Retro games take over Wii: 4.7m downloads
Today, Nintendo further touted the Wii’s success by announcing the platform’s virtual console has hit a dual milestone. First, with the Monday release of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, the platform’s Virtual Console will now have a catalog of 100 games. Originally released in 1988, Zelda II has not yet been priced on the VC, but original NES games typically sell for 500 Wii points ($5). Secondly, Nintendo today announced that more than 4.7 million Virtual Console games have been downloaded worldwide since the Wii launched on November 19, 2006. Besides titles from Nintendo’s pre-GameCube consoles, the Wii’s Virtual Console network also offers games from two former rival platforms–the Sega Genesis and NEC TurboGrafx-16. However, the five most downloaded games are all first-party games for the Mario Factory’s own NES, SNES, or N64 platforms. They are, in order of popularity:
1. Super Mario Bros. (NES)
2. Super Mario 64 (N64)
3. Mario Kart 64 (N64)
4. Super Mario World (SNES)
5. The Legend of Zelda (NES)
By comparison, from its launch in November 2005 to March 2007, Xbox Live Arcade – which features both new and classic titles–has seen 25 million downloads worldwide. However, that figure includes demos of XBLA titles, which are free.
Source: Gamespot
Comments(4)
the games are all too expensive. i did have to get super mario bros tho
for people who dont know how to use an emulator or find roms
i guess its a good thing for nintendo
5 dollars for a game from 1988 ? What a rip off. You’re better off collecting the original consoles (Snes + Nes) and games, the resale value is going up alot, and its just fun playing nostalgic games.
Some retro games are worth 5$+
But it’s wiser to download an emu… 