Nintendo have updated their Japanese Virtual Console page, and in doing so have left an alluring little tease. They're displaying eight console boxes when there's only six consoles on the VC, with the remaining two boxes greyed out. Did Nintendo suddenly get big on asymmetrical websites? Not likely. Expect two more consoles to be announced, and announced soon, with one (hopefully/probably) being the Master System, and the other, a complete mystery.
Virtual Console [Nintendo, via Go Nintendo]
Two More Consoles For Virtual Console?
8:30 PM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By Luke Plunkett
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Please be the Saturn. Please have Guardian Heroes.
My love for the Master System runs deep. I might start playing my Wii again if it shows up.
My money's on the Virtual Boy
Didn't Nintendo say they were going to make MSX games avaliable?
I've also heard the same of the Commodore64.
If I were the website designer for Nintendo, for 'shits and giggles' (as Kotaku likes to say) I would just post a teensy pic of the Sony PSX in one of those empty boxes.
And I guess I would then be looking for another job.
But man, it's for shits and giggles, man. =)
gameboyyyy
If it is the saturn, I will buy the damn wii. Panzer Dragoon and I have many fond memories. And what was that turn based stratagy RPG ...started with an "M"...Mystaria??
I want $5 Atari 2600 games.
Gimmie some adventure!
Game Boy & Virtual Boy! Rock!
Philips CDi?
*sniff*
...is that you..?
@DeLoRtEd1: My first thought too, but Game Boy seems more likely, especially if they're starting to get the Wii and DS a little cozier
Game Boy/Game Boy Color would be awesome!
3DO/CD-I??
Commodore 64. I have a reputable source (and I don't care if they updated it as speculation): [kotaku.com]
The other console is....
.
.
.
...Earthbound.
Dreamcast~~~
If there was some way a few dreamcast ports could make it over, I'd have a happy holiday. Crazy Taxi FTW.
It's Playstation 3.
Sony finally found out how to sell consoles.
Gameboy with link to DS to store said Gameboy games on with new DS Cart. Basically, The SUPER Gameboy lives on!
I bet on Gameboy games and Master System. I'm dying to play some Alex Kid in Miracle World...
@Anata_Kusoyarou:
Probably won't be the saturn, unfortunately! The games wouldn't fit in the internal memory.
@ KIRBYTHESLAYER: HAS A COLD. AND HE'S A PENGUIN. IRONY:
That is just too expensive for Atari 2600 games. Make it $1 and they would sell like crazy!
And the other console is
/drum roll
/opens envelope
The iQue player?
Sega CD FTW!
Yeah, I guess I shouldn't be getting my hopes up for the Saturn. Wanting doesn't make it so, otherwise we'd all learn to want harder and I can already want quite vigorously TYVM.
@Deus_EpS: Dreamcast would be sweet (and popular with a select crowd), although I don't think the Wii is powerful enough, and secondly the 512mb of storage space wouldn't be enough for most DC games. Maybe something Sony or Microsoft could do on their consoles though.
@jkingsowner:
LOL
I hope it's the Saturn. It's the one system I missed out on that I kind of wish I hadn't. My roommate has it and says nothing but good things about it. I'd be down to pick up a virtual copy of Panzer Dragoon, Guardian Heroes, and Nights.
My guess for the other console is either the Commodore 64 or Atari Jaguar.
SEGA SATURN!
@jkingsowner: lol. I'm pro Saturn on this. I would throw money at my roommate to put games on it besides Zelda and Tecmo Bowl. I never got the chance to play shining force 3... I will regret this forever
One of 'em has gotta be MSX. The other, though? Here's hoping it's Saturn. :3
@usfslacker: I second that, though not likely due to space issues.
I'm thinking it'll most likely be Game Boy, Master System, or...Atari? Eh, Who knows. Cool that the VC is growing though.
It would probably make sense if they rolled out with the original 8 bit gameboy. Seeing how there is very limited memory space in the Wii. Either the 8bit or the Gameboy Color, those two are a sure bet.
XBOX!
I swear to god Nintendo, you have my attention. Don't let me down.
Dreamcast or Saturn. Please.
PLEASE!?
Also, kotakuites. Follow me, as you would Sega, if she hadn't been lost in the wild that one day.
May the dream be cast, a second time.
I'm praying for Sega Saturn..
3DO!
So they can bring that god awful Zelda game back.
(~shutters~)
@gustavopr: And paying $5 for some of those "Classic" games isn't? The $5 part was a joke, but I really do want 2600 games.
NGage.
@yashichi8bit: NO!!! BAD!! How DARE you mention that ....thing...
It will be Sega Mega CD and the only game will be Marky Mark: Make My Video
Okay, try and follow me people...
The Wii just got updated to download stuff to the DS, Right? (demos, vids)
Now, IF one of the two consoles turns out to be the GC/GBC/GBA, the games should be small enough to send wirelesly to the DS.
And while there at it, they should do the same for the NES.
If it's any disk based console, I'd be shocked. The system has only 512MB memory and from when I last checked, saving game channels to SD didn't work.
*feverishly prays*
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hope is gameboy/gameboy color and maybe gameboy advance
@ArAcHnAdZ: Sure, but where would those games be saved? DS has no built-in memory that i know of...
Gameboy and GBA
@cyberg4: The Wii is powerful enough... are you trying to say the Wii couldn't handle the Dreamcast?... That's just sad... They'd need a Hard Drive to do Dreamcast I think... I dunno how big the games were on average.
If you do a little clicking you'll see that one of the new systems is the MSX.
People saying Dreamcast need to get something straight; with the Wii only having 512MB of flash memory, putting a games that on multiple occasions pushed the limits of their 1.2GB GD-Roms will be difficult.
Dreamcast!! (please?)
Hmm, If it IS the saturn, I'm going to be hugging my wii until we get Panzer Dragoon saga, NiGHTs, and Radiant Silvergun
oh, how i wish sega saturn. D-=
anyone else want dreamcast? seaman. D-= how i miss you.
@cyberg4: Awesome
The other system is the MSX people. THE FREAKING MSX.
Geez, it's only been confirmed since 2006 and reconfirmed again back in February. It'll be coming to Japan in summer 07. And yeah, the Master System is the other one most likely.
@Heyyou27: That is true, but the Wii does support SD cards. Perhaps they would add the stipulation that Dreamcast VC games require an SD card.
I'll just keep on dreaming until we know for sure... no pun intended.
Pffft. Who wants the Saturn, Dreamcast, or GameBoy? The Wonder Swan and the N-Gage are where it's at.
The virtual console and Mario are the only reasons to own a Wii for me right now. Hmm, should I buy a 360 or a Wii next?
@Heyyou27: we can dream cant we?