Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Virtual Console

If the innovative controller isn't enough to whet your appetite, there is plenty more about the Wii. One feature that I find particularly interesting is the Virtual Console or VC. The VC allows you to play classic Nintendo, Sega, and Hudson games from five systems: NES, SNES, N64, Turbo-Grafx-16, Sega Genesis. This service isn't free however, it will cost you:

-$5 for NES games
-$6 for TG-16 games
-$8 for SNES and Genesis games
-$10 for N64 games

The debate has lingered over whether or not this is a good price. In my opinion Nintendo picked a good price. $5 to play the classic games from yesteryear isn't half bad. $10 is a little expensive, however there are some very good games for the N64. I must say, although there are plenty of games for the service, (I already own 6) many of the high profile games haven't come out yet. Nonetheless it is always interesting to try a new game, one that you have never played before, and when it only costs $5 downloading can get addictive. This is one Wii feature that I hope to see develop into something great.

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