Virtual Console

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Official logo of the Virtual Console

The Virtual Console is a service available on the Wii, the Nintendo 3DS, and the Wii U. It allows players to download games that were originally for older consoles, such as Nintendo's own NES (all models), SNES (Wii, Wii U, and New Nintendo 3DS), Nintendo 64 (Wii and Wii U), Game Boy Advance (Nintendo 3DS ambassadors and Wii U), Nintendo DS (Wii U), Game Boy, and Game Boy Color (Nintendo 3DS). Sega has provided the Wii and Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console with Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega Master System, and Sega Game Gear games.

Cost

Wii Points

Wii Virtual Console games were bought with Wii Points via the Wii Shop Channel. Wii Points Cards, which were once sold at most game retailers, each came with 2,000 redeemable Points on them. However, in Japan, cards were worth either 1,000, 3,000, or 5,000 Wii Points. Wii Points could also be purchased directly through the Wii Shop Channel with a credit card in blocks of either 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, or 5,000 Points.

As of March 26, 2018, Wii Points are no longer redeemable on the Wii Shop Channel. However, leftover points could be used to purchase software until January 31, 2019.

eShop Credit

Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Virtual Console games are bought with eShop credits via the Nintendo eShop. Nintendo eShop cards are sold at most retailers with the following values; $10*, $20, $35, and $50. In Australia and New Zealand, there are $15, $30 and $60 cards.

*Note: $10 eShop cards are only available at Wal-Mart, GameStop, Best Buy, and Target in the United States only.

Pricing

Wii

Console Wii Points
Nintendo Entertainment System 500-600
Super Nintendo Entertainment System 800-900
Nintendo 64 1,000-1,200

While this pricing is true for most games, a few select games have been priced differently. Imported games such as Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and Mario's Super Picross in Europe and Oceania, and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels outside Japan cost 100 Wii Points more than usual.

In the United States, retailers once sold 2,000 points cards for $20 apiece, at a price of one cent per point.

Similarly, in Australia, retailers only sold 1,000 points cards for $20 apiece.

*Note: Games released on the Virtual Console Arcade are automatically set to 500 points. However, most Virtual Console Arcade games are priced higher than 500 points.

Nintendo 3DS

Console Price
Nintendo Entertainment System General public:
JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50
KR ₩5000
Ambassadors: Free
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (New Nintendo 3DS only) JP ¥823
US $7.99-$9.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40
Game Boy JP ¥411
US $2.99-$3.99
EU €3.00-€4.00
UK £2.70-£3.70
AU $4.50-$6.00
KR ₩4000
Game Boy Color JP ¥617
US $4.99-$5.99
EU €5.00
UK £4.50
AU $6.00-$7.50
KR ₩6000
Game Boy Advance (Ambassadors only) General public: None
Ambassadors: Free

Wii U

Console Price
Nintendo Entertainment System JP ¥514/¥100*
US $4.99/$1.00*
EU €4.99/€1.00*
UK £3.49/£1.00*
AU $6.50/$1.00*
Super Nintendo Entertainment System JP ¥823/¥150*
US $7.99/$1.50*
EU €4.99/€1.50*
UK £5.49/£1.50*
AU $10.40/$1.50*
Nintendo 64 JP ¥1028/¥200*
US $9.99/$2.00*
EU €9.99/€2.00*
UK £8.99/£2.00*
AU $13.00/$2.00*
Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $6.99-$7.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10
Nintendo DS[1] JP ¥950
US $6.99-$9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00

*Note: Discounted price if originally purchased on the Wii Shop Channel via Wii Mode.

Controllers

Various controllers are needed used to play Virtual Console games.

  • Wii U GamePad - Can play all Virtual Console games in Wii U Mode. Only works in both Wii U and Wii Mode (only displays screen) on the Wii U console.
  • Wii U Pro Controller - Can also play all Virtual Console games in Wii U Mode. Only works in Wii U Mode for the Wii U console.
  • Wii Remote - When turned sideways, it can be used as an NES substitute. It is also compatible with Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Master System games. Works on both Wii U and Wii as well as the Wii U via Wii Mode. Can be used for Wii U SNES and GBA games if Two Button is held while the game boots.
  • Classic Controller - Can play any game. It is made to fit the design of the SNES Controller. Works in both Wii U and Wii as well as the Wii U via Wii Mode.
  • Nintendo GameCube controller - Can also play any game, but it is best compatible with N64 games. It only works with the original Wii console.

