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Wii U GBA Virtual Console Line-up, Pricing - Mario, Metroid, Kirby and More

Nintendo of America and UK have confirmed the initial launch line-up for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) Virtual Console service.

April will kick off the collection with a bang, introducing a range of Nintendo-published classics to the living room. The games will be available for plans to download and play on Wii U, coming in at £6.29 each for those in the UK, with flexible pricing for US players.

The schedule so far:3rd April

Advance Wars (£6.29 / $7.99)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (£6.29 / $7.99)
Metroid Fusion (£6.29 / $7.99)

10th April

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (£6.29 / $6.99)
Wario Ware Inc: Minigame Mania (£6.29 / $6.99)

17th April

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (£6.29 / $6.99)
Golden Sun (£6.29 / $7.99)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES/$4.99) - US Only

24th April

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (£6.29 / $7.99)

Will you download any of these GBA classics on Wii U? What are your thoughts on the pricing?

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Azuardo 26.03.2014#1

Absolutely no reason why Nintendo isn't making these cross-buy between 3DS and Wii U. Offering some sort of discounts and reasons for committed fans to continue buying their products was brought up in their last investors meeting, so surely cross-buy is one such incentive. There are developers out there who have the mindset that if you've already bought one version on PS3, then you'll get the upcoming PS4 version free when it comes out, too. Why Nintendo isn't getting in this frame of mind is beyond me.

Hawk 26.03.2014#2

I'll definitely be getting Golden Sun! One of my all time favorites!

Working like a fiend isn't very fun... and surprisingly isn't very fiendish either.

Im_Neutral 26.03.2014#3

£6.29 = $10.42, but instead they get it for $7.99 (some are even $6.99 yet the GBP stays the same!!), which would be fair enough if they dropped the GBP rate to match it aswell!! but they havn't, so sick of getting ripped off. £4.83 sounds a lot better to me! but no of course not, rip off britain.

( Edited 26.03.2014 17:13 by Im_Neutral )

jb 26.03.2014#4

IMO pricing should be universal across platforms and compatible with both systems (platform permitting).

Something like:

- NES £3
- SNES/GBA/MEGA DRIVE - £5
- N64 - £8
- GAMECUBE (eventually?) - £10

Would be ideal. But yeah, definitely rip-off Britain with those prices.

The only cost for Nintendo really is bandwidth - am sure the process of converting titles, testing etc is barely minimal. Can understand fees with third party licensing costs, potentially, but these VC games should really be cheaper.

( Edited 26.03.2014 18:41 by jb )

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Phoenom 26.03.2014#5

Day one for Mario & Luigi and Golden Sun! Wonder if we'll see a number of third party games appearing? The Castlevanias and Sonic Advance series would be welcome. Smilie

mudskip 27.03.2014#6

I wonder if games like Drill Dozer or WarioWare:Twisted would be possible?
I assume some code would need to be tweaked for everything to line up right.

I was gonna say it would be cool if we would get Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble as well, but after looking it up, I was reminded that was a GBC game. ... still would be cool.

~~Vorash Kadan 27.03.2014~~#7

I wonder if those of us who are 3DS Ambassador's with the free versions of some of these games will also be able to get the Wii U version free? I hope so as this can get quite pricey...

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