Euro Virtual Console Launch Line-Up

Nintendo have revealed the full list a Virtual Console games are guaranteed to be available before you have to start ripping down you calendars in a drunken haze after welcoming in the New Year. While a certain few will be available right away on the day of the console launch the others should appear as the last days of 2006 unfold. The full list for 2006 is:

NES
Baseball, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Ice Hockey, Mario Bros., Pinball, Soccer, Solomon’s Key (Tecmo), Tennis, The Legend of Zelda, Urban Champion, Wario’s Woods

SNES
Donkey Kong Country, F-Zero, SimCity

N64
Super Mario 64

Sega Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Columns, Gunstar Heroes, Ecco the Dolphin, Space Harrier II, Toe Jam & Earl, Ristar, Dr. Robotonik’s Mean Bean Machine

Turbografx (PC Engine)
Bonk’s Adventure, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, Bomberman’93, Dungeon Explorer

Virtual Console games will be available to download using Wii Points. For the titles available in 2006, NES games will be available for 500 Wii Points (approximately €5), Super NES games will available for 800 Wii Points (approximately €8) and N64 games will be available for 1000 Wii Points, (approximately €10). SEGA MEGA DRIVE games will be available for 800 Wii points and Turbografx (PC Engine) games will be available for 600 Wii points.

Nintendo also announced at the end of their press release that “Wii points required for titles available in 2007 may vary” which means certain games may not fit into the pricing structure listed above.