List of Mario games for the Virtual Console

Wii

# Game Platform Points JP release NA release EU release OC release SK release Developer(s)
1 Donkey Kong NES 500 2006 / 12 / 02 2006 / 11 / 19 2006 / 12 / 08 2006 / 12 / 07 2008 / 04 / 26 Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
2 Mario Bros. NES 500 2006 / 12 / 12 2006 / 11 / 19 2006 / 12 / 08 2006 / 12 / 07 2008 / 12 / 30 Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
3 Pinball NES 500 2006 / 12 / 02 2006 / 11 / 19 2006 / 12 / 15 2006 / 12 / 15 X mark.svg Nintendo EAD
4 Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64 1,000 2006 / 12 / 02 2006 / 11 / 19 2006 / 12 / 08 2006 / 12 / 07 X mark.svg Nintendo EAD
5 Wario's Woods NES 500 2006 / 12 / 12 2006 / 11 / 19 2006 / 12 / 08 2006 / 12 / 07 X mark.svg Nintendo, Intelligent Systems
6 Donkey Kong Jr. NES 500 2006 / 12 / 02 2006 / 12 / 04 2006 / 12 / 22 2006 / 12 / 22 X mark.svg Nintendo R&D 2
7 Super Mario Bros. NES 500 2006 / 12 / 02 2006 / 12 / 25 2007 / 01 / 05 2007 / 01 / 05 2008 / 04 / 26 Nintendo EAD
8 Super Mario World Super NES 800 2006 / 12 / 02 2007 / 02 / 05 2007 / 02 / 09 2007 / 02 / 09 2008 / 04 / 26 Nintendo EAD
9 Donkey Kong Country Super NES 800 2006 / 12 / 12 2007 / 02 / 19 2006 / 12 / 08 2006 / 12 / 07 2008 / 05 / 26 Rareware
10 Mario's Super Picross Super NES 800/900 2006 / 12 / 19 X mark.svg 2007 / 09 / 14 2007 / 09 / 14 X mark.svg Jupiter Co., Ltd.
11 Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 1,000 2007 / 01 / 30 2007 / 01 / 29 2007 / 01 / 26 2007 / 01 / 26 2008 / 04 / 26 Nintendo EAD
12 Yoshi NES 500 2007 / 03 / 06 2007 / 07 / 09 2007 / 05 / 16 2007 / 05 / 18 2008 / 08 / 12 Game Freak
13 Donkey Kong Jr. Math NES 500 2007 / 03 / 27 2007 / 09 / 03 2007 / 04 / 20 2007 / 04 / 20 X mark.svg Nintendo R&D 2
14 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels NES 500/600 2007 / 05 / 01 2007 / 10 / 01 2007 / 09 / 14 2007 / 09 / 14 X mark.svg Nintendo EAD
15 NES Open Tournament Golf NES 500 2007 / 07 / 24 2007 / 06 / 18 2007 / 05 / 11 2007 / 05 / 11 2008 / 08 / 26 Nintendo EAD
16 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Super NES 800 2007 / 10 / 23 2007 / 05 / 21 2007 / 05 / 16 2007 / 05 / 18 2008 / 11 / 25 Rareware
17 Super Mario Bros. 2 NES 500 2007 / 08 / 10 2007 / 07 / 02 2007 / 05 / 25 2007 / 05 / 25 2008 / 07 / 15 Nintendo EAD
18 Paper Mario Nintendo 64 1,000 2007 / 07 / 10 2007 / 07 / 16 2007 / 07 / 13 2007 / 07 / 13 X mark.svg Intelligent Systems
19 Wrecking Crew NES 500 2008 / 02 / 05 2007 / 11 / 19 2007 / 08 / 24 2007 / 08 / 24 X mark.svg Nintendo R&D 1
20 Yoshi's Story Nintendo 64 1,000 2007 / 10 / 30 2007 / 09 / 17 2007 / 10 / 26 2007 / 10 / 26 X mark.svg Nintendo EAD
21 Super Mario Bros. 3 NES 500 2007 / 12 / 11 2007 / 11 / 05 2007 / 11 / 09 2007 / 11 / 09 2008 / 05 / 26 Nintendo EAD
22 Panel de Pon Super NES 800 2007 / 11 / 27 X mark.svg X mark.svg X mark.svg 2008 / 09 / 30 Intelligent Systems
23 Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Super NES 800 2008 / 10 / 21 2007 / 12 / 24 2007 / 12 / 25 2007 / 12 / 25 X mark.svg Rareware
24 Yoshi's Cookie NES 500 2008 / 06 / 10 2008 / 04 / 07 2008 / 04 / 04 2008 / 04 / 04 2008 / 11 / 11 Nintendo R&D 1
25 Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Super NES 800/900 2008 / 06 / 24 2008 / 09 / 01 2008 / 08 / 22 2008 / 08 / 22 X mark.svg Square Enix
26 Donkey Kong 3 NES 500 2008 / 07 / 23 2008 / 07 / 14 2009 / 01 / 09 2009 / 01 / 09 X mark.svg Nintendo EAD
27 Mario Golf Nintendo 64 1,000 2008 / 09 / 30 2008 / 10 / 06 2009 / 01 / 23 2009 / 01 / 23 X mark.svg Camelot
28 Super Smash Bros. Nintendo 64 1,000 2009 / 01 / 20 2009 / 12 / 21 2009 / 06 / 12 2009 / 06 / 12 X mark.svg HAL Labs
29 Super Mario Kart Super NES 800 2009 / 06 / 09 2009 / 11 / 23 2010 / 04 / 02 2010 / 04 / 02 X mark.svg Nintendo EAD
30 Mario Tennis Nintendo 64 1,000 2010 / 08 / 31 2010 / 06 / 28 2010 / 06 / 18 2010 / 06 / 18 X mark.svg Camelot
31 Mario Party 2 Nintendo 64 1,000 2010 / 11 / 02 2010 / 12 / 20 2010 / 12 / 24 2010 / 12 / 24 X mark.svg Hudson

Note: The Donkey Kong Country series has been delisted shortly before the Wii U's release (except in South Korea), likely due to Microsoft's desire to renegotiate licensing agreements with Nintendo before re-releasing it. Yoshi's Cookie for the NES had been delisted in October 2013 (except in South Korea). Panel de Pon is the original Japanese version of Tetris Attack, which was released as a Yoshi game for the Super NES outside of Japan.

Nintendo 3DS

Games on the Virtual Console of the Nintendo 3DS do not have 3D capabilities, except for 3D Classics. They are sold via Nintendo eShop. They have various sound effects that play upon selecting a game depending on their originating game system. The Game Boy and Game Boy Color games have the standard Game Boy boot-up screen sound effect play. The Game Boy Advance games have the Game Boy Advance bootup screen occur. The NES/Famicom Disk System games have a coin sound effect from Super Mario Bros. playing in the background. Finally, the Super NES games have the coin sound effect from Super Mario World playing in the background.

The following Mario games have been released on the Virtual Console of the Nintendo 3DS:

