Garou
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DSi shop on the device itself is shut down but the 3DS eShop offers almost everything from the old shop, so its not really gone.
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Nintendo to shut down Wii shopping channel on 2019/01/31
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DSi shop on the device itself is shut down but the 3DS eShop offers almost everything from the old shop, so its not really gone.
Jimnymebob
Member
There's still a lot of stuff I need to get. The Sonic games, Streets of Rage, the Bonk games, SMB2 finally, the Ninja Gaiden games etc.
I need to check what stuff is on the Wii U, as I'd sooner play on there if I can.
I need to check what stuff is on the Wii U, as I'd sooner play on there if I can.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Actually, no.
22 NES games, 30 SNES games, 4 N64 games, and 38 TG-16 games (though TG-16 games are still trickling out right now) have yet to make it to the Wii U, including 7 Nintendo published games. Incredibly, one of those games is fucking Super Smash Bros.
Perhaps more notable are the entire platforms that are missing. All 16 Sega Master System, 75 Genesis, 54 Neo Geo, 9 Commodore 64, and 21 arcade games.
Altogether nearly 70% of the Wii VC library never made it to the Wii U VC. Granted, a chunk of those were delisted from the Wii Shop (including all 9 Commodore games), but even then it's still the clear majority. The Wii U does have the GameBoy Advance, DS, and Wii retail releases, in addition to some NES/SNES/N64 games that weren't on the Wii, but the total library is still around 100 games smaller than the Wii's.
Airola
Member
On Nintendo Life they tell you you can't even buy any games after 2018/03/27. And I understood after that it's only possible to redownload games and not buy new ones anymore.
But here it seems you are still able to buy them after 2018/03/27.
So can anyone confirm which is the correct way to interpret the news?
Oh, add Sexy Poker in the list of 'must buy' WiiWare titles
But here it seems you are still able to buy them after 2018/03/27.
So can anyone confirm which is the correct way to interpret the news?
Oh, add Sexy Poker in the list of 'must buy' WiiWare titles
The Hermit
Member
I hope it transport to the eShop.
The Hermit
Member
Dp
We live in the age of the internet, nothing is gone, ever. It's also questionable if anyone would want to play the games on this inferior hardware for much longer.
If anything I am surprised they still have the shop running for a decade old system.
On Nintendo Life they tell you you can't even buy any games after 2018/03/27. And I understood after that it's only possible to redownload games and not buy new ones anymore.
But here it seems you are still able to buy them after 2018/03/27.
So can anyone confirm which is the correct way to interpret the news?
Oh, add Sexy Poker in the list of 'must buy' WiiWare titles
What you read here is the correct translation. Nintendo Life got it wrong.
You can add funds until 2018/03/27 and you can keep buying until January 2019.
Airola
Member
MisterHero
Super Member
I regret buying Mario 64 and Waverace 64 on Wii U. I still use standard def TVs and Wii would've been better
Better snatch up all the Neo Geo games then!
Better snatch up all the Neo Geo games then!
sixteen-bit
Member
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Given Nintendo's controversial history with online services, I suppose it seems appropriate that they walk point and take the first hit with regards to digital storefronts from a major platform holder.
Jawbreaker
Member
This song always reminded me of the Water Land theme from Super Mario Bros. 3 (and I guess the fairy fountain theme by extension)
TheDinoman
Member
Man, this shit lasted for like 12 years, that's crazy.
The Virtual Console lineup this thing built was pretty amazing. Shame we'll most likely never have anything like it again.
The Virtual Console lineup this thing built was pretty amazing. Shame we'll most likely never have anything like it again.
boiled goose
good with gravy
So after this I will lose all of my VC library forever ? Great.
Didn't "upgrade" wii games to wiiu versions because fuck that shit.
We don't even know what will happen to our wiiu and 3ds vcs yet on switch.
I hate Nintendo when it comes to digital content management so much.
Didn't "upgrade" wii games to wiiu versions because fuck that shit.
We don't even know what will happen to our wiiu and 3ds vcs yet on switch.
I hate Nintendo when it comes to digital content management so much.
Heh, I actually bought a few Wii Virtual Console games just a couple of days ago. A few Master System games, but more importantly ActRaiser and Chrono Trigger since they aren't included in the SNES Classic Mini.
