Mario’s Getting Into Wii
New Wii Virtual Console titles available for Christmas in America and Japan
For a modest fee Nintendo will send select gamers a little bundle of joy on Christmas morning. No, it hasn't entered the illegal baby selling trade, Mario (along with some friends) is coming to Wii via Virtual Console!
Unfortunately, you'll only be able to get it if you happen to be Japanese or 'Mercan. SPOnG decided to pick up the phone to check the facts. A Nintendo rep told us the releases won't actually be available in Europe until early January.
Why Nintendo has made the decision to not release the titles simultaneously in all territories is a bit beyond us. Clearly distribution isn't an issue. We can only assume that the version Nintendo's making available is NTSC code and not PAL compatible. That would make it necessary for Nintendo to either re-code the version they've got or upload the PAL version separately.
Super Mario Bros will hit the Wii along with Street Fighter II: The World Warrior from the SNES, Super Castlevania IV similarly from the SNES, Toe Jam & Earl from the Sega Mega Drive and R-TYPE from the Turbo Graphix. They'll all be 800 Wii points (£8), with the exception of Mario which will be 500 points (£5). They will all also be late getting to Europe.
Anyway, Merry Christmas America and Japan!
Unfortunately, you'll only be able to get it if you happen to be Japanese or 'Mercan. SPOnG decided to pick up the phone to check the facts. A Nintendo rep told us the releases won't actually be available in Europe until early January.
Why Nintendo has made the decision to not release the titles simultaneously in all territories is a bit beyond us. Clearly distribution isn't an issue. We can only assume that the version Nintendo's making available is NTSC code and not PAL compatible. That would make it necessary for Nintendo to either re-code the version they've got or upload the PAL version separately.
Super Mario Bros will hit the Wii along with Street Fighter II: The World Warrior from the SNES, Super Castlevania IV similarly from the SNES, Toe Jam & Earl from the Sega Mega Drive and R-TYPE from the Turbo Graphix. They'll all be 800 Wii points (£8), with the exception of Mario which will be 500 points (£5). They will all also be late getting to Europe.
Anyway, Merry Christmas America and Japan!
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ohms 22 Dec 2006 12:21
1/2
why do they keep doing this!?!
I was dead set on getting a Wii for launch, but after the price hike, the region locking for Wii games, delays for PAL games (which shouldn't have surprised me really), and then region locking for the virtual console (not to mention the prices for VC games), well, ...I'm not getting one now.
...who am I kidding, I'm gonna have to get one eventually. *sigh*
c'mon nintendo, give us PAL gamers some love man!
I was dead set on getting a Wii for launch, but after the price hike, the region locking for Wii games, delays for PAL games (which shouldn't have surprised me really), and then region locking for the virtual console (not to mention the prices for VC games), well, ...I'm not getting one now.
...who am I kidding, I'm gonna have to get one eventually. *sigh*
c'mon nintendo, give us PAL gamers some love man!
majin dboy 22 Dec 2006 12:57
2/2
the way i see it ohms,u should get one now with zelda and monkey ball,dload sonic and gunstar heores and ur flying,we have waited this long for the machine,whats a few weeks for sum vc games?