# Icon Game Platform Price JP release NA release EU release OC release SK release Developer(s)
1 SMLicon.png Super Mario Land Game Boy JP ¥411
US $3.99
EU €4.00
UK £3.60
AU $6.00
KR ₩4000 		2011 / 06 / 07 2011 / 06 / 06 2011 / 06 / 07 2011 / 06 / 07 2016 / 02 / 03 Nintendo R&D 1
2 Virtual Console icon for Alleyway. Alleyway Game Boy JP ¥411
US $2.99
EU €3.00
UK £2.70
AU $4.50
KR ₩4000 		2011 / 08 / 03 2011 / 06 / 06 2011 / 06 / 07 2011 / 06 / 07 2016 / 06 / 01 Nintendo R&D 1, Intelligent Systems
3 Virtual Console icon for the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong Game Boy JP ¥411
US $3.99
EU €4.00
UK £3.70
AU $6.00
KR ₩4000 		2011 / 06 / 15 2011 / 06 / 16 2011 / 06 / 16 2011 / 06 / 16 2016 / 02 / 03 Nintendo EAD, Pax Softnica
4 GWGicon.PNG Game & Watch Gallery Game Boy JP ¥411
US $2.99
EU €3.00
UK £2.70
AU $4.50 		2011 / 06 / 22 2011 / 07 / 14 2011 / 07 / 21 2011 / 07 / 21 X mark.svg TOSE
5 Golficon.png Golf Game Boy JP ¥411
US $2.99
EU €3.00
UK £2.70
AU $4.50
KR ₩4000 		2011 / 06 / 29 2011 / 09 / 08 2011 / 10 / 13 2011 / 10 / 13 2016 / 07 / 20 Intelligent Systems
6 MarioPicrossicon.png Mario's Picross Game Boy JP ¥411
US $3.99
EU €4.00
UK £3.60
AU $6.00 		2011 / 09 / 21 2011 / 08 / 04 2011 / 07 / 14 2011 / 07 / 14 X mark.svg Jupiter
7 Virtual Console icon for Dr. Mario (game). Dr. Mario Game Boy JP ¥411
US $3.99
EU €3.00
UK £2.70
AU $4.50
KR ₩4000 		2011 / 07 / 27 2012 / 10 / 04 2012 / 03 / 22 2012 / 03 / 22 2016 / 05 / 18 Nintendo R&D 1
8 SML2icon.png Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Game Boy JP ¥411
US $3.99
EU €4.00
UK £3.60
AU $6.00
KR ₩4000 		2011 / 10 / 12 2011 / 09 / 29 2011 / 09 / 29 2011 / 09 / 29 2016 / 06 / 01 Nintendo R&D 1
9 WLSML3 icon.png Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Game Boy JP ¥411
US $3.99
EU €4.00
UK £3.60
AU $6.00
KR ₩4000 		2011 / 12 / 14 2012 / 07 / 26 2012 / 02 / 16 2012 / 02 / 16 2016 / 05 / 18 Nintendo R&D 1
10 File:SMB icon.png Super Mario Bros. NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €5.00
UK £4.50
AU $7.50
KR ₩5000 		2012 / 01 / 05 2012 / 02 / 16 2012 / 03 / 01 2012 / 03 / 01 2016 / 02 / 03 Nintendo EAD
11 GWG2icon.png Game & Watch Gallery 2 Game Boy
Game Boy Color 		JP ¥411
US $3.99
EU €4.00
UK £3.60
AU $6.00 		2012 / 03 / 21 2012 / 05 / 24 2012 / 05 / 03 2012 / 05 / 03 X mark.svg TOSE
12 WL2icon.png Wario Land II Game Boy Color JP ¥617
US $4.99
EU €5.00
UK £4.50
AU $7.50
KR ₩6000 		2012 / 04 / 04 2012 / 12 / 20 2012 / 07 / 19 2012 / 07 / 19 2016 / 03 / 02 Nintendo R&D 1
13 File:DKJRicon.png Donkey Kong Jr. NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $7.50
KR ₩5000 		2012 / 04 / 18 2012 / 06 / 14 2012 / 08 / 23 2012 / 08 / 23 2016 / 04 / 06 Nintendo R&D 2
14 WL3icon.png Wario Land 3 Game Boy Color JP ¥617
US $4.99
EU €5.00
UK £4.50
AU $7.50 		2012 / 05 / 02 2013 / 08 / 29 2012 / 12 / 06 2012 / 12 / 06 X mark.svg Nintendo R&D 1
15 NESGolficon.png NES Open Tournament Golf NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.00
UK £3.60
AU $6.00 		2012 / 08 / 08 2012 / 07 / 05 2012 / 08 / 23 2012 / 08 / 23 X mark.svg Nintendo R&D 2
16 File:SMBLLicon.png Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $6.50
KR ₩5000 		2012 / 07 / 25 2012 / 12 / 27 2012 / 12 / 27 2012 / 12 / 27 2016 / 07 / 06 Nintendo EAD
17 Yoshiicon.png Yoshi NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $6.50 		2012 / 08 / 22 2013 / 02 / 21 2013 / 05 / 02 2013 / 05 / 02 X mark.svg Game Freak
18 File:WCicon.png Wrecking Crew NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €3.99
UK £3.59
AU $5.20
KR ₩5000 		2012 / 09 / 19 2013 / 03 / 07 2013 / 05 / 09 2013 / 05 / 10 2016 / 05 / 18 Nintendo R&D 1
19 MGGBCicon.png Mario Golf Game Boy Color JP ¥617
US $4.99
EU €5.00a
UK £4.50a
AU $7.50a 		2012 / 10 / 03 2012 / 10 / 11 2014 / 05 / 29a 2014 / 05 / 29a X mark.svg Camelot
20 Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console icon for Donkey Kong Donkey Kong NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $6.50
KR ₩5000 		2012 / 10 / 17 2013 / 08 / 15 2013 / 11 / 21 2013 / 11 / 21 2016 / 03 / 02 Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
21 Picross2icon.png Picross 2 Game Boy JP ¥411 2012 / 10 / 24 X mark.svg X mark.svg X mark.svg X mark.svg Jupiter
22 SMUSAicon.png Super Mario Bros. 2 NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $6.50
KR ₩5000 		2012 / 11 / 28 2013 / 07 / 11 2013 / 08 / 07 2013 / 08 / 08 2016 / 03 / 02 Nintendo EAD
23 SMB3icon.png Super Mario Bros. 3 NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $6.50
KR ₩5000 		2013 / 01 / 01 2014 / 04 / 17 2013 / 12 / 26 2013 / 12 / 26 2016 / 04 / 06 Nintendo EAD
24 File:DK3icon.png Donkey Kong 3 NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $6.50
KR ₩5000 		2013 / 03 / 27 2013 / 12 / 05 2013 / 12 / 12 2013 / 12 / 12 2016 / 07 / 06 Nintendo EAD
25 MBicon.png Mario Bros. NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 05 / 08 2014 / 01 / 30 2014 / 01 / 09 2014 / 01 / 09 X mark.svg Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
26 WarioWoodicon.png Wario's Woods NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $6.50
KR ₩5000 		2013 / 05 / 29 2013 / 11 / 07 2013 / 10 / 24 2013 / 10 / 24 2016 / 07 / 20 Nintendo, Intelligent Systems
27 MTGB VCicon.png Mario Tennis Game Boy Color JP ¥617
US $5.99
EU €5.00
UK £4.50
AU $7.50 		2013 / 06 / 26 2013 / 12 / 26 2014 / 01 / 02 2014 / 01 / 02 X mark.svg Camelot
28 Virtual Console icon for Tetris Attack. Tetris Attack Game Boy JP ¥411 2013 / 12 / 11 X mark.svg X mark.svg X mark.svg X mark.svg Intelligent Systems
29 Virtual Console icon for Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Game Boy Color JP ¥N/Ab
US $5.99
EU €5.00c
UK £4.50c
AU $6.00c
KR ₩6000 		2014 / 01 / 27b
 2014 / 12 / 25 2014 / 02 / 27c 2014 / 02 / 28c 2016 / 05 / 04 Nintendo R&D 2
30 Virtual Console icon for Donkey Kong Land. Donkey Kong Land Game Boy JP ¥411
US $3.99
EU €3.00
UK £2.70
AU $4.50 		2014 / 04 / 02 2015 / 02 / 26 2014 / 10 / 16 2014 / 10 / 17 X mark.svg Rareware
31 Donkey Kong Land 2 3DS Virtual Console Icon Donkey Kong Land 2 Game Boy JP ¥411
US $3.99
EU €3.00
UK £2.70
AU $4.50 		2014 / 04 / 16 2015 / 02 / 26 2014 / 10 / 23 2014 / 10 / 24 X mark.svg Rareware
32 VC Icon for Donkey Kong Land III Donkey Kong Land III Game Boy
Game Boy Color 		JP ¥617
US $3.99
EU €3.00
UK £2.70
AU $4.50 		2014 / 05 / 07 2015 / 02 / 26 2014 / 10 / 30 2014 / 10 / 31 X mark.svg Rareware
33 Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console icon for Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Original Edition NES EU €4.99
UK £4.49
AU $6.50 		X mark.svg X mark.svg 2014 / 09 / 18 2014 / 09 / 19 X mark.svg Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
34 Game & Watch Gallery 3 Virtual Console Icon Game & Watch Gallery 3 Game Boy Color JP ¥N/Ad
US $3.99
EU €5.00
UK £4.50
AU $7.50 		2014 / 11 / 24d 2015 / 02 / 05 2014 / 09 / 25 2014 / 09 / 26 X mark.svg Nintendo R&D 1, TOSE
35 Super Mario World (New 3DS) Virtual Console Icon Super Mario Worlde Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2016 / 03 / 04 2016 / 03 / 03 2016 / 03 / 03 2016 / 03 / 04 X mark.svg Nintendo EAD
36 Donkey Kong Country (New 3DS) Virtual Console Icon Donkey Kong Countrye Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2016 / 03 / 04 2016 / 03 / 24 2016 / 03 / 24 2016 / 03 / 25 X mark.svg Rareware
37 Super Mario Kart (New Nintendo 3DS) Virtual Console Icon Super Mario Karte Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2016 / 05 / 09 2016 / 03 / 24 2016 / 03 / 17 2016 / 03 / 18 X mark.svg Nintendo EAD
38 Donkey Kong Country 2 (New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console) Icon Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Queste Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2016 / 04 / 06 2016 / 04 / 14 2016 / 03 / 24 2016 / 03 / 25 X mark.svg Rareware
39 Donkey Kong Country 3 (New Nintendo 3DS) Virtual Console Icon Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!e Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2016 / 05 / 09 2016 / 06 / 02 2016 / 06 / 02 2016 / 06 / 03 X mark.svg Rareware
40 Panel de Pon New 3DS VC Icon Panel de Ponef Super NES JP ¥823 2016 / 08 / 09 X mark.svg X mark.svg X mark.svg X mark.svg Intelligent Systems
41 Mario's Super Picross VC Icon (3DS) Mario's Super Picrosse Super NES JP ¥823
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2016 / 11 / 28 X mark.svg 2016 / 11 / 03 2016 / 11 / 04 X mark.svg Jupiter Co., Ltd.

