Every collector knows the obvious essentials, but seeing them all on one menu screen is breathtaking:
Launched in November 2006 alongside the Wii itself, the Virtual Console was revolutionary. For the first time, Nintendo legitimized emulation, allowing players to legally purchase and play decades of backlog on their modern (at the time) plasma TVs. But time is a cruel curator. On January 30, 2019, Nintendo shut down the Wii Shop Channel forever. Wii NTSC-U Complete Virtual Console Collection
Originally Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan, this punishing black-box title was finally localized for the VC in 2007. It remains one of the few official ways to play the true sequel in North America before it became a bonus on Super Mario All-Stars . Every collector knows the obvious essentials, but seeing
Furthermore, third-party publishers like Rare were stubborn. (N64) is absent due to the Jetpac emulation issues. GoldenEye 007 is absent due to the Microsoft/Nintendo/EON license hell. On January 30, 2019, Nintendo shut down the
