Nintendo speaks
It’s frustrating to see yet another week go by without any sort of announcement in regards to the Wii U eShop — whether it’s new games, or most notably, Virtual Console support.
“Just wait until the US console launch,” fans claimed — yet nothing was revealed. “Just wait until the international console launch,” people said — nothing was announced. Afterweeks of throwing our hands upand wondering where the Wii U Virtual Console support is, Nintendofinally respondedwith,something:
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.
It’s easy to see that the Wii U eShop has alotof potential. Playing classic games on your Wii U GamePad would be a dream. Buying a game on the 3DS eShop and having said games link to your Wii U account would literally eat me out of house and home.
Nintendo seems to have dashed our hopes and dreams of the latter ideaby fumbling the way it handles accounts, but there’s still hope yet for a solid Virtual Console infrastructure.
Let’s just say this: if Nintendo announces GameCube VC games, and I’m able to playSuper Mario Sunshinesolely on the GamePad, you may never see me again. Make it happen, Nintendo, and be more forthright with your development of it.
