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| rdfs:comment | - Virtual Console is the retro gaming division of the Wii's selection of games. Accessible from the Wii Shop Channel, it offers a wide variety of games previously released on earlier generation consoles With the use of Wii Points, you are able to not only download Nintendo games found on the NES, SNES, and N64, but also formerly competing company's games, including Sega's Mega Drive and Master System, SNK's Neo Geo, and NEC's TurboGrafx-16. Also, titles originally released only in Japan can be downloaded in other areas.
- Described by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata as "the video game version of Apple's iTunes Store", the service features titles from past Nintendo consoles (NES, SNES and N64) and formerly competing systems, the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, TurboGrafx-16 and Neo-Geo, which was released on October 8th, 2007. Nintendo has mentioned MSX compatibility but has yet to announce any games from it. Gamasutra also announced that Commodore 64 titles will be released, but no further announcements have been made.
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| abstract | - Described by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata as "the video game version of Apple's iTunes Store", the service features titles from past Nintendo consoles (NES, SNES and N64) and formerly competing systems, the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, TurboGrafx-16 and Neo-Geo, which was released on October 8th, 2007. Nintendo has mentioned MSX compatibility but has yet to announce any games from it. Gamasutra also announced that Commodore 64 titles will be released, but no further announcements have been made. The Virtual Console service went live on November 18th, with the impending release of the Wii the next day in North America. It has been reported that thirty games will be added to the Wii Shop Channel between the time of the Wii's launch and the end of the calendar year with at least ten games a month being added afterwards.
* List of Virtual Console titles (North America)
* List of Virtual Console titles (Europe)
* List of Virtual Console titles (Australia)
* List of Virtual Console titles (Japan)
- Virtual Console is the retro gaming division of the Wii's selection of games. Accessible from the Wii Shop Channel, it offers a wide variety of games previously released on earlier generation consoles With the use of Wii Points, you are able to not only download Nintendo games found on the NES, SNES, and N64, but also formerly competing company's games, including Sega's Mega Drive and Master System, SNK's Neo Geo, and NEC's TurboGrafx-16. In addition to those systems currently available, Nintendo has announced the upcoming availability of games from two other consoles. The MSX computer platform has been released in Japan with only one title, and the Commodore 64, also a popular home computer, has been released with 9 games available. Also, titles originally released only in Japan can be downloaded in other areas.
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