a. Available for free to participants who purchase Mario Golf: World Tour from the Nintendo eShop from May 2, 2014 to May 29, 2014.
b. Available only to participants who registered their Nintendo Network ID before January 13, 2014. It is currently unavailable to the general public.
c. The European edition of the Nintendo Direct December 18, 2013 reveals a promotion for Nintendo 3DS users, as those who registered their Nintendo Network ID before the end of January 2014 will be eligible to receive a free download code of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe from the Nintendo eShop on February 13, 2014.
d. Available only to participants who registered Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and one of Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire with Club Nintendo from November 21, 2014 to January 20, 2015. It is currently unavailable to the general public.
e. Available only on New Nintendo 3DS systems.
f. Panel de Pon is the original Japanese version of Tetris Attack, which was released as a Yoshi game for the Super NES outside of Japan.

Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program

All of these games are available as free downloads for consumers who purchased a Nintendo 3DS prior to the August 12, 2011 price drop. The NES titles were first available in Japan on August 31, 2011 for these ambassadors, and available worldwide on September 1, 2011. The Game Boy Advance games were released in Australia on December 15, 2011, and worldwide on December 16, 2011. The Legend of Zelda became available in the Japanese eShop on December 22, 2011, making it the first Ambassador game released to the public. Currently, all NES titles offered by the Ambassador Program are available worldwide on the eShop. Nintendo has announced that GBA games will remain exclusive to 3DS ambassadors. GBA games have been released on the Wii U instead, and there are currently no plans for Nintendo 3DS Virtual releases.

Mario NES games
Mario Game Boy Advance games

Wii U

Games on the Virtual Console of the Wii U can be played on the Wii U GamePad and Wii U Pro Controller. As with the Nintendo 3DS, they are also sold via Nintendo eShop.

