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Nintendo, if they did the Wii emulation correctly (which I assume they did) just has to port their games, requiring significantly less development money since the games are already made.

Do those prices just apply to NES games or SNES games also? I can't wait to play some old school SMB and one of my old SNES favorites, Strider.]]>Jun 8th 2006 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
I guess this is the same reason I don't want to get started with buying things off of itunes. If I buy one of the NBC news videos, over the years I'll have them in 40 formats. Then in 5 years it'll all probably be a subscription service anyway, so there will have been no point in buying it in the first place. ]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
FYI Free ROMs are illegal downlodas. Legally you are supposed to pay for ROMs.

Anyway I suppose hacker will chime in and create a methond to use Internet downloaded ROMS on the Wii.

]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
ROMs will be stored on an sd card so when a new system comes out you will be able to use them.

Also I guess Nintendo will include a track system to keep record of the games you download an in case of loosing data you will be able to redownload. (just like most music stores).]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Can I take a memory card with my account key on it to play my purchased old skool library on a friend's console (or at like ebgames or something)

And Star Fox / Vortex / Stunt Race FX (the SNES games that utilized the FX chip) will those work at better framerates? Can I prove to Nintendo that I have the old cartridges and get those games onto the Wii without charge? It seems menial, but I have a lot. My friend has +80% of the original NES library, including crap like Barbie and stuff that came out of a cereal box, amounting to a CLOSETFULL of carts. To get all of thems on the Wii, thats like two grand.]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/08/classic-wii-downloads-less-than-10/

Iwata was talking about the NEW games that would distributed via Virtual Console that were priced, they haven't said anything about classic games! ]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
NOT FOR RETRO GAMES. They haven't announced the price for those yet. ]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
from the joystiq article
"According to Iwata, (strikethrough [classic]) new games will be priced between 500 and 1,000 yen, or roughly $4.50 to $8.99 for US Wii owners"

Does this mean that Smash Bros Brawl (or whatever) is gonna be like ten bucks? This will be the best system ever, if thats the case. Probably not though, so why am I saying this?]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
Can you really say that considering how the DS and Virtual Console seemed to take a back seat to the "new-generation" Wii games at E3?]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
Heres what would be nice though, a small external attachment that has cartridge slots. (That can rip so you don't have to fool around with cartridges after loading them in-or just to validate ownership to unlock the free download of a already ripped D/L provided by nintendo)

Otherwise I hope that all that needs to happen is someone writing a "server" program to feed ROMS, running a local DNS server and then putting in host records to re-direct request to nintendo's virtual console servers from the wii to a machine on the local network.

Regardless of any on the above they need the following: Storing of saved games on their end so you can log on to you account from elsewhere and resume a saved game on the original zelda no problem. Also - save states - so even games without a save feature can save (we are all spoiled from the emulators that way)]]>Jun 8th 2006 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
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And the DS as a controller just sounds dumb, I mean, hello, the GBA as a GC controller (for all of like two games) was lame and gimmicky and never took off, and the DS, even the Lite, is not exactly the most ideal shape for a controller.

I dunno, I would rather they not do gimmicky crap and just integrate them if and when they have a really good idea. I love Final Fantasy but the four swords game was basically off limits to me because the gimmicky crap neccisary to play it (four people with GBA's or whatever). I'd much rather not hear about another really cool game I want to play, ruined by somebodies need to integrate just for the sake of integrating.

Also, those game prices are still too high. Much as I would love to buy some old Genesis roms (sonic 2, that means you!) I wouldn't pay more than...I dunno, a couple bucks.If the hit titles require me to shell out $10 a pop for something that, given the download size is going to be miniscule at best, has almost no distribution costs, and was allready a cash cow a decade ago, yeah, no thanks, I'll stick to playing rom's on my PC with a really nice gamepad.]]>Jun 8th 2006 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
NES games will be $0.99. It's a great starting point - Nintendo can say "Download games for as low as 99 cents!"

SNES games will be $4.99.

N64 games will be $9.99.

New Virtual Console games will be $4.99-$9.99.

I'd assume Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 games would cost $4.99, as well.]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
iTunes pricing:

$0.99 for NES games
$1.99 for SNES games
$3.99 - $4.99 for N64 Games
$4.99 - $9.99 for Arcade/New/Indie games

Honestly, I expect something like this. And I do hope that they go with coins, like XBLM points, and have an easy conversion, say 1 coin per $0.25. So NES games would be 4 coins, SNES 8 coins, etc.

If Nintendo goes with this, which I fully expect something similar, the Virtual Console service will explode and be a huge selling point, IMO.]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
$1.49 NES
$3.99 SNES
$8.99 N64

The odds of Nintendo letting NES classics that they sold
as GBA games for $20 go for $1.49, however, are nil.

What I would like to see is a subscription fee of about
$9.99/mo and unlimited retro game downloads or plays.
I imagine it would make much more sense, and would beat
down XBox Live, since there would be no extra payment required
to access Wii-NES classic content.]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/oh, and:
"The word is out, and it's not looking to bad for retro gamers"
should be
"The word is out, and it's not looking too bad for retro gamers"
Arn't you glad we're back? =)]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
Even at that, I'm looking forward to Wii and the classic downloads. :D]]>Jun 8th 2006 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
"(a) In General.— Copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978, subsists from its creation and, except as provided by the following subsections, endures for a term consisting of the life of the author and 70 years after the author’s death.
(b) Joint Works.— In the case of a joint work prepared by two or more authors who did not work for hire, the copyright endures for a term consisting of the life of the last surviving author and 70 years after such last surviving author’s death."

If you want to read the rest of the duration provisions please go to: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000302----000-.html

As for "the Old Wives Tale" you are not entirely correct. Console games fall under the copyright laws for computer programs, which details that the owner may make a copy of programs they own for backup and archival purposes (see: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000117----000-.html). This makes it perfectly legal to possess ROM copies of programs you have legally purchased. The problem of legality comes up when the ROMs are played. It is illegal to play them, as they are meant to be kept as backup and archival copies only, in case something should happen to the original program. Now some Emulator sites actually only host ROMs from authors who have given permission for distribution and use. In those cases it would be legal to possess and use those ROMs.

Now, keep in mind these are U.S. copyright laws and may vary by country and/or region.]]>Jun 8th 2006 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
Can't wait to see the retro pricing...]]>Jun 8th 2006 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 8th 2006 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 12th 2006 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/games-asia/news/Nintendo wii

I think the reason why Nintendo have always been able to stay in the
game is they keep coming up with new ideas, which seem off the track from Playstation and Xbox.

They try new approaches to attract Gamers.

The Nintendo Ds is a great success and it's graphics and power is not as good as the Psp,
but yet they do excessively well?

There’s a lot of hype surrounding the Nintendo Wii....this will be the measure for Nintendo.

But I reckon that if people like the Wii enough they will still pay good money to play classics regardless of a 5 or 10 dollar difference.

There have always been a huge variety of games to choose from with Nintendo in general…
….but will they be on the “Thin edge of the wedge this time?”
]]>Jun 13th 2006 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/the link for www.games-asia.com is,

http://www.games-asia.com/newsdesk_info.php/newsdesk_id/7
]]>Jun 13th 2006 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/
What would be interesting is if they made some way of playing these downloadable games on the DS, Linked beween the DS and Wii ... personally I would Love to play Chono's Trigger on the Move without having to downgrade my PSP]]>Jun 15th 2006 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 16th 2006 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/nintendo-announces-wii-virtual-console-pricing/Jun 29th 2006 2:47AM