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The official Virtual Console logo | |
Developer | Nintendo |
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Platform | Wii, Wii Shop Channel |
Release date(s) | NA November 19, 2006 JP December 2, 2006 AUS December 7, 2006 EU December 8, 2006 KO April 26, 2008 |
Virtual Console (バーチャルコンソール Bācharu Konsōru), sometimes abbreviated as VC, is a specialized section of the Nintendo Wii Shop Channel, an online service that allows players to purchase and download games and other software for Nintendo's Wii gaming console. The Virtual Console lineup consists of titles originally released on past consoles. These titles are run in their original forms through software emulation, and can be purchased for between 500 and 1200 Wii Points depending on system, rarity, and/or demand. The library of past games currently consists of titles originating from the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Nintendo 64, as well as Sega's Master System and Mega Drive/Genesis, NEC's TurboGrafx-16 and TurboGrafx-CD, SNK's Neo Geo AES, Commodore 64 (Europe and North America only) and MSX (Japan only). Virtual Console Arcade allows players to download video arcade games. Nintendo has no plans to add Nintendo GameCube games to Wii Virtual Console due to their 1.4 GB capacity (and even higher for certain games), and because the Wii is already backward compatible with the GameCube's original Game Discs.
Virtual Console Global Problems
[edit]- Nov 25, 2016 Hello everyone. Today I'm going to tell you how to make accurate-looking Virtual Console injects for the Wii or vWii. There's no current n00b-friendly injectors for the Wii yet - @Asdolo and @ranses-12-have made easy to use injectors for the 3DS and Wii U respectively - so I'm posting a tutorial on how to do Wii manual injection the best way possible.
- Therefore, we can conclude that Save blocks for Virtual Console games are stored in the hidden area of the Wii's memory. You can delete it, but it will not affect your storage capacity. We have been led to believe that all games and channels use Save states. With the introduction of Neo Geo titles, we know now this is not true.
- Jan 30, 2019 Nintendo launched the Wii in 2006, and with it came the virtual console. Part of the Wii Shop Channel, the virtual console offered a way to enjoy.
Virtual Console Games For Your Wii! (Site will be updated daily) So now that you have the wad manager on your homebrew channel page its time to put that wad manager to good use. First, browse through this site and find a game that you like. Then, beside the game there should be a.
Wiiware Virtual Console Wads
There are no known global problems with Virtual Console titles on Dolphin.
Compatibility lists
Control
Wii Remote in sideways position are not supported by many Virtual Console titles like all Super NES, Nintendo 64, and some Genesis and Neo Geo titles. Though more titles can use GameCube controller, except for some TurboGrafx-16 titles. Classic controller can be used in any Virtual Console titles.
Virtual Console | Sideways Wii Remote | Classic Controller | GameCube Controller |
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NES | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Super NES | ✔ | ✔ | |
Nintendo 64 | ✔ | ✔ | |
Sega Master System | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Sega Genesis | Depends | ✔ | ✔ |
TurboGrafx-16 | ✔ | ✔ | Depends |
Neo Geo | Depends | ✔ | ✔ |
Commodore 64 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
MSX | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Arcade | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Force Feedback
Nintendo 64 titles that originally provided force feedback via the Nintendo 64 controller's Rumble Pak peripheral however, are not supported by the built-in 'Rumble' feature of the GameCube controller. It is not a problem with Dolphin but rather a limitation of Virtual Console.
See also
Retrieved from 'https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Virtual_Console&oldid=153977'
Nintendo launched the Wii in 2006, and with it came the virtual console. Part of the Wii Shop Channel, the virtual console offered a way to enjoy the games of yesteryear, but that era is coming to a close. Nintendo will begin the next phase of shutting down the Wii virtual console today. You can no longer buy content from the store, and any unspent Wii Points are now useless. That means some of Nintendo’s classic games are now unavailable on any modern platform, and this comes as the company intensifies its crackdown on ROM sites.
After more than 12 years, it’s understandable that Nintendo would want to sunset the Wii Shop Channel. After all, the Wii is now two generations out of date. The company also gave everyone warning last year that it planned to kill the feature, giving gamers time to spend their points. For the time being, you can still download the classic titles purchased in the virtual console. However, those titles will no longer work at some unannounced future date, and there’s no way to back them up.
You can still access a virtual console on the newer Wii U, but there’s an unfortunate trend here. While the Wii virtual console features nearly 400 titles, the Wii U has 140 fewer. So, there are a lot of games for older systems that you can’t purchase at all right now. The Wii U won’t last forever, either. When it’s gone, the selection of classic games is even thinner. The Switch only supports about 30 classic games, all of which are locked behind the subscription Switch Online service. Nintendo has promised to add more, but it’s clearly not a priority.
We’ve seen similar shutdowns over the years — when the bulk of consumers move away from older services, companies can shut off access to purchased content to save money. There aren’t enough people complaining to make a difference. Although, video game archivists point out some of these games may never be available for purchase again. Many young game designers take inspiration from old games, but what if there are fewer old games to play?
Virtual Console Wads
Gamers may increasingly turn to piracy to play retro games as their legal options dwindle. While Nintendo successfully shuttered the largest ROM sites on the internet, it’s not exactly hard to download classic Nintendo games. The company is certainly within its rights to go after these sites, but piracy isn’t going away. Still, it puts those who want to play by the rules in a difficult spot.
Wiiware Virtual Console Wads
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