Archive for the ‘Virtual Console’ Category
Wii 4.0 Firmware Update: SD Card Menu
April 9th, 2009 by Sean
This might be old news to a few modern classic gamers, but I just found this out moments ago when I fired up my Nintendo Wii.
Nintendo recently released a Wii firmware update that now solves the storage issue of the Wii by adding a new SD Card Menu that allows you to do the following:
- Store more—Add more Wii storage using SD Cards or the high capacity SDHC Card format (up to 32GB)
- Improved SD Card support—launch WiiWare titles, Virtual Console games, or channels directly from an SD/SDHC Card
- Let your Wii console move games and channels to an SD/SDHC Card with Auto Manage when system memory fills up
- Download titles from the Wii Shop Channel to Wii system memory or directly to an SD/SDHC Card
This is so awesome! I currently have a 2GB SD card for my Wii because until this firmware update, Wii’s only supported a max of 2GB.
I really like that you can now launch channels saved on SD Cards by temporarily utilizing the Wii System Memory.
If your system memory is full, you still have to delete stuff, but there’s now a streamlined, automated process to do that from this new SD Card Menu. It will even choose stuff for you, if you want.
As mentioned by Nintendo, the new Wii system update also adds support for SDHC cards up to 32 GB — that’s a ton of Virtual Console games folks.
Even though we now have support for huge SD cards, I won’t be running out and purchasing a 32GB SD card anytime soon since they are still around $100.00 USD, but this is still great news for Wii owners.
Posted in Nintendo, Virtual Console, Wii
Wii Virtual Console: Mega Man 2
September 19th, 2008 by Sean
I was just checking out the latest releases on the Wii Virtual Console and noticed that Mega Man 2 is now available:
Widely regarded by fans as one of the greatest action games of all time, Mega Man 2 is the second title in the seminal NES series.
With even more stages and robot masters than the previous installment, its sheer size and scope are enough to get any action gamer’s heart palpitating.
The year is 200X. Dr. Light’s super-robot, Mega Man, has succeeded in smashing the evil ambition of the nefarious Dr. Wily, and peace reigns over the planet.
However, Dr. Wily proves to be a hard man to keep down and has returned with a new army of robot masters in tow to challenge our hero. Can Mega Man save the world again?
I really like MegaMan II. It’s my favorite for the series. It’s also on my list of Top 10 favorite Nintendo NES games of all time.
Of course I own the actual NES cartridge for Mega Man 2, but for anyone who doesn’t already have the original game cartridge but owns a Nintendo Wii, you can pick this game up for 800 points ($8.00 USD) on the Virtual Console.
Posted in Games, Nintendo, Virtual Console, Wii
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Wave Race 64 On Wii Virtual Console
May 16th, 2008 by Sean
As mentioned last week, I’m now the owner of a Nintendo Wii and said that I’d be doing reviews on Wii Virtual Console games in comparison to the actual cartridge versions of the games.
Well today I’m reviewing Wave Race 64 on the Wii Virtual Console.
Back on March 5, 2008 I reviewed the Nintendo 64 version of Wave Race 64. The game is awesome, so I wanted to try it out on the Nintendo Wii VC.
The Virtual Console version of Wave Race 64 is pretty much exactly the same as the N64 version.
The visuals and game play are perfect, so I won’t be going into a full review again, however I did notice a few things different from the N64 version compared to the Wii version.
Apparently Nintendo did some small modifications to anything relating to Kawasaki. All the in-game Kawasaki banners have been removed and replaced with banners showing Wii and Nintendo DS advertisements instead.
I also noticed that the Jet Skis themselves have also been slightly modified and bear no Kawasaki logos. I’m thinking this was most likely done because of an expired licensing deal.
The funny thing is back in January of this year Kawasaki Jetski was released for the Wii, so it seems Nintendo is back into some sort of licensing deal with Kawasaki.
My personal thoughts on this is Nintendo should put the Kawasaki logos and banners back now and make it 100% like the original N64 version.
I’m sure Kawasaki wouldn’t mind getting a little more advertising love.
I wonder how many other games Nintendo will be doing this with as more Virtual Console games come out? Any thoughts?
Posted in N64, Nintendo, Virtual Console, Wii
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Nintendo Wii Virtual Console
May 8th, 2008 by Sean
Ok, before anyone starts in on the fact that the Nintendo Wii isn’t a classic or retro gaming system, please hold off until you read my entire post.
There’s good reason why I’m posting about the Wii on Modern Classic Gaming… still with me? Good, let’s continue…
As most know, I’m a huge fan of retro and classic gaming console systems, which is the reason why I built this site.
I still own working versions of the NES, SNES, N64 and of course I still have a working Sega Genesis as well. Read the rest of this entry…
Posted in Genesis, Nintendo, Virtual Console, Wii