The celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Family Computer continues on Wii U. NES platformer Kirby’s Adventure is now available for purchase on the Wii U Virtual Console. Before May 17th, go to the Nintendo eShop to download the title for only 30 cents. The following 30-cents Nintendo classic, Super Metroid, arrives next month, on May 15th, in the Nintendo eShop.
Punch Out!! for the Famicom is now available to download on the Wii U Virtual Console in North America. The classic title is only 30 cents to download and will remain at 30 cents through till the 18th of April. Punch Out!! joins the likes of F-Zero and Balloon Trip.
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A father has hacked the original Donkey Kong for his three-year-old daughter. Donkey Kong is an NES game in which players control Mario and help him rescue Pauline from the clutches of the stubborn gorilla Donkey Kong. The father, Mike Mika, hacked the NES game to swap the roles between Mario and Pauline, making Mario the plumber in distress. Will Pauline be able to rescue the helpless Mario? Watch the video above to find out.
My three year old daughter and I play a lot of old games together. Her favorite is Donkey Kong. Two days ago, she asked me if she could play as the girl and save Mario. She’s played as Princess Toadstool in Super Mario Bros. 2 and naturally just assumed she could do the same in Donkey Kong. I told her we couldn’t in that particular Mario game, she seemed really bummed out by that. So what else am I supposed to do? Now I’m up at midnight hacking the ROM, replacing Mario with Pauline. I’m using the 2010 NES Donkey Kong ROM. I’ve redrawn Mario’s frames and I swapped the palettes in the ROM. I replaced the M at the top with a P for Pauline. Thanks to Kevin Wilson for giving me the lead on the tools and advice.
-Mike Maka
If you own the Wii edition of NES title Balloon Fight but want to upgrade to its Wii U edition, which would cost $1 and allows you to play the entire game on the Wii U GamePad, you’ll lose all your save data. So far, Balloon Fight is the the only Virtual Console title in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U, but Nintendo confirmed to Kotaku that consumers will not be able transfer their save files when they re-buy any upcoming NES or Super NES title on Wii U’s Virtual Console.
It seems as though people are confused about whether they will keep the discounted Virtual Console games they purchase from the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. In Nintendo’s Wii U Virtual Console Trial Campain, each month now through July, one NES or Super NES title will be available for 30 cents on the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. Whoever purchases that title can keep the game – the discounted price is not a rental price; it is an anniversary price, according to Nintendo. For example, if you purchase Balloon Fight, the first NES game to hit the Nintendo eShop on Wii U and costs 30 cents until February 21st, for the new console, it is your game to keep – even when its price is increased to $5, which is its regular price.
After specified promotional period, each game will be made available in the Nintendo eShop at regular price. Wii U owners who have purchased the game(s) during the promotional period will not need to purchase the game(s) again at the regular price. Games purchased during this promotional period are eligible for 2 points in the Deluxe Digital Program. Point value subject to change.
The first Virtual Console title to launch on the Nintendo eShop for Wii U is NES title Balloon Fight, which currently costs 30 cents to download. After one month of being in the Nintendo eShop, the NES game will then cost $5. This is part of a discounted program offered by Nintendo to celebrate the Famicom’s 30th anniversary in Japan. Upon their initial releases on the online marketplace, for 30 days, the NES and Super NES games listed below will cost 30 cents each. Which discounted title(s) do you plan on grabbing?
The next system update for Wii U, which arrives this spring, will add Virtual console games to the Nintendo eShop for the new console. Nintendo has confirmed that the service will initially include a selection of NES and Super NES games. Consumers who’ve already purchased NES and Super NES games on the Wii console’s Virtual Console will be able to buy the enhanced Wii U version of the same game for $1 for NES games and $1.50 for Super NES titles. Game Boy Advance games will be added to Wii U’s Virtual Console in the future, according to Nintendo.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Famicom, also known as the NES, Nintendo announced that it will make one NES or Super NES game available each month until July to download for 30 cents from the Nintendo eShop on Wii U. Each game will be available at that reduced price for 30 days. These deals begin today with the NES game Balloon Fight, which is now available for 30 cents in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U.
In its very last issue, Nintendo Power has ranked its top 285 video games of all time. Of course, every single game on the list is on a Nintendo Platform, and ranked are numerous titles in the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda franchises.
Below is a list of the publication’s 10 best video games of all time… To view the complete list, go here.
DecalGirl designs skins for the new Wii U console and its 6.2-inch touchscreen controller, the Wii U GamePad. One of its skins is retro-themed and is designed to look similar to an NES. You can purchase this skin set for $19.99 here.
The original Ninja Gaiden for NES is hitting the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. The side-scrolling platformer will be available for download on December 6th and will cost $4.99.
