Virtual Console: Difference between revisions

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Removed speculation. We only know that GameCube games aren't available, not the reason why. In particular, that there's no controller with analog triggers seems like a flimsy reason - Nintendo released N64 games despite no controller fitting perfectly.
(Removed speculation. We only know that GameCube games aren't available, not the reason why. In particular, that there's no controller with analog triggers seems like a flimsy reason - Nintendo released N64 games despite no controller fitting perfectly.)
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[[File:Virtual Console.svg|right|350px]]
The '''Virtual Console''' is one of the many services available on the  [[Wii]], the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]], and the [[Wii U]]. The Virtual Console allows gamers to download games that have been uploaded by their respective companies. Most of its games come from [[Nintendo]]'s own [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Nintendo 64]] (Wii and Wii U), [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Nintendo DS]] (Wii U), [[Game Boy]], and [[Game Boy Color]] (3DS). Nintendo did not upload [[Nintendo GameCube]] games to the Wii Virtual Console due to the fact that GameCube ISOs use 1.35 GB on the hard drive (the internal memory on the Wii is only 512 MB), and the Wii is backwards-compatible with all GameCube discs and most accessories, and to the Wii U Virtual Console because there is no any controller compatible with Wii U VC to have analog triggers. [[Sega]] has provided the Wii and 3DS Virtual Console with [[wikipedia:Mega Drive|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]], [[wikipedia:Sega Master System|Sega Master System]], and [[wikipedia:Sega Game Gear|Sega Game Gear]] games.
The '''Virtual Console''' is one of the many services available on the  [[Wii]], the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]], and the [[Wii U]]. The Virtual Console allows gamers to download games that have been uploaded by their respective companies. Most of its games come from [[Nintendo]]'s own [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Nintendo 64]] (Wii and Wii U), [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Nintendo DS]] (Wii U), [[Game Boy]], and [[Game Boy Color]] (3DS). [[Sega]] has provided the Wii and 3DS Virtual Console with [[wikipedia:Mega Drive|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]], [[wikipedia:Sega Master System|Sega Master System]], and [[wikipedia:Sega Game Gear|Sega Game Gear]] games.


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