# Icon Game Platform Price JP release NA release EU release OC release Developer(s)
1 SMWicon.png Super Mario World Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2013 / 04 / 27 2013 / 04 / 26 2013 / 04 / 27 2013 / 04 / 28 Nintendo EAD
2 DKJRWiiUIcon.jpg Donkey Kong Jr. NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 07 / 15 2013 / 04 / 26 2013 / 04 / 27 2013 / 04 / 28 Nintendo R&D 2
3 MSPicon.png Mario's Super Picross Super NES JP ¥823
EU €4.00
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2013 / 04 / 27 X mark.svg 2013 / 04 / 27 2013 / 04 / 28 Jupiter Co., Ltd.
4 SMB2icon.png
SMUSAIconWiiU.jpg 		Super Mario Bros. 2 NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2014 / 03 / 19 2013 / 05 / 16 2013 / 05 / 16 2013 / 05 / 16 Nintendo EAD
5 MBWIIUicon.png Mario Bros. NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 05 / 29 2013 / 06 / 20 2013 / 06 / 20 2013 / 06 / 20 Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
6 Panel de Pon Wii U VC Icon Panel de Pona Super NES JP ¥823 2013 / 05 / 29 X mark.svg X mark.svg X mark.svg Intelligent Systems
7 File:SMB VCicon.png Super Mario Bros. NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 06 / 05 2013 / 09 / 19 2013 / 09 / 12 2013 / 09 / 12 Nintendo EAD
8 YoshiWiiUicon.png Yoshi NES JP ¥514 (¥30*)
US $4.99 ($0.30*)
EU €4.99 (€0.30*)
UK £3.49 (£0.30*)
AU $6.50 ($0.30*) 		2013 / 06 / 12 2013 / 06 / 12 2013 / 06 / 13 2013 / 06 / 13 Game Freak
9 SMKicon.png Super Mario Kart Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2013 / 06 / 19 2014 / 08 / 06 2014 / 03 / 27 2014 / 03 / 28 Nintendo EAD
10 File:Wreckingcrewicon.png Wrecking Crew NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 06 / 19 2013 / 06 / 20 2013 / 06 / 20 2013 / 06 / 20 Nintendo R&D 1
11 Wii Virtual Console icon for Donkey Kong Donkey Kong NES JP ¥514 (¥30*)
US $4.99 ($0.30*)
EU €4.99 (€0.30*)
UK £3.49 (£0.30*)
AU $6.50 ($0.30*) 		2013 / 07 / 15 2013 / 07 / 15 2013 / 07 / 15 2013 / 07 / 15 Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D 2
12 File:SMBLL Virtual Console Icon.jpg Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 08 / 08 2014 / 03 / 13 2014 / 01 / 23 2014 / 01 / 23 Nintendo EAD
13 File:DK3VCicon.jpg Donkey Kong 3 NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 11 / 06 2013 / 09 / 26 2013 / 10 / 24 2013 / 10 / 24 Nintendo EAD
14 GolfVCIcon.jpg Golf NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 11 / 13 2013 / 10 / 10 2013 / 10 / 10 2013 / 10 / 10 Nintendo EAD
15 PinballIcon.jpg Pinball NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 10 / 23 2013 / 10 / 24 2013 / 10 / 24 2013 / 10 / 24 Nintendo EAD
16 Wii U Virtual Console icon for Wario's Woods. Wario's Woods NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2014 / 01 / 29 2013 / 11 / 07 2014 / 02 / 27 2014 / 02 / 27 Nintendo, Intelligent Systems
17 Virtual Console icon for Super Mario Bros. 3. Super Mario Bros. 3 NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2013 / 12 / 25 2014 / 04 / 17 2013 / 12 / 26 2013 / 12 / 26 Nintendo EAD
18 Virtual Console icon for NES Open Tournament Golf. NES Open Tournament Golf NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2014 / 01 / 15 2014 / 03 / 06 2014 / 02 / 06 2014 / 02 / 06 Nintendo R&D 2
19 DrMarioVCIcon.jpg Dr. Mario NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2014 / 02 / 26 2014 / 03 / 27 2014 / 02 / 13 2014 / 02 / 14 Nintendo R&D 1
20 Virtual Console icon for Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $7.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 04 / 30 2014 / 04 / 03 2014 / 04 / 03 2014 / 04 / 03 AlphaDream
21 Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 VC Icon Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $7.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 04 / 03 2014 / 12 / 25 2016 / 03 / 10 2016 / 03 / 11 Nintendo EAD
22 Virtual Console icon for WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $6.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 04 / 03 2014 / 04 / 10 2014 / 04 / 10 2014 / 04 / 10 Nintendo R&D 1
23 Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Virtual Console Wii U Icon Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $7.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 10 / 15 2014 / 04 / 24 2014 / 04 / 24 2014 / 04 / 25 Nintendo EAD
24 Virtual Console icon for Mario Tennis Advance. Mario Tennis: Power Tour Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $6.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 04 / 30 2014 / 07 / 03 2014 / 06 / 26 2014 / 06 / 26 Camelot
25 Virtual Console icon for Wario Land 4. Wario Land 4 Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $7.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 04 / 30 2014 / 05 / 08 2014 / 06 / 05 2014 / 06 / 05 Nintendo R&D 1
26 Super Mario Advance Wii U VC Icon Super Mario Advance Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $7.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 07 / 16 2014 / 11 / 06 2016 / 03 / 10 2016 / 03 / 11 Nintendo R&D2
27 Mario vs. Donkey Kong Wii U Virtual Console icon. Mario vs. Donkey Kong Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $6.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 07 / 23 2017 / 02 / 09 2015 / 09 / 17 2015 / 09 / 18 NST
28 eShop and Wii U Menu icon for Donkey Kong Jr. Math. Donkey Kong Jr. Math NES JP ¥514
US $4.99
EU €4.99
UK £3.49
AU $6.50 		2015 / 04 / 15 2014 / 08 / 28 2015 / 01 / 22 2015 / 01 / 23 Nintendo R&D 2
29 Mario Golf: Advance Tour Wii U VC Icon Mario Golf: Advance Tour Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $6.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 09 / 10 2014 / 09 / 25 2014 / 08 / 28 2014 / 08 / 28 Camelot
30 Mario Pinball Land Virtual Console Icon Mario Pinball Land Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $6.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 09 / 17 2014 / 11 / 27 2014 / 09 / 11 2014 / 09 / 11 Fuse Games
