Poll: What classic games do you want on the Wii?

I'd like to see a port of Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland on there, and a Harvest Moon title.

i'd like to see Military Madness (TG-16). For you people that dont know it its game play was borrowed by Advanced Wars.

honestly, i wouldnt buy one single game. i'd downlaod one if i'll get one for free, but not buy.
and if, then it would be mario kart 64, because its multiplayer and its the best mario kart ever. all other mario karts suck hard (except mario kart ds, which is quite good)

I thought nintendo's "entire back catalog" of titles would be made available. Isn't that what we were told?

The best games--alongside Nintendo's 1st party titles--were by Rare. Unfortunately we'll probably never see those.

Konami and Capcom also had high standards on the NES and SNES.

"Mike Tyson: Punch Out"

Heh. I still remember "Glass Joe," and that fat sumo guy you had to hit in a certain sequence.

How about this...

What if the launch games for all the consoles, 64, SNES, NES, and the rest, was at the launch for the VC?

I haven't read all the comments, but I'd love to see something like the Satellaview versions of games like Zelda and F-Zero 2. They were astoundingly good at the time and most people in the West have likely never heard of them.

However, even more "revolutionary" (sorry, I couldn't resist!) would be something like the few Nintendo 64 Disc Drive titles. Chief among them: The F-Zero X Track Editor. I have been searching in vain for a DD simply for that game - I've got the Japanese version of F-Zero X, so I know it would be compatible. Imagine being able to create the tracks, save them to a memory card or hard drive, then either uploading it to a central server (pipe dream, I know) or at least taking it to your friend's place.

Now *that's* how to take advantage of Wii.

Chip and dale: Rescue Rangers!! - that game was brill. I hope it makes it to VC.

Someone mentioned Silicon Valley for the N64 too, and i'd love to play that again as well.

With the 2 analogue sticks on the VC controller does that mean there is a chance that Geometry Wars might be able to come to VC too, or is that exclusive to Xbox360s arcade?

I don't know if someone already said it, but Terranigma is a great game that never came out in America. I would love this game for the VC.

@ #19. "gamecube games will NOT be downloadable. at around 1.5GB they're simply too big."

no they are not. there are plenty of files on xbox live arcade that are a gig in size. plus I'm sure that not all gamecube games used the full capacity of the disc.

I guess your just limited on how much stoage space you have.

very excellent, very underrated

Master Blaster
River City Ransom
Military Madness
Bionic Commando

(I've left out all the zelda, metroid, castlevania, megaman stuff because they're obvious).

Ren & Stimpy ~
BattleToads ~
TMNT 1, 2 & 3 ~
Boogerman ~

I really, really, really, really, want Goldeneye.. omg, that game is, in my eyes, the best FPS ever.

Anyway, here's my top 5 list:

1)Goldeneye(I know we won't get it)
2)Super Mario RPG: 7 stars
3)Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4)Super Mario 64
5)Duck Hunt

This gets me all excited for the Wii.

No, Nintendo never promised their entire back catalogue of games. I don't know ehre people get that from. I think that is just what a bunch of fanboys assumed.

I hope the PunchOut!! for the NES is Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!

Aww, I would sure like:

Wario's Woods
Tetris Attack
Gradius
Aero Fighters
Donkey Kong Country series
And Yoshi's Cookie!

As you can see, it's puzzle & shooters that I really want...

Kirby's Dream Course!

Space Megaforce, Cybernator, and RType 3 on the SNES; Thunderforce IV, Sub Terrania, Gynoug and Eliminate Down on Genesis; Gradius II, Raiden, Gunhed and a ton of others on PC Engine/Turbo

Nintendo basically said that their entire back catalog COULD be put on there (it's just as easy to port SMB as SMB3). Firstly, this only applies to 1st party games. Nintendo must secure the rights to the use of any 3rd party game before it gets put on the Virtual Console.

Secondly, no one should have ever expect the entire VC offering to be available at launch. Nintendo has been working on the system: the UI, the pay method, the download method, etc, so its not surprising that the system isn't full of games yet.

