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Nintendo "Moving Ahead" With Wii U Virtual Console, GamePad-Only Play Coming

Posted on Wednesday, January 9 @ 10:43:17 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


When you want to access the Virtual Console on the Wii U, it will currently take you to the dated interface of Nintendo's last generation console. What's worse is that none of the games take advantage of the GamePad. 

Fortunately, that all will change in the (near) future when Nintendo updates the Wii U with a proper Virtual Console that takes advantage of the hardware's capabilities.

A rep from Nintendo of America told Kotaku, “We do not have any specifics to share at this time. However, we are moving ahead with development of Virtual Console for Wii U, and we plan to make it so you can play it on the Wii U GamePad alone.”

I don't know about you, but the idea of kicking back anywhere in my house to play Super Mario RPG on the GamePad sounds downright incredible. Now all we need is confirmed GameCube support and I'll be sold.

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Comments
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jan 9th, 2013 at 11:03 am
    Blasting Metroids while I'm on the john, yell yeah.
    0 1
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 9th, 2013 at 11:58 am
    I'm unfamiliar with what the virtual console is. Is that what runs Wii games? In other words, does this announcement mean I might be able to play some Wii games with the GamePad?
    0 0
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jan 9th, 2013 at 12:07 pm
    No, the Virtual Console is a shop Nintendo has where you can buy a bunch of old games to play on the WIi/Wii-U, like Super Mario Bros, Ocarina of Time, etc. Wii games have nothing do with this.
    0 1
  • ZenGamer1993
    ZenGamer1993
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Jan 9th, 2013 at 12:12 pm
    The virtual console is what runs classic games from past systems(NES and SNES) on the Wii. From my understanding (not owning one myself) there is a full Wii inside of the Wii U, meaning the current Wii U software is not compatible with the Wii virtual console, so it just turns on the Wii section of the Wii U and uses that. So sorry to say from what i gather no, this update only applies to the software controlling the virtual console, and not the Wii section of the Wii U.
    0 1
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jan 9th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
    It's an emulator that runs roms you have to pay for.
    0 4
  • MandaloreHunter
    MandaloreHunter
    Joined: Aug 2012
    Posted: Jan 9th, 2013 at 1:35 pm
    Pretty much in a nutshell
    0 0
  • Squiggy
    Squiggy
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jan 9th, 2013 at 10:07 pm
    The first thing that comes to mind actually, is a modified version of Pokemon Snap that lets you aim by moving the GamePad around as if you're actually holding a camera. They already modified the game for Virtual Console on Wii to let you share your photos from Snap, so why not mod it again to aim with the WiiU gamepad's motion sensor?
    0 0
  • whytenoiz
    whytenoiz
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Jan 10th, 2013 at 9:50 am
    I must say its going to be nice to be able to play on my gamepad rather than playing on an emulator through another emulator.
    0 0

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