31 Donkey Kong Country VC Icon (Wii U) Donkey Kong Country Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2014 / 11 / 26 2015 / 02 / 26 2014 / 10 / 16 2014 / 10 / 17 Rareware
32 Donkey Kong Country 2 VC Icon (Wii U) Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2014 / 11 / 26 2015 / 02 / 26 2014 / 10 / 23 2014 / 10 / 24 Rareware
33 eShop and Wii U Menu icon for Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2014 / 11 / 26 2015 / 02 / 26 2014 / 10 / 30 2014 / 10 / 31 Rareware
34 Mario Kart: Super Circuit Virtual Console Icon Mario Kart: Super Circuit Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $7.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2015 / 07 / 22 2014 / 11 / 13 2015 / 04 / 23 2015 / 04 / 24 Intelligent Systems
35 DK: King of Swing VC Icon (Wii U) DK: King of Swing Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $6.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2014 / 11 / 19 2014 / 11 / 20 2015 / 01 / 22 2015 / 01 / 23 Paon
36 Mario Party Advance Virtual Console Icon Mario Party Advance Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $6.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2015 / 10 / 28 2014 / 12 / 25 2014 / 12 / 25 2014 / 12 / 26 Hudson Soft
37 Donkey Kong 64 VC Icon Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo 64 JP ¥1028
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 04 / 02 2015 / 04 / 16 2015 / 04 / 01 2015 / 04 / 02 Rareware
38 Mario Kart DS VC Icon Mario Kart DS Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2016 / 05 / 25 2015 / 04 / 23 2015 / 04 / 01 2015 / 04 / 02 Nintendo EAD
39 Super Mario 64 VC Icon Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64 JP ¥1028
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 04 / 08 2015 / 04 / 01 2015 / 04 / 01 2015 / 04 / 02 Nintendo EAD
40 WarioWare: Touched! VC Icon WarioWare: Touched! Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 04 / 15 2015 / 04 / 09 2015 / 04 / 01 2015 / 04 / 02 Nintendo SPD Group No. 1, Intelligent Systems
41 Yoshi's Island DS VC Icon Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 04 / 08 2015 / 04 / 01 2015 / 05 / 07 2015 / 05 / 08 Nintendo EAD, Artoon
42 New Super Mario Bros. VC Icon New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 04 / 02 2015 / 05 / 14 2015 / 12 / 17 2015 / 12 / 18 Nintendo EAD
43 Yoshi: Touch & Go VC Icon Yoshi Touch & Go Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99a
UK £8.99a
AU $13.00a 		2016 / 05 / 18 2015 / 04 / 09 2015 / 07 / 23b 2015 / 07 / 24b Nintendo EAD
44 Paper Mario Virtual Console Icon Paper Mario Nintendo 64 JP ¥1028
US $ 9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 07 / 15 2015 / 04 / 30 2015 / 05 / 21 2015 / 05 / 22 Intelligent Systems
45 SMRPG2 VCicon.png Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 06 / 10 2015 / 06 / 25 2015 / 07 / 16 2015 / 07 / 17 AlphaDream
46 DKJC VCicon.png DK: Jungle Climber Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 07 / 08 2015 / 07 / 23 2015 / 08 / 06 2015 / 08 / 07 Paon
47 Mario Tennis Virtual Console Icon Mario Tennis Nintendo 64 JP ¥1028
US $9.99
EU €9.99b
UK £8.99b
AU $13.00b 		2016 / 07 / 20 2015 / 07 / 09 2015 / 12 / 17c 2015 / 12 / 18c Camelot
48 SMRPG VCicon.png Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Super NES JP ¥823
US $7.99
EU €4.99
UK £5.49
AU $10.40 		2015 / 08 / 05 2016 / 06 / 30 2015 / 12 / 24 2015 / 12 / 25 Square Enix
49 Wario: Master of Disguise (Virtual Console Icon) Wario: Master of Disguise Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 10 / 07 2016 / 06 / 09 2015 / 08 / 20 2015 / 08 / 21 SUZAKU
50 Mario Golf 64 Wii U Virtual Console Icon Mario Golf Nintendo 64 JP ¥1028
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2015 / 09 / 02 2015 / 09 / 03 2015 / 10 / 08 2015 / 10 / 09 Camelot
51 Mario VS Donkey Kong 2 VC Icon Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2016 / 08 / 17 2016 / 10 / 06 2015 / 09 / 17 2015 / 09 / 18 NST
52 Game & Watch Gallery Advance (Virtual Console Icon) Game & Watch Gallery 4 Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $6.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2016 / 03 / 16 2016 / 04 / 07 2015 / 12 / 10 2015 / 12 / 11 TOSE
53 Super Mario 64 DS (Virtual Console Icon) Super Mario 64 DS Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2016 / 01 / 06 2016 / 08 / 25 2015 / 12 / 24 2015 / 12 / 25 Nintendo EAD
54 Super Mario Advance 4 Icon (Virtual Console) Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Boy Advance JP ¥702
US $7.99
EU €6.99
UK £6.29
AU $9.10 		2015 / 12 / 29 2016 / 01 / 21 2016 / 03 / 10 2016 / 03 / 11 Nintendo EAD
55 Mario Kart 64 (Virtual Console Icon) Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 JP ¥1028
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2016 / 01 / 06 2016 / 12 / 29 2016 / 01 / 21 2016 / 01 / 22 Nintendo EAD
56 Yoshi's Story (Virtual Console Icon) Yoshi's Story Nintendo 64 JP ¥1028
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2016 / 02 / 17 2016 / 03 / 24 2016 / 04 / 14 2016 / 04 / 15 Nintendo EAD
57 Mario Party 2 (Virtual Console) Icon Mario Party 2 Nintendo 64 JP ¥1028
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2016 / 03 / 30 2016 / 12 / 22 2016 / 04 / 21 2016 / 04 / 22 Hudson
58 Mario Party DS Wii U VC Icon Mario Party DS Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2016 / 04 / 27 2016 / 04 / 21 2016 / 04 / 21 2016 / 04 / 22 Hudson Soft
59 Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Virtual Console Icon for Wii U Mario Hoops 3-on-3 Nintendo DS JP ¥950
US $9.99
EU €9.99
UK £8.99
AU $13.00 		2016 / 05 / 11 2016 / 11 / 03 2016 / 05 / 26 2016 / 05 / 26 Square Enix
60 Wrecking Crew '98 VC Icon Wrecking Crew '98 Super NES JP ¥823 2016 / 09 / 28 X mark.svg X mark.svg X mark.svg Nintendo R&D 1, Pax Softnica