Thirdly, as many others have mentioned, releasing all of the games at once, if it was even possible, would be silly because some games wouldn't get the sales they were due. Releasing 5 - 20 a month will really keep the interest up throughout the Wii's lifetime.

The Wii seriously needs a hardrive.

God, people are daft.

Seirously, it's annoying. Punch-out!! Will not be Mike Tyson's Punch Out! The license for his likeness ran out in the 1980's, for fuck's sake. It's the same game but now has "Mr. Dream" at the end, which is the same boxer with different sprites.

That's not the only annoying thing. You see people saying things like Goldeneye, which is obviously just a clusterfuck. First there's the James Bond License, then there's the fact Rare owns the game but not the Bond license. And lots of people are listing lots of Rare games and lots of licensed games as well. The only Rare games Nintendo owns are the Donkey Kong ones.

Are you people unaware that Microsoft owns Rare? Do you people have no concept of licensing? Here's a hint, a licensed game from 1980 or 1990 is probably made by a company which no longer has the license rights to that character or movie!

Also, in regards to Nintendo's back catalog -

I'm sure Nintendo will eventually offer the entire back catalog (if incrementally - I don't imagine they'll all be ready at launch). However, people aren't just asking for Nintendo's complete back catalog. They're asking for the back catalogs of Capcom, Konami, Square Enix, Namco Bandai, Broderbund, Sega, Hudson, and a few other companies. Let's wait until Nintendo can reliably secure their participation before whining about a lack of games.

Now, with that said, I've got two lists of games. The first are the games I already own, and might buy if there was something sweet in it for me (like updated graphics, extra levels, etc.):

Mother
Mother 2 (EarthBound)
Chrono Trigger
River City Ransom
The Guardian Legend
Baseball Stars
Secret of Mana
Metroid
TwinBee
The Goonies II
Crystalis (the NES original, not the terrible GBC remake)

Now, the list of games I don't own, and would thus jump at getting even if it's just the original:

Milon's Secret Castle
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Mega Man Soccer
Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim 2
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
On The Ball
Phalanx
Axelay
Zero Wing
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire 2
7th Saga
ActRaiser
Guardian Heroes
EVO: the Search for Eden

nothing will be complete without 4 player TMNT 4 (Turtles in Time).
Tecmo bowl looks great to be able to play quickly too. Online SF2 could be better than X360 live, as well as online original Mario Kart or Killer Instinct.

@ Paul P

Read the title of the Post! It says Poll: What classic games do you want on the Wii?

People are just listing what they would like to see on the wii. Just because a company owns a licence to a game it doesn't mean Nintendo can't put it on the wii. That is why they are charging for the downloads! So if they do put a game like Goldeneye on the wii Rare will still get some royalties.

"gamecube games will NOT be downloadable. at around 1.5GB they're simply too big."

Yeah, my reply is late but here you go:

Most game cube games are really 450-700mb (Still 20-35x bigger than N64 games, but still...) The rest of the data on the mini-dvd is junk 0's and 1's to fill in the beginning of the drive, because GCN discs are read from the outside in, as opposed to normal dvds which are from inside to out, like a record. The only games which are larger than that are the Tales of Symphonia and the Baten Kaitos' of the generation. ^^

All I want is Toejam and Earl. Sure there are other games but none of them are Toejam and Earl.
But if we're making lists, here's a couple more:
No Mercy
SMB3
Streets of Rage
All the TMNT games
Mystical Ninja
Jordan vs Bird

"As you can see, it's puzzle & shooters that I really want..."

So YOU'RE the reason for the past many DS 'games' released! *glare* Darn puzzle masters and their puzzle-style time-passing game-like devices...

Actually, some of them aren't that bad.. I'm just mad that we dont have a Mother 1-3 compilation )=

I wonder how responsive games like R-Type will feel?

The NES was a sprite-system. The CPU updated some registers during the vertical-blanking period, and the graphics were scanned out to the tv as they are generated!

