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Nintendo's Virtual Console: Good Or Bad?

Nintendo’s Virtual Console for the Wii U allows many gamers have grown up with Nintendo consoles to relive the past. These include the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Nintendo 64, the Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advanced. Many people have fond memories of playing these games by themselves, with family and their friends, and whether or not they completed it didn’t matter, having a lot of fun did.

thugtrio3110d ago

Nintendo has failed to utilize it to its fullest.

nintendo18893110d ago

Definitely, there was so much potential, and boy did they botch it up big time.

Bahamut3110d ago

Yeah, I mean they JUST added Ocarina of Time and Donkey Kong 64 like a week ago. The games really trickle in.

RJ920093110d ago

Dk64 has been on there a long time now. I've owned it since summer

Bahamut3110d ago

@RJ92009

Whoops, my mistake.

3-4-53110d ago

It's decent but could be better.

It's not bad.

nintendo18893110d ago

Yup, definitely needs improvement.

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FallenAngel19843110d ago

I think it's pretty shoddy that GBA and DS games haven't still been added to 3DS's Virtual Console

nintendo18893110d ago

Well, the GBA Ambassador program actually used a virtual machine rather than emulation, but it's definitely powerful enough to run GBA games, they just foolishly chosen not to, it's a shame too.

Rebel_Scum3110d ago

Ya but in a way its a good thing. All they do is straight ports that can save state and don't offer anything else like being able to map the controls to different buttons.

Lack of control config is a big problem, one example are the mario titles on 3DS. So unnatural to have A as the run fast button and B as jump.

You have to angle your thumb in the opposite direction, it is really stupid.

RosweeSon3110d ago

Or SNES games I really want super Mario world on my 3ds.

Warshade3110d ago (Edited 3110d ago )

As long as games are tied to the console and not an account I will never buy digital games on a nintendo console again.

If they really wanted sale they would push to have every single title possible on their virtual console. It is pretty behind the times that its still more viable to use an emulator than support the company that brings so much fun.

nintendo18893110d ago

Exactly, the games that they do own, the games without licensing issues they should bring to the eShop.

PlatinumGX3110d ago

Very bad, there are still no Gamecube games.

nintendo18893110d ago

Not officially anyways, while it is feasible, that's outside my jurisdiction on how to accomplish, but since the Gamecube and Wii are both PPC, it would be done via a VM.

stalepie3110d ago

I think it's a great thing but wish it extended to other platforms and enabled cross buy, as well as emulation improvements with some systems. Also the Wii U's NES emulation is said to look too dark? Agree that the games shouldn't be tied to console, but maybe they shouldn't be tied to an account either but like GOG.

nintendo18893110d ago

Yeah, there are issues with the palette itself I believe, it looks a tad too dark compared to other VC systems on the Wii U, not entirely sure why. And I agree, games need to be tied to an account and not to the console.

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos18d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H918d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX18d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H918d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro18d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos17d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger8818d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk7718d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos18d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris18d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno35d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.