a. Panel de Pon is the original Japanese version of Tetris Attack, which was released as a Yoshi game for the Super NES outside of Japan.
b. Available for free to participants who purchase Yoshi's Woolly World from the Nintendo eShop from June 25, 2015 (Oceania)/June 26, 2015 (Europe) to July 23, 2015.
c. Available for free to participants who purchase Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash from the Nintendo eShop from November 20, 2015 (Europe)/November 21, 2015 (Oceania) to December 17, 2015.
* In the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Famicom, Virtual Console titles were on sale at a reduced price of 30 cents until July 12, 2013 (Yoshi) and August 13, 2013 (Donkey Kong).

Notes

Wii

  • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels was only available in Europe and Australia from September 15, 2007 until October 1, 2007. It was then still available to freely re-download for those who purchased it while it was initially available. On August 22, 2008, it was made available again, this time without any time restrictions.
    • This is also the first time that the NES version was made available outside Japan, having been remade for the SNES elsewhere. Thus, its title screen reads "Super Mario Bros. 2", its Japanese name, and on the Wii Shop Channel and Wii U eShop it is considered a import game.
  • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was regarded by Nintendo as the 250th game to be released on the Virtual Console in North America. Its European Virtual Console release was the first official release of that game in the region.
  • Timed demos of several Virtual Console games are included in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, all of which star the game's various fighters. The only default Mario title is Super Mario Bros.; Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros. 2, and Super Mario World are also included, but they must first be unlocked.
  • For reasons unknown, the NES version of Yoshi's Cookie was de-listed in all regions except South Korea, and it can be re-downloaded by those who purchased at its time of availability.
  • In November 2012, the Donkey Kong Country SNES trilogy was unlisted from the Wii Shop Channel in all regions except South Korea. On November 25, 2012, the games became "unavailable for purchase" on the European Wii Shop, though they were removed in North America without any prior warning. Two years later, in 2014, the Donkey Kong Country trilogy was released on the Wii U Virtual Console, and were added back to the Wii Virtual Console around the same time. It is unknown why the games were unlisted but it could be due to legal issues with Microsoft, who acquired the games' development studio, Rare, in 2002. At its time of removal, each Donkey Kong Country title was still available to be re-downloaded by players who had purchased the games during their time of availability.
  • Transfer Pak functions and online N64 Tournaments like the Mario Tennis Ring Tournament mode are not supported.
  • N64 & Neo-Geo games don't support suspend functionality.
  • N64 Controller Pak functionality is not supported.
  • N64 games do not support the Rumble Pak functionality, despite GameCube controllers having built-in rumble controls.

Nintendo 3DS

  • Only NES titles support multiplayer due to the GB, GBC, and GBA (Ambassadors only) games being too complicated to recode the games to add wireless features and there being no link port for multiplayer. NES games that have simultaneous multiplayer utilize 3DS Download Play, and Game Gear games, as well as Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal, use local play while NES games that only have alternating multiplayer are played on a single 3DS. To alternate players when playing NES games, simultaneously press L Button and R Button to display a pair of controllers in the lower-right corner of the top screen; press Y Button while they are displayed to switch control between players 1 and 2.
    • This feature can also be used when playing Game Boy titles to change the screen color from gray to the classic green.
  • While loading Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or (Ambassadors only) Game Boy Advance titles from the HOME Menu, by holding Start Button or Select Button the game on the top screen will be shrunk to its original resolution.
    • Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles will also display virtual versions of their respective consoles surrounding the screen to give the illusion of playing on the actual console. GBA, DS, and DSiWare games just shrink the screen to the screen size from the original consoles.
  • Many games (excluding the aforementioned Pokémon games) have been given the ability to create one save file each. This can be disabled or enabled by simultaneously holding R Button, X Button and Start Button.
  • GBA Ambassador games do not rely on hardware emulation; instead, they rely on hardware simulation with the 3DS booting into the GBA's firmware to play the games natively, the same way the 3DS handles DS backwards compatibility. Due to this, GBA games do not support Virtual Console features like Save and Restore Points, sleep mode, and Home Menu Access.
    • This occurs because the 3DS is not powerful enough to emulate the GBA in the same way it does other Virtual Console games. (This is also why GBA games are not available for purchase on the 3DS eShop.) Through hacking, it is possible to load GBA games into a regular Virtual Console emulator, but performance is slow and the ability to do this was removed in a later update.

Wii U

  • The player can create save states and remap controller buttons. For GBA games, there are options to change scaling, enable pixel smoothing, and view scans of the original paper manual.
  • The Wii Remote can be used for SNES and GBA games if Two Button is held while the game loads.
  • The NES games have a bilinear filter applied while the N64 games have a filter applied that doubles their resolution.
  • N64 games support Rumble Pak functions, but won't support Transfer or Controller Pak functions.
  • GBA and DS titles can only be played in single player mode.

Changes

Although Virtual Console games are mostly faithful to the originals, some games have received slight changes:

Wii

  • Super Mario 64
    • During gameplay, the drop shadows located at the top and bottom of the screen have been removed and can only return if Mario loses all of his Health Points.
    • Chain Chomp's mouth is purple instead of red, possibly because the game in general is made a bit darker.
    • The player can't put a small Block between and on top of a larger Block.[2]
    • Vanish Mario appears purely transparent instead of flickering in dithered colors for unknown reasons.[citation needed]
    • All lag and loading times have been removed, and the game is impossible to crash.
    • The sound is slightly quieter.
  • Mario Kart 64
    • When Lightning is used, the flash that appears during the use of that item has been adjusted to avoid the risk of seizures.
    • The Kalimari Desert course's train has its wheels recolored from red to black for unknown reasons.
    • In Koopa Troopa Beach, the waterfall at the end of the shortcut is recolored blue from the original gray.
    • The game timer is spaced slightly further apart. This is most notable between "00" and between the second quotes and the number preceding it.
    • Saving ghost data is impossible, due to the lack of Controller Pak functionality.
  • Mario Party 2
    • When selecting the amount of players in a game, all four options appear at once, regardless of how many controllers are plugged in. In the original, only the options equal to the amount of controllers plugged in are shown.
  • Mario Golf
    • The Transfer Pak feature to transfer characters from the GBC version (Sherry, Joe, Azalea, and Kid) is removed, as are the extra four square boxes used for transferred characters on the Character Select screen. Consequently, said characters cannot be played as.
  • Mario Tennis
    • The Ring Tournament mode in Special Games is removed and cannot be selected, since the service is no longer supported after the official website was replaced with its sequel Mario Power Tennis in 2004.
    • The ability to unlock characters and courts via the Transfer Pak (e.g. Alex, Nina, Harry, Kate, and each characters' personal courts, except for Donkey Kong's) is removed. They still exist in the game coding, but cannot be played as during normal gameplay.
  • Paper Mario
    • The brightness of the light from the Super Block has been adjusted to avoid the risk of seizures.[citation needed]
    • The walls in the temple in Dry Dry Desert appear more curved.
    • The Crystal King's clones are more transparent, making it easier to spot the real Crystal King.
    • Monstar has stars surrounding it.

