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Huge Library of Classic Games Coming to Nintendo Revolution

THURSDAY MARCH 23 2006 3:55 PM

Submitted by WilWheaton. Edited By WilWheaton.

Nintendo plans to bring up to 1000 games from classic systems like TurboGraphix and Sega Genesis to the Revolution.

The Revolution's planned "Virtual Console" download service was already expected to also play older Nintendo-made games like "Mario Bros" and "Zelda."

"No one else can match the environment we're creating for expanding the game experience to everyone," said Iwata, speaking at the Game Developer's Conference in San Jose. "Our path is not linear, but dynamic."

He did not discuss pricing, availability or other details.

This is huge. The Revolution just went from "meh" to "I must have one RIGHT NOW!!111!!1one!eleventy!"

This originally said "over 1000 games," which is incorrect. Sorry. I blame unbridled enthusiasm and !111!!1one!eleventy!-esque excitement. -Ed

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aegies

Oakland, CA

June 2004

MAR 23, 2006 04:13 PM

uh, the linked article says some of the thousands. not thousands. jesus christ, you almost gave me a heart attack. if you had asked me 6 months ago if nintendo was being smart charging for content downloads like this i would have been iffy about it, but after seeing microsofts success with the live arcade and microstransactions, this could work out very well for them.

tonyvortex

Valparaiso, IN

April 2003

MAR 23, 2006 04:14 PM

i think by having such a large amount of classic games on tap,for a price of course,will be great for most of america.so many people are always looking for original nintendos,super nintendos and genesis systems just to play some games they remember from years back.now to make it easier than tracking down a working system.this is still old news,since theyve been talking about this for some time now for nintendos new system,but not enough people know about it yet.

zenFish

Calgary, AB

August 2004

MAR 23, 2006 04:15 PM

my main thing is if i can buy/backup what I download... as I'm not to keen on 'renting' these games when I can just download the rom file off the net.

WilWheaton

Los Angeles, CA

June 2005

MAR 23, 2006 04:33 PM

aegies said:
uh, the linked article says some of the thousands. not thousands. jesus christ, you almost gave me a heart attack. if you had asked me 6 months ago if nintendo was being smart charging for content downloads like this i would have been iffy about it, but after seeing microsofts success with the live arcade and microstransactions, this could work out very well for them.

Aw, fuckforshit. My bad. Sorry about that. Corrected. Thanks

pharcyde

Canada

September 2003

MAR 23, 2006 04:34 PM

this news is so old. btw, the systems include pretty much everything up to and including n64

jrave

Italy

January 2004

MAR 23, 2006 04:36 PM

holy batshit, i can now pay hundreds of dollars to play Mario Bros. 3 again? wow....sign me up!

Hooraydiation

Boston, MA

October 2005

MAR 23, 2006 04:38 PM

Hot damn, I'm excited about Rev.

sixbysix

United Kingdom

December 2004

MAR 23, 2006 04:41 PM

So Nintendo save a shitload of time and money getting new, revolutionary and exciting titles developed for their new system, and despite this blatant recycling still somehow manage to convince people that they are new, revolutionary and exciting?

Score.

WilWheaton

Los Angeles, CA

June 2005

MAR 23, 2006 05:32 PM

WilWheaton said:

aegies said:
uh, the linked article says some of the thousands. not thousands. jesus christ, you almost gave me a heart attack. if you had asked me 6 months ago if nintendo was being smart charging for content downloads like this i would have been iffy about it, but after seeing microsofts success with the live arcade and microstransactions, this could work out very well for them.

Aw, fuckforshit. My bad. Sorry about that. Corrected. Thanks

Hrm. Wait. Actually, according to gamespot:

According to Nintendo, over 1,000 games for Sega's Genesis console,
released in 1989, will be added to the Revolution's library. Joining them will be an undisclosed number of titles from the Hudson's TurboGrafx console, also released in 1989 and codeveloped by electronics giant NEC. Though no specific titles were mentioned, Nintendo said it is taking a "best of" approach in selecting which games will come to the Revolution.

lyfeforce

Springfield, PA

February 2005

MAR 23, 2006 05:40 PM

ladies and gentlemen, I believe we have the first killer app for the Rev: everyone elses old games.
oh and the whole Control Zelda: TP as a Rev game thing.

Akrasia

Ireland

August 2004

MAR 23, 2006 05:43 PM

why not just get an emulator online? Best game ever is Bionic commando for the Original NES btw

Moonrabbit

Kingston, ON

February 2005

MAR 23, 2006 06:19 PM

Akrasia said:
why not just get an emulator online? Best game ever is Bionic commando for the Original NES btw

Because they hold the copyrights to all the games and would love an excuse to make money off of them rather than watch people DL the games for free. Which technicaly, if you don't own the origional game, is ilegal.
So I don't blame them.

I just hope they eventualy bring over more games that were never released in north america.

Oh yeah and "Aw, fuckforshit. My bad." = Best Wil Wheaton quote ever. Yoink!

[Edited on Mar 23, 2006 9:24PM]

ankiel66

Seattle, WA

June 2003

MAR 23, 2006 07:15 PM

Ok, this I can wait for instead of going after a 360.

Friedhamster

I'm lost

January 2006

MAR 23, 2006 07:20 PM

Uh... didn't we know this? Isn't this like really old news? We've known the Revolution would have a 'Virtual Library' for about 6 months.

aegies

Oakland, CA

June 2004

MAR 23, 2006 08:03 PM

WilWheaton said:

Aw, fuckforshit. My bad. Sorry about that. Corrected. Thanks

Hrm. Wait. Actually, according to gamespot:

i'm thinking they made the same mistake you originally did. and gamespot's "journalism" is for shit: when the sex worker's story broke, they wrote that prostitutes had a problem with gta.

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