Virtual Console for Wii U: A spring system update will add Virtual Console software to the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. The service will launch right after the spring update and will include a selection of NES and Super NES games, with Game Boy Advance games to be added in the future.

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The prices for NES and Super NES Virtual Console games for Wii U will be the same as they were for the Virtual Console on Wii.

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Back when I was a kid, we had games like Contra and Metroid on the old NES that were really agonizingly difficult.

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It will have built in emulation for NES, SNES, N64, as well as being able to read and play GameCube games!

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The hardware emulator can use its namesake five cartridge slots to play original games from no less than nine vintage consoles, including the Genesis (Megadrive), NES (Famicom), SNES (Super Famicom) and GameBoys from the original through to the GameBoy Advance.

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