Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Wii Virtual Console Question

  • 09-12-2008 11:57am
    #1
    lynchpin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I have never used a Wii before and I was wondering if it is possible to download virtual console games from the nintendo site,
    put them onto a SD card and run them from the Wii or do I need to do all this through the Wii?

    I'm thinking of getting a few of these games for my brother for Christmas
    (how cool would it be to have some of the greatest games ever on a SD card) but he lives in Bally-go-backwards and as a result doesn't have a broadband connection.


Comments

  • #2
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Unfortunately you can't. You can 'gift' buy virtual console games but the other person needs an internet connection to download them.
    Untitled Image




  • #3
    lynchpin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭lynchpin


    Ah feck, no sooner had I posted that that Captain Wikipedia came to the rescue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_console

    So it seems that the only way I can give my brother a gift of a few games is to send them via his friends code which I can't do as I don't have a Wii myself and I don't know his Friends Code.

    Back to the drawing board I guess.


  • #4
    Dodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,330 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    If you get a loan of his wii for a little while you can download them them for him. He doesn't need broadband to play them


  • #5
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,823 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    You could look into getting a retro compilation disc -- even one for GC with a 'Cube controller.
    Works out much cheaper, too.

    Or emulate ;)


Advertisement