Tag: Virtual Console

Last year, Nintendo released a quirky mix of NES games with unusual challenges called NES Remix, followed merely five months later by a sequel. The original game takes bits and pieces from the best of Nintendo’s early releases, from The Legend of Zelda to Super Mario Bros. to Donkey Kong, and mashes together to create a unique and challenging, albeit odd, entry for the virtual console. For those in Europe who have yet to download this quirky title, Nintendo has just sweetened the deal. Head inside.

Finally, after adding digital titles unavailable on the Wii, syncing 3DS and Wii U accounts for using points to buy games and many technological changes and improvements to Nintendo’s hardware, the company has announced that it will be releasing digital versions of Nintendo 64 titles onto the Wii U eShop. Hit the jump to see more!

Have you been wanting to play The Minish Cap? Did you miss out on the original release? The Minish Cap is now available on the Wii U worldwide, having just released today in North America. Personally, The Minish Cap is one of the most enjoyable games I have played in the series, so a chance to put it on the big screen makes me smile. Are you going to buy it? What’s your favorite memory from the game?

Nintendo news collector NintenDaan has tweeted many details on Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, the first DS game to be released on Wii U Virtual Console in Japan. This could very well be an indication that Nintendo will announce more DS games on it at E3, including Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. Hit the jump for several tweets with details on the game and how the console handles it.

A few months ago, Nintendo announced that they would be releasing GameBoy Advance titles on the Wii U Virtual Console. The initial wave of releases held several different titles from different series, Zelda not among them. Sometime last night, Nintendo updated their site with a page for The Minish Cap on Wii U Virtual Console. Hit the jump to read more!

Need something to do on your Wii U? Well look no

further, because Nintendo has announced that they will be putting the Gameboy

Advanced Classic, The Legend of Zelda: The

Minish Cap,onto Wii U Virtual

Console. No release date has been set, but we can expect it to be coming within

the next few weeks! If you haven’t given The

Minish Cap a shot before, or haven’t played it in quite some time, I’d

highly recommend you to fire up your Wii U and download this gem. From its

vibrant color palette, to its unique dungeon designs, to its incredible

antagonist, Vaati, The Minish Cap is one of the most enjoyable games in the entire Zelda series that is often under looked

by even some veteran Zelda fans. I

can promise you won’t regret picking it up!

Japanese Zelda fans looking to re-experience Link’s size-changing Game Boy Advance adventure will soon no longer need their trusty handhelds. Nintendo has posted a new trailer for the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console release of The Minish Cap that you can view after the jump.

There might be some new hope for those itching to play The Minish Cap and other Game Boy Advance games on the 3DS. Zelda Dungeon’s sister site, GenGame has reported a Natsume community manager saying that Nintendo is working on adding Game Boy Advance titles to the 3DS eShop.

The wait, it seems, may be over. Nintendo announced today that it plans to bring DS games to the Wii U’s Virtual Console. While no concrete details have been revealed, Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, explained that getting DS games, with their dual screen gameplay, on the Wii U GamePad has created a hurdle. Hit the jump to read more.

Following some gameplay video, NiNTENDOMiNATiON tweeted about the Wii U Virtual Console version of A Link to the Past. Apparently the game plays at 50Hz, which is a bit strange. It probably has something to do with the fact that this is the PAL version of A Link to the Past and because A Link to the Past came out in 1992. Hit the jump to see the tweet and for some more information!