Every emulator renders to a frame-buffer, and scans that frame-buffer out when it is complete. That adds at least 1/60th second of latency. This is why some emulated games don't have quite the "feel" of the original.

BIONIC COMMANDO
KINGS OF THE BEACH

Could be awesome if repurposed for the Wii controller.

Rock & Roll Racing should definetly be included. This game is long over due a proper remake.

mother 1+2+3 aka earthbound. bring it here nintendo. or die.

Games I would like to download:

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Secret of Mana
3. Megaman 1-7
4. Contra III
5. Super Mario World
6. Super Mario All-Stars
7. Zelda: A link to the past (I have the rest of the Zelda series)
8. Metroid
9. Super Metroid
10. Ice Climber
11. Breath of Fire 1-2
12. California games(already confirmed, don´t know if it is as VC or sold seperately.)
13. Yoshi´s Island
14. Gunsmoke
15. Actraiser
16. Ice Hockey
17. Kid Icarus
18. Super Punch Out
19. Shadowrun
20. Metal Gear
21. Castlevania 3: Draculas curse
22. Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2
23. Megaman X 1-3 (and yes I like Megaman games)
24. R-Type III
25. Seiken Densetsu 3
26. Final Fantasy series
27. Super bomberman
28. Super Star wars 1-3
29. Super Mario Kart
30. Mega Lo Mania

...hmm, this list can go on and on. And I have almost only looked at the NES and SNES games...

Anything Rare.

:( Come on Rare, you actually succeeded with Nintendo.

"The Wii seriously needs a hardrive"

I agree with Kelso.
Say, how much memory does NES, SNES and N64 games require?

"The Wii seriously needs a hardrive."

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/29/nintendo-revolution-to-support-external-hdds-and-other-3rd-party-s/

Yeah, it does. Fortunately, you can buy one as large as you want. I personally bought an 80 gig external hard drive about a year ago for $80. While I probably won't need one quite that large for the Wii, it's nice to know I can get as much space as I want for pretty cheap.

Plus, I like the idea of just buying thumb drives instead of memory cards. Let's put it this way - I can buy a thumb drive from Staples that holds the same amount as an Xbox 360 memory card for just 8 bucks.

Here it goes

DODGEBALL
RIVER CITY RANSOM
SUPER MARIO RPG
ACTRAISER
JACKAL
TMNT II (classic acrade)
CONTRA III
CASTLEVANIA IV
SUPER MARIO KART
KIRBY'S ADVENTURE
SAMSH BROS
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
CHIP n DALE
F-ZERo

Ahh video game overload... there are so many.

Translated fire emblems (I can dream can't I)

As i missed out on the Super NES era entirely (i didn't care about games at the time)
1. Earthbound
2. Super Metroid
3. StarFox
4. F-Zero
5. Mario RPG
Also,
Phantasy Stars II, III, and IV
Diddy Kong Racing
Majora's Mask
and Kid Icarus to boot

Starfox 64, and Yoshi's Safari. And Tetrisphere, if they can swing it.

Goldeneye and Perfect Dark- I think it would be great to have these awesome shooters from the past.

CHRONO TRIGGER
RIVER CITY RANSOM DUCKTALES
MOTHER
MOTHER 2
MOTHER 3
KID ICARUS
METROID
ZELDA
MEGA MAN 2

Can I get:

Killer Instinct 1 & 2

Mortal Kombat 2 &3

Please!!!

and of couse the big daddyof them all, Streetfighter ll Turbo.

/end begging

So many good games listed everyone! I would really like to see a good selection of Turbo 16 games. As my friend once said, "Looks like Genesis, plays like Nintendo!"

Space Station Silicon Valley. One of the N64's greatest games, and an absolutely hilarious one at that. I NEED MY SSSV!

Please...

The original Arcade Rev of KILLER INSTINCT. Not the basically adequate SNES version. Not the lame N64 KI...the original, ass-kicking, combo happy, button mashing arcade game that I dumped a good portion of my 20 hour a week paycheck into every weekend when I was a teenager without a drivers license...