Nintendo 3DS

  • Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy and Game Boy Color games
    • NES games include restore points and download play but Game Boy and Game Boy Color games don't support multiplayer. However, Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal allow players to trade Pokémon via Wi-Fi in place of a game link cable. With the exception of the Pokémon games, only NES, Game Gear, and TurboGrafx16 games fully support 2-player options. All ten NES games from the ambassador program did not gain these features until they were respectively re-released for public purchase. Original Game Boy games also include two switchable color palettes; black and white and black and green, in which the latter is a nostalgic approach to original "brick" Game Boy players since the first Game Boy model has a green-tinted screen.
  • Super Mario Bros. 2
    • The ground, sky, and waterfalls have a darker color scheme than in the Wii and Wii U VC versions.
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
    • The game's pixels appear more filtered and the background border is less dim compared to the Wii and Wii U VC versions.
  • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
    • The game's print and trade features have been disabled due to the lack of a Game Boy Printer accessory and infared port.
    • In the Fortune Teller, all references to multiplayer features were removed, and replaced with duplicates of other existing text strings.
    • In the album, the pictures that are normally unlocked via the use of link and infrared features are impossible to obtain without hacking.
  • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
    • The lightning strikes that occur at the entrance of Wario's castle are toned down to reduce the risk of seizures.
    • The pipe glitch that was possible to perform in the Game Boy version was fixed in the 3DS version.
  • Mario Golf and Mario Tennis
    • Characters that could be unlocked in the Nintendo 64 version are omitted due to the lack of Transfer Pak functionality in the Wii VC versions and visa-versa in the 3DS versions.
  • Wario Land 3
    • Various cutscenes, such as the one where The Steep Canyon initially becomes accessible, have altered color palettes to reduce the risk of seizures.

Wii U

  • NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS games
    • All games include restore points, Wii U GamePad Off-TV play, and previously included Miiverse support. Unlike on the Wii VC, N64 games support Rumble Pak functions which are replicated by the GamePad rumbling when needed. GBA, N64, and DS games also include their original instruction booklets.
    • GBA and Nintendo DS games do not support multiplayer. Nintendo DS games also do not include GameCube/Wii connectivity. Only a few DS games, such as The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, support sleep mode. N64 games do not support Transfer Pak functions.
    • All changes made to Wii VC versions of games were retained unless stated otherwise.
  • Game & Watch Gallery 4
    • For the Japanese Virtual Console release, this game has been fully translated into Japanese, with its title being Game Boy Gallery 4. This game was originally unreleased in Japan.
  • Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
    • The Virtual Console version has all 38 e-Reader levels built-in the game, including the ones that were previously only released in Japan, and they can be accessed from the Data Select screen. Originally, this required the use of the Nintendo e-Reader to scan Level Cards, which is incompatible with the Wii U. Also, the original game could only support up to 32 levels at a time. This is also the first time these levels are released in Europe and Oceania, as the Nintendo e-Reader was never released there.

Gallery

  • Icon from the Wii's Virtual Console.

    Icon from the Wii's Virtual Console.

  • Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console old selection on Nintendo eShop.

    Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console old selection on Nintendo eShop.

  • Wii U's Virtual Console logo.

    Wii U's Virtual Console logo.

  • Wallpaper for the Wii U's Virtual Console.

    Wallpaper for the Wii U's Virtual Console.

See also

  • WiiWare — Applications and games that can be downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel.
  • DSiWare — Applications and games that can be downloaded from the DSi Shop.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese バーチャルコンソール[?]
Bācharu Konsōru 		Virtual Console
Chinese (simplified) 虚拟主机[3]
Xūnǐ Zhǔjī 		Virtual Console
Chinese (traditional) 遊戲殿堂[4]
Yóuxì Diàntáng
虛擬主機[5]
Xūnǐ Zhǔjī 		Game Hall

Virtual Console
Korean 버추얼 콘솔[?]
Beochueol Konsol 		?
Russian Виртуальная Консоль[?]
Virtualnaya Konsol 		?
Spanish Consola Virtual[?] ?

References

Virtual Console coverage on other NIWA wikis:
  1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-dttHujw0I
  2. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8bmbS-euNI&t=116
  3. ^ Nintendo HK. “精灵宝可梦(Pokémon) ”系列最新作品《精灵宝可梦 太阳／月亮》. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1057336102871171072
  5. ^ Nintendo HK. 『精靈寶可夢(Pokémon)』系列最新作品『精靈寶可夢 太陽／月亮』. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
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Wii games
Super Mario franchise Super Paper Mario (2007) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007) • Mario Party 8 (2007) • Super Mario Galaxy (2007) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) • Mario Kart Wii (2008) • Mario Super Sluggers (2008) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) • New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) • Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010) • Mario Sports Mix (2010) • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011) • Mario Party 9 (2012)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (2007) • Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Wario franchise WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006) • Wario Land: Shake It! (2008)
Other Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) • Captain Rainbow (2008) • Punch-Out!! (2009) • Rhythm Heaven Fever (2011) • Fortune Street (2011) • Skylanders: SuperChargers Racing (2015)
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2008) • Mario Power Tennis (2009)
Downloadable Dr. Mario Online Rx (2008) • WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase (2009) • Virtual Console games (2006–2010)
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Nintendo 3DS games
Super Mario franchise Super Mario 3D Land (2011) • Mario Kart 7 (2011) • Mario Tennis Open (2012) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012) • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012) • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013) • Mario Party: Island Tour (2013) • Mario Golf: World Tour (2014) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015) • Mario Party: Star Rush (2016) • Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016) • Mario Sports Superstars (2017) • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017) • Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2018) • Luigi's Mansion (2018) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (2013)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi's New Island (2014) • Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017)
Wario franchise WarioWare Gold (2018)
Nintendo eShop Club Nintendo Picross (2012) • Photos with Mario (2013) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013) • Club Nintendo Picross+ (2014) • Nintendo Badge Arcade (2014) • Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (2015) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) • Virtual Console games (2011-2016)
Crossovers Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2012) • Sonic Lost World (2013) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014) • Ultimate NES Remix (2014) • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (2015) • Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015) • Skylanders: SuperChargers Racing (2015) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) • Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition (2017)
Home menu AR Games • StreetPass Mii Plaza
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Wii U games
Super Mario franchise New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) • New Super Luigi U (2013) • Super Mario 3D World (2013) • Mario Kart 8 (2014) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015) • Mario Party 10 (2015) • Super Mario Maker (2015) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi's Woolly World (2015)
Wario franchise Game & Wario (2013)
Crossovers Nintendo Land (2012) • Sonic Lost World (2013) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) • Skylanders: SuperChargers (2015) • Minecraft: Wii U Edition (2015) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
Compilations New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U (2013) • NES Remix Pack (2014)
Nintendo eShop NES Remix (2013) • Dr. Luigi (2013) • NES Remix 2 (2014) • amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits (2015) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) • Virtual Console games (2013-2016)

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