Tag: virtual console
Nintendo to bring Game Boy Advance titles to Wii U next week
Given how the WiiU's big controller can be used without the TV being switched on, and fits in the palms of your hands, it is perhaps natural that Nintendo have thought to bring a bunch of handheld titles to the…
Earthbound hits the UK for first time as Wii U Virtual Console download
In a surprise announcement, Nintendo have revealed today that classic SNES RPG Earthbound is now available to download (from 5PM BST) on the Wii U's Virtual Console from the Nintendo eShop. It marks the first time that the quirky 1994…
Anti-Port gamers, be warned! Paper Mario possibly ported to Nintendo DS in July!
This is exciting! Someone over at NeoGAF has claimed that Paper Mario is going to be either ported or remade for the DS in July.
It’s not entirely unbelievable either, with the N64 original selling superbly well on the Wii since it got added to the Virtual Console shelves (since release, it’s been in the US top 20 most popular downloads list), and even the remake, Super Paper Mario, for the Wii proving popular, especially in Japan.
The platform RPG-style game might…
Make your website work well on the Wii
Try saying that after a couple of pints. Opera has published a long article explaining how web designers can make their sites more Wii-friendly. As you’ll know if you’ve spent any time surfing with Wii’s Opera browser, some sites work perfectly, but others are a mess.
Opera blames Adobe for Wii browser's Flash problems
As you’ll know if you read Games Digest’s comparison of the Wii and PS3 web browsers yesterday, the only area in which Wii’s Opera browser struggles is any site using Flash 8 – which includes the videos on MySpace and Bebo. However, one of Opera’s senior technical service consultants says it’s Adobe’s fault for not including Flash 8 in the latest version of its Flash SDK.
Pac-Man chomps his way onto Wii
The latest retro game to appear on the Wii’s Virtual Console service is perhaps the most well-known of them all: Pac-Man. The ol’ pill-chomper is one of three new Virtual Console games this week, alongside ActRaiser and Bonk’s Revenge.
Nintendo Wii gets Mario Kart, Starfox, Super Metroid…
But unfortunately not as fully-fledged Wii games. Not yet, anyway. Instead, those three games will all be downloadable in their N64 incarnations via Wii's Virtual Console service, which lets Wii owners play retro games. A bunch of other new Virtual…
