Virtual Console

Also known as VC, Virtual Console service, VC service

specialized section of the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo eShop providing games from past systems, mainly via emulation

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Developer: Nintendo
Type: Classic video game re-release distribution
Launch date: Wii: November 19, 2006 3DS: June 6, 2011 Wii U: January 23, 2013
Discontinued: Wii: January 30, 2019 3DS and Wii U: March 27, 2023
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS Wii Wii U
Status: Discontinued

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title: Consola Virtual
publication date: 2004-11-14
inception: 2004-11-14
Commons category: Virtual Console

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The Virtual Console is a discontinued line of downloadable video games for Nintendo's Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U video game consoles. The Virtual Console game library consisted of games previously released on past consoles and were generally run in their original forms through software emulation and purchased through the Wii Shop Channel or Nintendo eShop.

On Wii and Wii U, the Virtual Console's library of past games consisted of titles originating from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS, as well as Sega's Master System, Genesis and Game Gear, NEC's TurboGrafx-16, and SNK's Neo Geo. The service for the Wii also included games for platforms that were sold only in select regions, such as the Commodore 64 (Europe and North America) and Microsoft's and ASCII's MSX (Japan), as well as Virtual Console Arcade, which allowed players to download video arcade games. On the other hand, the Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS had a smaller library consisting of NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Game Gear titles.