Tag: Virtual Console

Not sure about Europe, but in North America today you can power up your Nintendo Wii, jump on the Wii Shop and grab Mega Man 5 for 500 Wii Points. I’m going to be charitable today, and while Mega Man 5 isn’t one of my favorites (far from it), it’s still a pretty darn good […]

AWD! directed me to this GoNintendo story concerning Mega Man X on the Wii’s Virtual Console glitching out. The user making claims these glitches occurred immediately after purchasing the title from the Wii Shop. In the first part of the video, the user starts the game to an intro stage with no environment; immediately teleporting […]

We North American fans can rejoice today, because the SNES classic Mega Man X is finally arriving on the Wii’s Virtual Console according to Nintendo. This has been long overdue I think, as Mega Man X is not just a fantastic Mega Man game, but definitely one of the best ever SNES games, period. If, […]

Good news, everyone! According to a report from Siliconera, it appears that two Super Nintendo Entertainment System classic titles have been added to the Wii’s Virtual Console release schedule for April in Japan. One of them is the Square Enix RPG classic Chrono Trigger, while the other is the original Rockman X, better known out […]

After having heard musings of it coming months ago, and then seeing it release in Japan and Europe territories, Mega Man 4 is finally releasing here in North America, according to Capcom*Unity. It’s not up just yet, but ought to be in another 10 minutes from this posting. It’ll be 500 Wii Points. (And it’s […]

We’d recently heard that Rockman 4 was coming to the Wii’s Virtual Console in Japan in February. And now we have a specific day to that month, the 9th, as revealed by Nintendo. Wait, that’s just next week! In that case, hopefully we will be hearing about Mega Man 4’s release in North America and […]

At least, it definitely is in Japan. GoNintendo is reporting that Rockman 4 is slated for release on Japan’s Wii Virtual Console sometime in February. I expect we’ll hear confirmation for Western regions soon, as this is likely a promotional effort for Mega Man 10. News Credit: GoNintendo LanceHeartlocalhost/tmmn

In the latest issue of Nintendo Power, the game the NP staff want most to appear on VC is Mega Man: The Wily Wars. Good pick, if you ask me. I’ve been fairly vocal about a Wily Wars re-release for some years. Its a nice collection of classics that many Americans haven’t had the opportunity […]