Talking of which, is there any easy way to copy/extract the SNES ROMs from the unmodded Wii?
Talking of which, is there any easy way to copy/extract the SNES ROMs from the unmodded Wii?
Garou
Member
Uh, no? All your games will continue working, no internet required whatsoever.
So, as someone who never used the Wii Shop channel but would like to buy some great games, how does this work on a Wii U?
- Can I access the Wii Shop through the Wii U's Wii Channel, purchase and download the games to my external HDD for use on Wii U? Or do I need to plug in my Wii first, purchase and download them there, and then transfer over to my Wii U?
- Do Wii VC titles suffer from emulation issues like the Wii U versions do (i.e. the dark filter in NES/N64 games)?
- Can I access the Wii Shop through the Wii U's Wii Channel, purchase and download the games to my external HDD for use on Wii U? Or do I need to plug in my Wii first, purchase and download them there, and then transfer over to my Wii U?
- Do Wii VC titles suffer from emulation issues like the Wii U versions do (i.e. the dark filter in NES/N64 games)?
- When you access the Wii channel on the Wii U you are basically booting up a Wii. So you will be able to access the shop from there. You will just need to boot up the Wii channel from the Wii U homepage whenever you want to play the VC games.
- IIRC emulation on Wii was actually better. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
Same. I've been meaning to go on a spending spree. Might as well do it now and then transfer to my Wii U since there is no current VC in sight for the Switch.
Airola
Member
No?
No-one takes them away from you.
You should.
The games would then at least get acknowledged by your Nintendo Account.
If your Wii falls apart there might be no way to get your old games back even if you have stored them on an SD card.
On Wii U it's at least theoretically possible that, as the games are now technically connected to your Nintendo Account (or whatever its name is) they could used if your old Wii U would break. Now, it probably wouldn't still be possible, but at least the chances are better on Wii U than on Wii.
Diablohead
Member
Weekly VC threads, what a blast from the past.
Awesome, that makes it much easier!
I've still got plenty of space on the internal storage, so I doubt it'll be much of an issue. Will pick up an SD card if I need to!
Airola
Member
What Yousefb said, but I think you might not be able to use the same external HDD you use for Wii U. I might be wrong with that as I haven't tested it but essentially in the Wii Mode you have the same amount of HDD space what you had on your original Wii, which isn't much, but you can use SD cards the same way you could with the original Wii.
So if the external HDD won't work for games bought from the Wii Shop Channel, using SD cards will work.
themagicalkitsune
Member
I think I still have 10 or 15 euros on that thing, I should buy something when I have the chance. (which won't be until a few months from now)
stan423321
Member
Umm, kind of... you mod it. Actually installing HBC on an actual net capable Wii is the easiest part these days. It's splitting the game image out of the WiiWare archive thing which is more engaging.
Conrad Link
Member
I loved the Wii VC, man, so many awesome classic games, what an amazing collection of many various systems.
Many awesome memories of playing old favs on the thing and discovering new stuff I had never played before and now love.
Sadly we haven't see anything like it since, for some reason the Wii U one just never had as much coverage.
I still have some Wii Points on my Wii U one, will have to remember to use them one day. I really wish we knew what Nintendo were doing going forward with VC.
I shall miss the Wii Shop greatly, and the music!
Airola
Member
It's sad the C64 games aren't available anymore. I would've bought them all.
Not sure if you understood it correctly.
I meant the space in Wii Mode is the same as in the original Wii, not in Wii U.
Meaning the Wii Mode has something like 0,3 gigs even if your Wii U's internal storage would still have 20 gigs left.
Sure you can fit plenty of VC games there but it will fill up fast if you get too excited to buy games, especially WiiWare that usually fills up more space than VC games.
Maybe you understood what I meant but as you said you still have "plenty of space" I thought you didn't because even when the Wii was released no-one could really say there was plenty of space even when it was completely empty
Not sure if you understood it correctly.
I meant the space in Wii Mode is the same as in the original Wii, not in Wii U.
Meaning the Wii Mode has something like 0,3 gigs even if your Wii U's internal storage would still have 20 gigs left.
