It’s not really that surprising to see Nintendo dominating with sales of Virtual Console games in 2009 seeing as most of the games on VC are Nintendo developed, but we thought you might like to see this sales analysis graph from Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE) anyway as not much data is released about VC and WiiWare games (and it’s a slow news day!).
As you can also see, Nintendo has much fewer profit from the WiiWare pie where most revenue is generated by third party devs. WiiWare had a good year last year as sales were up overall about 30% from 2008.
Don’t you just love sales graphs? No! Only us then!
Head inside for the accompanying press release.
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You lucky Europeans, you… Well lucky in that NOE have announced you will be receiving the fourth Hanabi Festival starting yesterday until July 24th on the Virtual Console. Unlucky, though that you didn’t get the games in your region the first time round!
The first two games are now aailable - ‘Ogre Battle’ and ‘Pulseman’ with the following on the way over the next few weeks:
The remaining import games for July are:
- Bomberman ‘94 (Turbografx)
- Detana!! Twinbee (Turbografx)
- Kirby’s Dream Land 3 (SNES)
- Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II (NES)
Well done to Nintendo for the effort with releasing these games in Europe at last, but shame on you for charging and extra 100 Nintendo points in the process!
If you have found yourself playing old Virtual Console titles on Wii, but miss the feel of using the original controllers from the NES, SNES or N64, then peripheral company ‘Innex’ have the solution.
The 3-in-1 ‘Virtual Retro Adaptor’ has been announced which allows Virtual Console compatibility with NES, SNES and N64 controllers. Innex are sighting a June release priced at $20
We will see more of the adapter at E3 in the mean time check the companies full press release inside where they pronounce “Old School is Now the New Cool.” Fair enough! Read more…
Great news for SNES fans as two of its best games are on the way to the Wii’s Virtual Console soon. The Australian ratings board has classified Super Mario Kart and Pilotwings for a PAL release in the territory. Though there is no release date information, the games will likely be released relatively soon in PAL regions and we can’t imagine Nintendo holding of the release for other countries for too long either.
We will let you know the exact dates when we do!
It’s Friday and that means new goodies in the Wii & DS Shop for Europe. Head inside to find out what you can get your hands on this week. Read more…
The game that started Squaresoft’s (now Square Enix) hugely popular RPG franchise back in 1987 - Final Fantasy - is being released on the Japanese Virtual Console in May, Nintendo announced.
The game was originally developed for the Famicom (NES) by producer Hironobu Sakaguchi. It was then later published by Nintendo for release in North America in 1990. Since then the franchise has grown to over thirteen titles, in addition to the many spin-offs over multiple consoles.
Famicom Wars will also see release in the same month in Japan, both priced 500 Nintendo points. No news as yet on a western release however!
New game downloads arrived in virtual space today for North American Wii and DSi users. Check inside to find out what! Read more…
One game each for WiiWare, Virtual Console and DSiWare today.
Nintendo of America’s press release explains: Read more…
