CATCH ALL THE GAME BOY CLASSICS WHILE YOU STILL CAN. Time is running out for the 3DS and Wii U eShops with the shut down taking place next week on MARCH 27TH. Ahead of this, we've got a sales u...
GET 'EM WHILE YOU CAN. We're now nearing the end of the month and that means we're getting closer to the end of the 3DS and Wii U eShop service. If you haven't got around to making any last-min...
SAYS THE WRITER THAT WILL NEED TO REDOWNLOAD A LOT OF VC PURCHASES ON WII U AND 3DS. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and ra...
SEE FOR YOURSELF. Nintendo yesterday added another game to its Switch Online Expansion Pack and updated the N64 library to Version 2.0.0. There have been all sorts of improvements , but this...
THEY'VE BOUGHT THE FARM. If you're embedded within the farming game community, you'll know all about the Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons schism, in which (Western localisation team and publishe...
UPDATE: MAYBE NOT... UPDATE : Nintendo has updated the release schedule on its Japanese website and sure enough it was a mistake. Sorry folks! Read the full article on nintendolife.com
SNES! GAME BOY! GAME BOY COLOR! N64! GBA! Remember when Reggie said that Nintendo Switch Online was the Virtual Console's replacement? Turns out he might have been economical with the truth in...
RIP. Nintendo thrilled Switch owners today with hard details about its new Switch Online service, which includes NES games that can be played for free and feature modern elements, such as onli...
AND IF IT IS, DOES IT REALLY MATTER? It's fair to say that the Virtual Console was quite a significant part of Nintendo's plans back when the Wii launched; it was certainly significant in the d...
INTERESTING... Let’s be real, the VC release of the Game Boy Pokémon games is one of the easiest ways that Nintendo could make itself a nice profit. Pokémon historically is a franchise that...
BUTTONS JUST AREN'T AS GOOD. After months of speculation prior to the Nintendo Switch being officially revealed in October 2016 , it's fair to say that the initial reaction was largely very pos...
"WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN?". The Switch has just had its first E3 but we still don't know exactly how the Virtual Console is going to work on the system. Nintendo...
DELAYED, YES, BUT MORE RELEVANT IN ITS NEW GUISE. It may not be a trend that suits creators, but the public don't like paying for things as much as they used to. It's the great revolution that ...
YES, IT'S STILL KICKING. When it comes to the Nintendo Switch, the Virtual Console is still largely a big question mark. We do know that a retro game will be given out each month with Nintendo'...
VIRTUAL CONSOLE INCOMING? The official Twitter channel for the SEIKEN DENSETSU series has tweeted footage of the third game running on the Nintendo Switch. SEIKEN DENSETSU 3 is the sequel to...
"WE WILL SHARE MORE INFORMATION IN THE FUTURE". Nintendo has revealed that its retro-focused Virtual Console service will not be ready for the Nintendo Switch launch. The company has stated tha...
ALSO, THE AUDIO JACK ON THE SYSTEM WORKS WHEN DOCKED, WHICH IS NICE. Ever since the Wii U there's been a wait for GameCube on the Virtual Console. Nintendo's current home console never received...
CASTLEVANIA: DRACULA X! INCHWORM ANIMATION II! MORE! We're not quite sure why, but the Nintendo Download Update details for Europe have been elusive today; thankfully the ever generous Daan Koo...
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/01/nintendo_download_26th_january_europe
CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS LIFTED FROM THE INTERNET. Here's an interesting topic to get debate going - what if Nintendo lifted a ROM of SUPER MARIO BROS. from the internet and then repurp...
HOPEFULLY IT'S THE PATCHED VERSION. F-ZERO X has had a bit of a rough time on the Virtual Console this generation. The high-speed racer ran into some serious control issues when it made its Wi...