Virtual Console
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'''Virtual Console''', sometimes abbreviated as '''VC''', is a video game download service that is currently offered by [[Nintendo]] for its Wii gaming console. Described by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata as "the video game version of Apple's iTunes Store", the service allows Wii owners to emulate past Nintendo consoles and purchase games originally released for them. Games from the NES, SNES and N64 and formerly competing systems, the Mega Drive and the TurboGrafx-16 are downloadable in the UK. New games are available every week. | '''Virtual Console''', sometimes abbreviated as '''VC''', is a video game download service that is currently offered by [[Nintendo]] for its Wii gaming console. Described by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata as "the video game version of Apple's iTunes Store", the service allows Wii owners to emulate past Nintendo consoles and purchase games originally released for them. Games from the NES, SNES and N64 and formerly competing systems, the Mega Drive and the TurboGrafx-16 are downloadable in the UK. New games are available every week. | ||
Current revision as of 15:22, 6 March 2007
Virtual Console, sometimes abbreviated as VC, is a video game download service that is currently offered by Nintendo for its Wii gaming console. Described by Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata as "the video game version of Apple's iTunes Store", the service allows Wii owners to emulate past Nintendo consoles and purchase games originally released for them. Games from the NES, SNES and N64 and formerly competing systems, the Mega Drive and the TurboGrafx-16 are downloadable in the UK. New games are available every week.