Sure you can fit plenty of VC games there but it will fill up fast if you get too excited to buy games, especially WiiWare that usually fills up more space than VC games.
Maybe you understood what I meant but as you said you still have "plenty of space" I thought you didn't because even when the Wii was released no-one could really say there was plenty of space even when it was completely empty
Not sure if you understood it correctly.
I meant the space in Wii Mode is the same as in the original Wii, not in Wii U.
Meaning the Wii Mode has something like 0,3 gigs even if your Wii U's internal storage would still have 20 gigs left.
Sure you can fit plenty of VC games there but it will fill up fast if you get too excited to buy games, especially WiiWare that usually fills up more space than VC games.
Maybe you understood what I meant but as you said you still have "plenty of space" I thought you didn't because even when the Wii was released no-one could really say there was plenty of space even when it was completely empty
You're right, I misread it (I'll blame that on being tired). Thanks for the clarification though!
the-pi-guy
Member
dragonyeuw
Member
Incredibly, the Wii is the only console that allowed gifting to friends, something that neither Sony or MS has done with far more robust and advanced storefronts. And Nintendo's own VC offerings have yet to be surpassed on either the Wii U or 3ds, as far as the number of systems represented.
PdotMichael
Banned
Nintendo should also reprint NES and SNES games forever (they really should but for other reasons)!
Davey Cakes
Member
2019 marks the end of an era, but it's really awesome that they're keeping it going so long.
The Wii features are some of the best reasons to keep a Wii U around. The Wii Shop Channel has a legitimately good catalog of games that the Wii U's own VC couldn't match (with some exceptions like GBA/DS VC and games like Earthbound).
The prices of the games might not be appealing to everybody but the selection still makes it easy to pick up a select title here and there, with pretty solid emulation.
The Wii features are some of the best reasons to keep a Wii U around. The Wii Shop Channel has a legitimately good catalog of games that the Wii U's own VC couldn't match (with some exceptions like GBA/DS VC and games like Earthbound).
The prices of the games might not be appealing to everybody but the selection still makes it easy to pick up a select title here and there, with pretty solid emulation.
Airola
Member
Yeah, no problem.
At least Nintendo had their "games can't be bigger than 40 megs" policy so even if you would only buy the biggest WiiWare games you would be able to get at least 8 of them before running out of space
The game sizes are shown as "blocks" on the Wii and I think the biggest WiiWare games take up somewhere between 300-400 blocks.
The smallest VC games are somewhere between 10-20 blocks.
EDIT:
Oh, and running the games directly from the SD card requires the system to have at least the running game's worth of space left as it always loads the game to Wii's memory before running it from an SD card.
So if you have tons of games filling the Wii's space and have tons of games on the SD card be prepared to leave some extra space available in the Wii Mode internal memory too if you want to run them directly from the SD card.
EDIT2:
Oh man, I still remember the days when the SD cards weren't an option...
And when they became an option, you weren't able to play games directly from them.
But later that became possible too, but only with having some space left on the Wii too.
I hope your Wii/WiiU doesn't die on you after you do all that shopping.
It really really bugs me that once this is shut down for good (including redownloads), if my WiiU dies, then all of my WiiWare/VC games are gone.
This is why hobbyist emulation and game preservation is so important and why it irritates me to no end when people bring up piracy in every thread about emulation.
Blam
Member
I'd also like to mention I guarentee someone is going to be creating a eShops alternative or is probably now already doing so.
End of an Era, though not too surprising as Nintendo has moved on with the e-shop.
I will probably have a look on the shop and see if there's any titles that I want to pick up, I am sure that there will be a few.
It's a shame that the Wii U virtual console never managed to live up to the Wii Virtual console and I wonder what the Switch virtual console will be like.
I will probably have a look on the shop and see if there's any titles that I want to pick up, I am sure that there will be a few.
It's a shame that the Wii U virtual console never managed to live up to the Wii Virtual console and I wonder what the Switch virtual console will be like.
Of course people want to play the games on the hardware, what are you talking about? If people have bought games on the Wii they'll want to play them on that. Not everyone has a souped up PC either.
No one should be content in the fact that they're going to lose the ability to redownload what they have paid for. Even more reason to stick with physical.