Virtual Console

Funxy

What's the story with buying games on this. Do you have to get a points card in a games shop, or can you buy them direct online once you log onto it? Thanks

tman

you can buy them once you log in to the Wii shop with a Visa or Mastercard CC.
It also works out cheaper than buying them in the shops (€30 for 3000 points, compared to €25+ for 2000 points)

Shred

Your best option is to buy the points directly from the wii shop; it's the best price you'll get plus it's the most convenient way to get them.

Funxy

Excellent i was hoping you could do that as i'm done with all the christmas shopping and would hate to have to head into the cattle marts they call shops tommorow Thanks all

tman

There's nothing like curling up on the couch and downloading a couple of VC games, enjoy:)

Jim

tman wrote:

There's nothing like curling up on the couch and downloading a couple of VC games, enjoy:)

Its horrible "Its only €6" quikcly turns into €40

1huge1

remember the time when nintendo said all vc games would be free
aah the memories
still no broadband so no vc or the weather channel etc for me...

alastair_doom

Havent got a wii myself, but the idea sounds intriguing, and horribly under advertised.
Whats the story with getting free points through playing games? Is it through online tournaments or what? and how tough are the points to get?

Sleepy

Have to say I'm kind of disappointed with the selection of games to date. No Super Mario Bros (aside from the awful 3d one) and no Mario Kart

Good to see Sega licensed some of their games for it though, who'd have seen the day would come when you could play Sonic the Hedgehog on a nintendo? :eek:

Scubadevils

I was about to invest in some vc games today until I remembered I need the other controller to play them

Have to say, since opening the Wii last night I am totally hooked...best console ever. Although the boxing nearly killed me with a few beers on me The bowling is excellent too. Zelda is being held back till tomorrow

Whats the story with the Mii things, wandering off to other peoples consoles and that?!

Jim

Felixdhc wrote:

I was about to invest in some vc games today until I remembered I need the other controller to play them

Have to say, since opening the Wii last night I am totally hooked...best console ever. Although the boxing nearly killed me with a few beers on me The bowling is excellent too. Zelda is being held back till tomorrow

Whats the story with the Mii things, wandering off to other peoples consoles and that?!

You can play most of them on the Wiimote (turn it sideways) and all of them on the GC controller.

Irishpimpdude

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

You can play most of them on the Wiimote (turn it sideways) and all of them on the GC controller.

Not true :P the GC controller only plays some megadrive and turbografx-16

1huge1

^^ actually it is you who is wrong (loving this)
gamecube controller works with all consoles (besides the very odd game)

dont believe me
ive seen people playing super mario 64 with a gc controller sure

''The controllers from the Nintendo GameCube can be used for all Nintendo systems' games, however Nintendo's site claims that it can only be used with some TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Genesis titles.[''

thats from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Console_%28Wii%29

1huge1

Platform Wii Remote Classic Controller GCN Controller
NES Yes Yes Yes
SNES No Yes Yes
N64 No Yes Yes
Genesis Some Yes Some
TurboGrafx-16 Yes Yes Some

whitetrash

Sleepy wrote:

No Super Mario Bros (aside from the awful 3d one)

I hope that was a joke

Jim

Sleepy wrote:

(aside from the awful 3d one)

Your opinion is wrong.

qwertplaywert

are you able to download virtual games from normal internet[like on laptop] ,put them on sd memory card and put them into wii?

cause ive no broadband.............
another q-for the memory card,if i just pop it in will it load or do i have to somehow activate it?!?

Andrew76

qwertplaywert wrote:

are you able to download virtual games from normal internet[like on laptop] ,put them on sd memory card and put them into wii?

cause ive no broadband.............
another q-for the memory card,if i just pop it in will it load or do i have to somehow activate it?!?

No, afaik you can only download them onto your Wii, then back them up to SD if you want. You can't play VC games from mem card, only from the Wii itself and only on the Wii that you downloaded the game in the first place.

qwertplaywert

i also asked this:another q-for the memory card,if i just pop it in will it load or do i have to somehow activate it?!?

does anyone know?

o1s1n

1huge1 wrote:

Platform Wii Remote Classic Controller GCN Controller
NES Yes Yes Yes
SNES No Yes Yes
N64 No Yes Yes
Genesis Some Yes Some
TurboGrafx-16 Yes Yes Some

Referring to the Mega Drive as a Genesis? Should get a site ban for that

Andrew76

qwertplaywert wrote:

i also asked this:another q-for the memory card,if i just pop it in will it load or do i have to somehow activate it?!?

does anyone know?

All you have to do is put it into the SD slot and you can then access it through the Data Management menu (Save Data or Wii Channels).

qwertplaywert

okay thx

o1s1n

As a matter of interest, do you think someone will eventually come out with some hack that will allow roms to be put onto SD cards and played on the Wii?

Not that I really want to myself. I still have all my old consoles with hundreds of games. So I really have no interest in the virtual console at all. Just thought it would be a pretty devastating development for Nintendo.

qwertplaywert

it will happen eventually..............would be good for peeps who dont have broadband like me[cant get it]

b0bsquish

Ive just seen a few vc games pop up on bt and other places, shame i dont have a wii to test em on grrrr