wraggster
April 17th, 2013, 23:00
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/iwataluigiwheresiwata619pxhedimg.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/17/nintendo-wii-us-spring-update-arrives-next-week/)Nintendo's Wii U game console is getting its promised spring update (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/23/wii-u-system-updates/) next week, said company president Satoru Iwata in a Luigi-filled video presentation this morning. The update is said to launch software dramatically faster than before, as Nintendo demonstrated in a video last month (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/26/nintendo-video-shows-off-wii-u-speed-improvement-coming-in-april/). Iwata also said the update adds continuable downloads while the console is off, and that Virtual Console won't arrive until the following week -- should you wish to directly launch into the Wii menu, you'll be able to hold down the B button as the console is starting up.
That said, if you wanna play those VC games directly from the Wii U menu, you'll need to re-buy them for $1 apiece for NES games and $1.50 for SNES games. A variety of games were shown off as available at the Virtual Console's launch, including classics like Super Mario World and Punch-Out! Apparently GameBoy Advance and Nintendo 64 games are planned for inclusion on the VC in the coming months, but no definitive date was given. He also said Panorama View (http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/26/nintendo-granted-patent-for-multi-display-panorama-view-feature/) will arrive next week for free, and it sounds like it'll be a separate download from the software update.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/17/nintendo-wii-us-spring-update-arrives-next-week/
That said, if you wanna play those VC games directly from the Wii U menu, you'll need to re-buy them for $1 apiece for NES games and $1.50 for SNES games. A variety of games were shown off as available at the Virtual Console's launch, including classics like Super Mario World and Punch-Out! Apparently GameBoy Advance and Nintendo 64 games are planned for inclusion on the VC in the coming months, but no definitive date was given. He also said Panorama View (http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/26/nintendo-granted-patent-for-multi-display-panorama-view-feature/) will arrive next week for free, and it sounds like it'll be a separate download from the software update.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/17/nintendo-wii-us-spring-update-arrives-next-week/