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Nintendo of America confirms Ocarina Of Time coming to Virtual Console on Monday
Nintendo of America has confirmed that the greatest video game of all time is coming to the Virtual Console in North America on Monday, February 26th, for 1000 Wii Points. Are you busting out a credit card yet?
Can a mid ’90s Street Figher II promo video get any better? I think not.
Such authenticity! Not to mention a great story. Compelling and rich. [via Game|Life]
Virtual Console UK Friday – Ocarina of Time and Kid Icarus [UPDATE]
Our European Infendo readers will be in for a double-dose of Virtual Console goodness – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time and Kid Icarus are released today! Is this an indication of something we might see on Virtual Console Monday in America? [UPDATE] Apparently it is. Nintendo of America confirmed that Ocarina Of Time will be available on Monday for 1000 Wii Points. [via VC-reviews]
NEO-GEO titles inbound to the VC (Japan first)
This would have been up earlier today, but Blogger hates me. The news? Go Nintendo is reporting that Neo-Geo games are set to arrive on the VC sometime this summer. No specific titles were mentioned at this time. Additionally,, MSX titles are finally coming to the VC as well. [Thanks, Mike]
Virtual Console’s hidden "Warp Zone"
A not so well hidden “Warp Zone” has popped up in the Virtual Console Channel on European consoles. Wandering onto the Virtual Console to check out the latest update, we spotted a text-drawn smiley face on the front page which, when clicked, took us to a “secret” page of the Virtual Console. The following page reads: “Welcome to the Warp Zone! … Congratulations,...
Wii Classic Controller Contest – ends today!
[Reminder: this contest ends today at 4PM Eastern time!] It’s hard to get a Wii, but it’s almost as hard to find a Classic Controller. Now that the Virtual Console has some great classics available, it’s time to play them with the appropriate controller. Infendo is giving away one Classic Controller. To enter the contest, just send an email to [email protected] with the subjec...
Sega announces four more Virtual Console titles
Click the image and you will see an ad in which Sega once claimed “Nintendon’t” do Sword Of Vermilion. Now it do. Sega has announced “SoV” and three more classic Genesis games are coming to Wii’s Virtual Console. Also announced: Vectorman, Sonic Spinball, and Beyond Oasis.
Teen Girl Squad in Mii form on HomestarRunner.com
A fan of Homestar Runner and Wii created some Mii characters that look like the Teen Girl Squad. I made some Venture Bros. Miis that are fun to see show up at my Ping Pong matches in Wii Play. Have you made any Miis that you’re proud of?
Wii might take 30% of U.S. homes
No no no, not 30% of all gamers, 30% of all HOMES, of which there are substantially more than the niche category of “gamer.” Merrill Lynch has predicted that 30% of U.S households will own a Wii by 2011. The analyst says the figure in Japan could be as high as 33%. The prediction comes in the aftermath of extraordinary results for Nintendo’s console, outselling all competitors in...
Sega shifts portable development to DS
From Chris Kohler at Game|Life: In an interview with Nikkei Shimbun, Sega managing director Hideki Okamura says the company is shifting its focus from PSP to Nintendo DS, pointing out that there is a title they will release this year that will “surprise absolutely everyone.” And remember that point I made about competing with Nintendo on first party titles and seeing it as a challenge ...
Konami goodness headed to Virtual Console
Three Konami titles are incoming to the Virtual Console. So says the ESRB table that has been accurately predicting VC content lately: – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles– Castlevania– Zombies Ate My Neighbors Having broken a controller or two on the dam level of TMNT, I think I’ll pass on that one, for the sake of my $40 Wiimotes. Those other ones though… gold, Jerry, gol...
Perrin Kaplan dishes on future Wii hardware
The Perrin Kaplan Show continues in earnest (Matt C is nowhere to be seen in this interview, however): BIZ: Why is Nintendo planning on releasing a DVD enabled Wii so long after the launch of the console? I don’t think many people will care. What’s the point? PK: I think it’s just to give them a choice. We’ve not yet come out with a firm date; we haven’t talked about ...