for $20 back in 2014, but they were out of stock when I crossed the border so I paid $60 in the end. So far that's the only real deal I've seen on Super Mario 3D World, discounting generic deals like buy 2 get 1 free sales, until now.
Wind Waker HD though was $15 that day as I recall, so not a wasted trip.
I've also wanted Super Mario All Stars for awhile, but it was out of print and people were price gouging.
I luckily got into the 2nd and until now last printing of Super Mario All-Stars during its initial Wii release, but glad to see it reappear here for those that missed out.
It won't include the bonus content, but it was basically worthless anyways. Looked at it once and never again, but perhaps worth mentioning if it matters to someone.
I know I can buy most the original Mario games on the Virtual Console, but they are the 8-bit versions and not the 16-bit versions that are included in Super Mario All Stars.
Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Brothers 2 and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 on the Wii U Virtual Console though are essentially ports of the Super Mario All-Stars remasterings of those two titles, with a few additions here and there. So half of it was basically already available on the Wii U.
With the SMB3 download you even get the GBA exclusive World E, which utilized e-Reader cards originally, if you download it off the Wii U's Virtual Console.
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